Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown kick off the road to WrestleMania 41, starting this weekend with WWE Royal Rumble 2025 premium live event, which will be headlined by the traditional rumble matches.
The 30-Superstar over the top rope battle royals will give the winner a chance to challenge for the World Championships in the promotion with the men and women's rumble winner getting an opportunity to pick their choice of championship at WrestleMania in Las Vegas.

The metronome of this pay-per-view event, the men's Royal Rumble match will be highlighted by bonafide WWE Superstars such as, John Cena, Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, CM Punk, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Drew McIntyre along with 24 other superstars.
The spotlight will be on John Cena, who is set to kick off his farewell tour with the upcoming WrestleMania possibly being his last appearance at the show of shows, meaning this will also be his last Royal Rumble match.
Speaking of the Rumble match, Roman Reigns, a two-time winner of the 30-man battle royal, is set to compete in the match for the first time since 2020. The Tribal Chief will be joined in the over the top rope elimination contest by Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio, and quite possibly few more legends.
Meanwhile, in the women's division, Charlotte Flair will make her return to the ring aiming for her second Rumble win. Bianca Belair and Bayley also will be aiming for something similar having won the 30-woman battle royal in previous editions.
Apart from the men and women's royal rumble matches, the 38th edition of the premium live event will feature two title matches – a ladder match featuring the Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens as the two rivals look to settle the scores.
Also, the WWE Tag Team Championship will be on the line as #DIY – team of Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa defend their belts against Motor City Machine Guns - Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin. Here is all you need to know about WWE Royal Rumble 2025:
The event is scheduled to take place on Saturday (February 1) at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. Due to time difference, the event will take place in India on Sunday (February 2) in India. This will be the first time Royal Rumble is taking place outside of January.
The WWE Royal Rumble 2025 event is scheduled to start with the kick off show at 6 PM ET/ 3 PM PT / 11 PM GMT (Saturday, February 1) | 4:30 AM IST followed by the main show at 7 PM ET / 4 PM PT (Saturday, February 1) | 12 AM GMT / 5:30 AM IST (Sunday, February 2).
The event will be available on the Peacock Network for the fans in the United States and on the WWE Network for fans in rest of the world. In India, the whole event will be shown live across Sony Sports Network India.
Sony Sports Network Channels - Sony Sports 1/HD (English), Sony Sports 3/HD (Hindi) and Sony Sports 4/HD (Tamil/Telugu) will telecast the event live in India, while one can also stream the event live via Sony LIV app or website with a subscription starting from 2:30 AM IST on February 2.