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NEWS - WWE Royal Rumble 2026: Surprising Name Becomes RED-HOT Favourite!

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🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Today's wrestling news, including...


WWE Royal Rumble 2026: Surprising Name Becomes RED-HOT Favourite!

Mercedes Mone AEW Booking!

AEW Star Retires!

ANOTHER AEW Star Retiring?!


ENJOY!


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0:00.0

Hello there, my very good friends on today's wrestling news.

0:03.0

WW's 2026 Royal Rumble winner may have just been revealed.

0:06.7

We've got all the backstage news on Mercedes Monnet's surprising TBS title loss.

0:10.7

An AW veteran has just shockingly retired.

0:13.5

And another women's wrestling great is calling it quits in 2026.

0:17.1

I'm Andy H-Marie.

0:18.3

The H stands for Hastelow Vista, baby.

0:20.8

I'm Michael Hanflet. Love Robocop. And this is the news. All right, we're back in the studio. Bedroom videos, living room videos are done for now until tomorrow when I have to do one. But never mind that for now. We're here with two news videos for you today. And then the first one, we're leading with the Royal Rumble. because there's a new betting favourite in place Michael Hamphlin for the women's match this is Odds Checker and Bet Online currently have this person listed as the favourite I was going to say have a guess who it is but I already told you who it is so there's no point in doing that it would be artificial artificial and lame. Let's do it anyway. Who do you think it is?

0:55.8

All right. Naya Jax. No, it's Bianca Bell. Hey. So the bet online and odds checker currently have her as the favorite. Liv Morgan is the next most likely according to them. So this isn't necessarily, when these betting odds come out, they're not necessarily grounded

1:14.1

in anything.

1:15.6

A lot of times it's just reflective of where the money has come in and stuff like that.

1:19.6

So if a lot of people who just bet on Bianca Bel Air, her odds will change and they'll

1:24.6

become more likely.

1:26.6

I never know the terminology shorter or longer.

1:29.8

Which one's good and which one's bad?

1:31.5

Longer means less likely, I think.

1:33.2

Okay, so they'll become shorter as that happens.

1:36.3

And obviously, Liv Morgan has just returned to WWE,

1:38.9

so she's going to be among the favorites.

1:41.9

She's one of the most heavily pushed people in the company, has been for several years.

1:46.8

And as somebody who's not necessarily been playing a background role since she returned,

1:51.8

but more of a secondary role compared to some of the figures in the women's division,

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