It was revealed that Alicia Fox, who is currently out with an injury, will be replaced by Mandy Rose in the Mixed Match Challenge series. She will tag with Goldust to face Jay Uso & Naomi on next week’s show.

NEXT WEEK on @WWE Mixed Match Challenge, @Goldust teams with his NEW partner @WWE_MandyRose to take on the husband-and-wife duo of #JimmyUso and @NaomiWWE! #WWEMMC pic.twitter.com/WmdeNhxtqN

— WWE (@WWE) January 31, 2018

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Paddy Power has revealed the betting odds for the Men’s Royal Rumble match ahead of tonight’s event in Philadelphia. Nakamura is still the odds on favorite to win the match, followed by Roman Reigns.

Here are the top ten for the match:

Shinsuke Nakamura: 11/8
Roman Reigns: 5/2
Dolph Ziggler: 4/1
Daniel Bryan: 9/2
Finn Balor: 6/1
Braun Strowman: 7/1
John Cena: 7/1
Elias: 10/1
Randy Orton: 12/1
Baron Corbin: 14/1

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Former WWE Superstar Molly Holly denied reports that she will be part of the Women’s Royal Rumble match this Sunday. It was previously reported by PWInsider & Wrestling Observer that she would be in the match but according to Holly she won’t be.

Holly revealed during an interview with Wrestling Inc and that she found out about being in the match online. She said she called WWE about these reports and they informed her that fans were only predicting who would be in the match.

“My friends’ kids were texting me and they’re like, ‘I saw on the internet that you’re gonna be in the Royal Rumble,’” she said. “I was like, ‘I am?! Oh my gosh! Where does it say this?’ So I start looking like, is this like some thing that they just forgot to tell me? So then, I actually called, because I was like, ‘Am I gonna be?’ So then I called the WWE, and I was like, ‘Is this like a thing?’ And they were like, ‘Oh, fans are predicting who’s gonna be in the Rumble.’ I was like, ‘oh, I’m sorry. I’m like embarrassed.’ I’m just a mark who believes everything that’s on the Internet. But, for a second, I was like ‘Ah crap! I don’t have enough time. I need months to prepare!’ But then it’s not even true, so it was nice enough that the fans cared enough to start a rumor. So, that’s cool.”

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Tye Dillinger, Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods have been added to the men’s Royal Rumble match. Here is the updated card for Sunday’s Royal Rumble event coming out of this week’s episode of SmackDown Live:

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

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Edge opens today’s show speaking about his wife, Beth Phoenix’s horrible travel day which resulted in her having to make her commentary debut on last week’s Mixed Match Challenge on just 2 hours sleep. He says everything that could have went wrong in regards to her travel did so, and she really showed a lot of strength and work ethic in order to get to the show on time and make her commentary debut.

He adds that she beat herself up over the job she did on commentary that night, but he comforted her by pointing out that getting good at commentary will be a work in process. Edge and Christian both say that they loved doing commentary, but it was incredibly difficult. There’s no doubt that it takes a long time before anyone can feel 100% comfortable behind a commentary table in WWE.

Edge and Christian welcome Batista to the show.

Batista points out that at one point in time during his WWE career there was a storyline in place for him that would have revealed him to be a “rape child”, and this was a storyline that he wasn’t happy with. He didn’t think this was one of the creative team’s finer moments, but he was still rather new in the company and didn’t want to turn anything down.

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Here is the updated card for the upcoming NXT Takeover: Philadelphia show coming out of this week’s NXT television:

Extreme Rules Match
Adam Cole vs. Aleister Black

NXT Women’s Title Match
Ember Moon vs. Shayna Baszler

NXT Tag Team Title Match
The Authors of Pain vs. Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish

NXT Title Match
Andrade “Cien” Almas vs. the winner of next week’s Johnny Gargano vs. Velveteen Dream match

NXT Takeover: Philadelphia takes place on January 27, 2018 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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As seen on Monday’s episode of RAW, Braun Strowman attacked Kane & Brock Lesnar backstage and used a grappling hook and pulled down a lighting truss onto his Royal Rumble opponents.

WWE issued the following “storyline” update on Kane and Lesnar:

“After Braun Strowman used a grappling hook to tear down a lighting truss and send it crashing down on Universal Champion Brock Lesnar and Kane, WWE.com can confirm that Lesnar is undergoing examination by WWE medical personnel. Kane, meanwhile, refused medical attention. It is unknown how this incident will affect the Universal Championship Triple Threat Match at Royal Rumble involving all three Superstars”

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On today’s episode of The Taz Show, Taz will debut a new weekly special entitled, “Throwback Snack”. Once a week, Taz will watch, analyze and break down a classic match from years gone by. On today’s show, he will discuss the classic 1985 match between Ric Flair and Ron Garvin which aired live from the TBS Studio in Atlanta.

This was an NWA Championship match, and Taz thought the television studio setting was a very intriguing place for this bout to take place. He thought this match was an awesome, physical bout, and he begins his detailed analysis from start to finish.

The commentary team for this match was Tony Schiavone and David Crockett. He’s always been a fan of Schiavone’s work, from his early NWA days continuing on to his work for WCW during the Monday Night Wars.

On the other hand, he wasn’t a fan of David Crockett’s commentary work at all, and he says it’s a good thing that Crockett’s family owned the business because if they didn’t he probably wouldn’t have lasted long in that position. Taz feels that Schiavone should have been the lead commentator here, not Crockett.

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WWE announced that Nia Jax will team with Apollo Crews for the upcoming Mixed Match Challenge series.

Here is the updated list of teams for the show:

* Bobby Roode & Charlotte
* Braun Strowman & Alexa Bliss
* Finn Balor & Sasha Banks
* Rusev & Lana
* Jimmy Uso & Naomi
* Apollo Crews & Nia Jax

Mixed Match Challenge kicks off on Tuesday, January 16th directly after SmackDown Live on Facebook Watch.

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WWE announced that Sasha Banks will team with Finn Balor for the upcoming Mixed Match Challenge series.

Are you ready for the team of @FinnBalor and @SashaBanksWWE?! @RealKurtAngle has revealed #RAW's next dynamic duo for @WWE Mixed Match Challenge! #WWEMMC pic.twitter.com/jrdAOkiVG2

— WWE (@WWE) January 4, 2018

Here is the updated list of teams for the show:

* Bobby Roode & Charlotte
* Braun Strowman & Alexa Bliss
* Finn Balor & Sasha Banks

Mixed Match Challenge kicks off on Tuesday, January 16th directly after SmackDown Live on Facebook Watch.

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