WWE Royal Rumble 2025 LIVE: Date, UK start time, fight card, competitors and how to watch first major event on Netflix
The 2025 Royal Rumble is just around the corner and it is going to be the first major WWE event to be broadcast live on Netflix. This will be the 38th annual Rumble and it will kick off the new year with a lot of the biggest stars featuring in the legendary over-the-top-rope action. Rhodes is the undisputed WWE champion heading into 2025Getty As usual, it will see 30 men and 30 women enter the ring one at a time, fighting to avoid being thrown out and be the last competitor standing. On top of that, there are also set to be some incredible matches confirmed with one huge clash already scheduled to take place. Cody Rhodes will be aiming to remain the undisputed WWE champion when he takes on Kevin Owens in a ladder match. Royal Rumble 2025: Date and how to follow This year’s Royal Rumble will take place on Saturday, February 1. Things are expected to get started at around 1am on Sunday morning in the UK. It will be held at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The event will be broadcast live on Netflix for the first time ever as part of their historic £4billion 10-year deal. Fans in the UK who already have a Netflix subscription be able to watch the action live for no extra cost while others can sign up for £4.99 or more here. talkSPORT.com will also keep you up to date with all the latest build-up and reaction. Owens meets Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE title at Royal RumbleWWE Royal Rumble 2025: Fight card More to follow 30-man Royal Rumble match 30-woman Royal Rumble match Cody Rhodes vs Kevin Owens ladder match – for Undisputed WWE Championship Royal Rumble 2025: What has been said? Netflix are planning to revolutionise coverage of WWE and Royal Rumble will be the first premium live event to be broadcast on the streaming platform. And they are planning to provide some more behind-the-scenes documentaries, potentially having cameras backstage in Indiana. Vice President of unscripted and documentary series at Netflix, Brandon Reigg said: “We already know that we’re going to look to explore other ways of people engaging with WWE fandom. “Those could be more documentaries like a Drive To Survive. I see the opportunity [with WWE] to be similar. “I think we have a real opportunity here to grow the audience and the awareness of the brand.” “Netflix has this incredible reach and the trust of its members, who are willing to try things that they might not otherwise have sampled, and we’ve seen that time and again.”
The 2025 Royal Rumble is just around the corner and it is going to be the first major WWE event to be broadcast live on Netflix.
This will be the 38th annual Rumble and it will kick off the new year with a lot of the biggest stars featuring in the legendary over-the-top-rope action.
As usual, it will see 30 men and 30 women enter the ring one at a time, fighting to avoid being thrown out and be the last competitor standing.
On top of that, there are also set to be some incredible matches confirmed with one huge clash already scheduled to take place.
Cody Rhodes will be aiming to remain the undisputed WWE champion when he takes on Kevin Owens in a ladder match.
Royal Rumble 2025: Date and how to follow
This year’s Royal Rumble will take place on Saturday, February 1.
Things are expected to get started at around 1am on Sunday morning in the UK.
It will be held at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
The event will be broadcast live on Netflix for the first time ever as part of their historic £4billion 10-year deal.
Fans in the UK who already have a Netflix subscription be able to watch the action live for no extra cost while others can sign up for £4.99 or more here.
talkSPORT.com will also keep you up to date with all the latest build-up and reaction.
Royal Rumble 2025: Fight card
More to follow
- 30-man Royal Rumble match
- 30-woman Royal Rumble match
- Cody Rhodes vs Kevin Owens ladder match – for Undisputed WWE Championship
Royal Rumble 2025: What has been said?
Netflix are planning to revolutionise coverage of WWE and Royal Rumble will be the first premium live event to be broadcast on the streaming platform.
And they are planning to provide some more behind-the-scenes documentaries, potentially having cameras backstage in Indiana.
Vice President of unscripted and documentary series at Netflix, Brandon Reigg said: “We already know that we’re going to look to explore other ways of people engaging with WWE fandom.
“Those could be more documentaries like a Drive To Survive. I see the opportunity [with WWE] to be similar.
“I think we have a real opportunity here to grow the audience and the awareness of the brand.”
“Netflix has this incredible reach and the trust of its members, who are willing to try things that they might not otherwise have sampled, and we’ve seen that time and again.”
