Brace yourself fans, the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is about to swoop you again, for the second time this year. WWE’s next pay-per-view (PPV) ‘Greatest Royal Rumble’ will feature a slew of matches that can only draw parallels with The Show of Shows – Wrestlemania. The event will see WWE superstars both the brands, Monday Night RAW and SmackDown LIVE compete during the historic night.
Brock Lesnar, AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy, and Seth Rollins amongst many will be defending their Championships on the tour in Saudi Arabia. If Wrestlemania 34 show was not extravagant enough, this WWE’s tour to Saudi Arabia is sure going to give you goose-bumps. With 7 Championship matches lined up, and also John Cena, Triple H, and The Undertaker on the match-card, the night is sure going to be glittery.
Complete (Updated) Match Card of WWE Greatest Royal Rumble in Saudi Arabia:
No. | Matches | Match Stipulations |
1. | Greatest Royal Rumble Match | 50-man Royal Rumble Match |
2. | Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Roman Reigns | Steel Cage Match – WWE Universal Championship |
3. | AJ Styles (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura | Singles Match – WWE Championship |
4. | Jeff Hardy (c) vs. Jinder Mahal | Singles Match – WWE United States Championship |
5. | Seth Rollins (c) vs. Finn Bálor vs. Samoa Joe vs. The Miz | Ladder Match – WWE Intercontinental Championship |
6. | Bray Wyatt and Matt Hardy vs. Cesaro and Sheamus | Tag Team Match – WWE Raw Tag Team Championship |
7. | The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper and Rowan) (c) vs. The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso) | Tag Team Match – WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship |
8. | Cedric Alexander (c) vs. Kalisto | Singles Match – WWE Cruiserweight Championship |
9. | John Cena vs. Triple H | Singles Match |
10. | The Undertaker vs. Rusev | Singles Casket Match |
(c) denotes Champion (s) heading into the match |
The highlight of the PPV will be the GREATEST Royal Rumble match ever to take place in the history of WWE. The one-of-its-kind match will see over 50 WWE Superstars compete in a battle-royal match – a break-free from the usual 30 WWE Superstars.
Some of the prominent names participating in the match are Shane McMahon, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Daniel Bryan, Kurt Angle, Braun Strowman, Chris Jericho, and Randy Orton amongst others. There are rumours doing the rounds that Rey Mysterio, The Great Khali, and Mark Henry might participate in the match.
With WWE Greatest Royal Rumble scheduled to take place on April 27 in the city of Jeddah, in Saudi Arabia, the audience at King Abdullah International Stadium (venue) will surely have a night to remember, for a long time!
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