-- Despite making the trip over to Saudi Arabia, Aleister Black is no longer scheduled to be returning to WWE action at today's Royal Rumble, according to multiple sources. He hasn't been in action in a few weeks since losing an Ambulance Match against Damian Priest.
-- There appears to be growing internal rumors accordng to PWInsider Elite that WWE Hall of Famer Brie Bella could be making her return to WWE today during the women's Royal Rumble match.
-- WWE has added two pre-show matches to today's Royal Rumble: The New Day & Grayson Waller vs. Shinsuke Nakamura & The Motor City Machine Guns as well as The Wyatt Sicks vs. The MFTs. It's unclear if these will be dark matches or stream before the event during the two-hour kickoff show.
-- The internal belief is that if Chris Jericho returns to WWE during today's Rumble, it would be as the #30 entrant.
-- WWE is expecting approximately 25,000 fans for today's Royal Rumble. Last night's WWE Smackdown drew in the neighborhood of 14,000 in attendance.
