John Cena officially ruled out of Men’s Royal Rumble, Update on remaining spots now open

During a live edition of WWE Now from Chase Field (above), WWE announced some breaking news regarding tonight’s Men’s Royal Rumble match.

It was confirmed that due to injury, John Cena has been officially pulled from tonight’s Men’s Royal Rumble match taking place later tonight in Phoenix.

The change means now 11 spots remain open for the annual match, where the winner will advance to WrestleMania to challenge for either the WWE or Universal Championship.

Here is the updated list of names confirmed for the Men’s Royal Rumble tonight:

R-Truth (No. 30)
Dean Ambrose
Seth Rollins
Samoa Joe
Drew McIntyre
Kofi Kingston
Big E
Xavier Woods
Apollo Crews
Baron Corbin
Elias
Jinder Mahal
Jeff Hardy
Bobby Lashley
Andrade
Mustafa Ali
Rey Mysterio
Titus O’Neil
Randy Orton

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