The 2025 Royal Rumble "Presented by Supreme"
 

Matches


<table class="wikitable"><tbody><tr><th scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col">Matches*</th><th scope="col">Stipulations</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">1<sup style="font-size:85%"></sup></th><td>Men's Royal Rumble match</td><td>30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 41<sup id="cite_ref-MenRumble_26-0" class="reference">[26]</sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2<sup style="font-size:85%"></sup></th><td>Women's Royal Rumble match</td><td>30-woman Royal Rumble match for a women's world championship match at WrestleMania 41<sup id="cite_ref-WomenRumble_27-0" class="reference">[27]</sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">3<sup style="font-size:85%"></sup></th><td>Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Kevin Owens</td><td>Ladder match for the Undisputed WWE Championship<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference">[28]</sup>
The "Undisputed" and "Winged Eagle" championship belts will be suspended above the ring.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">4<sup style="font-size:85%"></sup></th><td>#DIY vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)</td><td>Two out of three falls match for the WWE Tag Team Championship<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference">[29]</sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" colspan="3" style="border-top:solid 2px #aaa;font-weight:normal;text-align:left"><table style="margin:0 auto !important;padding:0;border-spacing:0;line-height:1.45em"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">(c)</td><td> – the champion(s) heading into the match</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;font-size:85%;font-weight:bold">*Card subject to change</td></tr></tbody></table></th></tr></tbody></table>

Alex Shelley is still wrestling? Haven't heard that name in years.

Curious to see how MCMG can move these days... 2 out of 3 vs DIY could be fun I guess....

But of course the main attraction is the Rumble.

Feel like Kevin Owens gets a lot of world title shots at the Rumble and always misses out on being a part of them...

Do I remember hearing like D-von never participated in a rumble?

I guess last year Owens only had a US title match... year before that he fought Roman.... three years in a row with no Rumble appearance for Owens cause he's busy fighting for titles

Not only that, they actually captured the WWE Tag Team Championships in their 3rd match in WWE after already having beaten DIY immediately before the title match. They lost them last month to DIY after 42 days, then they won a #1 contender tournament 2 weeks ago and the 2 out of 3 falls match announcement between them and DIY was made on last week’s SmackDown!.

Big spotlight for DIY/MCMG here.

I’ll probably watch the Rumble close to live for the first time in years. They’ve done a good job hyping this one. I’m curious to see how they put it all together.

Jey Uso is probably going to be #1 or #2 so he can do the big entrance.

Pulling for a Chad Gable win. I think he’s got a good chance.

I think I had the idea a couple of years ago that there would be a tournament to see who fought Roman for the title at WM, and the winner of the Rumble would fight Gunther for the IC title and I had Chad Gable booked to win that Rumble.

Gable wins the Rumble, Christian wins the tournament. :y:

There is gonna be some fuckery in the men's rumble for sure. Thinking they are gonna go with Cena to face Gunther.

I’m leaning more towards Punk.

I think the whole dang thing will get cancelled because xrod and noinfofect will collide their small brains. booom. cells for fish to evolve.

* I'm sorry future fish

when is it

Did they remove the "universal" championship or what . . .

6pm eastern tonight

hope CM Punk wins...

Roman won both, then when Cody beat him they quietly dropped the “Universal” from the “Undisputed WWE Universal Championship.”

I like MCMG. DIY are talented guys that don’t hit. That 2/3 Falls should be a great match though. It plays into how DIY first won the NXT titles. I’m sure the audience will eventually be willing to “get up” for it. It’ll probably be one of the more noteworthy tag title matches on PPV in some time.

When I saw Carmelo Hayes was confirmed for the Rumble, I thought he might get dumped out and get into it with a jaw-jacking Pat McAfee or something. Now I see that Hayes had something on SmackDown with Tyrese Haliburton. I can see something going down there, re: Hayes vs. Indiana.

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This being 20 years old makes me feel old as fuck

The benefit of not really following the product is I have no fucking clue who will win. Stayed away from betting odds, twitter etc. love the Rumble.

I’m dreading Cena winning the men’s RR and winning #17. IMO Nobody should break his/Flair’s record. Wouldn’t “feel right” for a part-timer to win a world title with < a year before retirement.

The stats on the bottom of the screen are a nice touch, alas also a depressing realization my eyesight is getting to the point where I might need cheaters.

Don’t think they’ll do it, but would be cool to see Bayley win the women’s RR and become the first woman in history to win back-to-back RR matches.

First NXT/TNA wrestler in this year’s women’s RR. Will they ever have an NXT wrestler win a RR? 🤔

Someone is definitely going to walk to the ring so slowly that the interval expires before they get there.

I yearn for the days of everybody on the roster having an identifiable theme where you know who it is as soon as the music hits. I have no idea who anyone is until they’re shown on screen and, unfortunately, it’s a problem in the stadium too. Not a good combo when added to the usually acoustic issue a football stadium has.

I like the stats on the bottom of the screen

My predictions:

CM Punk
Charlotte Flair

Bad Bunny returns to eliminate Logan Paul

Just remembered that for how deflating it is to hear how little of a reaction most of the entrants are getting, it’s gonna be 10x more lifeless and depressing in Saudi next year █:(

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Cole saying Bayley is a Hall of Famer. Probably someday, Cole, but not yet LOL.

Not unique to this Rumble but the blatantly inconsistent entry windows always makes me laugh. I appreciate that for AEW’s casino gauntlets they openly say “yeah, there are unlimited entrants and they intervals are random”

Holy shit Jordynne Grace is awesome

Damn, it’s really been 2 years since we last saw Alexa Bliss...

