* Pre - Show match
R-Truth vs. King Barrett
* WWE Tag Team Championship
The New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods) (c) vs. The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O'Neil)
* WWE Intercontinental Championship
Ryback (c) vs. Big Show
* John Cena vs. Kevin Owens
* WWE Divas Championship
Nikki Bella (c) vs. Paige
* Money in the Bank ladder match for a WWE World Title Contract
Dolph Ziggler vs. Neville vs. Roman Reigns vs. Randy Orton vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Sheamus vs. Kane
* Ladder match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Seth Rollins (c) vs. Dean Ambrose
* Pre - Show Match
Fatal 4-Way Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship
Tyson Kidd and Cesaro (c) (with Natalya) vs. The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) (with Xavier Woods) vs. Los Matadores (Diego and Fernando) (with El Torito) vs. The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) (with Naomi)
* Pre - Show Match
Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal 2
Participants: The Miz, Curtis Axel, Ryback, Fandango, Adam Rose, Zack Ryder, Jack Swagger, Titus O'Neil, Darren Young, Big Show, Kane, Erick Rowan, Damien Mizdow, Sin Cara, Goldust, Heath Slater, Mark Henry, Konnor, Viktor and Hideo Itami
* WWE United States Championship Match
Rusev (c) vs John Cena
* WWE Divas Tag Team Match
AJ Lee and Paige vs. The Bella Twins (Brie Bella and Nikki Bella)
* Singles Match
Seth Rollins (with J&J Security) vs Randy Orton
* Ladder Match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
Dean Ambrose vs Bad News Barrett (c) vs Dolph Ziggler vs Daniel Bryan vs Luke Harper vs R - Truth vs Stardust
* Singles Match
Bray Wyatt vs Undertaker
* Singles Match
HHH vs Sting
* WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match:
Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar (c)
* Pre-show Fatal 4-Way tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship on the
The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) (c) vs. Los Matadores (Diego and Fernando) vs. The Real Americans (Cesaro and Jack Swagger) vs. Ryback and Curtis Axel
* Singles match for the third spot in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship Triple Threat match
Daniel Bryan vs. Triple H
* André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal
30-man battle royal for the André the Giant Memorial Trophy
The 27 announced participants are: Alberto Del Rio, Big E, Big Show, Brad Maddox, Brodus Clay, Christian, Cody Rhodes, Damien Sandow, Darren Young, Dolph Ziggler, Fandango, Drew McIntyre, Goldust, The Great Khali, Heath Slater, Jinder Mahal, Justin Gabriel, Kofi Kingston, Mark Henry, The Miz, Rey Mysterio, Sheamus, R-Truth, Santino Marella, Sin Cara, Titus O'Neil, and Zack Ryder
* Vickie Guerrero Divas Championship Invitational
14-Diva single-fall match for the WWE Divas Championship
AJ Lee (c) vs. Aksana vs. Alicia Fox vs. Brie Bella vs. Cameron vs. Emma vs. Eva Marie vs. Layla vs. Naomi vs. Natalya vs. Nikki Bella vs. Rosa Mendes vs. Summer Rae vs. Tamina Snuka
* John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt
* Six-man tag team match
The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns) vs. Kane and The New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg and Billy Gunn)
* Triple Threat match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
* Streak is on the line
The Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar
The WWE Royal Rumble Kickoff pre-show panel will be made up of Josh Mathews, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Ric Flair and Shawn Michaels.
* Kickoff pre-show
WWE Tag Team Championship
The New Age Outlaws vs. Cody Rhodes and Goldust (c)
* Daniel Bryan vs. Bray Wyatt
* Big Show vs. Brock Lesnar
* Singles match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Randy Orton (c) vs. John Cena
* 2014 Royal Rumble Match
30-Superstar Royal Rumble match for a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XXX
**Royal Rumble Competitors**
_Michael Cole and John "Bradshaw" Layfield announced first 2 participation on Raw Old School January 6th
- Batista
- Alberto Del Rio
_10 participation Announced on Raw January 13th
- Big E Langston
- The Miz
- R-Truth
- Xavier Woods
- Kofi Kingston
- Cody Rhodes
- Goldust
- Rey Mysterio
- CM Punk (entrant no. 1)
- Fandango
_3 participation Announced on SmackDown January 17th
- Dean Ambrose
- Seth Rollins
- Roman Reigns
_5 participation announced on Raw January 20th
- Luke Harper
- Erick Rowan
- Damien Sandow
- Billy Gunn
- Road Dogg
Below are the events that returning WWE Superstar Batista is scheduled for, up through the RAW on the night after WrestleMania:
January 20: WWE RAW at Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio
January 26: Royal Rumble at CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
January 27: WWE RAW at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio
February 3: WWE RAW at Century Link Center in Omaha, Nebraska
February 10: WWE RAW at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California
February 15: WWE LIVE Event at US Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona
February 16: WWE LIVE Event at Thomas Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada
February 17: WWE RAW at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado
February 24: WWE RAW at Resch Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin
March 3: WWE RAW at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois
March 8: WWE LIVE Event at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY
March 10: WWE RAW at FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee
March 17: WWE RAW at AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas
March 31: WWE RAW at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.
April 6: WrestleMania XXX at Mercedes Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana
April 7: WWE RAW at New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana
We noted before that WWE had been planning to do Brock Lesnar vs. Big Show at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view. That was discussed back when Show was feuding with The Authority. The plan was for Show to be on top and go through Randy Orton and Triple H, but not win the title, but come out of the program as a strong main eventer. The idea was to make Show strong for Lesnar at the Rumble so Lesnar would look stronger for The Undertaker at WrestleMania XXX.
Regarding Lesnar vs. Undertaker, there had been some concern because Lesnar works such a physical style and Taker is in really rough shape physically. This is why there was some talk of Sheamus facing Taker.
Another issue with Lesnar facing Taker is that a lot of Taker's opponents, if not all, over the past several years have secretly worked out their match with him and practiced it. There was some concern over whether or not Lesnar would be willing to put in that much time preparing.
