Former Women’s Champion Won’t Be In The Royal Rumble, Hulk Hogan Remembers Andre The Giant

– Former WWE Women’s Champion Gail Kim will not compete in tonight’s first-ever Women’s Royal Rumble Match.

In response to fan speculation on Twitter that she could appear as a surprise entrant, Kim replied “Hell no.” She will actually be in Dallas, Texas for a Royal Rumble viewing party.

Heading to a live viewing party for #RoyalRumble tomorrow night. Excited to see the women And hoping to see the women of my generation make some surprise appearances. I’ll live tweet as I’m watching. Can’t wait!

— Gail Kim-Irvine (@gailkimITSME) January 28, 2018

Hell no. Im in Dallas and I’ll be watching supporting these awesome women https://t.co/r5rQgCn0Kl

— Gail Kim-Irvine (@gailkimITSME) January 28, 2018

Kim again said she won’t be in the match after a fan said he hoped to hear her first WWE theme song. She said that song was good, but hated her song during her second run with the company.

Well it won’t. Lol. Again, I’m going to a viewing party and also remember the last run I had there, they gave me some garbage generic music that sucked. That entrance song was good however. I think my fave is puppets on a string https://t.co/WS1f2jVKhv

— Gail Kim-Irvine (@gailkimITSME) January 28, 2018

Kim also named some female WWE legends she would like to see in the match.

I’m hoping to see @AmyDumas @trishstratuscom @Phenom_Jazz @REALLiSAMARiE , Ivory @JackieMooreTx just to name a few. Would be amazing to see these legends back in the ring!

— Gail Kim-Irvine (@gailkimITSME) January 28, 2018

– Saturday marked the 25-year anniversary of the passing of Andre the Giant. On the night of January 27, 1993, he died in his sleep of congestive heart failure in a hotel room in Paris, France. He was in Paris to attend his father’s funeral.

In this post on Instagram, Hulk Hogan remembers his friend.

25yrs since Andre was with us,miss you my brother love you,R.I.P., HH @hulkhogan

A post shared by Hulk Hogan (@hulkhogan) on Jan 27, 2018 at 5:24pm PST