Royal Rumble (2011)

**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.

### Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

Red <span style="color:#FFEEEE; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;">██</span> and "Raw" indicates a _Raw_ wrestler, blue <span style="color:#EEEEFF; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;">██</span> and "SD" indicates a _SmackDown_ wrestler and gold <span style="color:#FFFCED; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;">██</span> and "FA" indicates a free agent entrant. A new entrant came out every 90 seconds.

|style="border-style:none none solid solid; background:#e3e3e3;"|Entry order|style="border-style:none none solid solid; background:#e3e3e3;"|Entrant|style="border-style:none none solid solid; background:#e3e3e3;"|Brand|style="border-style:none none solid solid; background:#e3e3e3;"|Elimination order|style="border-style:none none solid solid; background:#e3e3e3;"|Eliminated by|style="border-style:none none solid solid; background:#e3e3e3;"|Time|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|||Raw|21|Cena|35:21|||||||
|||Raw|8|Punk|20:55|||||||
|||SD|1|Bryan|00:58|||||||
|||Raw|2|Bryan|00:43|||||||
|||Raw|3|DiBiase|04:10|||||||
|||Raw|7|Harris and McGillicutty|12:16|||||||
|||Raw|10|Punk|13:24|||||||
|||Raw|5|Henry|05:35|||||||
|||Raw|15|Khali|15:48|||||||
|10||SD|4|Henry|02:01|||||||
|11||Raw|11|Harris, McGillicutty, Otunga and Punk|07:04|||||||
|12|JTG|SD|6|McGillicutty|01:48|||||||
|13||Raw|20|Cena|15:07|||||||
|14||SD|9|Punk|01:58|||||||
|15||Raw|19|Cena|11:56|||||||
|16||SD|12|Punk|00:34|||||||
|17||Raw|13|Punk|00:40|||||||
|18||Raw|14|Punk|01:02|||||||
|19||Raw|16|Ryan|01:17|||||||
|20||Raw|18|Cena|04:32|||||||
|21||FA|17|Ryan|01:08|||||||
|22||Raw|36|The Miz|33:17|||||||
|23||SD|24|Sheamus|09:39|||||||
|24||Raw|22|Cena|00:53|||||||
|25||SD|23|Cena|00:57|||||||
|26||SD|31|Orton|24:04|||||||
|27||SD|25|Mysterio|04:41|||||||
|28||Raw|32|Orton|18:16|||||||
|29||SD|35|Barrett|19:07|||||||
|30||SD|37|Orton|22:23|||||||
|31||SD|27|Big Show|07:12|||||||
|32||FA|26|Barrett|02:45|||||||
|33||SD|29|Big Show|04:46|||||||
|34||Raw|28|Cena and Kingston|02:50|||||||
|35||SD|30|Jackson|01:30|||||||
|36||SD|33|Kane|07:14|||||||
|37||Raw|39|Del Rio|12:54|||||||
|38||SD||-|09:33|||||||
|39||Raw|38|Del Rio|08:18|||||||
|40||SD|34|Mysterio|01:36|||||||

## Other websites

- Official website

## Infobox (wrestling event)

- **name**: Royal Rumble (2011)
- **tagline**: The Biggest Royal Rumble in History
- **theme**: "Living in a Dream" by Finger Eleven
- **promotion**: WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment
- **date**: January 30, 2011
- **venue**: TD Garden
- **city**: Boston, Massachusetts
- **lastevent**: TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2010)
- **nextevent**: Elimination Chamber (2011)
- **event**: Royal Rumble
- **lastevent2**: Royal Rumble (2010)
- **nextevent2**: Royal Rumble (2012)
- **brand**: WWE Raw, Raw
SmackDown