WWE's 2026 Royal Rumble event is fast approaching, but which woman will walk out as the winner of this year's match in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia?

Nick Aldis announced a tournament during "WWE SmackDown." to determine a WWE Championship challenger at the Royal Rumble.

WWE Raw will air live at a special start time on Monday: 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT, streaming on Netflix. WWE remains in the early stretch of a nearly month-long international tour, and this week’s Raw emanates from Düsseldorf, Germany.

While WWE has Royal Rumble matches for both the male and female members of the roster, there have been a few incidents of crossover. Imposing physical stars like Nia Jax have entered the men's match.

After losing the title to Drew McIntyre, former champion Cody Rhodes is expected to enter the Rumble. There, he’s likely to run into Jacob Fatu, the man who cost him the championship last Friday on SmackDown in a race to get at McIntyre.

Oba Femi appears on his way to WWE's main roster. According to Sapp (h/t Ortman ), Femi won, then vacated his NXT Championship so that he wouldn't need to eat a loss and look weak on his way to the main roster. WrestleVotes reported he's headed to Raw for a big spot on the program.

This appears to be another sign that the Triple H creative team might execute a Royal Rumble victory for Reigns. With this, he will finally get the long-awaited rematch for the world title. Additionally, this victory will allow the company to once again put Roman in the main event of The Showcase of the Immortals.

WWE Royal Rumble 2004 featured one of the best Royal Rumble Matches in the entire history of the event. Records were broken, history was made, and the fans loved it at the time.