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ROYAL RUMBLE NOTES ON CODY, WILLIAM REGAL, FLAIR AND MORE

By Mike Johnson on 2023-01-28 14:28:00

Cody Rhodes merchandise is BY FAR the top seller at the Royal Rumble store set up at the Alamodome this weekend.  While he was not medically cleared when WWE began running the vignettes for his return, PWInsider.com is told Rhodes has been 100% medically cleared to compete going forward.  He's expected to be back on the Raw brand regularly as of this week.

We've gotten questions about whether William Regal is at the Royal Rumble.  As we've previously reported, he's required to be at all the Raws and Smackdowns as part of his new position with the company, so yes, he's at the Rumble.  Regal's store at ProWrestlingTees.com will be closing after this weekend, so if you wanted any of his merch, click here ASAP.

Add Dexter Lumis to the list of those spotted in San Antonio, Texas.

Ric Flair was originally slated to be at today's Royal Rumble until he was booked to be Grand Marshall at Tampa, Florida's Gasparilla Pirate parade:

WWE gave out t-shirts as a make-good this morning to fans who had camped overnight for this morning's Rey Mysterio signing only to find out Rey would miss it and be replaced by Dominik Mysterio and Damian Priest.

 

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