WWE Rumor Roundup: Top Champion to lose title, TLC match cancelled, Robert Roode suspension update - 13th December 2019

#4. The big plan for Royal Rumble

The next Royal Rumble PPV will be unlike the previous editions.

While a few NXT Superstars have appeared in the Royal Rumble matches in the past few years, the talents from the Black and Gold brand are going to be featured more prominently this time around.

As revealed by Bryan Alvarez on the Wrestling Observer Live, the Men's and Women's Royal Rumble matches will have 10 Superstars each from RAW, SmackDown and NXT.

It was noted that the plan could always change, but the decision to reserve 10 spots for NXT Superstars was taken a while back and WWE may stick to it, considering that NXT is in now in an all-out war with AEW.

Alvarez stated the following:

"Well, the idea for the Royal Rumble, and this was a while ago, but the plan was Royal Rumble, men’s and women’s, there will be 30 spots, 10 spots to RAW, 10 spots to SmackDown, 10 spots to NXT. That was the plan.

Royal Rumble is expected to be another PPV where WWE strongly puts over NXT talents just like the company did at Survivor Series.

While NXT came out as the winners at Survivor Series, how far will the WWE go with regards to the Rumble?