As we reported over the weekend, WWE internally earmarked January 24th, 2016 at the date for the 2016 WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view, however it is now unlikely that the event will take place on that date and will either be moved up to January 17th or back a week to January 31st.

The reason for this is due to the NFL Conference Championships taking place that day, with the winners going on to play in the SuperBowl two weeks later, which will no doubt be a viewership juggernaut and take viewership away from WWE fans on that date.

WWE announced a similar date a few years ago and when news broke, immediately pushed back the date by a week due to the schedule, which is expected to happen again.