Major Name Confirmed for the Royal Rumble Match, Updated List of Participants, No Surprises This Year?

January 11, 2016

It has been made official that Brock Lesnar will indeed be in the WWE Royal Rumble match this year, which will see Roman Reigns defend his WWE World Title against 29 other superstars.

With the confirmation of Lesnar, the match now has 29 participants, meaning there is only room for one surprise entrant if all the following names end up competing as advertised.

In the past, WWE has advertised names for the Rumble match and they don’t end up competing, and if guys like Rusev and King Barrett are able to compete come PPV time, they might be added to the bout in place of already announced names.

Below is the updated match participant list:

Roman Reigns
Kalisto
Dean Ambrose
Kofi Kingston
Big E
Xavier Woods
Brock Lesnar
Chris Jericho
Bray Wyatt
Erick Rowan
Luke Harper
Braun Strowman
Big Show
Stardust
Goldust
Jimmy Uso
Jey Uso
Titus O’Neil
Ryback
Alberto Del Rio
Sheamus
Dolph Ziggler
Mark Henry
D-Von Dudley
Bubba Ray Dudley
Adam Rose
Heath Slater
Bo Dallas
Curtis Axel

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.