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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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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WWE heads to the Amway Center in Orlando, FL for tonight’s episode of SmackDown Live. The following matches are confirmed for the show:

* The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper & Rowan) vs. The Fashion Police (Breeze & Fandango)

* US Title Tournament Match: Xavier Woods vs. Aiden English

* Smackdown Tag Team Title Match:  The Usos vs. Shelton Benjamin & Chad Gable

* Non-Title Match: WWE Champion AJ Styles vs. Sami Zayn

* Dark Matches: WWE Champion AJ Styles vs. Jinder Mahal in a Street Fight and Randy Orton and Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn

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WWE announced AJ Styles vs. Sami Zayn for this Tuesday’s episode of Smackdown Live, the first Smackdown of 2018.

JUST ANNOUNCED: #WWEChampion @AJStylesOrg and @SamiZayn will square off in a non-title match THIS TUESDAY on the first #SDLive of 2018! https://t.co/xoocyxowhL

— WWE (@WWE) December 30, 2017

Other matches announced for the episode include:

* Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin versus The Usos for the Smackdown Tag Team Titles

* Xavier Woods versus Aiden English in the US Title Tournament

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Bobby Roode defeated Baron Corbin and Jinder Mahal defeated Tye Dillinger to advance in the US Title tournament on this week’s episode of SmackDown Live.

WWE Has announced that Zack Ryder will face Mojo Rawley and Aiden English will face Xavier Woods in the remaining tournament matches. The winner of Ryder vs. Rawley will face Roode and the winner of English vs. Woods will face Mahal.

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Xavier Woods provided an update on his injury during his UpUpDownDown live stream and mentioned that he suffered a sprained MCL injury at Monday’s WWE Live Event. Woods is only expected to be out of Action for about a month.

You can check out his UpUpDownDown live stream embedded in the video below:

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WWE edited and removed verses from the SmackDown Live “Rap Battle,” including the reference about Xavier Woods’ appearance in a leaked private video. During the July 4th episode of SmackDown Live, rapper Wale hosted a rap battle between The New Day and WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos. The battle surprisingly exceeded expectations and included references about Total Divas, the Usos’ father Rikishi, Roman Reigns, and the leaked video featuring Paige and Woods.

In response to Big E’s battle verses, Jimmy and Jey Uso tag-teamed their response that included the following quip about Woods:

“Hey, Big E, let’s just keep it PG. You know what’s good. Just don’t get all Rated R like your boy, Xavier Woods.”

The Usos’ reference did not fall on deaf ears and triggered a pop among the Phoenix crowd. The verse, however, was removed once the WWE uploaded the rap battle on their YouTube page.

Due to The Usos getting hostile against New Day, Wale disqualified the SmackDown Tag Team Champions and victory went to New Day.

Despite the loss, The Usos had just one word following the rap battle.

SAVAGES

— The Usos (@WWEUsos) July 5, 2017

The Usos will defend the SmackDown Tag Team Championship against The New Day at WWE Battleground on Sunday, July 23.

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Welcome to another edition of SmackDown Live!

Tonight we have a bonafide first-time ever match-up between two huge stars: Kevin Owens and Shinsuke Nakamura! These two men are set to lock horns in the Money In The Bank ladder match in less than two weeks but tonight they get to inflict some damage and probably have a show stealer!

Also on tonight’s show, AJ Styles will face Dolph Ziggler once again – after losing last week in what was seemingly a botched finish. Dave Meltzer predicted this match would happen again tonight, in order to give AJ a win and some momentum back. The match last week was really starting to heat-up into a great affair but it ended abruptly when Ziggler superkicked AJ in the back of the head.

The New Day jumped right into the tag team title picture upon arriving on SmackDown last week. Xavier Woods, Big E, and Kofi Kingston challenged The Usos in their first appearance on the blue brand since coming over via the Superstar Shake-up. And now a SmackDown Tag Team Championship match awaits them at the Money in the Bank PPV. I expect to finally see The New Day in tag team action tonight, but will The Uso’s play fair?

The women’s Money In The Bank ladder match is also less than two weeks away, and it’s a match that has gotten a lot of people excited. However it does seemingly leave Naomi off of a PPV, having not defended her title in a while. This could really hurt the Champion as she looks to add credibility to her reign. Rumours suggest Lana might appear soon and challenge Naomi at Money in the Bank but I don’t see this happening – why would WWE promote Lana so heavily, only to have her lose her first match and fade away? Hopefully we find out tonight if Naomi will have a role at the PPV.

And then there’s Jinder Mahal and Randy Orton. The two didn’t meet physically last week, but Orton did give a good promo and Jinder appeared on the tron afterwards to annoy him. Expect things to really heat-up tonight between these two, as WWE need to add some fuel to the fire before long. That’s the preview for tonight’s show, let us know what you’re excited to see in the comments below, check out the free Ringside News app, and enjoy the show!

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