Royal Rumble 2011 Review

Royal Rumble 2011 Review : The Biggest Rumble Of All Time


The first great event of 2011 and this edition has only 4 matches .

Edge vs Dolph Ziggler
World title on the line here . If Edge used the spear in this match he would lose his championship . This was a star making performance for Ziggler . I think this is when people really started taking notice of his amazing in-ring ability . Just look at his huge fan base now . During the match , the ref is knocked down and Edge hits his spear and then acts like he's hurt . Edge gets the win with a killswitch . Little nod to Christian there . Awesome match . ****

The Miz vs Randy Orton
At the time I wasn't really looking forward to this match but it turned out to be pretty good . Randy is attacked by CM Punk and the Nexus at the end of the match and that gives Miz the chance to retain his title . ***

Natalya vs Michelle McCool vs Layla vs Eve
This was originally a 2 on 1 handicap match but thankfully it was changed to the fatal four way . Unfortunately Eve won the title and I love Natalya so that's not good in my book . Natalya was the only great diva at the time ( Beth was out with an injury ) . Natalya breaks out the double sharpshooter here ! Eve wins with a moonsault on Layla . *3/4

40 Man Royal Rumble Match
Here we are , the biggest rumble in history and , in my opinion , one of the best . Not sure how to review it so I'll just bring up highlights during the match . And we start off with a highlight as CM Punk and Daniel Bryan start off the match . Can't get better than that . Regal and Bryan just uppercutting each other was awesome . John Morrison gives us a rumble moment to remember by doing his best spider-man impression by jumping on the barricade to prevent being eliminated . Loved Chavo hitting loads of suplexes in memory of his uncle Eddie . Felt quite emotional there . Four members of the Nexus are in and eliminate everyone from the ring . They easily eliminate the next three guys and are firmly in control . The Great Khali makes his return and manages to eliminate Husky Harris . Doesn't really matter though since the final Nexus member , Mason Ryan , enters and eliminates Khali . Booker T makes his return here and the crowd goes wild . Cena comes in and eliminates every member of Nexus apart from Punk . Hornswoggle and Cena take over the match for a little while . I'm not a fan of Kevin Nash but it was amazing when he entered this rumble as Diesel . The crowd went through the roof . Alex Riley was eliminated in the corner and I think it was a botch as Cena and Kofi didn't seem to know what to do . Del Rio eliminates Randy Orton to win the rumble . But it isn't over , as earlier Santino fell under the bottom rope and so is still in the match . He hits the cobra and the crowd goes wild . He tries to eliminate Del Rio but he reverses it and wins the match . ****

8/10 . Great rumble and a great world title match . What else could you ask for ?