Royal Rumble -- How will WWE keep surprises, travel situations, more (Patreon)

Royal Rumble is this week in Saudi Arabia, and many fans and readers are interested in how WWE are going to keep surprises.

For months, fans have brought up the questions and theories about WWE keeping secrets as they charter a flight over to Saudi for the Rumble. WWE’s charter with talent takes off in the wee hours after this week’s WWE Raw, and the talent will be there all week to prepare for Smackdown and the Royal Rumble.

There are also plans to bring in talent on their own later in the week, including surprise names. WWE sources that we spoke to say that they actually think it will be easier to keep surprises secret this year. In previous years, WWE would have to worry about people seeing the talent travel in at various airports, especially with autograph hounds stalking out talent hotels and airports. Now, many there feel as if with their plane chartered and more privacy provided at their air strip and hotels, it will be easier to keep that quiet.

As we reported on Sunday, WWE had a number of travel options prepared for Montreal, to Toronto, then to Saudi Arabia after WWE Raw. There were some that needed to rent a van, and others who were unable to make it to the Toronto leg. A number of the Smackdown talent will have an extended period away from home as they traveled from Smackdown to the Raw host site in Toronto, where the company will depart for Saudi Arabia.