WWE Royal Rumble 2026: 10 Surprise Entrants We Could See - Chris Jericho! Bianca Belair! Paige! The Rock?!
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🗓️ 22 January 2026
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WWE takes the Rumble to Saudi Arabia, but which unexpected wrestlers will also make the flight? Simon Miller presents 10 Surprise Royal Rumble Entrants We Could See...
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| 0:00.0 | Now there was this bizarre rumor a few weeks ago that the WWE isn't going to be able to do any surprises at this year's Royal Rumble, because it's in Saudi Arabia and the flights are going to give it away. I mean, if that is true, what the flubbers happen to the world? I mean, there must be away. I think W.W. would know that as well because the coolest thing about the Royal Rumble is not knowing who's going to come out next. You get the whole three, two, one, and you sit there in anticipation. And I cannot believe that in the year, 2006, we're not going to get a few entrants. So my name is Simon Miller. I have no hair. I'm wearing a hood today for no apparent reason. And here's 10 surprise people I think we could see. Number 10, Chris Jericho. So of course, when Raw did have |
| 0:38.5 | its one year anniversary on Netflix at the start of January, everybody was like, oh my gosh, Chris Jericho |
| 0:43.1 | is going to debut. And I thought that could happen as well. Before you remember, Chris Jericho |
| 0:47.9 | has re-debued so many times, and on every single occasion, he always comes up with something |
| 0:52.5 | new, but the one determining factor is that we give it time and we tease, tease, tease. So we've had the first tease, which is Adam Pearce saying, let's break the walls down. So you know what would be a good let's do it now date, which I probably could have said more poetically, the flipping raw rumble. Now I know that would be a little bit boring in the sense that everybody does a surprise return at the raw rumble. But Chris Jericho is such a massive name. Of course you could get away with this. And actually somebody sent me the best idea. Please do forgive me because I've forgotten your name. They were like, screw the actual pop of the music starting. When you do get the 3210, let's go, it should be the countdown to the millennium clock. |
| 1:28.0 | So even though you would get another 10 seconds, actually, I've just updated it in my brain, that is what it could be. So instead of the countdown, go 9, 8, 7, we could go to the one on the screen that goes warp, warp, and yes, that's when you're going to get the initial pop, but it is Chris Jericho. Here's the deal. If Chris Jericho is not going to debut before the Royal Rumble, make sure he's a surprise in the |
| 1:46.9 | Royal Rumble, you ain't going to be able to get a bigger name than that. Number nine, Bree Bella. So ever since Nikki Bella returned to WWE, anytime she does an interview, she's like, you know, I have a sister called Bree. We used to be Dag Team Champions, and I turned on her and said, I wanted her to |
| 2:01.6 | die in the womb, but damn it, we still do a podcast together, so maybe she's going to come back for one last run. And people talk to Brian Danielson, he's like, well, you know, my wife, she probably would return, but all the things would have to be in place, we're probably going to do it at the Royal Rumble. Now this scares the shit out of me because if you've been watching my content for the last 10 years, which is so damn long. |
| 2:19.1 | Why am I so old? |
| 2:20.2 | You know I do not like Brie Bellas entrance music. It starts with that weird soul-crushing noise. It kind of makes me do that like I'm turning into a zombie. But actually I quite like this idea. I think ever since Nicky Belly has come back, especially when she did turn heels, she's been a right delight. There's just something about her. So if you wanted to put her with Nikki Bella and Bree Bella and just do that thing again, they do have leaders of fans, just go check out their social media, their podcast does really well. They did help change the business with Total Divas and Total Bell's, I think we should just do it, as |
| 2:51.0 | Bree Bella does want to come back. I also think she'll get a mega pop, because no matter what you think about the Bellas, they are massive starts. It goes back to the Chris Jericho thing. If you can get somebody from yesteryear in the Royal Rumble, you're going to get a pop, it's going to do one on social media, everyone's going to do the dance of joy. For flops sake, just do it. Number eight, Bianca Ballair. So if you have watched my Who Do I Think |
