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Tons of Royal Rumble Weekend News

Added 2025-02-03 17:00:12 +0000 UTC

Sean Ross Sapp learned the following scoops regarding the Royal Rumble and Smackdown

Becky Lynch was not planned for the WWE Royal Rumble and was not in town for the show.
As of last week, Charlotte was already planned to win the WWE Royal Rumble and was slated to challenge Tiffany Stratton at WrestleMania.
Angelo Dawkins is hilarious and was walking around on his crutches all day.
AJ Styles, Nikki Bella were all around town throughout the week. People were even taking pictures of them around town.
Jordynne Grace had been in town by Thursday, she was planned for the Royal Rumble almost immediately after her TNA contract expiring.
AJ Lee was not expected at the show. As we reported, she knows she can come back if she wants.
Nia Jax was actually supposed to eliminate more people, per Corey Brennan.
We're told WWE's integration with COSM went very well.
The IShowSpeed spear from Bron Breakker gained an audible reaction backstage.
Though they weren't used on the show, New Day, Omos, Gigi Dolin, Carlito, Blair Davenport, Trick Williams were all in town. New Day and Carlito did WWE 2K media.
Shawn Michaels, Terry Taylor, Steve Corino and Matt Bloom were in town.
For those asking about how Alexa Bliss' merch was ready if it was a late call to have her in the Rumble -- WWE had hoped she would be back sooner. She was always under contract.
Women had extensive rehearsals across Friday and Saturday. We haven't heard that the men's side of things did.
Roxanne Perez, Liv Morgan and IYO Sky got a lot of praise to Fightful from WWE staff for their iron woman performances.
We heard there was not strict timing of the entrance, largely because of the ramp and some relaxed production.
Michael Hayes was backstage and working the show.
Petey Williams, TJ Wilson, and Kenny Dykstra helped produce the women's Rumble.
Shane Helms helped produce the men's Royal Rumble
Michael Kirshenbaum was listed as the writer for the CM Punk/Kevin Owens segment on Smackdown
Cristian Scovell wrote Damian Priest's Smackdown promo
Devyn Prieto was credited as the writer on Tiffany Stratton's promo