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 | |||
| Brand (s) | Raw SmackDown | |||
| Date | January 30, 2011 | |||
| Venue | TD Garden | |||
| City | Boston, Massachusetts | |||
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| Royal Rumble chronology | ||||
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Royal Rumble (2011) was a 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. It was the 24th Royal Rumble event held by WWE. 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 matches were on the event's card. The main event was the 40-man Royal Rumble match instead of the original 30-man match which featured wrestlers from both brands.
Matches
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1D | R-Truth defeated Curt Hawkins | Singles match[3] | N/A |
| 2 | Edge (c) defeated Dolph Ziggler (with Vickie Guerrero) | Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship[4] Had Edge used the spear, he would have lost the title. |
20:45 |
| 3 | The Miz (c) (with Alex Riley) defeated Randy Orton | Singles match for the WWE Championship[5] | 19:50 |
| 4 | Eve Torres defeated Natalya (c), Michelle McCool, and Layla | Fatal four-way match for the WWE Divas Championship[6] | 5:05 |
| 5 | Alberto Del Rio won by last eliminating Santino Marella | 40-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania XXVII | 1:09:53 |
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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. A new entrant came out every 90 seconds.[7]
| 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 | 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 |
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "WWE Royal Rumble 2011 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Cagematch. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
- ↑ "2011". thehistoryofwwe.com.
- ↑ "Results: Irrepressible Spear". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on February 3, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
- ↑ "Results: Boston popped". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on February 3, 2011. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
- ↑ "Results: "Eve"-ning the odds". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on February 3, 2011. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
- ↑ "2011 Royal Rumble Statistics and Eliminations". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2011-01-31.