WWE Royal Rumble 2026: 5 Shocks WWE Could Pull
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🗓️ 28 January 2026
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Andy and Adam discuss five mind-blowing SHOCKS WWE could pull at the Royal Rumble this weekend...
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| 0:00.0 | Hello there, my very good friends. Royal Rumble season means shock season in WWE is the pay-per-view most associated with surprises in the entire wrestling landscape. |
| 0:09.9 | It's always fun for that very reason. And today, we are here to talk about five shocks that WW could pool at Royal Rumble 2026. We've tried to keep them as realistic as possible. |
| 0:20.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:20.7 | I mean, technically, you know, Hulk Hogan rising from the grave |
| 0:24.6 | and winning the whole damn thing would be a shock, |
| 0:28.9 | but it's also physically impossible. |
| 0:30.9 | So we've tried to keep these in the realms of possibility. |
| 0:34.4 | I'm Andy H. Murray. The H stands for, |
| 0:36.6 | you know, like the countdown noise. I'm Adam H. The H stands for, ha. You know, like the countdown noise. |
| 0:39.3 | Yeah. I'm Adam Wilborn. And this, it's not the news. It's five shocks. W.W. |
| 0:44.3 | You can pull at Royal Rumble 2026. Number five, Raquel Rodriguez squashes Stephanie Vacare. |
| 0:52.3 | Now, I don't think this is completely out of the question. |
| 1:12.2 | I don't think they're going to pull a title change necessarily. No. I think that Stephanie, when she's back from her, it's a sprained ankle, right? Yes, that sounds about right. It's a nasty one. She was banged up, wasn't she? It was the official word. Banged up. But yeah, the ankle's been pretty consistently targeted by Raquel. Yeah, she's got big sexy has gone after it. |
| 1:13.3 | No, her words. |
| 1:12.6 | So. the ankle's been pretty consistently targeted by Raquel. Yeah, she's got, Big Sexy has gone after it. No, her words. |
| 1:13.6 | So I don't necessarily think there's a high chance of them pulling the trigger on the title defence. |
| 1:19.6 | But my goodness, what a shakeup this would be. |
| 1:21.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:22.6 | Like Raquel has come off so well in these segments, like these beat downs of an injured woman, |
| 1:26.6 | which is exactly what you want from a heel, who by the way is like half a foot tall than there already. So she already has a bit of an advantage in terms of size. But Stephanie's freaking injured, so of course she's really sympathetic and all of that good stuff. I just wonder if maybe like, hey, Stephanie has said she's not relinquishing the title. Maybe they fast track a title match at the Rumble. Maybe Raquel takes full advantage of that injury. And maybe she beats her ass in like two minutes. Yeah. I'm not saying it would be the best idea of all time, but it would certainly shake things up. Exactly. That's the thing, isn't it? Like, I think you can vaguely guess what's going to be happening in terms of the Smackdown Women's Division as we head towards WrestleMania. Smart monies on Bianca Bellar and J. Gargill, for example, in terms of the women's world title picture. On Raw, though, I've heard a million different things, whether it be, you know, Ria Ripley and EO Sky splitting and then going |
| 2:19.0 | after each other for the title, whether you'd run back a triple threat after it worked so |
| 2:24.0 | well last year, for example. |
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