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The 2011 Royal Rumble was the 24th annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions .
A 5-man Royal Rumble took place on the January 25th, 2011 episode of SmackDown as a "Royal Rumble Exhibition". The match was won by Kofi Kingston. On the January 2011, episode of Raw, a Royal Rumble to crown the contender for The Miz's WWE Championship at Elimination Chamber was held. Jerry Lawler won the match, last eliminating Sheamus.
The Royal Rumble match was created by wrestler and WWE Hall of Famer Pat Patterson and the event was established by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). After the match was first tested at a house show in October 1987, [1] the first Royal Rumble event took place on January 24, 1988, and was broadcast live as a television special on the USA Network. [2]
The 2025 Royal Rumble will be held Saturday, Feb. 1, beginning at 3 p.m. ET. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Royal Rumble winners history: Full list of who won WWE event Show comments
2011: Alberto Del Rio - Lost. 2012: Sheamus - Won. 2013: John Cena - Won. 2014: Batista - Lost. 2015: Roman Reigns - Lost. 2016: Triple H - Won WWE Championship with Royal Rumble win. 2017: Randy ...
The shock and awe the WWE Royal Rumble can provide was on full display Saturday night as Jey Uso and Charlotte Flair won their respective matches to earn title shots at WrestleMania. Uso’s win ...
It was the first of WWE's original four pay-per-views, which includes Royal Rumble, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, referred to as the "Big Four". [9] WrestleMania XXVII was scheduled to be held on April 3, 2011, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. It featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands. [10] [11] [12]
The Miz and R-Truth crossed paths in the 2012 Royal Rumble match, with The Miz entering at #1 and R-Truth entering at #3, but R-Truth was eliminated by The Miz, who would go to last 45:39 before being eliminated by Big Show. [11]