Hello everybody! It’s @TheMagnumDA with yet another installment of the Wrestling-Online Pick’em report.

This will be my 10th year with Wrestling-Online…that calls for a celebration! It seems like only yesterday…I started here writing for 205 Live (remember that show?! it was freaking awesome until the Enzo/Goldust stuff near the end), but I digress! It’s been an awesome ride and I’ve made a great friend along the way in Colin. Thank you BROTHER!

Now, let’s do battle for the WOPC Championship the only way we know how…WITH A RUMBLE. A ROYALLLLLLL RUMBLE!!!

Today, from Riyadh, WWE will present the 2026 Royal Rumble live on ESPN/Netflix around the world. Colin and I will be joined by our guest Brother Bull, and we are going to make our picks for the four main card matches, but we will also answer a couple of bonus questions along the way. Whomever has the most points at the end of this thing will be the Pick’em Champion going into the Elimination Chamber. Will Colin escape the Rumble with the WOPC title? Will a new Champion be crowned? Let’s find out right now!

ON WITH THE PICKS!

Women’s Royal Rumble Match – Winner faces the WWE/World Champion at WrestleMania XLI

Colin: I’m drawing a blank. Literally, this year, I have zero idea who might be winning both this. It’s going to be interesting to see 30 women in Power Ranger outfits this year. It’s something that WWE has to work with the Kingdom to allow the women to wrestle as they see fit. Granted, the outfits are usually really cool-looking, but that needs to change. Anyway, back to the winner, I’d like to see Tiffany Stratton win. Will she? Probably not, but that’s my pick.

Bonus Question #1 – Who will draw #1? Liv Morgan
Bonus Question #2 – Who will draw #2? Iyo Sky
Bonus Question #3 – Who will draw #30? Chelsea Green
Bonus Question #4 – Who will have the most eliminations? Jordynne Grace
Bonus Question #5 – Yes or No – Will anyone surpass Roxanne Perez’s record? (1 hour, 7 minutes, 47 seconds) No
Bonus Question #6 – True or False: At least three WWE HOFers will enter this match. False

Magnum: What makes this challenging is that most of the top names are fighting in the Tag Team Division these days, so it’s going to be tough to decide who will break away from that to be the #1 Contender for the Women’s Championship. Ultimately, only because she has been SO CLOSE on numerous occasions, I’m going to run with Liv Morgan on this one. I would still love to see a Roxanne/Liv program over Dirty Dom sometime in 2026.

Bonus Question #1 – Who will draw #1? Becky Lynch
Bonus Question #2 – Who will draw #2? Charlotte Flair
Bonus Question #3 – Who will draw #30? Nia Jax
Bonus Question #4 – Who will have the most eliminations? Raquel Rodriguez
Bonus Question #5 – Yes or No – Will anyone surpass Roxanne Perez’s record? (1 hour, 7 minutes, 47 seconds) No
Bonus Question #6 – True or False: At least three WWE HOFers will enter this match. True!

Bull: In one of these Rumbles, I would expect a returning Superstar to win it. I don’t feel like that’s going to happen with the Men, but I do believe it could happen with the Women. Specifically, I’m thinking of the return of Bianca Belair, who has some unfinished business with Jade Cargill. Look for Bianca to make a spectacular comeback by winning this year’s Royal Rumble.

Bonus Question #1 – Who will draw #1? Iyo Sky
Bonus Question #2 – Who will draw #2? Kairi Sane
Bonus Question #3 – Who will draw #30? Rhea Ripley
Bonus Question #4 – Who will have the most eliminations? Raquel Rodriguez
Bonus Question #5 – Yes or No – Will anyone surpass Roxanne Perez’s record? (1 hour, 7 minutes, 47 seconds) No
Bonus Question #6 – True or False: At least three WWE HOFers will enter this match. True!

Career Threatening Match
AJ Styles vs. Gunther

Colin: Can’t believe AJ’s career in WWE is just going to wrap up just like that. I mean, almost zero build, the whole thing came out of nowhere. Surely it’s a swerve, right? I mean, they’re making it so obvious that he’s leaving that…it makes me think he is not. But what do I know? I hope this is not the end. Would be great if Cena interferes and helps AJ win LOL. Anyway, f*ck it, I’m going with the signals that they’ve been giving, Gunther wins, bye AJ.

