BTN: Looking Back at the 2011 Rumble Match

With the special nature of the Royal Rumble, Beyond The Numbers is going to take a look at what many people consider their favorite match of the year.

There are some other people who did an excellent job recapping the Royal Rumble match and I highly recommend taking a look at those articles. Josh Higham and Graham Cawthon did great jobs in their summaries.

With the other retrospectives on the Royal Rumble, I wanted to take a look at a few other aspects of the match. The times are based on my calculations and may not be the same as what Josh or Graham had in their articles.

While I will take a look at the orders of entry and elimination as well as the amount of time that the wrestlers were in the Royal Rumble match, I wanted to try to take a look at some of the numbers that people did not notice during the match.

The best place to start is with the most basic numbers for the match:

40: Number of Participants in the 2011 Royal Rumble.

Now I will take a look at the other numbers of interest from the Royal Rumble, in order from lowest to highest.

0: People who said they were going to Wrestlemania who won the Royal Rumble

.5: Fewest eliminations for a wrestler who eliminated another wrestler in the Royal Rumble (David Otunga and Kofi Kingston)

1: Number of people eliminated by someone not in the Royal Rumble Match (John Cena [by Miz])

1: Number of accidental Stinkfaces (by Husky Harris on CM Punk)

1: Number of Guest Commentators (Miz)

1.21: Average number of people to eliminate a particpant in the Royal Rumble match (considers multiple people eliminating someone [47 total people eliminating the 39 participants).

2: People who said they were going to Wrestlemania (CM Punk and Jack Swagger)

2: Number of times ring steps were used (John Morrison’s leap for the ages and Randy Orton sending Alberto Del Rio into steps)

2: Number of people CM Punk mocked before eliminating them (Vladimir Kozlov and R Truth)

3: Number of consecutive intervals longer than two minutes

3: Number of RKOs by Randy Orton (Alberto Del Rio, Sheamus, Kofi Kingston)

3: Number of wrestlers who were announced for the Royal Rumble but were not in the match (Primo, Darren Young, David Hart Smith)

3 : Number of people eliminated by The Corre.

3: Number of Double Jump Swagger Bombs.

4 : Number of people eliminated by multiple people in the Royal Rumble Match (Ted DiBiase [by Husky Harris and Michael McGillicutty], John Morrison [by CM Punk, David Otunga, Michael McGillicutty, and Husky Harris], Mark Henry [by CM Punk, David Otunga, Michael McGillicutty, and Husky Harris], Alex Riley [by John Cena and Kofi Kingston])

4: Most wrestlers to eliminate someone (CM Punk, Husky Harris, David Otunga, and Michael McGillicutty [eliminating Mark Henry and John Morrison])

4: Number of intervals shorter than 90 seconds

4: Number of intervals longer than two minutes

5 : Number of moves from the top turnbuckle during the Royal Rumble Match.

6 : Wrestlers in a row eliminated by John Cena (Mason Ryan, David Otunga, Michael McGillicutty, CM Punk, Tyson Kidd, Heath Slater)

6.5: Greatest number of eliminations (John Cena) [includes fraction for any eliminations with someone else]

8: Number of intervals that were 90 seconds in length

9: Number of wrestlers in the Royal Rumble who were not announced prior to the pay per view. (Chavo Guerrero, Hornswoggle, Tyler Reks, Booker T, Diesel, Dolph Ziggler, Randy Orton, Alex Riley, Great Khali)

9: Number of wrestlers Hornswoggle copied (CM Punk, John Cena, Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels, Eddie Guerrero, Kofi Kingston, Ultimate Warrior, Sheamus, Mick Foley) 9: Greatest Number of Wrestlers in the Match at any specific time (On Two Occasions [Alex Riley, Dolph Ziggler, Diesel, Kofi Kingston, Sheamus, Rey Mysterio, John Cena, Wade Barrett, and Drew McIntyre] and [Big Show, Alex Riley, Dolph Ziggler, Kofi Kingston, Sheamus, Rey Mysterio, John Cena, Wade Barrett, and Drew McIntyre])

9 : Wrestlers in a row eliminated by a member of Nexus (JTG, Ted DiBiase, Daniel Bryan, Chris Masters, John Morrison, Mark Henry, Tyler Reks, Vladimir Kozlov, R Truth)

9: Number of suplexes by Chavo Guerrero during the Royal Rumble Match.

