The 2026 Royal Rumble is reported to be set in an international location for the first time in decades and in a country that is sure to raise some eyebrows: Saudi Arabia. PWlnsider has confirmed that the 2026 Royal Rumble event will emanate from Saudi Arabia. pic.twitter.com/Jp0WhtAnho

WWE will kickoff the Road to WrestleMania in Saudi Arabia when the Royal Rumble emanates from the country in 2026.

Female WWE stars have only had a Royal Rumble since 2018. Asuka won the first edition but lost to Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 34. Becky Lynch won the next year, followed by Flair in 2020.

One of WWE’s biggest events of the year, the Royal Rumble is heading to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2026. The event which features the two showpiece Royal Rumble matches which the winners get a world title match at that years WrestleMania has never ventured out of North America and has remained in the United States since the 1989 edition of the event but that will change from next years show after the 2025 edition taking place at the

It was reported back in May that Saudi Arabia was hoping to land major WWE events to enhance the " strategic multiplatform partnership ," which included the Royal Rumble or even WrestleMania. At the time,

WWE Royal Rumble is reportedly coming to Saudi Arabia. Mike Johnson of PWInsider reports that the 2026 WWE Royal Rumble will be held in Saudi Arabia, per multiple WWE sources. This will mark the first time that the event will be held outside of the United States since it became a pay-per-view in 1989.

WWE reportedly is planning to take the Royal Rumble, its fourth-longest-running PPV/PLE, to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2026,