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
Information
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Date	January 30, 2011
Venue	TD Garden
City	Boston, 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	Randy Orton defeated The Miz (c) (w/ Alex Riley)	Singles match for the WWE Championship
3	Eve defeated Natalya (c), Layla and Michelle McCool	Fatal Four Way for the WWE Divas Championship
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. 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