Magnum: AJ’s had an awesome run in WWE – 2016 to 2026. I think his time has come – Gunther is quickly developing the reputation as a new “Legend Killer” of sorts, and this is no different. He’s slayed Goldberg, he’s slayed John Cena, and at the Rumble, he’s going to take down The Phenomenal One. Gunther wins.

Bull: I don’t think this is necessarily the end of AJ’s run – I think he’s got something left in him for TNA later this year. For WWE, though? This is it – he’s going to put up one hell of a fight, but in the end…Gunther wins.

WWE Championship
Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Sami Zayn

Colin: Did they mention Sami is 0-11 against Drew McIntyre? Yeah, this is going to be 0-12. Listen, don’t take this the wrong way, Sami is only there because of the location and nothing else. This is not the same Sami that was part of The Bloodline storyline with the big payoff. Nothing against the man who is a tremendous wrestler, but I just don’t see him going into WrestleMania as the champion. Drew wins.

Magnum: Wow, this is a tough one. I just can’t see how you can have Sami lose in Riyadh! At the same time, Drew JUST won the title. Something has to give!! Which means something screwy is going to happen. I’ll take Drew to retain.

Bull: I keep going back and forth on this! I could see a Fatal 4 Way at Mania between Zayn/Drew/Cody/Fatu. I am not sure how Sami gets in the title picture unless he wins this match…or maybe…the Rumble? Either way, Drew retains tonight.

Men’s Royal Rumble Match – Winner faces the WWE/World Champion at WrestleMania XLI

Colin: Watching Roman Reigns troll WWE creative last night on the Pat McAfee Show was something else. But you know what? He’s right. There’s no new main eventers and it’s time for WWE to fix that. Is Bron Breakker ready for it? Who knows. Was Brock ready for it way back when? Was Randy ready? Time to take that leap of faith and see what happens. Breakker wins.

Bonus Question #1 – Who will draw #1? Cody Rhodes
Bonus Question #2 – Who will draw #2? Jacob Fatu
Bonus Question #3 – Who will draw #30? Chris Jericho
Bonus Question #4 – Who will have the most eliminations? Bron Breakker
Bonus Question #5 – Yes or No – Will anyone surpass Gunther’s record? (1 hour, 11 minutes, 40 seconds) No
Bonus Question #6 – True or False: At least three WWE HOFers will enter this match. False

Magnum: For some reason, the WWE Championship match has been messing with my mindset going into this match. I can’t see a world where they’d have Sami lose in Riyadh without getting his heat back in a major way. I do not believe he’s billed as a participant in the match, but I’m going to come right out and say it – Sami Zayn is winning the Royal Rumble.

Bonus Question #1 – Who will draw #1? Bron Breakker (if SmackDown was any indication – LOL)
Bonus Question #2 – Who will draw #2? Finn Balor
Bonus Question #3 – Who will draw #30? Sami Zayn
Bonus Question #4 – Who will have the most eliminations? Oba Femi
Bonus Question #5 – Yes or No – Will anyone surpass Gunther’s record? (1 hour, 11 minutes, 40 seconds) No
Bonus Question #6 – True or False: At least three WWE HOFers will enter this match. No

Bull: After what we saw on Monday, it looks like The Vision have a plan for Bron Brekker to win this match. I can’t go against it – similar to Legacy in 2009, The Vision will be there at the end to make sure Bron goes over, and he will. Bron Breakker wins the 2026 Royal Rumble.

Bonus Question #1 – Who will draw #1? Ilja Dragunov
Bonus Question #2 – Who will draw #2? Carmelo Hayes
Bonus Question #3 – Who will draw #30? Chris Jericho
Bonus Question #4 – Who will have the most eliminations? Oba Femi
Bonus Question #5 – Yes or No – Will anyone surpass Gunther’s record? (1 hour, 11 minutes, 40 seconds) No
Bonus Question #6 – True or False: At least three WWE HOFers will enter this match. No

There you have it folks! Thanks for checking out another edition of the Pick’em report – we will see you in February for the Elimination Chamber from Chicago!! @TheMagnumDA signing off.