Bron Breakker will enter the Royal Rumble at the number two spot, it has been revealed on the event’s pre-show.
During the Countdown to Royal Rumble stream on Saturday, Paul Heyman confronted Raw General Manager Adam Pearce regarding the entry order. Heyman, representing The Vision, accused Pearce of manipulating the draw to disadvantage Breakker.
Heyman argued that the second spot is statistically more difficult than the first, claiming the number one entrant holds the “high ground.”
Random draw my Kosher tuchus. Don’t tell me it’s a random draw. Listen, for how many years did people think that number one was the worst position… You start off, and number one has the high ground. So number two is even worse than number one. And you want to make him number two? Really?
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Pearce maintained that the spot was determined by a random draw. CM Punk interrupted the exchange to support Pearce, noting that the process has involved a random draw since the 1990s.
The announcement follows a production error during Friday’s episode of SmackDown on Netflix. During Axiom’s entrance for a match against Johnny Gargano, a lower-third graphic briefly appeared listing Breakker as the number one entrant.
The graphic was quickly removed and did not appear on the USA Network broadcast in the United States.
This marks Breakker’s third participation in the Royal Rumble match, following appearances in 2024 and 2025.
