WWE Royal Rumble - January 30th 2011

[Hammy]

30 40 men, 1 guaranteed major title match at WrestleMania XXVII. Who will win at the first PPV of the new year?

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WWE Royal Rumble XXIV - January 30, 2011
Live on PPV from the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts

Confirmed Matches (as of 1/27)



40-Man Royal Rumble Match
Winner will receive a guaranteed WWE Championship or World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XXVII

RAW Participants
CM Punk
United States Champion Daniel Bryan
Darren Young
David Hart-Smith
David Otunga
Husky Harris
John Cena
John Morrison
King Sheamus
Mark Henry
Mason Ryan
Michael McGillicutty
Primo
R-Truth
Tag Team Champion Santino Marella
Ted DiBiase Jr
Tyson Kidd
Tag Team Champion Vladimir Kozlov
William Regal
Yoshi Tatsu
Zack Ryder

SmackDown Participants
Alberto Del Rio
Big Show
Chris Masters
Drew McIntyre
Ezekiel Jackson
Heath Slater
Jack Swagger
JTG
Justin Gabriel
Kane
Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston
Rey Mysterio
Wade Barrett

and 6 mystery participants



WWE Championship Match
The Miz (c) v Randy Orton



World Heavyweight Championship Match
Edge is banned from using the Spear
Edge (c) v Dolph Ziggler



2-on-1 Handicap Match for the WWE Divas Championship
Natalya (c) v Team LayCool (Michelle McCool and Layla)

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[Evolution]

My favourite PPV of the year.

[Hammy]

Several people on the poster look like rapists.

Rey's face says victim.

[slashsfro]

This is an awful poster.  First of all, it's way too dark.  Second, as Hammy mentioned, a lot of these guys look like rapists.  McIntyre ( I think) looks kinda creepy in the lower right hand corner.

C'mon wwe, you can do better than this!

[nightrain]

I thought that was Del Rio in the bottom right corner.

[Hammy]

30 Man Royal Rumble Match
Participants:

According to Joey Styles it's going to be 40 dudes this year...

[AtariLegend]

40 Is too much.

Adding 10 extra guys that no one wants to see on PPV really anyway, isn't gonna make it more exiting.

[Hammy]

12 spots remaining, and all these active roster members haven't been announced....

Santino Marella, Vladimir Kozlov, Jerry Lawler, Jimmy & Jey Uso, Michael Tarver, Kofi Kingston, Big Show, Chavo Guerrero, Chris Masters, Curt Hawkins, Trent Barretta, JTG, Tyler Reks, Kane.

And what about some returns....

Triple H, Batista, Chris Jericho, Undertaker, The Great Khali, Skip Sheffield, Finlay...Hornswoggle??

[D]

Tempted to order this tonight. prob just hold out and torrent but im pretty excited about it.

[slashsfro]

The last six guys have been leaked out over the internet.  How do you do spoiler tags here?  I want to post the last six names for people who want to know.  But I won't spoil the fun for others who want to remain spoiler free.

[Hammy]

The last six guys have been leaked out over the internet.  How do you do spoiler tags here?  I want to post the last six names for people who want to know.  But I won't spoil the fun for others who want to remain spoiler free.

Well it doesn't matter now, but in future, just start a seperate thread, i.e. "Royal Rumble Participant Spoilers".  I'll just merge the threads after.

[Hammy]

First match, come on Dolph, I hope he wins!

Spear banned, there is hope, he was crushed on Smackdown, so the old, whoever enters on their back, wins at the PPV logic, will hopefully work here.

Oooo here's Vickie, just to remind us and get Dolph some extra heat....

"I am perfection...."

[D]

i ordered it, HD 55 bucks OUCH but opening match was amazing

Edge vs Dolph Ziggler.  fantastic match ,great back and forth, false finishes, nice ass crack from Kelly Kelly, 55 bucks worth it for that.

nice finish with a shout out to Christian LOVE IT!

[Hammy]

i ordered it, HD 55 bucks OUCH but opening match was amazing

Edge vs Dolph Ziggler.  fantastic match ,great back and forth, false finishes, nice ass crack from Kelly Kelly, 55 bucks worth it for that.

nice finish with a shout out to Christian LOVE IT!

Yeah good match, the fameasser counter into the powerbomb was especially nifty.  Shame Dolph didn't win but to be honest he's not at that level yet.  Noticed some "Let's Go Ziggler" chants to.

[D]

Miz has really won my respect. He has turned into a fantastic everything. I consider him the Jericho of the next generation. not quite as high flying/athletic as jericho but his persona and in ring work is fantastic.

His match with Orton was great. not one time did i yawn or want it to hurry up and be over. Excellent finish with the new nexus.  Wonder if he will get fined for wanting his "**** belt" hahaha