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WWE Royal Rumble Betting Odds: Returning Stars To Win Both Rumbles

Originally posted on Last Word On Sports
By Laurence Gibbons | Last updated Jan 20, 2026 11:06 AM ET

Bookies are backing that the men’s and women’s WWE Royal Rumble matches will be won by absent stars, according to Oddschecker. Meaning shock returning stars will win big twice in Riyadh on Saturday, 31, 2026.

The odds-on favourite men’s Royal Rumble winner is Roman Reigns. Reigns, who hasn’t been on WWE TV since November, isthe 5/4 favourite to win. Reigns is only marginally more fancied than Bron Breakker at 5/2. This means the men’s Royal Rumble match is still very hard to predict and certainly not a foregone conclusion.

Breakker will return to WWE Raw next week.

Interestingly, neither of these men has declared themselves as an entrant in the Royal Rumble match. Cody Rhodes, who lost the Undisputed WWE Championship earlier this month, is fancied at 8/1 to win. These are quite long odds. Sami Zayn at 4/1 is more popular among the bookies. Gunther and Jacob Fatu are both 12/1 to win.

Elsewhere, The Rock is 50/1. The rumoured-to-return Chris Jericho is 40/1 to win. Shockingly long odds are given for Jey Uso at 66/1.

Here’s the full list of people who are declared for the Royal Rumble matches.

Women’s Royal Rumble Winner

The bookies are seemingly just as unsure about who will win the women’s Royal Rumble. Bianca Belair, who hasn’t been seen since WrestleMania 41 in April, is the favourite to win at 2/1. She is just ahead of the recently returned Liv Morgan at 9/4.

Belair won the Royal Rumble in 2021 when she narrowly defeated Rhea Ripley. It was a changing of the guard match that saw the two stars begin their decent to the top of WWE.

The other main favourites are Rhea Ripley (8/1), Lyra Valkyria (16/1) and Roxanne Perez (16/1). The only interesting name on the list of who can be backed to win is Britt Baker. Baker hasn’t been used on AEW TV since November 2024. The former AEW Women’s World Champion is fit and under contract with AEW. She is only 50/1 to win the WWE Royal Rumble.

This article first appeared on Last Word On Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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