Coming out of Tuesday night's SmackDown tapings, the WWE has continued to round out the field for the 30-man match and the card overall for the 28th annual Royal Rumble event later this month.
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Wrestligheadlines.com reports that two big names were added the Rumble Match as Kane and The Big Show were revealed as participants in the over-the-top-rope 30-man match to determine the No. 1 contender for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 31.
Kane and Big Show now make 10 people confirmed for the bout as heavy-favorite Roman Reigns, recently returned Daniel Bryan, United States Champion Rusev, Dean Ambrose, Bray Wyatt WWE Intercontinental Champion Bad News Barrett, Goldust and Stardust have already been announced for the most exciting match of the year.
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The WWE also revealed that a Tag Team Championship bout will take place at the Royal Rumble as The Usos will put their belts on the line against The Miz and Damien Sandow (Mizdow) at the show.
This brings the total number of announced matches for the Royal Rumble event to three as Brock Lesnar will defend his WWE World Heavyweight Championship in a Triple Threat Match against John Cena and "Mr. Money in the Bank" Seth Rollins.
The WWE had originally booked a "Final Battle" between Cena and Lesnar, but opted to add Rollins to the mix instead after Lesnar and Cena already clashed at SummerSlam in August and Night of Champions in September.
The WWE presents the 28th annual Royal Rumble event live from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Jan. 25 and here is the full card thus far:
30-man over-the-top-rope Royal Rumble Match to determine the No. 1 contender for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 31:
Participants: Roman Reigns, Daniel Bryan, Rusev, Bray Wyatt, Dean Ambrose, Bad News Barrett, Kane, The Big Show, Goldust, Stardust and 20 others.
WWE World Heavyweight Championship Triple Threat Match:
Brock Lesnar (c) vs. John Cena vs. Seth Rollins
WWE Tag Team Championships:
The Usos (c) vs. The Miz and Damien Sandow (Mizdow)
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