The Undertaker Will Wrestle His First Casket Match In 10 Years At WWE’s Greatest Royal Rumble
As has been stated previously, WWE is considering the upcoming Greatest Royal Rumble from the King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as an “all hands on deck” event. The event will feature the first-ever 50-Man Royal Rumble Match with Daniel Bryan, and Chris Jericho already announced as entrants.
The Greatest Royal Rumble event will also see John Cena vs. Triple, a steel cage match between Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Title, a Fatal 4-Way Ladder Match for the WWE Intercontinental Title, and more.
This morning WWE made another major announcement regarding this huge event. It is now official, The Undertaker will compete at The Greatest Royal Rumble event from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The Undertaker will face Rusev in a casket match on April 27th, at The Greatest Royal Rumble. This will be the first casket match for The Undertaker in close to 10 years. The last time The Undertaker wrestled in a casket match was against The Big Show at the 2008 WWE Survivor Series.
You can see the official announcement which broke early this morning via WWE’s official arabic twitter embedded below:
نذكر بالخبر الهام .. أندرتيكر سيواجه روسيف في نزال "التابوت" بأعظم رويال رامبل بالمملكة العربية السعودية .. التذاكر ستكون متاحة من يوم 13 أبريل المقبل و المزيد من التفاصيل سيتم الاعلان عنها لاحقا .. تفاصيل الخبر هنا: https://t.co/ImWTojTFiS
— WWE MENA (@WWEmena) April 11, 2018
You can see the announcement for the WWE’s english twitter account embedded below:
BREAKING: The #Undertaker will battle @RusevBUL in a #CasketMatch at @WWE Greatest Royal Rumble in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on April 27! #WWEGRR https://t.co/dGTibyw4LJ
— WWE (@WWE) April 11, 2018
The updated lineup for WWE’s The Greatest Royal Rumble event will feature:
*50-Man Royal Rumble: featuring Daniel Bryan, Braun Strowman, Bray Wyatt, Big Show, Kane, Chris Jericho, Kurt Angle, all three members of The New Day, Elias, Baron Corbin, Apollo, Shelton Benjamin, Sin Cara, Chad Gable, Goldust, Titus O’Neil, Mojo Rawley, Dolph Ziggler and 30 more Superstars to be announced.
*WWE Universal Championship Steel Cage Match: Brock Lesnar (c) w/ Paul Heyman vs. Roman Reigns
*Casket Match: The Undertaker vs. Rusev
*John Cena vs. Triple H
*WWE champion AJ Styles vs. TBA (most likely Shinsuke Nakamura)
*WWE Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match: Seth Rollins (c) vs. The Miz vs. Samoa Joe vs. Finn Balor
*WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championships The Bludgeon Brothers vs. The Usos
*WWE Raw Tag Team Championship Match: The Bar vs. The Revival or Matt Hardy & Bray Wyatt
*WWE Cruiserweight Championship Match: Cedric Alexander vs. TBA (looks like it will be Buddy Murphy)
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