{"id":13222,"date":"2025-01-16T18:57:03","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T17:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=13222"},"modified":"2025-01-23T18:57:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T17:57:06","slug":"wwe-royal-rumble-2025-confirmed-wrestlers-these-two-former-champions-are-amongst-the-seven-names-announced-for-the-royal-rumble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wwe-royal-rumble-2025-confirmed-wrestlers-these-two-former-champions-are-amongst-the-seven-names-announced-for-the-royal-rumble\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Royal Rumble 2025 Confirmed Wrestlers: These two former champions are amongst the seven names announced for the Royal Rumble!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wwe\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>WWE<\/a> started January 2025 by going global with Netflix. The <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wwe-raws-netflix-premiere-roman-reign-is-our-only-tribal-chief-rhea-ripley-became-the-womens-world-champion-cm-punk-wins-and-more\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>RAW&rsquo;s Netflix Premiere<\/a> event was a huge success amassing 4.9 million views across the world reaching an average of 2.6 million households in the U.S. alone. It is trending at 1.4 million previously. WWE only has one more big event in January 2025, Saturday Night Main Event. They will kickstart February 2025 with the Royal Rumble. <\/p><p>WWE superstars are announcing their participation in the 2025 Royal Rumble to fight for the grandest of prices, a title shot at Wrestlemania. Nine WWE superstars from the men&rsquo;s roster have announced their participation so far. Two of them are from the SmackDown brand while the remaining seven are from the Red brand of WWE.<\/p><p><strong>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/john-cena-cm-punk-and-roman-reign-set-their-eyes-on-new-target-declared-themselves-for-2025-mens-royal-rumble\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>WWE Royal Rumble 2025: John Cena, CM Punk and Roman Reigns set their eyes on new target, declare for 2025 Men&rsquo;s Royal Rumble!<\/a><\/strong><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Seth Freakin Rollins and Drew McIntyre to continue their Feud with CM Punk at Royal Rumble 2025<\/h2><p>CM Punk defeated Seth Rollins on the Premiere event of RAW on Netflix. He was acknowledging the crowd on the very next episode of RAW when Seth Rollins interrupted him. CM Punk was telling the crowd that he would enter the Royal Rumble and Visionary&rsquo;s music hit and the crowd went berserk. The &ldquo;Revolutionary&rdquo; Seth vowed to shatter CM Punk&rsquo;s WrestleMania Main Event dream by throwing him over the rope at the Rumble.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">asking the real questions here &#128518; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vKdVOn90Av\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/vKdVOn90Av<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1878973828224758076?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>January 14, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Drew McIntyre entered the arena and interrupted both &ldquo;Best in the World&rdquo; CM Punk and Seth Rollins. Drew McIntyre announced his entrance to the 30-men Royal Rumble following Seth Rollins and is the seventh WWE superstar to confirm it.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This may very well be the BIGGEST <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RoyalRumble?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#RoyalRumble<\/a> ever! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RCd14BLRZr\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/RCd14BLRZr<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1878975602570498200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>January 14, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who else has announced their participation in the 2025 Royal Rumble?<\/h2><p>The &ldquo;Megastar&rdquo; LA Knight was the first one to announce himself for the 2025 Royal Rumble on January 3, 2025. John Cena, CM Punk, and Jey Uso announced themself ready for the Rumble at RAW Netflix Premier on January 6, 2025. Roman Reign took the liberty of his &ldquo;Wiseman&rdquo; Paul Heyman to announce his availability for Royal Rumble. Paul also announced that Roman Reigns would go for &ldquo;American Nightmare&rdquo; Cody Rhode&rsquo;s title on winning the Royal Rumble. Rey Mysterio and Sami Zayn announced their participation recently.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RoyalRumble?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#RoyalRumble<\/a> 2025 just got PUNK'D! &#128064;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RawOnNetflix?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#RawOnNetflix<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q4J1pXvpmJ\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/q4J1pXvpmJ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1878973626805793168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>January 14, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Nia Jax and Bayley are the only superstars from the women&rsquo;s roster to announce themselves for the 2025 Women&rsquo;s Royal Rumble.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/cody-rhodes-vs-kevin-owens-for-the-undisputed-title-at-royal-rumble-2025\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Royal Rumble 2025: Cody Rhodes, Kevin Owens to battle for the Undisputed Title at the Royal Rumble<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Image Credit: WWE.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE started January 2025 by going global with Netflix. 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