Speculation on The Rock’s WWE Return Following New Royal Rumble Poster, Cody Rhodes

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As PWMania.com previously reported, the official promotional poster for the 2023 Royal Rumble Premium Live Event has been released by WWE.

Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, WWE United States Champion Austin Theory, RAW Women’s Champion Bianca Belair, SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair, Brock Lesnar, Cody Rhodes, Becky Lynch, Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Rhea Ripley, Asuka, Ricochet, The Miz, and Bobby Lashley are all featured on the poster, which can be seen below.

The original poster, which can be seen below, did not include Rhodes and Flair, but WWE issued an update that did.

We’ve previously reported on Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s rumored return to WWE at The Rumble. The event’s promotional graphics include several lightning strikes, which some attribute to The Rock’s return.

WWE did something similar to tease Bray Wyatt’s return at Extreme Rules by hiding related items in the event’s promotional poster. WWE first used lightning strikes in the Rumble graphics for Wyatt and LA Knight’s Pitch Black match.

The 2023 WWE Royal Rumble Premium Live Event will be broadcast live from The Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas on Saturday, January 28. The current card, as well as the posters, are shown below:

Live Performance: Hardy performs his “Sold Out” single

30-Man Royal Rumble Match
Kofi Kingston, Ricochet, 28 other competitors TBA
Winner earns a title shot at WrestleMania 39.

30-Woman Royal Rumble Match
Liv Morgan, 29 other competitors TBA
Winner earns a title shot at WrestleMania 39.

Undisputed WWE Universal Title Match
Kevin Owens vs. Roman Reigns (c)

Pitch Black Match
Bray Wyatt vs. LA Knight