Backstage Update On Rehearsals For WWE Royal Rumble 2021

WWE news update on when rehearsals for this Sunday's WWE Royal Rumble 2021 will go down.

by Andrew Pollard
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With the 2021 Royal Rumble PPV now only a matter of days away, there’s an update on when WWE will be running the rehearsals for the event’s two Rumble matches.

As per Fightful Select, the Rumble rehearsals will take place at the WWE Performance Center on Saturday between 12pm and 6pm.

Of course, the PPV itself will be taking place from St. Petersburg’s Tropicana Field, meaning that the talent who are already in St. Petersburg will have to drive to Orlando and back to attend these rehearsals – with that being where the PC is located.

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On the flip side of this, having the rehearsals at the Performance Center will make all of this a whole lot easier for those names who are based in Orlando.

Last year, the women’s Rumble match was broken down into two sections for the rehearsal process, although this run-through was hit by problems due to certain wrestlers turning up late. As such, a larger block of time has been set aside for this year’s rehearsals. It's also worth nothing that last year's practice took place in the evening and ran long, whereas this year's will be happening during the afternoon.

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