WWE Royal Rumble 2025: Indianapolis, Card, Date, Time, Venue
WWE Royal Rumble: Indianapolos event is the 38th event in Royal Rumble series. It is set to take place on February 1, 2025, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN.
The event will start at 6 PM ET and will air via Peacock Streaming in United States and via Netflix in most of the other international markets.
Men and women Royal Rumble matches are the main attraction of the show.
CARD
Match 1
30 Men Royal Rumble Match for World Title Shot at WrestleMania 41
John Cena vs CM Punk vs Roman Reigns vs 27 other participants TBA
Match 2
30 Women Royal Rumble Match for Women’s Title Shot at WrestleMania 41
Participants TBA
Match 3
Ladder Match for the Undisputed WWE Championship
Cody Rhodes(c) vs Kevin Owens
STORYLINES
Royal Rumble Matches: The Royal Rumble event features separate men and women’s Royal Rumble matches. The match is basically an Over-The-Top-Rope battle royal featuring 30 men where a new participant enters the match every 90 seconds. The winner of respective matches are eligible for a World Championship title shot at WrestleMania.
Rhodes vs Owens 3: Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens first clashed over Rhodes’ Undisputed WWE Championship back at Bash in Berlin 2024 event where Cody retained the title. At the time, Owens, Cody and Randy Orton were continously in a feud with the Bloodline. Cody then teamed up with Roman Reigns to face The Bloodline at Bad Blood event. This angered Owens who had been fighting Roman for years. Owens attacked Cody after Bad Blood in the parking lot. Owens also turned on Orton which led to Owens taking out Orton with a piledriver. Cody then challenged Owens for a match. Owens refused at first, but they ultimately agreed to a match at Saturday Night’s Main Event 37 in December. WWE brought back the old winged eagle WWE Championship belt for this event. The match ended with Cody dropping Owens on a steel chair with Crossrhodes which was brought into the ring by Owens himself. As Cody celebrated with the vintage belt. Owens attacked him with a packaged piledriver and took away the winged eagle belt, proclaiming that Cody cheated in their match and he was the rightful WWE Champion. On December 27 SmackDown episode, SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis ordered Owens to return the belt and threatened to fire Owens over it. Cody then interrupted them and offered Owens another shot at WWE Championship where the referee would not be able to stop the match. Aldis then announced a ladder match between them at Royal Rumble with both belts on the line.