WWE Royal Rumble Results and Analysis | January 31, 2026

Summary

Date	Jan 31	Total matches	4
Men's matches	2	Women's matches	2
Singles matches	2	Tag Team matches	0
Trio Matches	0	Other Matches	2

Royal Rumble took place on January 31, 2026 and featured 4 matches on the card. All of the matches ended by pinfall, submission, or the rules stipulated by the match. Only one championship, the WWE Championship, was defended on the card.

The matches featured 6 wrestlers, highlighted by Drew McIntyre, Roman Reigns, Gunther and Liv Morgan.

Predictability

100
100
◂100

Very Predictable
(4 of 4 Matches)

Competitions

▾ 2
100
▴ 2

▾ 0
100
▴ 0

Usual Singles
Usual Tag

Diversity

▾ 2
100
▴ 2

▾ 2
100
▴ 2

Usual Mens
Usual Womens

Balance of Power

100
▴+2 HEELS

Heels won the card with 3 wins (of 4 matches).
(Faces won 1 matches)

Matches

Top of the Card

Women's Battle Royal
Battle Royal

Roman Reigns
The Bloodline

Men's Singles
WWE

Drew McIntyre
Champion
2-0 (Overall: 2-0, Last 5: 4-1)
Win Probability: 50.0%

━━━━━━━━━━┥ vs ┝━━━━━━━━━━

Sami Zayn
2-1 (Overall: 3-1, Last 5: 3-2)
Win Probability: 50.0%

This was the 1st WWE title defense by Drew McIntyre since defeating Damian Priest for the championship at Money in the Bank on July 6, 2024 574 days ago.
This was the 3rd time Sami Zayn has challenged for the WWE championship.
Over the past year, Sami Zayn has lost the 5th most number of matches in WWE Men's singles competition (9 losses).
This was the 12th time Drew McIntyre and Sami Zayn have competed 1-on-1 in a singles match in WWE. Drew McIntyre leads the series 12-0. The most recent match was 369 days ago at Monday Night RAW on January 27, 2025 where Drew McIntyre won.

Middle of the Card

Men's Singles

Gunther
2-0 (Overall: 2-0, Last 5: 5-0)
Win Probability: 71.0%

━━━━━━━━━━┥ vs ┝━━━━━━━━━━

AJ Styles
1-3 (Overall: 1-3, Last 5: 1-0)
Win Probability: 29.0%

Over the past year, Gunther has won the most number of matches in WWE Men's singles competition (15 wins).
This was the 2nd time Gunther and AJ Styles have competed 1-on-1 in a singles match in WWE. Gunther leads the series 2-0. The most recent match was 19 days ago at Monday Night RAW on January 12, 2026 where Gunther won.
With this win, Gunther has now won 8 singles matches in a row.

Women's Battle Royal
Battle Royal

Liv Morgan
Riott Squad