Royal Rumble 2011 Results

As I said in a previous post, every Sunday I will be going back and reviewing an old Pay Per View, starting with this years. So to kick it off tonight we have Royal Rumble 2011.

Edge def Dolph Ziggler via Pin World Heavyweight Championship
7/10  This was a great match to start the show, with exciting back and forth action they really worked well together. The Ziggler Edge feud was really well done, I just wish it had culminated to a better conclusion.

The Miz def Randy Orton via Pin WWE Championship
6/10 The match is solid, it just doesn't tell a compelling story till the end. I also don't like how Miz never really gets a legitimate win over Orton, I mean he's the WWE Champion and he pretty much didn't get a straight up win his entire run.

Eve def Layla, Michelle McCool & Natalya Divas Championship
4/10 One of the better Divas matches, there is constant action, and a lot of the moves are pulled off well. The two highlights are the double Sharpshooter put on Eve and Layla by Natalya, and Eve's beautiful moonsault that won the match.

Alberto Del Rio wins 40 Man Royal Rumble Match
8/10 One of the better Royal Rumble matches in recent memory. Here are some of my favorite highlights.
*Danial Bryan and CM Punk start the match and have great chemistry together, and when William Regal enters the match it brings it up to another level.
*Zack Ryder gets a huge, unexpected pop.
*John Morrison getting knocked off the apron, onto the guard rail, then jumping back to the ring, is one the most amazing things I've ever seen in all of wrestling.
*I loved seeing Chavo try the Three Amigos four times before his pulls off the third suplex.
*The middle of the match gets a little controversial, and I have mixed feelings about it. The New Nexus clears the ring and eliminates people one at a time as they enter the match. I like this because it's solid strategy, and serves Punk well, I don't like it because I'm kind of a traditionalist. I like the Royal Rumble being every man for himself. I like having a ring full of guys that get tossed out one at a time.
*The Celtic Connection looked good and worked well together, maybe one day we'll see them together again.
*The Rumble always has a few surprise participants and this year it was Booker T and Diesel, both coming out to a huge pop and looking pretty good in the ring.

Overall score- 6.25/10 So far my highest ranked PPV of the year. Defiantly a solid show, and worth another look and a purchase.