WWE Royal Rumble 2025 surprise entrant rumours from debuts to returns

The Royal Rumble is 1 of the astir unpredictable nights of the WWE calendar.

Whether it’s astonishment entrants, immense debuts oregon daze returns, fans are ever excited successful the build-up wondering who mightiness amusement up successful the 30-man and 30-woman matches.

Last year, the likes of Jordynne Grace, Andrade, Jade Cargill and Naomi each near fans stunned, but it remains to beryllium seen who volition beryllium portion of the archetypal ever Royal Rumble connected Netflix.

Between reports and axenic speculation from hopeful fans, a fewer names are being thrown astir for the premium unrecorded event, from legends and Hall of Famers to viral stars and returning favourites.

We’ve pulled unneurotic 12 superstars who could amusement up and articulation the likes of Roman Reigns, CM Punk, John Cena, Bayley and Charlotte Flair crossed the 2 bouts.

Have a look, and ballot astatine the bottommost to fto america cognize who you deliberation is astir apt to appear.

AJ Lee

AJ Lee volition beryllium apical of astir people’s wishlists for this weekend, with fans hoping she volition instrumentality successful the Royal Rumble for her archetypal WWE quality successful a decade.

Her hubby CM Punk made his ain improbable comeback successful November 2023, and he’s jokingly dropped immoderate hints his woman could travel him.

Nikki Bella

WWE Hall of Famer Nikki Bella made her sanction successful wrestling alongside duplicate sister Brie, but it’s her sanction connected everyone’s lips going into the Rumble.

After she appeared astatine the Raw Netflix premiere, she’s made it wide she’s unfastened to a comeback, and determination are rumours she’s been getting successful ringing signifier conscionable successful case.

Joe Hendry

Say his sanction and his appears – bash you judge Joe Hendry could beryllium successful the Rumble?

The concern betwixt NXT and TNA Wrestling means thing is possible, including the latter’s viral satellite champion making his debut connected WWE’s main roster.

Matt and Jeff Hardy

Like Joe Hendry, the TNA woody could unfastened the doorway for WWE icons Matt and Jeff Hardy to marque their returns.

The Hardy Boyz are among the astir fashionable tag teams of each time, and fans would relish the accidental to spot either prima back, portion they’ve made nary concealed of their desires to bash much with WWE.

AJ Styles

AJ Styles hasn’t been seen connected WWE TV since being enactment connected the wounded support successful October 2024.

Fans person been clamouring for a comeback ever since, and it feels hard to ideate the Phenomenal One missing retired connected the Road to WrestleMania.

Beyond WrestleMania, WWE is returning to France for Clash In Paris in August 2025, and you amended judge Styles volition privation to perceive that assemblage chanting his name,

Omos

Towering superstar Omos hasn’t wrestled connected WWE tv since April 2024, but helium was astir precocious seen successful Japan’s Pro Wrestling NOAH, wherehe held the tag titles with Jack Morris.

The Nigerian Giant impressed during his excursion successful January, earlier announcing his was leaving to instrumentality to WWE. The timing suggests a Rumble instrumentality whitethorn beryllium connected the cards.

Alexa Bliss

Alexa Bliss has been distant from WWE for astir 2 years, having fixed commencement to her babe miss successful November 2023.

There has been speculation she was going to instrumentality past period lone for plans to seemingly autumn done implicit declaration talks, but don’t regularisation retired the erstwhile champ making an interaction astatine the Rumble.

Mick Foley

Mick Foley precocious joked astir getting a telephone from Triple H, hinting astatine this year’s Royal Rumble.

The Hardcore Legend has got himself successful fantastic signifier aft losing astir 100lbs, and this play would beryllium a large accidental for a farewell lucifer without having to bash thing excessively punishing.

Matt Cardona

Matt Cardona – amended cognize to WWE fans arsenic Zack Ryder – lives by the motto of ‘Always Ready’, and that could travel successful utile this weekend.

There are rumblings of a peculiar quality by the erstwhile Intercontinental Champion, who was released successful 2021 on with wife Chelsea Green, who made her ain comeback astatine the 2023 Rumble.

Nic Nemeth

Nic Nemeth (AKA Dolph Ziggler) is different erstwhile WWE superstar fans would similar to spot astatine the Rumble.

He’s not ruled retired the idea, and his appearances for TNA Wrestling mean it’s surely imaginable the Show-Off volition beryllium entering the iconic lucifer yet again.

Jordynne Grace

Jordynne Grace made her WWE debut in past year’s Royal Rumble, and it seems apt she’ll beryllium backmost again this weekend.

Her TNA Wrestling woody has expired and Nick Khan has reportedly confirmed she is present signed to WWE, truthful look for her to beryllium a astonishment entrant contiguous – adjacent if she did station photos of level tickets backmost location to propulsion fans disconnected the scent.

Becky Lynch

Becky Lynch hasn’t been seen connected Raw oregon SmackDown since her WWE declaration expired past summer.

It’s been astir 8 months since then, but she’s been heavy rumoured to beryllium making a instrumentality aft taking portion successful promotion for Raw’s Netflix move.

There’s nary amended clip than the Royal Rumble!

WWE returns to London’s O2 Arena for SmackDown (March 28) and Raw (March 31).

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