WWE’s builds to the Royal Rumble aren’t what they used to be because, at this point, the matches sell themselves. What it leaves is plenty of uncertainty about who will be pointing at the WrestleMania sign when things are said and done in Riyadh,

Matt Cardona, Trick Williams, Randy Orton and Sami Zayn were among the flood of big appearances on the first "WWE SmackDown" of 2026.