The early betting odds for the winner of the women's 2023 WWE Royal Rumble match are up.
WWE has yet to announce a city, venue or date for the Royal Rumble 2023 pay-per-view. It will most likely follow tradition and take place at some point in the month of January. Royal Rumble 2022 occurred on Jan. 29 inside The Dome at America's Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
Ronda Rousey was the winner of this year's women's Royal Rumble match. She went on to lose her SmackDown Women's Championship bout to Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 38, though The Baddest Woman on the Planet managed to gain the title at the WrestleMania Backlash show.
The betting odds for next year's match winner are courtesy of BetOnline. 2019 winner Becky Lynch is the early favorite to win at +250, and Bayley (still sidelined as she recovers from a torn ACL) has the second-best odds at +450. Flair — the 2020 winner — and Rhea Ripley share the third-highest odds of winning at +600.
2021 match winner Bianca Belair, Raquel Rodriguez and Alexa Bliss and share the fourth-best odds at +1000. They are followed by 2018 winner Asuka and Rousey at +1400, with Shayna Baszler and Liv Morgan behind them at +2000. Hall of Famers Trish Stratus, Lita and Nikki and Brie Bella are all long shots to win at +25000.
As previously noted, Cody Rhodes is the early betting favorite to win the men's Royal Rumble match at +125.
History Has Been Kind To The Women's Royal Rumble Winners
Three of the five women's Royal Rumbles have gone on to win a title at WrestleMania weekend. In 2019, Lynch defeated Flair and Rousey in a triple threat match to become the Raw and SmackDown Women's Champion. Flair defeated Ripley at WrestleMania 36 to become the NXT Women's Champion, and Belair defeated Sasha Banks at WrestleMania 37 to claim the SmackDown Women's title.
Though Asuka lost to Flair at WrestleMania 34, she later won the SmackDown Women's Championship at TLC 2018. And as previously mentioned, Rousey would defeat Flair for the SmackDown Women's title at WrestleMania Backlash.
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