page_title: Royal Rumble (2009)
section_title: Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations
hierarchical_section_title: Royal Rumble (2009) / Results / Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations
caption_attribution_description: Santino Marella (Anthony Carelli) talking on the microphone prior to his match. Taken during the WWE Raw - Survivor Series Tour, at Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia. Marella wrestled Hacksaw Jim Duggan on the night; Duggan won the match, pinning Marella following a three-point stance tackle.
context_page_description: Royal Rumble (2009) was a wrestling pay-per-view made by World Wrestling Entertainment. It took place in Detroit, Michigan at the Joe Louis Arena. The event was held on January 22, 2009.
  The event had the 22nd annual Royal Rumble match as the main event, which Randy Orton won. One of the matches was Jeff Hardy defending his WWE Championship against Edge. Another was John Cena defending his World Heavyweight Championship against John "Bradshaw" Layfield with his employee Shawn Michaels. A third match was Jack Swagger defending his ECW Championship against Matt Hardy. The last match was Beth Phoenix defending her WWE Women's Championship against Melina.
  450,000 paid to see the event. This was down from 533,000 the year before.
context_section_description: Red ██ and "Raw" indicates a Raw superstar, blue ██ and "SD" indicates a SmackDown superstar, purple ██ and "ECW" indicates an ECW superstar, and white and "WWE" indicates a member of the WWE alumni.
  The Big Show had already been eliminated by The Undertaker prior to his eliminating of The Undertaker.
  Santino Marella broke the record for shortest time in the ring that was previously set by Kane in 2009.
  The Rumble included 15 entries from Raw, 10 from SmackDown, four from ECW, and one free agent, (Rob Van Dam).
caption: Santino Marella broke The Warlord's record of two seconds, by being eliminated in one second by Kane[13]
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