WWE has finally announced Roman Reigns as a participant in the men’s Royal Rumble match for Sunday’s Royal Rumble pay-per-view event.

BREAKING: #TheBigDog @WWERomanReigns is officially entering the 2018 Men's #RoyalRumble match!

— WWE (@WWE) January 26, 2018

The updated names for the match include John Cena, Finn Balor, Randy Orton, Shinsuke Nakamura, Elias, Baron Corbin, Matt Hardy, Bray Wyatt, Aiden English, Rusev, Titus O’Neil, Apollo Crews, Kofi Kingston, Big E, Xavier Woods, Tye Dillinger, WWE Intercontinental Champion The Miz, Roman Reigns and TBA.

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WWE announced three matches for Sunday’s Royal Rumble event that will take place on the kickoff pre-show. Those matches include:

* United States Open Challenge from Bobby Roode

* Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson vs. The Revival

* Kalisto, Lince Dorado & Gran Metalik vs. TJP, Jack Gallagher and Drew Gulak

Here is the updated card for the event:

30-Man Royal Rumble Match
John Cena, Finn Balor, Randy Orton, Shinsuke Nakamura, Elias, Baron Corbin, Matt Hardy, Bray Wyatt, Aiden English, Rusev, Titus O’Neil, Apollo Crews, Kofi Kingston, Big E, Xavier Woods, Tye Dillinger, WWE Intercontinental Champion The Miz, TBA

30-Woman Royal Rumble Match
Asuka, Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, Sarah Logan, Sasha Banks, Nia Jax, Bayley, Naomi, Natalya, Sonya Deville, Mandy Rose, Mickie James, Tamina Snuka, Lana, Carmella, Becky Lynch, Dana Brooke, Alicia Fox, TBA

Triple Threat for the WWE Universal Title
Kane vs. Braun Strowman vs. Brock Lesnar

2-on-1 Handicap Match for the WWE Title
Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens vs. AJ Styles

RAW Tag Team Title Match
Sheamus and Cesaro vs. Seth Rollins and Jason Jordan

2 of 3 Falls for the SmackDown Tag Team Titles
Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin vs. The Usos

Kickoff Preshow
United States Open Challenge from Bobby Roode

Kickoff Preshow
Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson vs. The Revival

Kickoff Preshow
Kalisto, Lince Dorado & Gran Metalik vs. TJP, Jack Gallagher and Drew Gulak

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Coming out of this week’s RAW & SmackDown episodes, the following is confirmed for the January 28th Royal Rumble event from Philadelphia:

WWE Universal Title Triple Threat Match
Brock Lesnar vs. Kane vs. Braun Strowman

WWE Title Match
AJ Styles vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn

WWE US Title Tournament Finals
Jinder Mahal or Xavier Woods vs. Bobby Roode or Zack Ryder or Mojo Rawley

Men’s Royal Rumble Match
Participants: Elias, Randy Orton, Shinsuke Nakamura, John Cena, Finn Balor, Baron Corbin, 24 other wrestlers TBA.

Women’s Royal Rumble Match
Participants: Asuka, Naomi, Ruby Riott, Natalya, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Paige, Mandy Rose, Sonya Deville, Carmella, Tamina Snuka, Lana, Liv Morgan, Sarah Logan, 16 other wrestlers TBA. (The only women who have not yet officially declared who are on Raw or Smackdown are: Nia Jax and Dana Brooke)

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Austin welcomes Brutus ‘The Barber’ Beefcake to the show.

Beefcake informs that he was working for about 7 years when he got the call to work for WWE. Vince McMahon Jr. had taken over the company from his father by this point, and he quickly established a good working relationship with him. He was very intimidated by all the McMahons at first, but after getting to know them he had a great relationship with all of them.

Austin asks Beefcake about the origins of his name and gimmick. Beefcake informs that his initial name was supposed to be ‘Baron Beefcake’, and his ring gear would include a top hat and tuxedo. As he, McMahon and other WWE officials were brainstorming ideas someone suggested ‘Brutus’ and that’s the name that stuck.

He admits that he wasn’t fond of the ‘Brutus Beefcake’ name. Working for WWE was his big break and he feared that with a name like that, people would laugh at him and wouldn’t take him seriously. McMahon didn’t like the name either, but they proceeded with that nonetheless.

Soon ‘The Barber’ idea came about, and that’s what really got people’s attention in his opinion. With a crazy name like “Brutus ‘The Barber’ Beefcake” he knew that he had to act crazy in order to live the gimmick. He thinks that McMahon fell in love with the character when he started to see the fans’ reaction to him.

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The Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio announced that Randy Orton vs. Nakamura vs. Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn vs. AJ Styles in a Fatal 5-Way for the WWE Championship will headline the Fastlane pay-per-view event on March 11th, 2018.

Here is the announcement:

WWE FASTLANE comes to Columbus for the FIRST time!

Witness the final WWE Pay per View before Wrestlemania 34.

See your favorite WWE Smackdown Superstars in action live including:

WWE CHAMPION – AJ STYLES VS RANDY ORTON VS SHINSUKE NAKAMURA VS KEVIN OWENS VS SAMI ZAYN IN A FATAL FIVE WAY MATCH FOR THE WWE CHAMPIONSHIP!

