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Introduction
The largest Royal Rumble at the time took place in Boston in 2011. In the match, Alberto Del Rio outlasted all other competitors to win the match.
A strong showing was had by CM Punk in the match – in a star making performance, Punk (albeit with the help of The Nexus) lasted over half an hour and was the longest competitor in the match. Punk also had the most eliminations, and eventually he became World Champion later in the year. Both him and John Cena had spells of dominance in the match.
In the end Del Rio – despite nearly being surprised by Santino Marella – won the match, although he wasn’t to be successful against Edge at Wrestlemania. Their match at Mania was notable however for the wrong reasons: Edge was told to immediately retire after the match, which he did until his return in 2020.
Although a well received Royal Rumble, from next year the match returned to 30 competitors.
30th January, 2011
Boston, Massachusetts
TD Garden
15,113
- The Biggest Royal Rumble in History
1:09:52
Notable Records
| Record | Individual |
|---|---|
| Winner | Alberto Del Rio |
| Iron Men | CM Punk (35:22) |
| Least time in Match | Tyler Reks (00:34) |
| Most Eliminations | CM Punk (7)John Cena (7) |
| Potential Winners (wrestlers in the ring after last entrant) | 8 (Alberto Del Rio, Santino Marella, Randy Orton, Wade Barrett, John Cena, Rey Mysterio, Kane, Ezekiel Jackson) |
| Number of debutants | 14 (Daniel Bryan, Justin Gabriel, Husky Harris, Michael McGillicutty, David Otunga, Tyler Reks, Mason Ryan, Tyson Kidd, Heath Slater, Sheamus, Wade Barrett, Alex Riley, Ezekiel Jackson, Alberto Del Rio) |
| Last Rumble Appearances | 12 (William Regal, Ted DiBiase Jr., Yoshi Tatsu, Husky Harris, Chavo Guerrero, JTG, Michael McGillicutty, Chris Masters, Tyler Reks, Vladimir Kozlov, Mason Ryan, Diesel) |
| Average Time in match | 08:43 |
| Number of individuals with at least one elimination | 47.5% |
Did You Know?
- There was a botch in this match: Alex Riley was supposed to be still in the ring before The Miz eliminated John Cena. However he was accidentally eliminated quite early on. He returned to the ringside area to distract Cena leading to his elimination.
- This match began the “both feet must hit the floor” stipulation with John Morrison escaping by jumping onto the barricade to avoid elimination. Morrsion and later Kofi Kingston do stunts to prevent themselves from being eliminated.
Results
| Number of Entrant | Wrestler Name | Brand | Time of Entry | Time of Elimination | Time in Match | Finishing Position | Eliminations | Eliminated By | Other Facts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CM Punk | Raw | 00:00 | 35:22 | 35:22 | 20 | 7 | John Cena | |
| 2 | Daniel Bryan | Raw | 00:00 | 20:56 | 20:56 | 33 | 2 | CM Punk | |
| 3 | Justin Gabriel | Smackdown! | 01:36 | 02:34 | 00:58 | 40 | 0 | Daniel Bryan | |
| 4 | Zack Ryder | Raw | 03:12 | 03:54 | 00:42 | 39 | 0 | Daniel Bryan | |
| 5 | William Regal | Raw | 04:42 | 08:52 | 04:10 | 38 | 0 | Ted DiBiase Jr. | |
| 6 | Ted DiBiase Jr. | Raw | 06:35 | 18:51 | 12:16 | 34 | 1 | Husky Harris, Michael McGillicutty | |
| 7 | John Morrison | Raw | 08:02 | 21:24 | 13:22 | 31 | 0 | CM Punk, David Otunga, Husky Harris, Michael McGillicutty | |
