Following the blockbuster declarations from Roman Reigns, John Cena and CM Punk, two more former WWE Champions are entering the Royal Rumble match.

The Road to WrestleMania 41 begins at the WWE Royal Rumble. Superstars from Raw, SmackDown, NXT and surprise entrants will compete for a world title match at WrestleMania. This year's pay-per-view features two Royal Rumble matches,

Comeback king Haku only lasted less than three minutes in the Rumble before being thrown out by eventual winner Steve Austin. He'd go on to form a tag team with Rikishi on TV after that and continued working for the promotion in-ring up until 2002.

Matt Cardona says that his pop at the Royal Rumble would be the biggest if he returned this year at the event.

Meanwhile, the once red hot Lyra Valkyria could be Women's Intercontinental Champion by the time the Rumble happens. That final vs. Dakota Kai hasn't quite occurred at time of writing, but who knows? Maybe WWE will toss Lyra a much-needed bone and let her live up to the promise she previously showed when jumping up from NXT to the main roster.

Some women's Royal Rumble match winners had excellent performances that warranted their victories, while others had underwhelming triumphs.