Royal Rumble 2024 LIVE: ESPN host Pat McAfee stuns WWE crowd by entering Men’s match… BUT quickly backs out of the ring when confronted by Bron Breakker and 7-foot-3 Omos

It seems the secert to success in the Men’s Royal Rumble is jumping ship from AEW, who would have guessed it

The crowd has once again broken out in song as Zayn’s music echos throughout the arena

Drew McIntyre makes his way to the ring as one of the final entrants for the men’s Royal Rumble

CM Punk finally makes his way into the ring for his first televised match in 10 years at No. 27

Priest went straight after R Truth and sent him over the top rope

Truth tried the Women’s Rumble earlier in the night and is now hilrohilrously waiting on the apron to be tagged in by his Judgement Day buddy Dom ‘Tom & Nick’ Mysterio

McAfee looked shocked at the commentary desk as his entrance music hit… this should be good

It took McAfee only 38 seconds to look at Omas and Breakker before elminating hiself

The 7-foot-3 415 lb giant Omas enters the rumble accompanied to the ring by MVP

NXT’s next great export picked up two eliminations in a matter of seconds before spearing Gunther in half

The longest reigning Intercontinental Champion in history Gunther walks to the ring as the No. 18 entrant, and he’s throwing rock hard chops like their going out of style.

Kofi Kingston makes his way to the ring for his 16 Rumble match. Let’s see what magical trick he’ll pull to avoid an elimination this time.

Last year’s Royal Rumble winner Cody Rhodes makes his way to the ring at No. 15 to his customary loads of pyro as the fans sing ‘WOOOOAHHHHHHHH”

Finn Balor marches to the ring at No .14 and goes straight to helping out Mysterio

Pat McAfee does not sound happy to see his old enemy entering the match

Kross is being aided by the Authors of Pain while the Street Profits rush to Lashley’s aid

Bobby Lashley looks fired up as he makes his way to the ring at No. 11

Hels head straight for Santos Escobar, who runs out of the ring under the bottom rope

It’s unlikely we will see his legendary father Rey Mysterio tonight due to an injury.

Dom is sporting a black and purple outfit as customery of the Judgement Day.

Krosss and his band of lackies have been fueding with Bobby Lashley and the Street Profits recently

He defeated the recently-returned veteran Carlito on Friday Night Smackdown last night

The crowd greets the fan favorite by singing his beloved entrance music at the top of their lungs as he makes his way to the ring

One of NXT’s brightest members of the roster Carmelo Hayes comes into the ring at No.5

Andrade El Idolo enters the ring to a brand new entrance. Andrade had previously been fired and spent time in All Elite Wreslting before his AEW contract expired on December 31 2023.

His return was expected due to his marriage to Charlotte Flair

Waller came to the ring running his mouth on the microphone before eating a super kick from Jey Uso as he tried to enter the ring

Dualing strike between the two USO are being given loud chants of ‘YEET’ with every Jey Uso blow

Jimmy Uso enters a the No. 2 spot and will start the match against his twin brother

After feeling he was robbed during the highly overbooked finish Owens put a late beating on Paul after the bell and ended up slamming him through the announce table

After one of the members of Paul’s entourage caused a distraction Austin Theory and Grayson Waller emerged to slide Paul a pair of brass knuckles.

Owens eventually wrestled the brass knuckles away from Paul before using them to throw a loaded right hand.

As the referee counted the pin fall he spotted the brass knuckles on Owens hands and called for the disqualification

Say what you want about Logan Paul but for a YouTube star that man sure has some talent in the ring

Paul recently announced that he and WWE agreed to extend his deal with the company

After hitting AJ Styles with a spear the Bloodline’s reign of terror will continue as Roman Reigns march closer to being the longest holder of the title in the modern era.

Orton hit all three competitors with his finishing move with extreme quickness and looked poised to pin Reigns for the title only for… you guessed it Solo Sikoa to interfere with the match and assault everyone but Reigns.

After three years and counting WWE is still using the same played out script for every single Reigns match

Sikoa took himself out of action by running through the barricade after failing to pulvierze Styles against it

Orton and Styles have been temporarily taken out of commission outside of the ring

Meanwhile Knight and Styles are squaring up between the ropes as the crowd yells ‘YEAH” every time Knight lands a successful blow

Reigns on the other hand was greeted to silence with some light boos in the background

Slim Jim had announced yesterday that they were pulling a sponsorship today before news ermerged the company changed their mind. The Slim Jim sponsorship spot just took place on air so it seems the fences Vince McMahon broke have been mended for now at least.