| 8 | Yoshi Tatsu | Raw | 10:00 | 15:34 | 05:34 | 36 | 0 | Mark Henry | |
| 9 | Husky Harris | Raw | 11:37 | 27:24 | 15:47 | 26 | 3 | The Great Khali | |
| 10 | Chavo Guerrero | Smackdown! | 13:05 | 15:05 | 02:00 | 37 | 0 | Mark Henry | |
| 11 | Mark Henry | Raw | 14:46 | 21:50 | 07:04 | 30 | 2 | CM Punk, David Otunga, Husky Harris, Michael McGillicutty | |
| 12 | JTG | Smackdown! | 16:12 | 18:00 | 01:48 | 35 | 0 | Michael McGillicutty | |
| 13 | Michael McGillicutty | Raw | 17:35 | 32:42 | 15:07 | 21 | 4 | John Cena | |
| 14 | Chris Masters | Smackdown! | 19:09 | 21:06 | 01:57 | 32 | 0 | CM Punk | |
| 15 | David Otunga | Raw | 20:44 | 32:41 | 11:57 | 22 | 2 | John Cena | |
| 16 | Tyler Reks | Smackdown! | 22:16 | 22:50 | 00:34 | 29 | 0 | CM Punk | |
| 17 | Vladimir Kozlov | Raw | 23:40 | 24:20 | 00:40 | 28 | 0 | CM Punk | |
| 18 | R-Truth | Raw | 25:10 | 26:11 | 01:01 | 27 | 0 | CM Punk | |
| 19 | The Great Khali | Raw | 27:02 | 28:22 | 01:20 | 25 | 1 | Mason Ryan | |
| 20 | Mason Ryan | Raw | 28:04 | 32:35 | 04:31 | 23 | 2 | John Cena | |
| 21 | Booker T | Unaffiliated | 29:52 | 31:00 | 01:08 | 24 | 0 | Mason Ryan | |
| 22 | John Cena | Raw | 32:13 | 1:06:30 | 34:17 | 5 | 7 | The Miz | The Miz, who wasn’t in the match, eliminated John Cena. |
| 23 | Hornswoggle | Smackdown! | 34:13 | 43:53 | 09:40 | 17 | 0 | King Sheamus | |
| 24 | Tyson Kidd | Raw | 36:11 | 37:05 | 00:54 | 19 | 0 | John Cena | |
| 25 | Heath Slater | Smackdown! | 37:45 | 38:42 | 00:57 | 18 | 0 | John Cena | |
| 26 | Kofi Kingston | Smackdown! | 39:39 | 1:00:43 | 21:04 | 10 | 1 | Randy Orton | |
| 27 | Jack Swagger | Smackdown! | 40:53 | 45:34 | 04:41 | 16 | 0 | Rey Mysterio | |
| 28 | King Sheamus | Raw | 42:30 | 1:00:47 | 18:17 | 9 | 1 | Randy Orton | |
| 29 | Rey Mysterio | Smackdown! | 44:26 | 1:03:33 | 19:07 | 6 | 2 | Wade Barrett | |
| 30 | Wade Barrett | Smackdown! | 46:13 | 1:08:36 | 22:23 | 4 | 2 | Randy Orton | |
| 31 | Dolph Ziggler | Smackdown! | 47:39 | 54:51 | 07:12 | 14 | 0 | Big Show | |
| 32 | Diesel | Unaffiliated | 49:37 | 52:22 | 02:45 | 15 | 0 | Wade Barrett | |
| 33 | Drew McIntyre | Smackdown! | 50:32 | 55:18 | 04:46 | 12 | 0 | Big Show | |
| 34 | Alex Riley | Raw | 52:12 | 55:02 | 02:50 | 13 | 0 | John Cena, Kofi Kingston | |
| 35 | Big Show | Smackdown! | 54:04 | 55:34 | 01:30 | 11 | 2 | Ezekiel Jackson | |
| 36 | Ezekiel Jackson | Smackdown! | 55:20 | 1:02:34 | 07:14 | 8 | 1 | Kane | |
| 37 | Santino Marella | Raw | 56:56 | 1:09:51 | 12:55 | 2 | 0 | Alberto Del Rio | After Del Rio eliminated Randy Orton, the bell rang and his music started playing. Marella – who hid under the ring since his entrance – emerged. Alas, he didn’t eliminate Del Rio |
| 38 | Alberto Del Rio | Smackdown! | 1:00:02 | 1:09:52 | 09:50 | 1 | 2 | Winner | Time from Alberto’s entry is taken from when Randy Orton – the next entrance, attacked him. |
| 39 | Randy Orton | Raw | 1:00:02 | 1:08:39 | 08:37 | 3 | 3 | Alberto Del Rio | Randy Orton’s start time is from when he attacked Alberto Del Rio on the entrance way. |
| 40 | Kane | Smackdown! | 1:01:52 | 1:03:28 | 01:36 | 7 | 1 | Rey Mysterio |
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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