2009 Royal Rumble

Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan

Men’s Royal Rumble 2009

Winner Randy Orton entered at number 8

Match time: 59:37
Entrants: 30
Most eliminations: 6 Triple H, Big Show
Longest time in match: 50:00 Triple H

0:00 10:00 20:00 30:00 40:00 50:00 1:00:00

1 Rey Mysterio
2 John Morrison
3 Carlito
4 MVP
5 The Great Khali
6 Vladimir Kozlov
7 Triple H
8 Randy Orton
9 JTG
10 Ted DiBiase Jr.
11 Chris Jericho
12 Mike Knox
13 The Miz
14 Finlay
15 Cody Rhodes
16 The Undertaker
17 Goldust
18 CM Punk
19 Mark Henry
20 Shelton Benjamin
21 William Regal
22 Kofi Kingston
23 Kane
24 R-Truth
25 Rob Van Dam
26 The Brian Kendrick
27 Dolph Ziggler
28 Santino Marella
29 Jim Duggan
30 Big Show

The last five draws are 26 to 30 in this match, and are marked in the chart above. They enter against a field that is already thinning, which is the long-standing argument that a late number is an advantage.

Bar positions are derived, not recorded. No source publishes entry and elimination timestamps; they are solved from entry order, the published times in match and the recorded elimination order. The ring-population curve below reads the same solved times. The times in the table below are as published.

14 in the ring at once, the most longest stretch with nobody going out: 9:30

2009 men entrants
#	Entrant	Entered	Eliminated	Time in match	Placement	Eliminations	Eliminated by	Wrestlers eliminated
1	Rey Mysterio	0:00	49:26	49:26	11	1	Big Show	Mark Henry
2	John Morrison	0:00	19:35	19:35	26	0	Triple H	none
3	Carlito	1:51	8:02	6:11	28	0	Vladimir Kozlov	none
4	MVP	3:42	7:34	3:52	29	0	Vladimir Kozlov	none
5	The Great Khali	5:34	7:04	1:30	30	0	Vladimir Kozlov	none
6	Vladimir Kozlov	7:25	10:05	2:40	27	3	Triple H	Carlito, The Great Khali, MVP
7	Triple H	9:16	59:16	50:00	2	6	Randy Orton	The Brian Kendrick, Cody Rhodes, John Morrison, The Miz, Ted DiBiase Jr., Vladimir Kozlov
8	Randy Orton (winner)	11:07	—	48:30	1	3	—	Big Show, Kane, Triple H
9	JTG	12:58	24:57	11:59	24	0	The Undertaker	none
10	Ted DiBiase Jr.	14:49	1:00:00	45:11	4	1	Triple H	Kane
11	Chris Jericho	16:40	53:57	37:17	8	1	The Undertaker	Rob Van Dam
12	Mike Knox	18:32	51:14	32:42	12	0	Big Show	none
13	The Miz	20:23	21:44	1:21	25	0	Triple H	none
14	Finlay	22:14	52:14	30:00	10	0	Kane	none
15	Cody Rhodes	24:05	1:01:06	37:01	3	2	Triple H	Goldust, Kane
16	The Undertaker	25:56	59:26	33:30	5	4	Big Show	Chris Jericho, JTG, Mark Henry, Shelton Benjamin
17	Goldust	27:48	28:59	1:11	23	0	Cody Rhodes	none
18	CM Punk	29:39	52:08	22:29	13	1	Big Show	William Regal
19	Mark Henry	31:30	34:44	3:14	22	0	The Undertaker, Rey Mysterio	none
20	Shelton Benjamin	33:21	37:38	4:17	21	0	The Undertaker	none
21	William Regal	35:12	39:35	4:23	20	0	CM Punk	none
22	Kofi Kingston	37:03	44:01	6:58	19	0	The Brian Kendrick	none
23	Kane	38:54	57:15	18:21	7	3	Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton, Ted DiBiase Jr.	Dolph Ziggler, Finlay, Santino Marella
24	R-Truth	40:46	52:52	12:06	14	0	Big Show	none
25	Rob Van Dam	42:37	56:37	14:00	9	0	Chris Jericho	none
26	The Brian Kendrick	44:28	44:43	0:15	18	1	Triple H	Kofi Kingston
27	Dolph Ziggler	46:19	46:40	0:21	17	0	Kane	none
28	Santino Marella	48:10	48:11	0:01	16	0	Kane	none
29	Jim Duggan	50:02	52:52	2:50	15	0	Big Show	none
30	Big Show	51:53	1:01:25	9:32	6	6	Randy Orton	CM Punk, Jim Duggan, Mike Knox, R-Truth, Rey Mysterio, The Undertaker

Entry and elimination times are derived, not recorded: no source publishes them. They are solved from entry order, published times in match and the recorded elimination order, around a nominal 111-second interval. Times in match are as published.

Sources: wikipedia (primary), darrenswinloss