The 2019 Royal Rumble takes place this weekend, and it marks one of WWE's most exciting pay-per-views of the year. Like last year, the event includes two over-the-top battle royale matches where the last person standing will get a title shot at Wrestlemania 35 in April. The titular Rumble matches themselves are always the highlight of the evening, and alongside the men's contest, the women will get their own Rumble match. With more entrants, there's an opportunity for more surprises, although at this point most of the Rumble entrants for each match have been announnced.

The Royal Rumble is coming to the WWE Network and to pay-per-view on Sunday, January 27. Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona will host the event, and it should be a good one, mainly because the two Royal Rumble matches are the driving force of the PPV. If you want to watch it for yourself, tune into the WWE Network this Sunday--the event starts at 7 PM ET / 4 PM PT, but keep in mind that a Kickoff Show will begin airing two hours prior, and there are normally a couple matches on that show.

Every non-Rumble match on this card is a title match, and we're bound to see at least a couple of title changes, right? A wild Brock Lesnar appears to defend--and hopefully lose--his Universal Championship. If you've forgotten, the Universal Championship is the red one which shows up on TV four times a year. Additionally, there are two women's title matches that should be a blast to watch, especially the Smackdown bout as it's Becky Lynch vs. Asuka. Check out the match card below.

Royal Rumble 2019 match card:

Buddy Murphy (c) vs. Akira Tozawa vs. Kalisto vs. Hideo Itami (Cruiserweight Championship)

The Bar (c) vs. The Miz & Shane McMahon (Smackdown Tag Team Championship)

Asuka (c) vs. Becky Lynch (Smackdown Women's Championship)

Ronda Rousey (c) vs. Sasha Banks (Raw Women's Championship)

Rusev (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (United States Championship)

Women's Royal Rumble

Men's Royal Rumble

Daniel Bryan (c) vs. AJ Styles (WWE Championship)

Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Finn Balor (Universal Championship)

Obviously, this won't be the final card for the show, and the matches listed above may not appear in the order listed. You can see our predictions for the big event below--including Rumble picks from GameSpot's wrestling fans--and make sure to come back to GameSpot on Sunday, January 27 for live coverage of the show and a review after it's all over.