Randy Orton, AJ Styles, and LA Knight will be trying to FINALLLLLLLYYYYY take the title belt of Roman Reigns to end the Bloodlines long drawn out reign of terror

Your winner of the 2024 Women’s Royal Rumble is Bayley. The tension between Bayley and the rest of Damage Control surely won’t get even worse going forward…. right?

For what it’s worth my money is on Bayley at this point

The match is down to the final three combants

Morgan has been missing in action for months due to a shoulder injury at the hands of Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley

One of NXT’s most promising stars is enterting her first career Royal Rumble and immediately hits a Swanton into the crowd of superstars.

Stratton was eliminated after being knocked off the apron after trying to pull Bianca Belair down by her signature pony tail

Jade Cargill has finally made her long awaited WWE in ring debuted after signing from All Elite Wreslting last year

Jax is up to her 8th elimination of the night

Jax quicklyb threw Truth out the ring after he looked around and asked where are the guys in classic Truth confussion.

GM Adam Pearce overruled Truth’s theviery only for Valhalla to be eliminated in five seconds due to the distraction

Baszler was close with Ronda Rousey before Rousey left the company.

Becky Lynch makes her way into the ring as entrant No. 21 and goes straight after her long time rival Nia Jax

If only she could get the tank in the ring she’d have a very big advantage

Jax has been one of the most dominant women in the Rumble throughout her career but is yet to win the match

Will the Alpha Academy member pull off the massive upset tonight?

Some cleverly designed wings on her back made for yet another special entrance from the Queen of the Ring

She waisted no time delivering a few quick kicks to the faces of her opponents

She only lasted a few seconds after this incredible effort

Last year she set the record for the quickets woman ever eliminated from the Rumble after lasting only five seconds

Auska and Kairi Sane have both been eliminated in quick succession

The other half of the former tag team champions is on her way to save her partner Katana Chance

Teegan Knox is making her way to the ring just after LaRae gets eliminated thanks to a group effort from Damage Control

Kairi Sane makes her way to the ring as the numbers grow for Damage Control…. Is Bayley safe from her teammates though ?

Bianca Belair is in the ring trying to win her second Royal Rumble in Tampa Bay

Katana Chance has entered the ring and is going straight for Auska

Indi Hartwell is the first wreslter eliminated from the rumble

One half of the Women’s Tag Team Champions, Auska has entered the Rumble at No. 7….. Bayley does not seem happy to see her ‘teammate’

TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace has entered the Rumble at No. 5, she took the TNA title from Naomi earlier this month

She waisted no time throwing hands with the other competitors in the ring

The first member of Damage Control has entered the match

After spending some time doing great work in TNA Impact, Namoi makes her return to WWE as the second entrant. She previously left WWE after walking out with Sasha Banks (aka Mercedes Mone)

NATALYA !!!!!!!

We are only moments away from our first of four highly anticipated matches

According to PWinsider TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace is slated to appear in the Women’s Royal Rumble

CM Punk, Cody Rhodes and Gunther are among those expected to star in the men’s match, while the likes of Bayley and Becky Lynch are among the favourites to win the women’s Rumble ahead of potential bouts against Iyo Sky and Rhea Ripley respectively.

Although all eyes will be on who will win the matches, there are often some surprise entrants in the bouts, from celebrities, to legends and returning stars.

Here, Mail Sport takes a look at some of the names that could feature at this year’s premium live event as the rumour mill goes into overdrive just days from the spectacle.

As anticipation builds towards the Rumble, make sure you check out the latest odds for the event – with CM Punk odds-on favourite.

But what odds has the Rock been given – and what about Gunther and Cory Rhodes?

Welcome to Mail Sport’s live coverage of Royal Rumble 2024!

There’s just under 80 minutes until this massive event is underway. There are a whole host of superstars set to be on show including CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, Logan Paul and The Rock.

This is one of the biggest events in wrestling – strap yourselves in and prepare for a huge night of action! We’ll bring you all the latest minute-by-minute updates.