IWE Royal Rumble (2020)
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| Royal Rumble (2020) | ||
| Promotional poster featuring various IWE wrestlers | ||
| Promotion | IWE | |
| Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown | |
| Date | January 26, 2020 | |
| City | Houston, Texas | |
| Venue | Minute Maid Park | |
| IWE Network chronology | ||
| ← Previous NXT TakeOver: Phoenix | Next → Worlds Collide | |
| Royal Rumble chronology | ||
| ← Previous 2019 | Next → — | |
Royal Rumble (2020) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view and IWE Network event produced by IWE for their Raw and SmackDown brands. It will take place on January 26, 2020 at the Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. It will be the thirty-third event under the Royal Rumble chronology.
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Production
Background
The Royal Rumble is an annual gimmick pay-per-view, produced every January by IWE since 1988. It is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, dubbed the "Big Four". It is named after the Royal Rumble match, a modified battle royal in which the participants enter at timed intervals instead of all beginning in the ring at the same time. Both the men's and women's matches generally feature 30 wrestlers. Traditionally, the winner of the match earns a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. For 2020, the men and women can choose to challenge for either brand's top championship at WrestleMania 36: the men have their choice between Raw's IWE Championship or SmackDown's Universal Championship, while the women can choose either the Raw Women's Championship or SmackDown Women's Championship. 2020 will be thirty-third event in the Royal Rumble chronology and feature wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands.
Storylines
The show will include matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by IWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines are produced on IWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.
At Survivor Series, "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt defeated Daniel Bryan to retain the Universal Championship. On the following SmackDown, after Bryan accepted another rematch for the title at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, The Fiend appeared and attacked Bryan, ripping out his hair. The Miz, who had been intertwined in the feud, appeared the following week and said that Bryan had not been seen since The Fiend's attack and in turn became Wyatt's opponent in a non-title match at TLC, where Wyatt (as his Firefly Fun House character and not The Fiend) defeated Miz. Following the match, a hooded figure attacked Wyatt and then revealed himself as a returning Bryan, now with a buzz cut and shorter beard. On the following SmackDown, both Bryan and Miz stated their desire to take the Universal Championship from Wyatt due to their respective personal issues with him. They were then interrupted by King Corbin, who felt that he deserved an opportunity for the title due to his victory over Roman Reigns at TLC. It was later confirmed that Miz, Bryan, and Corbin would face each other in a triple threat match on the December 27 episode, with the winner receiving a Universal Championship match against The Fiend at the Royal Rumble.
Results
| No. | Matches | Stipulations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Men's Royal Rumble match | 30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 36 | |
| 2 | Women's Royal Rumble match | 30-woman Royal Rumble match for a women's championship match at WrestleMania 36 | |
| 3 | "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt (c) vs. Daniel Bryan | Strap match for the IWE Universal Championship | |
| 4 | Becky Lynch (c) vs. Asuka | Singles match for the IWE Raw Women's Championship | |
| 5 | Roman Reigns vs. King Corbin | Falls count anywhere match | |
| 6 | Shorty G vs. Sheamus | Singles match | |
| 7 | Bayley (c) vs. Lacey Evans | Singles match for the IWE SmackDown Women's Championship | |
| 8 | Andrade (c) vs. Humberto Carrillo | Singles match for the IWE United States Championship | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
*Card subject to change | |||
Announced competitors in the Men's Royal Rumble match
22 of the 30 entrants has been announced as of October 10, 2026.
Brand
| Wrestler | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Roman Reigns | January 3, 2020 | Announced on SmackDown |
| Rob Lesnar1 | January 6, 2020 | Announced on Raw |
| KJ Styles | ||
| Erick Rowan | ||
| Kevin Orton | ||
| Rey Mysterio | ||
| Ricochet | ||
| Drew McIntyre | ||
| Elias | January 10, 2020 | Announced on SmackDown |
| King Corbin | ||
| Dolph Ziggler | ||
| Otis | ||
| Tucker | ||
| Rusev | January 13, 2020 | Announced on Raw |
| Bobby Lashley | ||
| Aleister Black | ||
| Buddy Murphy | ||
| Braun Strowman | January 17, 2020 | Announced on SmackDown |
| Shinsuke Nakamura | ||
| Seth Rollins | January 20, 2020 | Announced on Raw |
| Kevin Owens | ||
| Samoa Simpson |
- 1 – Lesnar will enter the match at #1.
Announced competitors in the Women's Royal Rumble match
4 of the 30 entrants has been announced as of October 10, 2026.
Brand
| Wrestler | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Flair | December 30, 2019 | Announced on Raw |
| Alexa Bliss | January 10, 2020 | Announced on SmackDown |
| Nikki Cross | ||
| Sarah Logan | January 13, 2020 | Announced on Twitter |
References
External links
| ← 2018 • 2019 IWE Network events • 2021 → | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IWE | Worlds Collide • Royal Rumble • Super ShowDown • Elimination Chamber • WrestleMania 36 • Money in the Bank • Backlash • The Horror Show at Extreme Rules • SummerSlam • Payback • Clash of Champions • Hell in a Cell • Survivor Series • TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs | |||
| NXT | TakeOver: Portland • TakeOver: In Your House • TakeOver: XXX • TakeOver: 31 | |||
| NXT UK | TakeOver: Blackpool II | |||
