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ANDRE THE GIANT MEMORIAL BATTLE ROYAL WILL TAKE PLACE...

By Mike Johnson on 2021-04-01 16:02:00

The 2021 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal will take place on the Friday 4/9 edition of Smackdown on FOX, the first time that Battle Royal will be held outside of a Wrestlemania PPV event.

Originally instituted at Wrestlemania 30 in 2014, the match was not held last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Competing in the Battle Royal are Cedric Alexander, Mustafa Ali, Shelton Benjamin, Humberto Carrillo, King Corbin, Lince Dorado, Angel Garza, Drew Gulak, Elias, Erik of the Viking Raiders, Kalisto, Mace, Gran Metalik, Buddy Murphy, Shinsuke Nakamura, Ricochet, Jaxon Ryker, Slapjack, Akira Tozawa, T-Bar, Tucker and Jey Uso.

Previous winners:

2014 - Cesaro

2015 - Big Show

2016 - Baron Corbin

2017 - Mojo Rawley

2018 - Matt Hardy

2019 - Braun Strowman

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