{"id":151246,"date":"2026-01-21T11:52:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=151246"},"modified":"2026-01-21T13:56:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T18:56:51","slug":"wwe-royal-rumble-huge-change-in-betting-habits-reveals-shock-new-favourite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/01\/21\/wwe-royal-rumble-huge-change-in-betting-habits-reveals-shock-new-favourite\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Royal Rumble: Huge Change in Betting Habits Reveals Shock New Favorite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A huge change in betting habits has revealed a new favourite for the women&#8217;s WWE Royal Rumble. Tiffany Stratton&#8217;s odds have shortened from 33\/1 to 12\/1 to win the match in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday, 31, 2026. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A whopping 83% of all bets across 25 UK bookmakers over the past 12 hours have been for Stratton to win the WWE Women&#8217;s Royal Rumble, according to Oddschecker. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Stratton hasn&#8217;t been seen in WWE since she lost the WWE Women&#8217;s Championship to Jade Cargill at Saturday Night&#8217;s Main Event on November 1, 2025. This marked the end of her 302-day title reign. The peak of this reign was a WWE WrestleMania 41 successful title defence. Stratton beat the winner of the 2025 WWE Royal Rumble, Charlotte Flair, in Las Vegas.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bianca Belair is still the favourite to win the WWE Royal Rumble at 2\/1. Meanwhile, find out which <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/01\/20\/wwe-royal-rumble-betting-odds-returning-stars-to-win-both-rumbles\/\" target=\"_self\">male superstar is <\/a><\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">favourite<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> to win the men&#8217;s WWE Royal Rumble.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_151247\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-151247\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/01\/061_SD_05022025CA_24675-d568e8364b2acf0e453b70106df326a8.jpg\" alt=\"Betting odds have revealed a new favourite in the women's WWE Royal Rumble\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" class=\"wp-image-151247 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/01\/061_SD_05022025CA_24675-d568e8364b2acf0e453b70106df326a8.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/01\/061_SD_05022025CA_24675-d568e8364b2acf0e453b70106df326a8-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/01\/061_SD_05022025CA_24675-d568e8364b2acf0e453b70106df326a8-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-151247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Royal Rumble Women&#8217;s Winner Betting Market<\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Oddschecker spokesman Chris Rogers said they had seen\u00a0&#8220;<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">a huge surge of interest in the \u2018Royal Rumble Women&#8217;s Winner\u2019 betting market. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;Tiffany Stratton\u2019s odds have tumbled from 33\/1 to\u00a012\/1\u00a0this week,&#8221; Rogers said. &#8220;The former gymnast received a monumental\u00a083%\u00a0of bets placed over the last 12 hours.\u00a0Bianca Belair is the slight\u00a02\/1\u00a0favourite ahead of Liv Morgan at\u00a09\/4.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">To put Stratton&#8217;s popularity into perspective, Lyra Valkyria is the second most backed superstar. 17% of all UK bets have been for Valkyria in the past 12 hours. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Oddschecker provides the most up-to-date betting odds from over 25 of the UK\u2019s most popular bookmakers. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Our coverage <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">spans<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> a <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">vast array<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> of sporting events and alternative markets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Follow live odds updates for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oddschecker.com\/tv\/wwe\/royal-rumble-womens\/winner\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Royal Rumble Women&#8217;s &#8211; Winner betting market at Oddschecker.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Royal Rumble Women&#8217;s &#8211; Winner current betting odds: Bianca Belair\u00a02\/1, Liv Morgan 9\/4, Rhea Ripley\u00a08\/1, Tiffany Stratton 12\/1, Roxanne Perez 16\/1, Lyra Valkyria 16\/1, AJ Lee 20\/1, Becky Lynch 25\/1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><b>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><i>Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\"><em><u><i>Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i> for more on the WWE Royal Rumble 2026,\u00a0and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. 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