WWE Mixed Match Challenge Winners To Enter Royal Rumble At Number 30
Did WWE's most skippable show just become important?
WWE's second Mixed Match Challenge season has been quietly plodding along on Tuesday nights, with the fun, throwaway Facebook Watch competition offering light relief from Raw and SmackDown's serious business.
Its tone and general lack of attention often make the MMC feel inconsequential, but WWE have just found a way to make it matter.
Per their official announcement, the winner's of this year's tournament will not only receive an all-expenses-paid holiday to a country of their choice, but they'll also enter their respective Royal Rumbles at number 30.
As things currently stand, Ember Moon and Braun Strowman, Mickie James and Bobby Lashley, Asuka and The Miz, and Charlotte Flair and AJ Styles' perfect 3-0 records make them the current favourites to win. Naomi and Jimmy Uso and Bayley and Finn Balor are behind them at 2-2, while Alicia Fox and Jinder Mahal, Natalya and Bobby Roode, Carmella and R-Truth, and Rusev and Lana are all winless.
This year's Mixed Match Challenge will conclude with one final match at the upcoming TLC pay-per-view (16 December). As WWE's last major show of the year, it'll likely be the point at which they begin building to the Rumble, with the MMC victories sitting pretty.