Russo is joined on today’s show by his co-host, Jeff Lane, and former WWE Superstars, Stevie Richards and Bin Hamin.

Richards says he couldn’t understand Ronda Rousey’s debut at the Royal Rumble this past Sunday. Rousey shook Stephanie McMahon’s hand at ringside, but the last time they saw each other on WWE programming Rousey put McMahon in an arm bar. He mentions that some people are saying Rousey’s ready to be a full-time talent, but he thought she looked lost in the ring on Sunday, looking like she didn’t have a clue what to do.

Russo has a hard time believing that Asuka and Nakamura are the two performers that WWE wants to push as their top stars right now. He points out that neither of them can cut a promo, and he agrees with Lane in the sense that adding subtitles for their promos would be an improvement. He also suggests that a hot female translator would be a nice addition to Nakamura’s presentation, to accompany his rockstar gimmick.

Russo says he’d rather see Braun Strowman destroying things for 20 minutes to start RAW instead of a 20-minute match, but he’s also starting to get tired of Strowman flipping stuff over. He points out that turning over a desk is somewhat anticlimactic after Strowman flipped over an 18-wheeler just a couple of weeks ago.

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This week on Raw, Stephanie McMahon made yet another historic announcement concerning the women’s division, announcing that for the first time ever, there would be a women’s Elimination Chamber match at the upcoming pay-per-view of the same name. The match, like the women’s Rumble match, had been long rumoured online and the announcement won’t have come as a surprise to many people.

The women’s roster delivered a nostalgia-filled and hugely enjoyable Royal Rumble bout and the company will be very keen to capitalise on that momentum. The important thing for them heading into the Elimination Chamber is to get the right entrants and if they can do that, then the women could really deliver a classic chamber match. Let’s take a look at who should enter the first-ever women’s elimination chamber match.

Alexa Bliss

Let’s get this one out of the way. Bliss is the current women’s champion and therefore the first confirmed entrant into the match. Is there a chance she will lose the title before the event? It seems highly unlikely, and even if she did, she would definitely be in the match regardless.  The match will be used to set up Alexa’s bout at Mania, with either Asuka coming down after the match to confirm she is going to face her, or Alexa having an altercation with someone (Nia Jax, most likely) during the match that sets up a feud.

Bliss has been an excellent champion and is an integral part of the women’s roster, having her compete in this match gives her the chance to be a part of history as, obviously, she didn’t get a chance to partake in the first ever Rumble.

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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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It was reported last week that Kevin Owens has been battling a back injury for the past few weeks and the injury was described as one that “comes and goes” but isn’t serious enough to take time off to get it fixed.

WWE did an angle on SmackDown Live this week with Owens’ left leg and it will likely figure into the story of his match at The Royal Rumble this Sunday. The belief is that Owens will only be involved in the match on a limited basis due to his back but the commentary team will explain that it is his leg that is affecting his performance.

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During the latest installment of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer discussed the betting odds for the Men’s Royal Rumble match for Sunday’s show. Meltzer believes that someone from the SmackDown brand will win The Rumble because Roman Reigns could earn his shot at Brock Lesnar’s Universal Title at the upcoming Elimination Chamber event.

The likely winners for SmackDown include Nakamura and Randy Orton, or perhaps Baron Corbin or even Rusev as a long shot. Nakamura and Orton have both been top favorites in the betting odds for weeks now and WWE previously had plans for Nakamura vs. Styles and Orton vs. Styles but those matches never happened.

The other possibility is that an outsider who makes a surprise entrant in the Rumble ends up winning.

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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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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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Ringside News will have a special giveaway available during the Royal Rumble weekend in celebration of our new t-shirt line with Pro Wrestling Tees and the Royal Rumble pay-per-view event.

The giveaway will take place on January 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th. We will be giving away one of our free t-shirts prior to NXT Takeover, Royal Rumble, RAW and SmackDown.

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X-Pac opens today’s show speaking about his experience at RAW25. He says he had a great time but he’s still tired from all the flying. He was so excited and riding a high after appearing on RAW and he flew out of New York at 7 AM the next morning, so he didn’t really sleep at all prior to catching his flight.

He gives WWE credit for trying to broadcast live from two different buildings, but there’s no denying that this was was going to be a difficult feat from the beginning. There was also so much hype and promotion for this show that it was going to be hard for it to live up to the expectations. He thought WWE delivered in terms of nostalgia.

X-Pac informs that The Miz and Ric Flair were not originally booked to appear at The Manhattan Center.  They were last minute additions in order to give the fans at Manhattan Center more bang for their buck.

X-Pac has heard some criticism of the show, specifically WWE’s inability to take advantage of the additional viewers in order to hype the current product and the Royal Rumble. He can understand these frustrations, but he points out that it’s tough to fit all of the legends on the same show in which you’re trying to hype a major PPV.

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While speaking with TMZ, Ronda Rousey denied reports that she will be participating in the Women’s Royal Rumble match this Sunday and revealed that she will be shooting a movie instead.

“I’m actually leaving to Colombia right now to finish shooting ‘Mile 22’ and won’t be back until mid February,” said the former UFC Fighter.

Ronda also mentioned that she has not signed a contract with WWE.

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