PLUS,

CHARLOTTE

BOBBY ROODE

BARON CORBIN

JINDER MAHAL

NEW DAY

THE USOS

DOLPH ZIGGLER

PLUS MANY MORE! (Card subject to change)

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Russo is joined on today’s show by his co-host Jeff Lane.

Russo opens today’s show speaking about the missed dropkick spot at the recent Ring of Honor show which featured The Young Bucks. Russo was vocal about his disapproval of this spot but he wasn’t trying to talk crap or looking to start fights, he just feels that we need to start calling these type of things something other than ‘professional wrestling’.

Lane mentions that on one of his shows this past week, The Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer was perplexed over people being on their phones while sitting ringside at wrestling shows. Russo says he doesn’t blame these people for being on their phones at all because they’re obviously bored out of their minds.

Ryan Satin of ProWrestlingSheet mentioned this past week that the Hype Bros were more deserving of a main card spot at Clash of Champions than the Triple Threat US Title match. Russo calls Satin a jackass, and mentions that Satin probably hates Baron Corbin because he was a football player and a legitimate athlete, and Satin can’t relate to that.

At another point last week, Meltzer said that RAW has probably been losing viewers in the last hour because of long matches which feature talents who aren’t over. Russo says that nobody’s over on RAW right now, so who are WWE going to put in the ring?

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Early betting odds are out for the upcoming Royal Rumble match that takes place at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view next month. Here are the odds for the women’s match:

Ronda Rousey -111
Asuka +200
Nia Jax +500
Becky Lynch +750
Paige +750
Nikki Bella +1000
Bayley +1200
Charlotte Flair +1200
Ruby Riott +1200
Sasha Banks +1200
Alexa Bliss +1500
Carmella +1500
Shayna Baszler +2000
Stephanie McMahon +2000
Other interesting picks are Marina Shafir at +5000, AJ Lee at +6600 and James Ellsworth at +10000.

Here are the odds for the men:

John Cena 5/2
Roman Reigns 3/1
Shinsuke Nakamura 7/2
AJ Styles 4/1
Bobby Roode 8/1
Seth Rollins 8/1
Braun Strowman 10/1
Samoa Joe 12/1
Finn Balor 14/1
Brock Lesnar 16/1
Kevin Owens 16/1
Randy Orton 16/1
Sami Zayn 16/1
Bray Wyatt 20/1
Dean Ambrose 25/1
Baron Corbin 28/1
Jeff Hardy 28/1
Kenny Omega 28/1
Matt Hardy 28/1
Rusev 28/1
The Miz 28/1
Chris Jericho, Goldberg and HHH at 33/1
Undertaker at 40/1
CM Punk, Kurt Angle and Daniel Bryan at 50/1
Batista, Shawn Michaels and The Rock at 80/1
Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin, Conor McGregor, Floyd Mayweather, Shaq & Vin Diesel at 100/1

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Here are the final betting odds for tonight’s WWE Clash of Champions event, courtesy of Bet Wrestling:

* WWE Championship Match: AJ Styles (c) -1350 vs Jinder Mahal +650

* WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship Match: Charlotte Flair (c) -675 vs Natalya +425

* WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship Match: The Usos (c) -140 vs Shelton Benjamin and Chad Gable +370 vs The New Day +410 vs Rusev and Aiden English +535

* WWE United States Championship Match: Baron Corbin(c) -385 vs Bobby Rodde +375 vs Dolph Ziggler +1035

* Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn -975 vs Randy Orton and Shinsuke Nakamura +525

* The Bludgeon Brothers -2150 vs Breezango +1050

* Mojo Rawley -1545 vs Zack Ryder +725

Check back here at 8PM ET for our live play-by-play coverage of the event.

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WWE announced on tonight’s episode of SmackDown Live that The Fashion Police will face The Bludgeon Brothers at Sunday’s Clash of Champions event. Here is the updated card for the event:

WWE Title
AJ Styles (c) vs. Jinder Mahal

Lumberjack Match: Women’s Title
Charlotte (c) vs. Natalya

US Title
Baron Corbin (c) vs. Bobby Rodde vs. Dolph Ziggler

Tag Team Titles
Rusev & Aiden English vs. The Usos (c) vs. The New Day vs. Shelton Benjamin and Chad Gable

Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn vs. Randy Orton & TBA.
(If Owens & Zayn loses, they will be fired from WWE)

The Fashion Police vs. The Bludgeon Brothers

Check back here this Sunday for our live play-by-play coverage of the show.

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Shane McMahon announced before SmackDown Live went off the air tonight that he will be the special guest referee in Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn’s match at WWE Clash of Champions. If Owens & Zayn lose the match, they will be fired from WWE.

Not only will #SDLive Commissioner @shanemcmahon be special guest referee for @FightOwensFight & @SamiZayn's #WWEClash match… if they lose, they'll be fired from ALL of @WWE! pic.twitter.com/H3e9XWIiaj

— WWE (@WWE) December 6, 2017

Here is the updated card for the December 17th event:

WWE Title
AJ Styles (c) vs. Jinder Mahal

Lumberjack Match: Women’s Title
Charlotte (c) vs. Natalya

US Title
Baron Corbin (c) vs. Bobby Rodde vs. Dolph Ziggler

Tag Team Titles
Rusev & Aiden English vs. The Usos (c) vs. The New Day vs. Shelton Benjamin and Chad Gable

Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn vs. Randy Orton & TBA.
(If Owens & Zayn loses, they will be fired from WWE)

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