WWE Plans 11-City European Road to Royal Rumble 2026 Tour

WWE has announced its 2026 'Road to Royal Rumble' European tour, which will take place from January 8 to January 19, featuring 11 shows across 11 cities including Germany, the UK, Denmark, Poland, and Northern Ireland. The tour will include live television tapings of Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown, with events in cities like Düsseldorf, Belfast, Berlin, and London marking first-time broadcasts in some locations. This European leg serves as a lead-up to the Royal Rumble event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a first for the show being held in that country, though the exact date of the Royal Rumble has not yet been announced. The tour will showcase prominent WWE talent such as Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins, WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton, and others, while Roman Reigns is notably absent from the advertised lineup. This marks a logistical shift for WWE, as European tours typically occur post-WrestleMania, but this will be ahead of the major Saudi Arabia event. The announcement was made during the WWE Clash in Paris event, which also concluded a multi-show European tour dubbed 'Road to Clash in Paris.'