10: Number of kicks in a row by Daniel Bryan to William Regal.

10: Entry Number for the first wrestler who was not announced for the Royal Rumble (Chavo Guerrero)

11 : Number of people eliminated by Nexus.

11 : Number of Wrestlers who walked to the ring during the Royal Rumble. (Great Khali, Booker T, Kofi Kingston, Wade Barrett, Kane, Dolph Ziggler, Diesel, Big Show, Alberto Del Rio, CM Punk, Daniel Bryan)

12 : Number of times that a wrestler was thrown over the top rope but landed on the apron.

14: Number of European uppercuts exchanged between William Regal and Daniel Bryan in a single sequence in the Royal Rumble Match.

17 : Total Number of suplexes in the Royal Rumble. (9 by Chavo Guerrero; 3 by John Cena; 2 by William Regal; 1 by Daniel Bryan; 1 by CM Punk; 1 by Wade Barrett)

20 : Number of people who eliminated someone from the Royal Rumble.

23 : Total Number of European uppercuts in the Royal Rumble Match.

26 : Number of intervals longer than 90 seconds

29: Number of Wrestlers who ran to the ring during the Royal Rumble.

39: If Santino Marella had not rolled to the floor, Randy Orton would have been the only wrestler in the Royal Rumble to enter and exit at the same number

There are also some times from the match to consider and here is a look at them from longest to shortest.

1 Hour 23 Minutes 26 Seconds : Total amount of time members of Nexus were in the Royal Rumble.

1 Hour 9 Minutes 51 Seconds: The length of the 2011 Royal Rumble match.

39 Minutes 54 Seconds: Time for the first ‘Wrestlemania Sign Moment’ (John Cena and Kofi Kingston)

32 Minutes 23 Seconds: Total amount of time members of Corre were in the Royal Rumble

3 Minutes 47 Seconds: The Length of the 2011 Royal Rumble By the Numbers video package.

30 Seconds: Length of the brawl between Corre and Nexus before the start of the Royal Rumble. (from when first punch is thrown until the least electrifying noise in sports entertainment.

27 Seconds: Amount of time it took John Morrison to return to the ring after making his ‘highlight reel’ leap from the apron to the ringside barrier.

1 Minute 4 Seconds: Amount of time that a member of Corre and Nexus were in the ring together (Justin Gabriel and CM Punk).

11 Minutes 45 Seconds: Time Santino Marella was on the floor

8 Minutes 23 Seconds: Time from entry of Number 40 to end of the match

6 Minutes 49 Seconds : Longest time between two eliminations (Jack Swagger and Diesel)

6 Minutes 29 Seconds: Length of Time for Nexus’ domination of match (From elimination of Daniel Bryan through elimination of Husky Harris)

6 Minutes: Average length of time a wrestler was in the match

4 Minutes 14 Seconds: Time it took for announcers to realize that Riley had been eliminated

3 Minutes 31 Seconds: Amount of time that Nexus was alone in the ring

2 Minutes 23 Seconds : Longest interval between entrants (John Cena to Hornswoggle [Number 22 to Number 23])

1 Minute 56 Seconds: Time it took Alberto Del Rio to get into the ring (from the buzzer going off for his entrance to being rolled into the ring by Randy Orton)

1 Minute 37.05 Seconds : Average interval between entrants

1 Minute 22 Seconds : Shortest interval between entrants (Husky Harris to Chavo Guerrero [Number 9 to Number 10])

23 Seconds: Amount of time between Alberto Del Rio eliminating Randy Orton and Santino Marella re-entering the ring.

2 Seconds: Shortest time between two eliminations (David Otunga and Michael McGillicutty)

Here are my unofficial totals for the participants in the Royal Rumble Match:

Order of Entry:

1. CM Punk
2. Daniel Bryan
3. Justin Gabriel
4. Zack Ryder
5. William Regal
6. Ted DiBiase
7. John Morrison
8. Yoshi Tatsu
9. Husky Harris
10. Chavo Guerrero
11. Mark Henry
12. JTG
13. Michael McGillicutty
14. Chris Masters
15. David Otunga
16. Tyler Reks
17. Vladimir Kozlov
18. R-Truth
19. Great Khali
20. Mason Ryan
21. Booker T
22. John Cena
23. Hornswoggle
24. Tyson Kidd
25. Heath Slater
26. Kofi Kingston
27. Jack Swagger
28. Sheamus
29. Rey Mysterio
30. Wade Barrett
31. Dolph Ziggler
32. Diesel
33. Drew McIntyre
34. Alex Riley
35. Big Show
36. Ezekiel Jackson
37. Santino Marella
38. Alberto Del Rio
39. Randy Orton
40. Kane

