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Introduction
The 2010 Royal Rumble – which hailed from Atlanta, Georgia – had a fun few overarching stories going through it. The first starting moment was CM Punk’s beginning early domination that lead to him cutting sermons for the Straight Edge Society in the early part of the match, only to be eliminated by Triple H.
The second part was the DX Story which took place from the beginning to towards the end: Shawn Michaels was driven to headline Wrestlemania against The Undertaker again, after coming close to breaking the streak the previous year. With Taker as the champion, he knew that winning the Royal Rumble would see him main event against The Deadman. A man possessed, he eliminated Triple H along the way to finishing ultimately just short.
The winner? A returning Edge, who had not been seen for nearly a year, eliminated his former tag team partner Chris Jericho – who won the World Heavyweight championship – to set up a match at Wrestlemania. A match the Ultimate Opportunist ultimately lost.
31st January, 2010
Atlanta, Georgia
Philips Arena
16,697
- I Am The One
49:25
Notable Records
| Record | Individual |
|---|---|
| Winner | Edge |
| Iron Men | John Cena (22:12) |
| Least time in Match | MVP (00:06) |
| Most Eliminations | Shawn Michaels (6) |
| Potential Winners (wrestlers in the ring after last entrant) | 4 (Edge, John Cena, Batista, Shawn Michaels) |
| Number of debutants | 6 (Evan Bourne, Beth Phoenix, Zack Ryder, Drew McIntyre, Yoshi Tatsu, Jack Swagger) |
| Last Rumble Appearances | 2 (Evan Bourne, Shawn Michaels) |
| Average Time in match | 05:46 |
| Number of individuals with at least one elimination | 40% |
Did You Know?
- Beth Phoenix was the first woman to be a former women’s champion to enter the Royal Rumble (Chyna only became women’s champion after entering the Royal Rumble).
- Only 4 entrants were eligible to win the match after the last entrant entered the match.
- This was the last Royal Rumble to feature ECW as a separate brand.
- As of 2024, this is the shortest Royal Rumble with 90 seconds between entrants, and 30 entrants in total. Both Royal Rumbles that are shorter either had 20 entrants (1988) or 60 seconds between entrants (1995)
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Results
| Number of Entrant | Wrestler Name | Brand | Time of Entry | Time of Elimination | Time in Match | Finishing Position | Eliminations | Eliminated By | Other Facts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dolph Ziggler | Smackdown! | 00:00 | 02:29 | 02:29 | 29 | 0 | CM Punk | |
| 2 | Evan Bourne | Raw | 00:00 | 02:27 | 02:27 | 30 | 0 | CM Punk | |
| 3 | CM Punk | Smackdown! | 02:05 | 12:09 | 10:04 | 24 | 5 | Triple H | |
| 4 | JTG | Smackdown! | 03:37 | 04:02 | 00:25 | 28 | 0 | CM Punk | |
| 5 | The Great Khali | Smackdown! | 05:25 | 07:04 | 01:39 | 27 | 0 | Beth Phoenix | |
| 6 | Beth Phoenix | Smackdown! | 06:29 | 08:07 | 01:38 | 26 | 1 | CM Punk | |
| 7 | Zack Ryder | ECW | 08:10 | 08:42 | 00:32 | 25 | 0 | CM Punk | |
| 8 | Triple H | Raw | 10:21 | 28:13 | 17:52 | 14 | 3 | Shawn Michaels | |
| 9 | Drew McIntyre | Smackdown! | 11:47 | 26:30 | 14:43 | 15 | 0 | Shawn Michaels, Triple H | |
| 10 | Ted DiBiase Jr. | Raw | 12:53 | 25:32 | 12:39 | 17 | 0 | Shawn Michaels | |
| 11 | John Morrison | Smackdown! | 14:22 | 25:58 | 11:36 | 16 | 0 | Shawn Michaels | |
| 12 | Kane | Smackdown! | 16:04 | 24:06 | 08:02 | 20 | 1 | Triple H | |
| 13 | Cody Rhodes | Raw | 17:29 | 25:27 | 07:58 | 18 | 0 | Shawn Michaels | Time of Cody Rhodes’ entrance is taken from when he attacked Kane from outside the ring. |
| 14 | MVP | Raw | 22:24 | 22:30 | 00:06 | 22 | 1 | Self | The Miz attacked MVP before entering the ring, MVP returned to eliminate himself & The Miz after Miz’s entrance. |
| 15 | Carlito | Raw | 20:41 | 25:15 | 04:34 | 19 | 0 | Shawn Michaels | |
| 16 | The Miz | Raw | 22:14 | 22:30 | 00:16 | 23 | 0 | MVP | |
| 17 | Matt Hardy | Smackdown! | 23:42 | 24:02 | 00:20 | 21 | 0 | Kane | |
| 18 | Shawn Michaels | Raw | 25:12 | 45:58 | 20:46 | 4 | 6 | Batista | |
| 19 | John Cena | Raw | 27:12 | 49:24 | 22:12 | 2 | 4 | Edge | |
| 20 | Shelton Benjamin | ECW | 28:28 | 29:16 | 00:48 | 13 | 0 | John Cena | |
| 21 | Yoshi Tatsu | ECW | 29:58 | 30:27 | 00:29 | 12 | 0 | John Cena | |
| 22 | Big Show | Raw | 31:33 | 35:38 | 04:05 | 9 | 1 | R-Truth | |
| 23 | Mark Henry | Raw | 33:13 | 35:37 | 02:24 | 10 | 0 | R-Truth | |
| 24 | Chris Masters | Raw | 34:22 | 34:51 | 00:29 | 11 | 0 | Big Show | |
| 25 | R-Truth | Smackdown! | 35:33 | 39:43 | 04:10 | 7 | 2 | Kofi Kingston | |
| 26 | Jack Swagger | Raw | 36:54 | 39:00 | 02:06 | 8 | 0 | Kofi Kingston | |
| 27 | Kofi Kingston | Raw | 38:29 | 41:21 | 02:52 | 6 | 2 | John Cena | |
| 28 | Chris Jericho | Smackdown! | 39:58 | 42:22 | 02:24 | 5 | 0 | Edge | |
| 29 | Edge | Smackdown! | 42:05 | 49:25 | 07:20 | 1 | 2 | Winner | |
| 30 | Batista | Smackdown! | 43:21 | 48:46 | 05:25 | 3 | 1 | John Cena |
Graphs
Entrant Waterfall
Elimination Pie Chart
Time by Number
Eliminations by Number
Entrant Waterfall
Elimination Pie Chart
Time by Number
Eliminations by Number
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