WWE Royal Rumble Superscoops Thread And Discussion (Patreon)

Welcome to the Fightful WWE Royal Rumble SUPERSCOOPS Thread and discussion. I know we've had a ton of scoops today, but we're compiling them all here and adding some more. Feel free to join the discussion below!!

As always, we want to cultivate a community that is sensitive to how others enjoy wrestling. Please do not share spoilers publicly as many want to avoid them. The first portion of our post will be spoiler free

Show rundown and producers:

- Women's Royal Rumble match: produced by TJ Wilson, Kenny Dykstra, Jason Jordan

- WWE Title Match: Randy Orton vs. Roman Reigns vs. LA Knight vs. AJ Styles: produced by Michael Hayes. reffed by Dan Engler. 

- US Title: Kevin Owens vs. Logan Paul: produced by Shane Helms

- Men's Royal Rumble match: produced by Jamie Noble, Abyss, Adam Pearce

Mid-Show Notes

- Mike Rome lost his voice, per Corey Brennan. Samantha Irvin is doing the whole show.

- Samantha Irvin was said to be okay on the spot near her. 

Backstage News

- Petey Williams doesn't have a referee assignment, but is at the show. 

- Jon Alba will be representing Fightul at the post-show presser. We'll have complete notes from the presser on our post-show

- Danilo Anfibio, Eddie Orengo, Daphanie LaShaunn and Jessika Carr have outside ref duties for the women's Rumble.

- Rod Zapata, Shawn Bennett, Daphanie LaShaunn and Jessika Carr have outside ref duties for the men's Royal Rumble. 

- The match order was locked in well before today.

- The Women's Rumble is listed for 55 minutes, the men's for 60.

- Logan Paul vs. Kevin Owens is listed as 18 minutes

- The WWE Title match is listed as 35 minutes, please note these will almost certainly adjust and could include entrances.

- Rehearsals for the Royal Rumble were Thursday in Orlando. 

- A minimal stage with a dugout dogleg turn-ramp is seen in past rumbles is being used

Who is in town, who isn't

- Gail Kim is in town....because she lives in Tampa

- Tiffany Stratton, Carmelo Hayes, Blair Davenport, Bron Breakker and Roxanne Perez are all confirmed as being at the venue

- Brock Lesnar was scheduled to be in Tampa, but some elements of his trip were canceled. We can't speak to all of it.

- Kamille, MJF, Okada, QT Marsahall and Mercedes Mone are not expected in the Royal Rumble

- Johnny Gargano, Omos, Julius Creed, Brutus Creed, Akira Tozawa, Kofi Kingston, Big E, Montez Ford, Angelo Dawkins, Ricochet, Jey Uso are in Tampa, and Karrion Kross, Akam, Rezar, Gable Steveson, Angel Garza, Humberto, Trick Williams, were all in Florida

- Candice LeRae, Natalya were in Tampa, and B-Fab, Dakota Kai, IYO SKY, Elektra Lopez, Asuka, Kairi Sane, Katana Chance, Kayden Carter, and Scarlett are in Florida.

- The Undertaker is also in Tampa. 

SPOILERS

- As Fightful hinted earlier, WWE did strike a deal with TNA to use Jordynne Grace for the WWE Royal Rumble. We'll have a full story on how it came together later.

- Jimmy and Jey Uso were planned to kick off the Royal Rumble.

- Jade Cargill was expected for the Royal Rumble, as she was in Orlando for rehearsals. 

- For some reason after the Hulk Hogan video on Monday, people asked if he could actually be cleared. WWE officials joked to Fightful that he would not clear a physical for WWE, which would be required.