WWE Royal Rumble 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
Notes:
- Samantha Irvin told Denise Salcedo that she was originally only supposed to work one match instead of the entire PLE at the WWE Royal Rumble. Corey Brennan of Fightful had reported Mike Rome was off the show after losing his voice.
- There were untrue rumors that picked up saying that MJF and Tony Khan had a falling out this past week. MJF is still recovering from injuries, and was never discussed for the Royal Rumble
- WWE filmed for upcoming A&E features in Tampa.
- Those in the women's Royal Rumble knew Jordynne Grace would be in the match by Thursday, when she was at rehearsals.
- Speaking of rehearsals, we're told that many of the women on WWE's roster found out about the Vince McMahon allegations and lawsuit during the rehearsals.
- Blair Davenport, Johnny Gargano, Titus O'Neil, Xavier Woods, Julius Creed, Brutus Creed, Akira Tozawa, Chad Gable, Otis, were all in Tampa for the Royal Rumble, but weren't used.
- The Women's Royal Rumble was internally listed for 55 minutes, but ended up going over 65 minutes. It was the second longest women's Royal Rumble ever, following 2019.
- Big E, Skinner/Steve Kiern, Gerald Brisco, Brian Blair, IRS/Mike Rotunda, Marti Funk and The Undertaker were also in Tampa for the show or media.
- We confirmed that Brock Lesnar was planned for Tampa, but his travel was canceled. Immediate creative plans were canceled as well.
- We're told that the very few announced Royal Rumble entrants was "deliberate."
- Charlotte Flair was backstage supporting Andrade. She was seen in a kneebrace.
- Talent were headed to the venue by noon, outside of the talent that were doing media.
- There was a 2K event on Saturday in which many wrestlers participated in. You'll see content from that emerge later this week.
- There were some early Royal Rumble plans that involved Brock Lesnar interacting with some of the wrestlers that Bron Breakker ended up working with. We can not speak to whether or not they simply put Bron in that spot as previously reported by other outlets.
- Some of the entrants were kept very quiet, even though many knew the talent were in town. In production, they would have a "Next is _____" graphic without a name on it before running the clock, per Corey Brennan.
- Corey Brennan was also told they didn't test out Cody Rhodes' smoke prior.
- Fightful Select reported that Naomi, Andrade, Jade Cargill and Tiffany Stratton were planned for the WWE Royal Rumble. We reported that Kazuchika Okada, QT Marshall, Sasha Banks and MJF were not expected for the WWE Royal Rumble
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