Royal Rumble (2010) was the twenty-third annual
Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on January 31, 2010 at the
Philips Arena in
Atlanta, Georgia and featured talent from the
Raw,
SmackDown and
ECW brands.
[4] As has been customary since 1993, the
Royal Rumble match winner received a match at that year's
WrestleMania, (in this instance:
WrestleMania XXVI) for his choice at either the
WWE Championship, the
World Heavyweight Championship, or the
ECW Championship.
Six
professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's
supercard, a scheduling of more than one
main event. The main event was the annual 30-man
Royal Rumble match which featured wrestlers from all three brands.
Edge, the twenty-ninth entrant, won the match by last eliminating
John Cena, the nineteenth entrant. The primary match from the Raw brand was for the WWE Championship between reigning champion
Sheamus and
Randy Orton, which Sheamus won by
disqualification. The predominant match on the SmackDown brand was between
The Undertaker and
Rey Mysterio for the World Heavyweight Championship, which The Undertaker won to retain the championship. The featured match on the ECW brand was for the ECW Championship between
Christian and
Ezekiel Jackson, which Christian won.
Royal Rumble 2010 saw approximately 462,000 buys, which was up from 450,000 buys in 2009.
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