WWE RAW notes: Royal Rumble entrants to be revealed on Backstage, Orton-Bliss

Royal Rumble entrants to be revealed on WWE Backstage, Orton RKO's Alexa Bliss and Riddle runs The Hurt Business gauntlet.

Photo Credit: WWE on FOX

WWE’s 34th annual Royal Rumble is scheduled to take place this Sunday on January 31st. One day before the Royal Rumble pay-per-view, there will be a preview of the show on FS1 hosted by the WWE Backstage crew: Renee Paquette (Young), Booker T and Paige. They will be revealing the #30 entrant in the men’s Royal Rumble along with the #1 and #2 entrants in the women’s Royal Rumble.

In the main event of the 1/25 RAW, Alexa Bliss challenged Asuka for the RAW Women’s Championship. During the match, Bliss changed into different incarnations of her character that was shown through her ring gear. At the conclusion of the match, Bliss locked in the Mandible Claw onto Asuka but standing behind her was Randy Orton who delivered an RKO to Bliss.

Riddle ran the gauntlet on The Hurt Business to earn a shot at Bobby Lashley’s United States Championship. He defeated Shelton Benjamin, MVP and Cedric Alexander in singles matches to become #1 contender. Riddle was beat down by The Hurt Business after the match.

About Andrew Thompson 9689 Articles
A Washington D.C. native and graduate of Norfolk State University, Andrew Thompson has been covering wrestling since 2017.