Royal Rumble (2011)

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Promotional poster featuring various IWE Superstars	
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Promotional poster featuring various IWE Superstars	 	 	
Theme music 	"Caravan" by Rush 	 	 	
Information 	Information 	 	 	
Promotion 	International Wrestling Entertainment	 	 	
Date 	January 30, 2011 	 	 	
Venue 	TD Garden 	 	 	
City 	Boston, Massachusetts 	 	 	
Pay-per-view chronology	Pay-per-view chronology 	 	 	
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Royal Rumble (2011) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE), which will take place on January 30, 2011 at the TD Garden in Boston Massachusetts. It will be the 23rd annual Royal Rumble event.
==Background==
The Royal Rumble featured professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines that were played out on International Wrestling Entertainment's (IWE) primary television programs. Wrestlers portrayed villiains or heroes as they followed a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.
The pay-per-view featured the annual Royal Rumble match, which has been featured at every Royal Rumble event since its inception. As opposed to the traditional thirty participants, forty entrants were scheduled for the 2011 Royal Rumble match, the most in the history of the event. The match ends when one wrestler remains in the ring, after all 39 other wrestlers have been eliminated via being tossed over the top ring rope and having both feet touch the floor. The winner will earn a world championship match of their choosing at WrestleMania XXVII.
In addition to the Royal Rumble match, the main rivalry from the Meltdown brand ivolves the IWE Champion Joe Smith defending the title against Kevin McAlmond. After Survivor Series, Joe Smith cashed in his Money in the Bank contract and defeated McAlmond to become the IWE Champion before defending it against McAlmond a month later at TLC: Tables Ladders and Chairs. After defeating Daniel Gonzalez and King Garrett, in a steel cage match on an episode of Meltdown, McAlmond received another opportunity at the title in a match against Joe Smith.
The main rivalry from the Fusion brand involves the World Heavyweight Champion Edge defending his title against Nick Kessler. After defeating "Dashing" Mark Semmler, Dax Hoovestall and The Big Marc, Kessler won a title opportunity for Edge's World Heavyweight Championship after Chris LeGreca lost to Gomez in his rematch. After winning his opportunity, Edge went on a campaign against Kessler and his girlfriend, Edge's ex-wife, Lynn Lehr. On the January 28 episode of Fusion, Lehr, who was the acting General Manager in place of the injured Theodore Long, banned the use of the spear and would strip him of his title if he used it during his match against Kessler.
==Reception==
Royal Rumble received positive reviews, most notably from Arda Ocal and Jim Korderas of Right After Wrestling on SIRIUS Radio 98, who called it one of the best Royal Rumble matches in recent memory. Writing for the United Kingdom's The Sun newspaper, Rob McNichol praised the event, particularly noting James Marlen's surprise Rumble match victory, and Joe Linderman's impressive performance which, he wrote, "featured arguably the spot of the decade as Joe Linderman was knocked from the apron to the guardrail, but avoided elimination by gripping the barrier and leaping back onto the steps. It truly had to be seen to be believed". He further praised Nick Kessler's performance in a big-match situation, and the story the Joe Smith–Kevin McAlmond match told. Overall he awarded the event 8 out of 10. 
SLAM! Wrestling writers Dale Plummer and Nick Tylwalk shared similar compliments to the event, praising the short, though crowd-pleasing appearances of Diesel and Steve Britz. Overall, they awarded the event a score of 7.5/10.
==Royal Rumble (2010) Results==
# 	Results 	Stipulations
Dark	B-Truth defeated Chad Coulter 	Singles match
1 	Edge (c) defeated Nick Kessler (with Lynn Lehr) 	Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship
2 	Joe Smith (c) (w/ Brian Hosmer) defeated Kevin McAlmond 	Singles match for the IWE Championship
3 	Nicole defeated Shannon (c), Amanda Johnson and Victoria Lehr	Fatal four-way match for the IWE Divas Championship
4 	Justin Marlen won by last eliminating Justin Black 	40-Man Royal Rumble
==Royal Rumble Match Participants==
right|90px|James Marlen wins the first ever 40 man Royal Rumble Match.
Entry order	Entrant 	Brand 	Elimination order	Eliminated by 	 	 	
1 	Justin Eldridge	Meltdown	21 	Simpson 	 	 	
2 	Kody Brown 	Meltdown	8 	Eldridge 	 	 	
3 	Jeremiah Garcia	Fusion 	1 	Brown 	 	 	
4 	Zack Nuss 	Meltdown	2 	Brown 	 	 	
5 	William Kapphan	Meltdown	3 	Johnson 	 	 	
6 	Kyle Johnson 	Meltdown	7 	Wes & Kooper 	 	 	
7 	Joe Linderman 	Meltdown	10 	Justin, Wes, Kooper & David	 	 	
8 	Park McKinnon 	Meltdown	5 	Larson 	 	 	
9 	Wes Helbusch 	Meltdown	15 	Hageman 	 	 	
10 	Josh Nuss 	Fusion 	4 	Larson 	 	 	
11 	Steven Larson 	Meltdown	11 	Justin, Wes, Kooper & David	 	 	
12 	LTG 	Fusion 	6 	Kooper McAlmond 	 	 	
13 	Kooper McAlmond	Meltdown	20 	Simpson 	 	 	
14 	James 	Fusion 	9 	Eldridge 	 	 	
15 	David Mahrt 	Meltdown	19 	Simpson 	 	 	
16 	Andrew Wolf 	Fusion 	12 	Eldridge 	 	 	
17 	Jake Wilson 	Meltdown	13 	Eldridge 	 	 	
18 	Blake Wheeler 	Meltdown	14 	Eldridge 	 	 	
19 	Reg Hageman 	Meltdown	16 	Damrow 	 	 	
20 	Peter Damrow 	Meltdown	18 	Simpson 	 	 	
21 	Steve Britz 	FA 	17 	Damrow 	 	 	
22 	Dustin Simpson 	Meltdown	36 	Joe Smith 	 	 	
23 	Hornswoggle 	Fusion 	24 	Garrett 	 	 	
24 	Tyson Booth 	Meltdown	22 	Simpson 	 	 	
25 	Devin Keller 	Fusion 	23 	Simpson 	 	 	
26 	Jose Serrano 	Fusion 	31 	McAlmond 	 	 	
27 	Charlie Wilson 	Fusion 	25 	Wright 	 	 	
28 	King Garrett 	Meltdown	32 	McAlmond 	 	 	
29 	Scott Wright 	Fusion 	35 	Gonzalez 	 	 	
30 	Daniel Gonzalez	Fusion 	37 	McAlmond 	 	 	
31 	Nick Kessler 	Fusion 	27 	Big Marc 	 	 	
32 	Diesel 	FA 	26 	Gonzalez 	 	 	
33 	Dax Hoovestall 	Fusion 	29 	Big Marc 	 	 	
34 	Brian Hosmer 	Meltdown	28 	Simpson and Serrano 	 	 	
35 	Big Marc 	Fusion 	30 	Dalton 	 	 	
36 	Russell Dalton 	Fusion 	33 	LeGreca 	 	 	
37 	Justin Black 	Meltdown	39 	Marlan 	 	 	
38 	Justin Marlen 	Fusion 	Winner 	Winner 	Winner	Winner	Winner
39 	Kevin McAlmond 	Meltdown	38 	Marlen 	 	 	
40 	Chris LeGreca 	Fusion 	34 	Wright