8 Wrestlers CONFIRMED For WWE Royal Rumble 2020 Match

The Elite 8 so far signed for WWE's Road To WrestleMania curtain-raiser.

by Michael Hamflett
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Charlotte Flair errantly announced that she was making the first Royal Rumble announcement of the decade during Raw's last edition in the 2010s, but on an episode that also featured the Bobby Lashley/Lana/Rusev/Liv Morgan wedding debacle, the sin was pretty forgivable.

'The Queen' has, as of writing, been the only one to step forward for the third annual Women's Royal Rumble, though SmackDown, Raw and NXT are likely to flood the match with viable contenders in the coming weeks. The process began for the men on SmackDown just days after Charlotte's announcement, and continued to greater extent on the following edition of the flagship show.

Welcome as an excuse to move on from the below-average TLC pay-per-view if nothing else, the 'January Classic' becoming part of the conversation was supported by WWE adding several huge names to the male variant. Brock Lesnar's huge news at the top of the January 6th edition of the show expedited excitement too.

'The Beast's entry spiced up a match that threatened to suffer from a predictable winner, but Brock and this particular 'Big Dog' weren't the only ones to make themselves available for January 26th...

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett