-- WWE announced on Monday that Edge will be returning to in-ring action at the Royal Rumble as he appeared on Raw and announced his intentions of entering the Rumble match. According to fightfulselect.com, WWE decided to announce his return ahead of time rather than use him as a surprise entrant due to the fact that there will be no live audience at the PPV. If there were fans in attendance, the company would have likely held off on making the announcement and instead opted to surprise everyone with the return but when this was ruled out, the decision was made to try and promote the PPV by advertising Edge’s return.
-- On a related note, it was also announced that on a special edition of WWE Backstage on FS1 this Saturday, the #30 spot in the men’s Rumble as well as the #1 and #2 spots in the women’s Rumble will be revealed. WWE and FOX have decided to use these announcements as a way to push their alliance as well as help get more viewers tuning into Backstage.
