Royal Rumble (2011)
| Royal Rumble (2011) | ||||
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| Tagline(s) | The Biggest Royal Rumble in History | |||
| Theme song(s) | "Living in a Dream" by Finger Eleven[1] | |||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | |||
| Date | January 30, 2011 | |||
| Venue | TD Garden | |||
| City | Boston, Massachusetts | |||
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||||
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| Royal Rumble chronology | ||||
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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.
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
[change | change source]| # | 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[broken anchor] 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
[change | change source]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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CM Punk | Raw | 21 | Cena | 35:21 |
| 2 | Daniel Bryan | Raw | 8 | Punk | 20:55 |
| 3 | Justin Gabriel | SD | 1 | Bryan | 00:58 |
| 4 | Zack Ryder | Raw | 2 | Bryan | 00:43 |
| 5 | William Regal | Raw | 3 | DiBiase | 04:10 |
| 6 | Ted DiBiase | Raw | 7 | Harris and McGillicutty | 12:16 |
| 7 | John Morrison | Raw | 10 | Punk | 13:24 |
| 8 | Yoshi Tatsu | Raw | 5 | Henry | 05:35 |
| 9 | Husky Harris | Raw | 15 | Khali | 15:48 |
| 10 | Chavo Guerrero | SD | 4 | Henry | 02:01 |
| 11 | Mark Henry | Raw | 11 | Harris, McGillicutty, Otunga and Punk | 07:04 |
| 12 | JTG | SD | 6 | McGillicutty | 01:48 |
| 13 | Michael McGillicutty | Raw | 20 | Cena | 15:07 |
| 14 | Chris Masters | SD | 9 | Punk | 01:58 |
| 15 | David Otunga | Raw | 19 | Cena | 11:56 |
| 16 | Tyler Reks | SD | 12 | Punk | 00:34 |
| 17 | Vladimir Kozlov | Raw | 13 | Punk | 00:40 |
| 18 | R-Truth | Raw | 14 | Punk | 01:02 |
| 19 | The Great Khali | Raw | 16 | Ryan | 01:17 |
| 20 | Mason Ryan | Raw | 18 | Cena | 04:32 |
| 21 | Booker T[1] | FA | 17 | Ryan | 01:08 |
| 22 | John Cena | Raw | 36 | The Miz[2] | 33:17 |
| 23 | Hornswoggle | SD | 24 | Sheamus | 09:39 |
| 24 | Tyson Kidd | Raw | 22 | Cena | 00:53 |
| 25 | Heath Slater | SD | 23 | Cena | 00:57 |
| 26 | Kofi Kingston | SD | 31 | Orton | 24:04 |
| 27 | Jack Swagger | SD | 25 | Mysterio | 04:41 |
| 28 | King Sheamus | Raw | 32 | Orton | 18:16 |
| 29 | Rey Mysterio | SD | 35 | Barrett | 19:07 |
| 30 | Wade Barrett | SD | 37 | Orton | 22:23 |
| 31 | Dolph Ziggler | SD | 27 | Big Show | 07:12 |
| 32 | Diesel[3] | FA | 26 | Barrett | 02:45 |
| 33 | Drew McIntyre | SD | 29 | Big Show | 04:46 |
| 34 | Alex Riley | Raw | 28 | Cena and Kingston | 02:50 |
| 35 | Big Show | SD | 30 | Jackson | 01:30 |
| 36 | Ezekiel Jackson | SD | 33 | Kane | 07:14 |
| 37 | Santino Marella | Raw | 39 | Del Rio | 12:54 |
| 38 | Alberto Del Rio | SD | WINNER | - | 09:33 |
| 39 | Randy Orton | Raw | 38 | Del Rio | 08:18 |
| 40 | Kane | SD | 34 | Mysterio | 01:36 |
Other websites
[change | change source]- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Preview:World Heavyweight Champion Edge vs. Dolph Ziggler". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
- ↑ "Preview:WWE Champion The Miz vs. Randy Orton". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
- ↑ "Preview:Divas Champion Natalya vs. Lay-Cool". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ↑ "2011 Royal Rumble Statistics and Eliminations". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2011-01-31.