With tonight’s edition of RAW being the final episode before WWE’s Royal Rumble PPV that takes place this Sunday, the Royal Rumble match is beginning to take shape. Below is an updated list of confirmed participants:
From RAW:
- Rob Van Dam (announced on RAW on 1/9)
- Chavo Guerrero (qualified on RAW on 1/9 against Rob Conway)
- Triple H (announced on RAW on 1/9)
- Shelton Benjamin (qualified on RAW on 1/9 against Val Venis)
- Kane (qualified on RAW on 1/9 against Snitsky)
- Trevor Murdoch (qualified on Heat on 1/20 against Antonio)
- Viscera (qualified on Heat on 1/20 against Lance Cade, Gergory Helms, & Tyson Tomko in over-the-top match)
From SmackDown!:
- Bobby Lashley (announced on SmackDown! on 1/6)
- Sylvan (qualified on Velocity on 1/21 against Scotty 2 Hotty)
Participants Announced This Morning on WWE.com:
- Big Show (RAW)
- Shawn Michaels (RAW)
- Chris Masters (RAW)
- Carlito (RAW)
- Chris Benoit (SmackDown!)
- Rey Mysterio (SmackDown!)
- Randy Orton (SmackDown!)
- Matt Hardy (SmackDown!)
- Orlando Jordan (SmackDown!)
- Road Warrior Animal (SmackDown!)
- Johnny Nitro (SmackDown!)
- Joey Mercury (SmackDown!)
- Simon Dean (SmackDown!)
Super Crazy and Psicosis were orginally listed this morning on WWE.com as to being in the match, but have sinced been removed.
Other Matches Confirmed for Royal Rumble:
- Edge (c) vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship
- Kurt Angle (c) vs. Mark Henry for the World Championship
- JBL vs. Boogeyman
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[Source: PWInsider.com]
