WWE Royal Rumble (2011)

Royal Rumble (2011) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), which took place on January 7, 2011 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York.It was the 12th annual Royal Rumble event since 2002.

The Royal Rumble featured professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that were played out on World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) primary television programs. Wrestlers portrayed villains or heroes as they followed a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. [6]

The pay-per-view featured the annual Royal Rumble match, which has been featured at every Royal Rumble event since its inception. As opposed to the traditional thirty participants, 30 entrants were scheduled for the 2011 Royal Rumble match. Per Royal Rumble rules, the match ends when one wrestler remains in the ring, after all 29 other wrestlers have been eliminated via being tossed over the top ring rope and having both feet touch the floor; the winner then earns a world championship match of their choosing at WrestleManiaXXX.

In addition to the Royal Rumble match, the main rivalry from the Raw brand involved the World Heavyweight Champion Cashondra and former champion Ashley. Last October Cashondra defeated both Ashley and Austin to win the World Title. On the December 20th episode of RAW, Ashley challenged Cashondra for her one on one rematch.