Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: On the January 2 , 2009 episode of SmackDown , on-air authority figure Vickie Guerrero announced that Edge would face Hardy for the WWE title at the Royal Rumble .
Simplified: On the January 2 , 2009 episode of SmackDown , Vickie Guerrero said that Edge would face Hardy for the WWE title at the Royal Rumble .