This week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown Showcasing Go Home To Royal Rumble The Premium Live event is tomorrow night (Saturday, January 28, 2023) at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. This means that it was the final episode of WWE TV to announce the official participants for the men’s and women’s Royal Rumble matches.
We have little.
First, Xavier Woods joined fellow New Day in the match before The Miz said he would finally do what he didn’t have and win the Royal Rumble. Soon after, another big star emerged to announce:
The beast is here and it has just been announced #Royal Rumble Matchstick! @tweet @Brock Lesnar #smackdown pic.twitter.com/zpe2V2YPLW
– WWE January 28, 2023
You didn’t think Brock Lesnar wouldn’t work on a big show like the Royal Rumble, did you? Well, he joined, and I definitely felt like they were making a longer program with Bobby Lashley. We’ll have to see how this game plays out in the match itself.
Later, Xia Li cut a brief promo stating her intentions to win the women’s Royal Rumble match while Damage CTRL also had a video announcing the three of them as well. Lacey Evans also said he would win it after winning a squash match on the show.
Here, then, are the updated lists of confirmed participants for both matches:
Men’s
- Kofi Kingston
- Santos Escobar
- bouncing back
- Austin theory
- Seth Rollins
- Bobby Lashley
- Baron Corbin
- Rey Mysterio
- Gunther
- Cody Rhodes
- omos
- Drew McIntyre
- Seamus
- Braun Strowman
- Carrion Cross
- Dominic Mysterio
- Xavier Woods
- The distinction
- Brock Lesnar
for women
- Liv Morgan
- Candice Larry
- Rhea Ripley
- Raquel Rodriguez
- Shayna Pazler
- Zelina Vega
- whatever
- Bailey
- Dakota Kay
- iyo sky
- Lacey Evans
- Xia Li
