Kai Cenat Believes He’s Ready To Become A WWE Star; January 28th Wrestling News Round-Up

Don’t have a Netflix, Peacock or WWE Network subscription? Then don’t worry, you can still watch almost every WWE Royal Rumble match in full for FREE!

With this year’s Royal Rumble just a few days away, many fans take the opportunity to relive their favourite Rumble matches. If you’re thinking of doing the same, then here’s how you can watch nearly every Royal Rumble match in history at no cost.

Over the years, WWE has quietly uploaded various matches in full to their YouTube channel and Royal Rumble matches are no exception. More recently, the company has also adopted this practice with their retro-focused WWE Vault channel.

We’ve compiled a playlist of all 33 Royal Rumble matches currently available across WWE’s official YouTube channels which you can access here. At the time of writing, there are 11 Rumbles not available through this method: 1989, 1990, 1993, 2003 through 2007, 2011, 2018’s Greatest Royal Rumble and the 2021 Men’s Rumble.

JBL has vowed that something will come of his constant interference in Joe Hendry’s matches.

Over the last few months, WWE Hall of Famer JBL has made surprise appearances across various independent promotions. Most prominently, he’s appeared at several TNA pay-per-views – most recently Genesis earlier this month.

Across those appearances, Layfield has consistently interrupted the matches of two particular stars: Nic Nemeth, the former Dolph Ziggler, and current TNA World Heavyweight Champion Joe Hendry.

Speaking on the latest episode of Something To Wrestle, JBL was asked for his thoughts on both men and gave a hint that there’ll be a story down the line between himself and the Scottish star.

Joe Hendry to me is I think the most over guy outside of WWE. It’s amazing, the presence that Joe Hendry has. You look at the social media stuff he does…Joe Hendry is incredibly over right now.

People are asking me, ‘Do I believe in Joe Hendry?’ You’re gonna find out real quick what I think about Joe Hendry. It will unfold itself very easily in the next few months, whether I believe in Joe Hendry or whether I don’t believe in Joe Hendry. But there will be something with Joe Hendry.

h/t to Fightful

This week’s WWE NXT will emanate from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. The next NXT special is Vengeance Day in two weeks!

Matches and segments announced for the show include:

• Grayson Waller & Austin Theory host The Grayson Waller Effect with Oba Femi
• Giulia & Bayley vs Roxanne Perez & Cora Jade
• Trick Williams vs Wes Lee
• Bianca Belair & Naomi (c) vs Meta-Girls – WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship match
• Fallon Henley (c) vs Shotzi – NXT Women’s North American Championship match

What are you most excited to see on tonight’s episode of NXT? Let us know your thoughts here!

Last night’s WWE Raw emanated from the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. The next WWE special is the Royal Rumble this weekend!

The full results from Raw were as follows:

• The War Raiders (c) defeated The Judgment Day to retain the World Tag Team Championship
• Rey Mysterio defeated Xavier Woods
• Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez defeated Bianca Belair & Naomi
• Drew McIntyre defeated Sami Zayn

What was your favourite moment of last night’s show? Let us know your thoughts here!

JD McDonagh has announced he’ll be out of action for several months after suffering a serious injury on Raw.

The Judgment Day member challenged The War Raiders for their World Tag Team Championship alongside Dominik Mysterio during last night’s episode. Unfortunately, the match didn’t go entirely to plan for McDonagh.

During the bout, McDonagh hit a springboard moonsault on Ivar who was standing at ringside. As the Irish star hit his opponent, he flipped backwards and whiplashed his upper back and neck off of the announce table.

Despite doctors checking on him during a commercial break, he finished the match but ended up collapsing as he made his way back to gorilla position and was reportedly taken to hospital.

Now, McDonagh himself has provided an update. Taking to X, he revealed that he suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung during the scary spot. He’ll be out of action for a few months to recover, leaving his status for WrestleMania 41 uncertain.

First off, thanks to everyone for the messages and the concern. I'm good.

I've got a couple of broken ribs and a punctured lung, so I'm going to be out for a couple months. All things considered, it could have been a lot worse, so I'm grateful for that.

See ya in a bit. 🤘🏻

— JD McDonagh (@jd_mcdonagh) January 28, 2025

Everyone here at Inside The Ropes wishes JD McDonagh all the best in his recovery.

The first official trailer for WWE 2K25 has been released featuring the game’s release date!

During last night’s edition of WWE Raw, Paul Heyman announced that he and Roman Reigns will be the cover stars of the next iteration of the WWE 2K video game franchise – confirming a previous leak of the game’s cover.

Shortly after, publisher 2K posted the game’s first official trailer focusing on Reigns and his time as leader of The Bloodline. At the end of the trailer, it was revealed that WWE 2K25 will officially release on March 14th.

However, fans can get early access to the game by purchasing one of its two special editions, Deadman Edition or The Bloodline Edition, allowing access a week early on March 7th.

Additionally, those who pre-order the game will receive The Wyatt Sicks DLC pack, featuring all five members of the Bray Wyatt-inspired faction, as well as a digital copy of WWE 2K24. It’s worth noting, however, that The Wyatt Sicks DLC is included with both of the game’s special editions regardless.

Popular streamer Kai Cenat claims he’s ready to become a WWE superstar.

Cenat made a surprise appearance during last night’s episode of WWE Raw, where he made an entrance and confirmed he’ll be attending the Royal Rumble this weekend in a ringside interview with Pat McAfee.

In a Raw exclusive interview following his appearance, the 23-year-old predicted that his friend John Cena will win this year’s Men’s Royal Rumble match and even dropped a hint that he may enter the ring himself.

Hey, I hope so [on the possiblity of him becoming a WWE superstar]. I’m ready. Just know, I’m ready. But I’ll be there, and we gonna see what’s gonna happen. I’m not gonna lie, I hope so.

Cenat, currently the fourth most popular creator on Twitch with over 16 million followers, won’t be the only streamer attending the Rumble. Last week, iShowSpeed was invited to stream during the event by Triple H.

h/t to Fightful

Welcome back to the ITRWrestling live blog! I’ll be with you from 12pm to 6pm GMT (7am -1pm ET) covering all the biggest stories from WWE, AEW, NJPW, TNA, and more.

Today’s top stories are:

• Kai Cenat Believes He’s Ready To Become A WWE Star
• WWE 2K25 Release Date Confirmed In First Official Trailer!
• JD McDonagh Out Several Months Following Major Raw Injury