Following tonight’s episode of 205 Live in Louisville, Kalisto has earned a shot to challenge Cedric Alexander for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship this Friday at the WWE Greatest Royal Rumble event in Saudi Arabia airing live on the WWE Network.
Kalisto won a gauntlet match during 205 Live on Tuesday night to earn the title shot.
This is going to be GOOD! @CedricAlexander vs. @KalistoWWE for the #Cruiserweight Title THIS FRIDAY at #WWEGRR! #205Live pic.twitter.com/WalA7knmK2
— WWE (@WWE) April 25, 2018
WWE has also confirmed that Shane McMahon, Mark Henry, Randy Orton, Kevin Owens, Rey Mysterio and The Great Khali will all take part in the 50-Man Greatest Royal Rumble.
Here is the updated card for the Greatest Royal Rumble this Friday:
WWE Universal Championship
Steel Cage Match
Brock Lesnar (c) w/ Paul Heyman vs. Roman Reigns
WWE Championship
AJ Styles (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
50-Man Royal Rumble Match
Names confirmed: Daniel Bryan, Braun Strowman, Kurt Angle, Shane McMahon, Chris Jericho, Mark Henry, Rey Mysterio, Elias, Kevin Owens, The Great Khali, Bobby Roode, Baron Corbin, Big E, Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods, Apollo Crews, Shelton Benjamin, Sin Cara, Chad Gable, Goldust, Titus O’Neil, Mojo Rawley and Dolph Ziggler
Casket Match
The Undertaker vs. Rusev
John Cena vs. Triple H
WWE Intercontinental Championship
Ladder Match
Seth Rollins (c) vs. The Miz vs. Finn Balor vs. Samoa Joe
WWE United States Championship
Jeff Hardy (c) vs. Jinder Mahal
RAW Tag Team Championships
The Bar vs. “Woken” Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt
Smackdown Tag Team Championships
The Bludgeon Brothers (c’s) vs. The Usos
WWE Cruiserweight Championship
Cedric Alexander (c) vs. Kalisto
Wrestleview.com will have live coverage of the WWE Greatest Royal Rumble this Friday afternoon starting at Noon ET (11:00 a.m. CT) and on Twitter via @wrestleview.
We can also confirm the return of Wrestleview Live after the Greatest Royal Rumble goes off the air for a live review on YouTube this Friday evening.