Roman Reigns is going to be back in the Men's Royal Rumble Match for the first time in five years. Paul Heyman made that announcement Friday night on SmackDown.

With twice as much Rumble as there was a decade ago, seeing which man and woman are heading to WrestleMania is one of the most exciting moments on the grappling calendar. Even fair-weather fans come out of hiding to see 58 people thrown out of the ring once a year.

Sometimes the runner-up can be a massive name or contender, but others have been, in hindsight especially, awful choices at coming second. Fans have groaned at some of these wrestlers who finished second, as they either showed no threat to winning the match or else the booking decision to have them so close to winning was a mistake.

WWE Royal Rumble Local Organizing Committee officials said they plan to roll out the red carpet next week for the global entertainment brand. Expect a citywide transformation similar to what we saw for Taylor Swift and the NBA All-Star Weekend,

DIY will defend the gold at WWE Royal Rumble. On the January 24th episode of WWE SmackDown, the Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) distracted Johnny Gargano and cost him his match with Apollo Crews.