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Royal Rumble (2010) | ||||
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![]() Shawn Michaels after being eliminated from the Royal Rumble Match | ||||
Tagline(s) | I Am The One | |||
Theme song(s) | "Hero" by Skillet[1] "Martyr No More" by Fozzy[2] | |||
Information | ||||
Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | |||
Date | January 31, 2010 | |||
Attendance | 16,697[3][4] | |||
Venue | Philips Arena | |||
City | Atlanta, Georgia | |||
Pay-per-view chronology | ||||
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Royal Rumble chronology | ||||
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Royal Rumble (2010) was the twenty-third annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event made by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on January 31, 2010 at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. [5] As always, the Royal Rumble match winner got a match at that years WrestleMania, (in this instance: WrestleMania XXVI) for his choice at either the WWE Championship, the World Heavyweight Championship and the ECW World Championship.
Six professional wrestling matches were on the event's supercard, a scheduling of more than one main event. The main event was the annual 30-man Royal Rumble match which featured wrestlers from all three brands. Edge, the twenty-ninth person to enter, won the match by last eliminating John Cena, the nineteenth person to enter. The main match on the Raw brand was for the WWE Championship between champion Sheamus and Randy Orton, which Sheamus won by disqualification. The main match on the SmackDown brand was between The Undertaker and Rey Mysterio for the World Heavyweight Championship, which The Undertaker won. The main match on the ECW brand was for the ECW Championship between Christian and Ezekiel Jackson, which Christian won.
Results
[change | change source]# | Matches | Stipulations | Time[4] | |
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Dark | Gail Kim, Kelly Kelly, Eve Torres, and The Bella Twins (Nikki and Brie) defeated Maryse, Katie Lea Burchill, Jillian Hall, Alicia Fox, and Natalya[6] | 10-Diva tag team match | N/A | |
1 | Christian (c) defeated Ezekiel Jackson (with William Regal)[7] | Singles match for the ECW Championship | 11:59 | |
2 | The Miz (c) defeated Montel Vontavious Porter[8] | Singles match for the WWE United States Championship | 7:30 | |
3 | Sheamus (c) defeated Randy Orton by disqualification[9] | Singles match for the WWE Championship | 12:25 | |
4 | Mickie James defeated Michelle McCool (c) (with Layla)[10] | Singles match for the WWE Women's Championship | 0:20 | |
5 | The Undertaker (c) defeated Rey Mysterio[11] | Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship | 11:07 | |
6 | Edge last eliminated John Cena to win[12] | 2010 Royal Rumble match | 49:24 | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match |
Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations
[change | change source]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Edge_after_wins_the_royal_rumble.jpg/220px-Edge_after_wins_the_royal_rumble.jpg)
Red ██ and "Raw" indicates a Raw superstar, blue ██ and "SD" indicates a SmackDown superstar, and purple ██ and "ECW" indicates an ECW superstar.[13]
Draw | Entrant | Brand | Order | Eliminated by | Time |
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1 | Dolph Ziggler | SD | 2 | Punk | 2:29 |
2 | Evan Bourne | Raw | 1 | Punk | 2:26 |
3 | CM Punk | SD | 7 | Triple H | 10:04 |
4 | JTG | SD | 3 | Punk | 0:25 |
5 | The Great Khali | SD | 4 | Phoenix | 1:39 |
6 | Beth Phoenix | SD | 5 | Punk | 1:37 |
7 | Zack Ryder | ECW | 6 | Punk | 0:32 |
8 | Triple H | Raw | 17 | Michaels | 17:51 |
9 | Drew McIntyre | SD | 16 | Michaels and Triple H | 14:43 |
10 | Ted DiBiase | Raw | 14 | Michaels | 12:40 |
11 | John Morrison | SD | 15 | Michaels | 11:37 |
12 | Kane | SD | 11 | Triple H | 7:59 |
13 | Cody Rhodes | Raw | 13 | Michaels | 7:54 |
14 | Montel Vontavious Porter | Raw | 9 | Himself | 0:07 |
15 | Carlito | Raw | 12 | Michaels | 4:34 |
16 | The Miz | Raw | 8 | MVP | 0:17 |
17 | Matt Hardy | SD | 10 | Kane | 0:20 |
18 | Shawn Michaels | Raw | 27 | Batista | 20:45 |
19 | John Cena | Raw | 29 | Edge | 22:11 |
20 | Shelton Benjamin | ECW | 18 | Cena | 0:48 |
21 | Yoshi Tatsu | ECW | 19 | Cena | 0:29 |
22 | The Big Show | Raw | 22 | R-Truth | 4:04 |
23 | Mark Henry | Raw | 21 | R-Truth | 2:24 |
24 | Chris Masters | Raw | 20 | Big Show | 0:29 |
25 | R-Truth | SD | 24 | Kingston | 4:09 |
26 | Jack Swagger | Raw | 23 | Kingston | 2:06 |
27 | Kofi Kingston | Raw | 25 | Cena | 2:51 |
28 | Chris Jericho | SD | 26 | Edge | 2:24 |
29 | Edge | SD | - | Winner | 7:19 |
30 | Batista | SD | 28 | Cena | 5:24 |
Other websites
[change | change source]- ↑ "WWE Royal Rumble: "Hero" by Skillet is one of the official song for WWE Royal Rumble". World Wrestling Entertainment. 2009-12-16. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
- ↑ "Fozzy Rocks iTunes". World Wrestling Entertainment. 2009-12-16. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
"Martyr No More" is also one of the official theme songs for Royal Rumble.
- ↑ Martin, Adam (2010-02-04). "Attendance for Royal Rumble PPV". WrestleView. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Royal Rumble 2010". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
- ↑ "Royal Rumble 2010". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
- ↑ Ashish (2010-01-31). "WWE News: Royal Rumble Dark Match, PPV Problems". 411Mania. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
- ↑ Medalis, Kara A. (2010-01-31). "Results:Christian slays Guyanese Goliath". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
- ↑ Vermillion, James (2010-01-31). "Results:Sore winner". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
- ↑ Adkins, Greg (2010-01-31). "Results:Dodged Viper". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
- ↑ Powers, Kevin (2010-01-31). "Results:Mickie stops the hogwash". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
- ↑ Burdick, Michael (2010-01-31). "Results:Under-World Title triumph". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
- ↑ Murphy, Ryan (2010-01-31). "Results:Opportunity shocks". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
- ↑ "2010 Royal Rumble Statistics and Eliminations". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-02-01.