The Royal Rumble Kickoff match will be a Fatal 4-Way tag team match with the winners advancing to the over-the-top rope Royal Rumble match later in the evening.
The four teams involved in this match will be the Dudley Boyz, The Ascension, Mark Henry and Jack Swagger, and Darren Young and Damien Sandow.
Mark Henry was originally announced as a participant in the Rumble however the plan seems have been changed and is now in this match and has to qualify.
The Royal Rumble Kickoff airs live on WWE Network at 7PM EST, as well as streams for free on WWE.com, the WWE App, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Pinterest, Pheed and Google+.