Royal Rumble (2011)

Royal Rumble (2011) was the twenty-fourth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event made by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on January 30, 2011 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. As always, the Royal Rumble match winner, Alberto Del Rio got a main event match at WrestleMania XXVII for his choice at either the WWE Championship or the World Heavyweight Championship.

Royal Rumble (2011)
Tagline(s)The Biggest Royal Rumble in History
Theme
song(s)		"Living in a Dream" by Finger Eleven[1]
Information
PromotionWorld Wrestling Entertainment
DateJanuary 30, 2011
VenueTD Garden
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Pay-per-view chronology
TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2010) Royal Rumble (2011) Elimination Chamber (2011)
Royal Rumble chronology
Royal Rumble (2010) Royal Rumble (2011) Royal Rumble (2012)

Six professional wrestling matches were on the event's supercard, a scheduling of more than one main event. The main event was the 40-man Royal Rumble match instead of the original 30-man match which featured wrestlers from both brands.

Matches
# Match Stipulations
1 Edge (c) defeated Dolph Ziggler (w/ Vickie Guerrero) Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship. If Edge used the spear on Ziggler, he would have lost the title.[2]
2 Randy Orton defeated The Miz (c) (w/ Alex Riley) Singles match for the WWE Championship[3]
3 Eve defeated Natalya (c), Layla and Michelle McCool Fatal Four Way for the WWE Divas Championship[4]
4 Alberto Del Rio won by last eliminating Santino Marella 2011 Royal Rumble match
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the matches

Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

Red ██ and "Raw" indicates a Raw wrestler, blue ██ and "SD" indicates a Smackdown wrestler and gold ██ and "FA" indicates a free agent entrant.[5] A new entrant came out every 90 seconds.

Entry order Entrant Brand Elimination order Eliminated by Time
1CM PunkRaw21Cena35:21
2Daniel BryanRaw8Punk20:55
3Justin GabrielSD1Bryan00:58
4Zack RyderRaw2Bryan00:43
5William RegalRaw3DiBiase04:10
6Ted DiBiaseRaw7Harris and McGillicutty12:16
7John MorrisonRaw10Punk13:24
8Yoshi TatsuRaw5Henry05:35
9Husky HarrisRaw15Khali15:48
10Chavo GuerreroSD4Henry02:01
11Mark HenryRaw11Harris, McGillicutty, Otunga and Punk07:04
12JTGSD6McGillicutty01:48
13Michael McGillicuttyRaw20Cena15:07
14Chris MastersSD9Punk01:58
15David OtungaRaw19Cena11:56
16Tyler ReksSD12Punk00:34
17Vladimir KozlovRaw13Punk00:40
18R-TruthRaw14Punk01:02
19The Great KhaliRaw16Ryan01:17
20Mason RyanRaw18Cena04:32
21Booker TFA17Ryan01:08
22John CenaRaw36The Miz33:17
23HornswoggleSD24Sheamus09:39
24Tyson KiddRaw22Cena00:53
25Heath SlaterSD23Cena00:57
26Kofi KingstonSD31Orton24:04
27Jack SwaggerSD25Mysterio04:41
28King SheamusRaw32Orton18:16
29Rey MysterioSD35Barrett19:07
30Wade BarrettSD37Orton22:23
31Dolph ZigglerSD27Big Show07:12
32DieselFA26Barrett02:45
33Drew McIntyreSD29Big Show04:46
34Alex RileyRaw28Cena and Kingston02:50
35Big ShowSD30Jackson01:30
36Ezekiel JacksonSD33Kane07:14
37Santino MarellaRaw39Del Rio12:54
38Alberto Del RioSDWINNER-09:33
39Randy OrtonRaw38Del Rio08:18
40KaneSD34Mysterio01:36

Other websites
  1. "WWE Royal Rumble: "Living in a Dream" by Finger Eleven is the official theme song for Royal Rumble". World Wrestling Entertainment. 2009-12-16. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
  2. "Preview:World Heavyweight Champion Edge vs. Dolph Ziggler". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
  3. "Preview:WWE Champion The Miz vs. Randy Orton". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
  4. "Preview:Divas Champion Natalya vs. Lay-Cool". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
  5. "2011 Royal Rumble Statistics and Eliminations". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
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