Odds on The Rock, Bad Bunny or Nikki Bella entering the WWE Royal Rumble
(WTAJ) — While WrestleMania is the grandest show of the year for WWE, the Road to WrestleMania will start Feb. 1 at the annual Royal Rumble in Indianapolis.
One of the best things about the Royal Rumble is that you never know who might show up and enter. The Royal Rumble itself is a match where 30 wrestlers compete to get the main event spot at WrestleMania. With a men's match and a women's match, there are 60 spots and anyone could come out.
Previous celebrity surprises include Drew Carey, the current host of Price is Right, Johnny Knoxville and the uber-popular music sensation Bad Bunny.
Speaking of Bad Bunny, he's on the top list of possible celebrity surprise entrants in the Royal Rumble match. He sits near the top of the list with Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, IShowSpeed, Kai Cenat and Nikki Bella.
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According to Gambling.com, they top the list. The site also shows odds favoring John Cena to win the men's Royal Rumble while Charlotte Flair is tipped to win the women's Royal Rumble.
Men's Royal Rumble match
Wrestler
Odds
Probability
IShowSpeed
-300
75%
Kai Cenat
-300
75%
The Rock
-137.5
57.9%
Rhea Ripley(Current Women's World Champion)
+150
40%
Joe Hendry
+162.5
38.1
Randy Orton
+187.5
34.8%
Bad Bunny
+200
33.3%
Goldberg
+200
33.3%
Trick Williams (NXT)
+300
25%
AJ Styles
+400
20%
Women's Royal Rumble match
Wrestler
Odds
Probability
Becky Lynch
-125
55.6%
Nikki Bella
+100
50%
Jade Cargill
+137.5
42.1%
Jordynne Grace
+162.5
38.1%
Michelle McCool
+200
33.3%
Roxanne Perez
+400
20%
AJ Lee
+600
14.3%
Alexa Bliss
+800
11.1%
Asuka
+1000
9.1%
Probable men's Royal Rumble winners
Wrestler
Odds
Probability
John Cena
+150
40%
CM Punk
+175
36.4%
Roman Reigns
+500
16.7%
Seth Rollins
+600
14.3%
Logan Paul
+2000
4.8%
The Rock
+2000
4.8%
Randy Orton
+2000
4.8%
Jey Uso
+2500
3.8%
Drew McIntyre
+2500
3.8%
Probable women's Royal Rumble winners
Wrestler
Odds
Probability
Charlotte Flair
-137.5
57.9%
Iyo Sky
+333.3
23.1%
Becky Lynch
+500
16.7%
Bianca Belair
+700
12.5%
Jade Cargill
+1000
9.1%
Jordynne Grace
+1200
7.7%
Liv Morgan
+2000
4.8%
Naomi
+2500
3.8%
Asuka
+2800
3.45%
Alexa Bliss
+2800
3.45%
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Charlotte Flair is a favorite to win the women's Royal Rumble match as she makes her months-long return after a serious injury. It's anticipated that if she wins, she will face newcomer and current WWE Women's Champion Tiffany Stratton, who has skyrocketed to the top of the proverbial food chain this past year.
While Cena is favored to win the men's Royal Rumble, it should be noted that while on his 'farewell' retirement tour, he's heavily advertised for the Elimination Chamber event. Historically, the winner of the chamber will get a title match against the other champion who isn't facing the Royal Rumble winner.
'Hacksaw' Jim Duggan was the first ever Royal Rumble winner in 1988, years before it became a yearly tradition and before they announced the winner would get a title shot in the main event of WrestleMania.
Notably, only four men have ever won the Royal Rumble two years in a row — Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels, Stone Cold Steve Austin and current WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. Austin is the only man in WWE history to win the Royal Rumble three times (1998,1999, 2001).
If you've watched the Premium Live Event (PLE) before, you may be familiar with the rules. The match will start with two superstars. Every 90 seconds another superstar will enter (entry numbers are drawn randomly). If you get thrown over the top rope and both feet hit the floor, you're eliminated. The last superstar standing in the ring wins.It's important to note two big rules — superstars have to be thrown over the top rope, not thrown between the ropes, and both feet have to hit the floor. In past years, WWE's Kofi Kingston has gone viral for being tossed over the top rope but never letting his feet touch the floor and making his way back into the ring.
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