WWE has confirmed two stars that will no longer be part of the Men’s and Women’s Royal Rumble matches taking place in two weeks.
Finn Balor and Sasha Banks will no longer take part in either Royal Rumble match after being booked for championship matches at the PPV in Phoenix.
Banks will be challenging Ronda Rousey for the RAW Women’s Championship, while Balor has replaced Braun Strowman and will now face Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship in a match confirmed on RAW this past Monday night.
We posted the updated card for the Royal Rumble earlier, including a new United States Championship match getting confirmed on Tuesday night.
WWE confirms name change for Smackdown star
As hinted at on this past week’s Smackdown live, WWE has confirmed a name change for former NXT Champion Andrade “Cien” Almas going forward.
WWE is now simply referring to him as Andrade on the official roster page.