Asuka Defending SmackDown Women’s Championship Against Becky Lynch At WWE Royal Rumble
A new match has been added to the Royal Rumble match card.
In the main event of tonight’s SmackDown broadcast from Jacksonville, Florida, “The Man” Becky Lynch, Carmella and Charlotte Flair competed in a Triple-Threat match to determine who would be moving on to the Royal Rumble pay-per-view on January 27th to face Asuka for the SmackDown Women’s Championship. In the closing sequences of the match, Carmella superkicked Charlotte out of the ring and was about to finish Becky off but Becky reversed Carmella into the “Disarm-Her” and tapped “The Princess Of Staten Island” out and now Becky and Asuka are set to clash in Phoenix.
#TheMan @BeckyLynchWWE is VICTORIOUS in this #TripleThreat Match, and she’ll come around for the #SDLive #WomensTitle at #RoyalRumble! pic.twitter.com/77CIgofbCx
— WWE (@WWE) January 9, 2019
Oh, IT’S ON! #SDLive #RoyalRumble @BeckyLynchWWE @WWEAsuka pic.twitter.com/Q6TK1gefeD
— WWE (@WWE) January 9, 2019
Lynch lost the title at WWE’s TLC PPV in December after Ronda Rousey pushed her and Charlotte Flair off a Ladder in a TLC match which opened the door for Asuka to climb up and capture the title. Becky now has the chance to recapture the belt that she was never pinned for.
While mentioning Ronda Rousey, the UFC Hall Of Famer is set to defend her RAW Women’s Championship at the Royal Rumble against Sasha Banks and below is the updated Royal Rumble match card:
Men’s Royal Rumble Match
R-Truth (#30 entrant), Drew McIntyre, Kofi Kingston, Big E, Xavier Woods, Finn Balor, Seth Rollins, Jeff Hardy, Samoa Joe, Bobby Lashley, Dean Ambrose, John Cena, Elias, Jinder Mahal, Andrade “Cien” Almas, Rey Mysterio, Mustafa Ali
Women’s Royal Rumble Match
Carmella (#30 entrant), Natalya, Bayley, Ember Moon, Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, Sarah Logan, Mandy Rose, Sonya Deville, Zelina Vega
WWE Universal Championship
Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Braun Strowman
WWE Cruiserweight Championship
Fatal 4-Way Match
Buddy Murphy (c) vs. Kalisto vs. Akira Tozawa vs. Hideo Itami
WWE Championship
Daniel Bryan (c) vs. AJ Styles
SmackDown Live Women’s Championship
Asuka (c) vs. Becky Lynch
RAW Women’s Championship
Ronda Rousey (c) vs. Sasha Banks
SmackDown Live Tag Team Championships
The Bar (c) vs. Shane McMahon & The Miz
