Drew McIntyre’s opponent for WWE Royal Rumble confirmed
Sami Zayn is going for the WWE title again.
Zayn emerged victorious in the four-way number one contender’s match that headlined Saturday Night’s Main Event in his hometown of Montreal. The finish had Priest laying out Zayn with the Razor’s Edge. Trick Williams emerged on the apron but Priest took him out. Zayn took the opening and connected with the helluva kick on Priest, covering him for the win before Randy Orton could interrupt the count.
As Zayn was celebrating Drew McIntyre entered the ring and attempted to take out Zayn, who saw the attack coming and instead dodged and threw McIntyre out of the ring. McIntyre seethed on the outside as Zayn closed out the show standing tall.
After everyone won their qualifying matches on SmackDown last week, McIntyre on this week’s show continued to go low, targeting Zayn by saying his son was used to being disappointed by his father, because his father was Sami Zayn. When Zayn met McIntyre later in the night backstage, he responded by slapping the WWE Champion right where he stood.
WWE Royal Rumble 2026 —
- Men’s Royal Rumble match
- Women’s Royal Rumble match
- WWE Champion Drew McIntyre defends against Sami Zayn
- Gunther vs. AJ Styles (Styles forced to retire if he loses)
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