2012 Royal Rumble

Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri

Men’s Royal Rumble 2012

Winner Sheamus entered at number 22

Match time: 54:54
Entrants: 30
Most eliminations: 6 Cody Rhodes
Longest time in match: 45:39 The Miz

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

1 The Miz
2 Alex Riley
3 R-Truth
4 Cody Rhodes
5 Justin Gabriel
6 Primo
7 Mick Foley
8 Ricardo Rodriguez
9 Santino Marella
10 Epico
11 Kofi Kingston
12 Jerry Lawler
13 Ezekiel Jackson
14 Jinder Mahal
15 The Great Khali
16 Hunico
17 Booker T
18 Dolph Ziggler
19 Jim Duggan
20 Michael Cole
21 Kharma
22 Sheamus
23 Road Dogg
24 Jey Uso
25 Jack Swagger
26 Wade Barrett
27 David Otunga
28 Randy Orton
29 Chris Jericho
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.

9 in the ring at once, the most longest stretch with nobody going out: 7:26

2012 men entrants
#	Entrant	Entered	Eliminated	Time in match	Placement	Eliminations	Eliminated by	Wrestlers eliminated
1	The Miz	0:00	45:39	45:39	6	2	Big Show	Alex Riley, R-Truth
2	Alex Riley	0:00	1:15	1:15	30	0	The Miz	none
3	R-Truth	1:38	6:35	4:57	29	0	The Miz	none
4	Cody Rhodes	3:15	45:10	41:55	7	6	Big Show	Booker T, The Great Khali, Jerry Lawler, Jim Duggan, Mick Foley, Santino Marella
5	Justin Gabriel	4:53	11:05	6:12	27	0	Mick Foley, Ricardo Rodriguez	none
6	Primo	6:31	8:28	1:57	28	0	Mick Foley	none
7	Mick Foley	8:08	14:42	6:34	23	3	Cody Rhodes	Epico, Justin Gabriel, Primo
8	Ricardo Rodriguez	9:46	12:05	2:19	26	1	Santino Marella	Justin Gabriel
9	Santino Marella	11:24	13:55	2:31	24	1	Cody Rhodes	Ricardo Rodriguez
10	Epico	13:01	13:12	0:11	25	0	Mick Foley	none
11	Kofi Kingston	14:39	32:34	17:55	13	0	Sheamus	none
12	Jerry Lawler	16:16	16:59	0:43	22	1	Cody Rhodes	Michael Cole
13	Ezekiel Jackson	17:54	21:40	3:46	20	0	The Great Khali	none
14	Jinder Mahal	19:32	20:49	1:17	21	0	The Great Khali	none
15	The Great Khali	21:09	28:38	7:29	18	2	Cody Rhodes, Dolph Ziggler	Ezekiel Jackson, Jinder Mahal
16	Hunico	22:47	31:47	9:00	15	0	Kharma	none
17	Booker T	24:25	29:05	4:40	17	1	Cody Rhodes, Dolph Ziggler	Michael Cole
18	Dolph Ziggler	26:02	45:48	19:46	5	3	Big Show	Booker T, The Great Khali, Kharma
19	Jim Duggan	27:40	28:36	0:56	19	0	Cody Rhodes	none
20	Michael Cole	29:18	30:41	1:23	16	0	Booker T, Jerry Lawler	none
21	Kharma	30:55	31:55	1:00	14	1	Dolph Ziggler	Hunico
22	Sheamus (winner)	32:33	—	22:21	1	3	—	Chris Jericho, Jack Swagger, Kofi Kingston
23	Road Dogg	34:11	39:06	4:55	12	0	Wade Barrett	none
24	Jey Uso	35:48	42:51	7:03	11	0	Randy Orton	none
25	Jack Swagger	37:26	45:25	7:59	8	0	Big Show, Sheamus	none
26	Wade Barrett	39:04	42:59	3:55	10	1	Randy Orton	Road Dogg
27	David Otunga	40:41	43:56	3:15	9	0	Chris Jericho	none
28	Randy Orton	42:19	48:05	5:46	3	3	Chris Jericho	Big Show, Jey Uso, Wade Barrett
29	Chris Jericho	43:57	55:31	11:34	2	2	Sheamus	David Otunga, Randy Orton
30	Big Show	45:34	47:25	1:51	4	4	Randy Orton	Cody Rhodes, Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger, The Miz

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 98-second interval. Times in match are as published.

Sources: wikipedia (primary), darrenswinloss