Royal Rumble 2015 to have 40 entrants

For the WWE, more is better. The company reportedly revealed during Tuesday's SmackDown taping that the 2015 Royal Rumble match will feature 40 participants, per For the WWE, more is better. The company reportedly revealed during Tuesday's SmackDown taping that the 2015 Royal Rumble match will feature 40 participants, per Aaron Grant of RingsideNews.com. The event will be held on Jan. 25 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

That wouldn't be the first time WWE expanded the size of one of its biggest matches of the year. The 2011 Royal Rumble match, which was won by Alberto Del Rio, had 40 wrestlers involved. The company has reverted to the traditional 30-man format ever since.

Some might question the logic behind increasing the number of wrestlers involved in the Royal Rumble match. Most fans go in with the belief that only a small handful of guys have a chance of winning, so why waste time with more guys whom nobody expects to win?

NXT continues to grow, so it would make sense that the company would want to feature younger stars who aren't featuring on Raw and SmackDown every week.

With a 40-man Rumble, WWE can also have older stars return without sacrificing a spot for a current star. Diesel made a brief return at the 2011 Rumble.

Ah, nothing screams 'we don't have enough stars for this!' more than a 40 man rumble...

Covering up Alberto Del Rio as the only winner of a 40 man Rumble?

And possibly give Reigns an unbeatable record for eliminations?