The 30-Man Royal Rumble match now has 17 officially announced participants for this Sunday’s PPV:
John Cena
Sheamus
Randy Orton
Ryback
The Miz
Daniel Bryan
Kane
Great Khali
Kofi Kingston
Titus O’Neil
Darren Young
Dolph Ziggler (#1 or #2)
U.S. champion Antonio Cesaro
IC champion Wade Barrett
3MB members Heath Slater, Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre
NXT tournament winner*
*During Royal Rumble fanfest, there will be an NXT tournament where the winner gets a Rumble slot.
NXT wrestlers in the tournament are:
Corey Graves
Oliver Grey
Luke Harper (formerly Brodie Lee)
Xavier Woods (formerly Consequences Creed)
Conor O’Brian
Adrian Neville (formerly PAC),
Bo Dallas
Leo Kruger
One last note: Rikishi shot down the rumor that he would be a surprise guest for Sunday’s event.