Oh dammit…in my paid Rumble pool I had #19 in the women’s Rumble and #27 in the men’s

If Charlotte wins there’s probably no way they’re gonna double down on #27 winning, even if it is the “lucky number”

:)

Kinda want Cena to win now just for the two Rumble winners to take a picture captioned “we win lol”

PLEASE do not let Charlotte Flair win another women’s championship...would be nightmarish...

Boring winner. Mostly boring Rumble pacing wise but there were some cool moments near the end

Feels like very little happened for most of that match because they needed to fill the ring for the “Nia eliminates everyone” spot

Women's Rumble was pretty meh this year.... usually it has been good... runner up lady had a moment of "I could get in the ring, but I gotta wait"

My biggest critique of modern Rumbles is for how much the luck of the draw is supposed to matter - you have 2-3 people lasting an hour every year. Because they insist on big names being the first 2 entrants every year

Shelley and Sabin's first wwe ppv in front of 70k fans

This Rumble has bigger attendance than WM did last year...or will this year, just a larger stadium than either venue.

I was wondering why MCMG/DIY had a way longer video package than I ever thought they’d get and then remembered I paid for the adless Peacock for this show and that if I hadn’t, this would’ve been when I was having commercials shoved at me.

More themes with voiceovers or sound effects at the beginning.

Def Rebel should be arrested for war crimes.

DIY will always be one of my favorite stories because they weren’t even planned to be signed at the time WWE was signing everyone. They took a chance booking opportunity and turned it into lucrative careers, maybe the biggest feud in NXT history, bunch of titles between them etc.

Charlotte Flair wins again?

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Seeing that now. Match has been pretty good

TKO needs to send a Brinks truck to Jim Johnston's house pronto

McAfee having to do a nod that said “probably not” at the notion of getting into the HOF someday is funny. He knows only one punter has ever made it and it’s just nearly impossible.

Probably a better chance he goes in as a contributor as some of the other media guys have, which is a depressing enough thought. Can picture a 70 year old McAfee standing up there in a HOF jacket colored tank top.

Roxanne came pretty damn close!

70,000 strong loving the Codester!

AEW PPVs certainly run too long but I appreciate them more after seeing this. No bullshit, right to the next match.

15-20 minutes of stalling between matches is obscene

Cody for sure going to do a goofy looking moonsault during this

That is the perfect description of AEW, an endless exhibition of meaningless wrestling matches. Nothing matters.

Roman holding the belt for 3 and a half years straight to Cody having a presumed year+ long reign is funny to me. Would love KO to throw a wrench in it and somehow get the win here.

maybe this should be more than a 4 match card

KO winning followed by a Sami Rumble win would be really fucking cool

also why do I feel that KO is not winning this?

Roman probably winning the Men's Rumble

4-5 matches is pretty standard for a Rumble PPV, especially with 2 Rumble matches. But the pacing in between is hilarious. And it’s all due to contractual obligations with Peacock. They show ads and everyone else sees random stalling efforts.

Probably nice for the people there live to take a piss and get a beer without missing a match at least. Makes for bad at-home viewing tho.

this is so lame

KO buried

MOTN so far but that’s not saying much

Hoping the men’s Rumble can salvage this pretty boring show

KO vs Cody was great

they will never make KO world champion will they?

I think Cody asked the ref if KO was ok and just selling, and when the ref told him yes he then went to the table to do his planned celebration spot

That Alabama Slam spot could’ve gone horribly wrong

this Royal Rumble is the AFC South of Royal Rumbles because it is in Indianapolis

Why was Sami out there if he was a non factor?

Big E, get your ass out of that suit and into the Rumble!

Rey at 5’6” is one of WWE’s most egregious height inflations

Ok this is a fucking awesome way to start!

"2 OF THE MOST RECOGNIZED WRESTLERS ON THE PLANET!"

Michael Cole cracked me up with that one lol

I can't believe Rey is 50 now

More action in these first few intervals than 90% of the women’s Rumble. Good choices to get this set of wrestlers in there.

Otis outweighs any 2 of the first 5 combined lol

Here comes a lot of eliminations

LOL Tozawa

are you fucking kidding me?

That dude is concussed for sure holy shit lol

Bron Breakker is the man

Otis saying “nah fuck you” and tossing the streamer over the table cracked me up

Oh shit

LET'S GOOOOOO

So happy for Joe Hendry getting this moment

The force at which Bron hits spears is incredible

what's the over/under on how long before Bron becomes a world champ?

When did Finn get rap music?

what the fuck is Finn Balor's entrance music?

Holy shit next year will be a decade of AJ in WWE.

Decent chance he wrestles long enough where his WWE tenure lasts even longer than his TNA one. Would be awesome for him to do one last TNA match with the working agreement.

Here we go... Cena's last Rumble?

whoever eliminates Cena will probably get booed out of the building

Fuck they’re gonna actually go Cena/Paul at Mania aren’t they?

Cena's gonna win huh?

They showed restraint with the mystery entrants in this Rumble and it’s a good thing

Hendry is the perfect fun mystery guy, him and a few injury returnees are surprise enough

Lots of surprise entrants usually only happens when WWE don’t have faith in their roster. The 2012 Rumble was particularly egregious for it, like 7-8 surprises in that one including all the announcers.

The field for this one was loaded. Shitload of star power and that’s what people want to see. Glad they didn’t shoehorn McAfee or someone else in there. Handled it beautifully.