| 3:10.0 | Should Win the Royalle Rumble 2006 video, I picked Bianca Ballet for the Women's Royal Rumble, and it really does come down to this. Along she is healthy and good to go, she's been away for almost a year. The last time we saw her was WrestleMania 41. She's a massive baby face that everybody loves. She could be a surprise and she could win the thing because then that means at WrestleMania. You can do Jake Cargo versus Bianca Blair. Who doesn't want that? I know. One of you just shout, I don't want. You don't want anything. You're that one guy. You hate life. I'm just tying all these three together again. Now two as well well, because while Bree Bella and Chris Jericho are like legacy stars, whatever the flub you want to call it, Bianca Belair is a modern star, and people absolutely love this person. I think people just forgot because going into the rear Ripley-Eo Sky stuff, for whatever reason Bianca did get booed. That's just because sometimes audiences go crazy. |
| 3:57.7 | Also, absence makes the heart go fonder. So yes, this can be the antithesis to number 10 and noon number nine. You're still going to get a massive reaction, but it's someone that's doing it right now. They're a current generation star. Why wouldn't you do this if Bianca Baller is healthy? But wait for a response, you can't say anything, because this is on YouTube. |
| 4:15.3 | So if you did say anything, you're a little bit weird. |
| 4:32.4 | Once again, we can just break it down to simple maths. If Bianca Belair is healthy, make her a surprise of Royal Rumble, damn it, she should win it. Number seven, I Show Speed. The last time we did see I Show Speed in WW, was that last year's Royal Rumble, where he stole Tuzawa's spot, so Tzow was to be super mad, |
| 5:04.3 | and this is where Brom Breayker gave him that mega spear, and we all looked at Speer and went, yep, I think he's dead. Now, given that a lot of influences try and get into wrestling, I actually quite like speed. I think he totally understands wrestling. So if you did have the opportunity to throw him into the Royal Rumble this year, I wouldn't mind it at all. And even my old man brain, I totally understand it. He's like what, 20, 21, 22 years old. He has millions upon millions of followers. Let's not pretend that WW. He doesn't like that. That clip of him being speared by Bronbreaker got seen something like 150 billion times I'm massively exaggerating. But listen, he likes wrestling. He's very athletic. He's quite clearly happy to take death bumps. Why don't put him in the Royal Rumble? I tell you, I like speed. I don't even know why. So if he comes back, great. He's also been training with Randy Orton because they released some footage off that. Randy even gave him a chair shot, so maybe that even |
| 5:21.1 | ties into something at WrestleMania. Once again, get mad at me. I got no problem with this. Number six, Chad Gable. So look at this picture. I'm not doing a nickelback song here. That is Chad Gable in the gym recently, and that man has got super duper-whooper mega jacked, and you could even say he's about ready to return after he had surgery. |
| 5:38.6 | I can't remember what for now, but he's good to go. |
| 5:41.0 | Now, of course, Chad Gable is not a guy that's going to come back and win the rule rumble, but he can be put in a mega program, because let's not forget all that stuff he was doing with the intercontinental tuggle before he turned heel, so I would actually use this time away to hit the reset button. He'll absolutely get a pop if he does come back from the Royal Rumble. He should throw a few people out there, but he does set his sights on somebody that does have a name, they get into it, one of them can eliminate the other one, and we basically tell the audience, this is going to be your WrestleMania match, and then, yeah, he's another one, light a fire under his ass, make sure he has a great 2006 because in terms of in ring talent who better |
| 6:14.6 | chad a match. And then, yeah, he's another one. Light a fire under his ass. Make sure he has a great 2006 because in terms of in-ring talent, who better than Chad Gable? So it's a Bianca Malair |
| 6:16.1 | situation for me. If Chad has been given the 100% you're good to go, of course he should |
| 6:20.8 | be a surprise in the rumble because that's just going to get people excited. Because once |
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