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Internally, WWE is expecting 25,000 for today's Royal Rumble event in Riyadh. We are told there were 14,000 in attendance for Smackdown.
Michael Cole and Wade Barrett will be calling the show today.
PWInsider.com is told there will be production elements on today's Rumble show that were not utilized on the Smackdown broadcast last night.
To promote the PPV on ESPN, Sportscenter this AM featured a segment where they discussed the Top WWE finishers of all time, bringing up The Stone Cold Stunner, Kurt Angle's Ankle Lock and The RKO and more.
ESPN ran a repeating segment on Sportscenter this morning with Cole and Barrett running down the card from Riyadh.
Joe Hendry tweeted:
From playing the Smackdown games as a kid, dreaming about becoming a wrestler…
— Joe Hendry (@joehendry) January 30, 2026
To having my own pack in @WWEgames #WWE2K26
Thank you for believing ???????? pic.twitter.com/pt5YJkuZ4w
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