Bengaluru, January 8: A superstar from Tuesday night's WWE Smackdown Live is expected to win this year's Royal Rumble, according to a report from cagesideseats.com.
The Royal Rumble PPV will be the first big event of the year 2018 and as per the tradition of the WWE, it has always been held in the month of January that kick-starts the Wrestlemania season.
We often mention this PPV as the time when the 'Road to Wrestlemania’ begins and this year, there will be no difference in the event hosted at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The concept of the match is an exciting one which is why some of the fans consider it to be the most entertaining event of the year. Here are the rules of the match, 30 men compete in an elimination-style contest, with a superstar going over the top rope and landing on the floor considered to be out of the contest.
Being a dual brand PPV, superstars from both Raw and Smackdown will take part in it and the winner gets the opportunity to challenge any of the prime champions in the WWE at Wrestlemania, as per his choice.
So, this match is considered to receive a main-event ticket to the biggest event of the year. As we are very close to the event of 2018, there are speculations running high as to who would be the winner of the match.