Order of Elimination

1. Justin Gabriel
2. Zack Ryder
3. William Regal
4. Chavo Guerrero
5. Yoshi Tatsu
6. JTG
7. Ted DiBiase
8. Daniel Bryan
9. Chris Masters
10. John Morrison
11. Mark Henry
12. Tyler Reks
13. Vladimir Kozlov
14. R-Truth
15. Husky Harris
16. Great Khali
17. Booker T
18. Mason Ryan
19. David Otunga
20. Michael McGillicutty
21. CM Punk
22. Tyson Kidd
23. Heath Slater
24. Hornswoggle
25. Jack Swagger
26. Diesel
27. Dolph Ziggler
28. Alex Riley
29. Drew McIntyre
30. Big Show
31. Kofi Kingston
32. Sheamus
33. Ezekiel Jackson
34. Kane
35. Rey Mysterio
36. John Cena
37. Wade Barrett
38. Randy Orton
39. Santino Marella

Time in Match:

CM Punk 35 Minutes 21 Seconds
John Cena 34 Minutes 55 Seconds
Wade Barrett 22 Minutes 45 Seconds
Kofi Kingston 21 Minutes 31 Seconds
Daniel Bryan 20 Minutes 56 Seconds
Rey Mysterio 19 Minutes 20 Seconds
Sheamus 18 Minutes 26 Seconds
Husky Harris 15 Minutes 58 Seconds
Michael McGillicutty 15 Minutes 16 Seconds
John Morrison 13 Minutes 36 Seconds
Santino Marella 13 Minutes 7 Seconds
Ted DiBiase 12 Minutes 34 Seconds
David Otunga 12 Minutes 11 Seconds
Alberto Del Rio 11 Minutes 28 Seconds
Hornswoggle 9 Minutes 55 Seconds
Randy Orton 8 Minutes 45 Seconds
Dolph Ziggler 7 Minutes 30 Seconds
Ezekiel Jackson 7 Minutes 26 Seconds
Mark Henry 7 Minutes 19 Seconds
Yoshi Tatsu 5 Minutes 45 Seconds
Drew McIntyre 4 Minutes 55 Seconds
Jack Swagger 4 Minutes 51 Seconds
Mason Ryan 4 Minutes 40 Seconds
William Regal 4 Minutes 22 Seconds
Diesel 3 Minutes 30 Seconds
Alex Riley 3 Minutes 6 Seconds
Chavo Guerrero 2 Minutes 16 Seconds
Kane 2 Minutes 10 Seconds
Chris Masters 2 Minutes 8 Seconds
JTG 2 Minutes
Great Khali 1 Minute 51 Seconds
Big Show 1 Minute 50 Seconds
Booker T 1 Minute 33 Seconds
R-Truth 1 Minute 10 Seconds
Heath Slater 1 Minute 8 Seconds
Justin Gabriel 1 Minute 4 Seconds
Tyson Kidd 1 Minute 1 Second
Zack Ryder 54 Seconds
Tyler Reks 51 Seconds
Vladimir Kozlov 50 Seconds

Eliminations by Wrestler:

[If a wrestler was eliminated by more than one person, they got credit for an equal percentage of the elimination (2 people eliminating someone = .5, 4 people eliminating someone =.25)]

John Cena 6.50
CM Punk 5.50
Randy Orton 3.00
Daniel Bryan 2.00
Michael McGillicutty 2.00
Mark Henry 2.00
Mason Ryan 2.00
Rey Mystero 2.00
Wade Barrett 2.00
Big Show 2.00
Alberto Del Rio 2.00
Ted DiBiase 1.00
Husky Harris 1.00
Great Khali 1.00
Miz 1.00
Sheamus 1.00
Ezekiel Jackson 1.00
Kane 1.00
David Otunga 0.50
Kofi Kingston 0.50