WWE announces start time for Royal Rumble 2025
Royal Rumble 2025 will continue the trend of WWE PLEs having early start times.
In a press release issued on Friday, WWE confirmed that the Royal Rumble 2025 main card will stream live on Peacock starting at 6 p.m. Eastern. It’s the third straight U.S. PLE that has featured an earlier-than-usual start time. The regular time had been 7 p.m. Eastern before being changed for Bad Blood and Survivor Series.
Royal Rumble 2025 is taking place from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Saturday, February 1 and will mark the official start of the road to WrestleMania 41. WWE announced today that the Royal Rumble go-home episode of SmackDown will be held at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Friday, January 31.
In addition to hosting Royal Rumble 2025, Lucas Oil Stadium is also getting a WrestleMania and SummerSlam in the future as part of a deal between WWE and Indiana Sports Corp. When those events will be happening has not been decided yet.
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