Live Royal Rumble Results!

Updates as they happen throughout the night! 

• Edge retains his World Heavyweight Championship in a stunning curtain raiser against Dolph Ziggler. Dolph was garnering the majority of the cheers for the early part of the match, but the Rated R Superstar eventually turned the crowd by the end. Following a Kelly Kelly run-in, who attacked Vickie Guerrero, and a ref bump, Edge speared the challenger and subsequently won with the Killswitch. With Christian's return eminent, that's probably foreshadowing a feud down the line. 

• The Miz retained his WWE Championship against Randy Orton in a decent contest, the ending of which was the most exciting passage of the match. The Nexus walked down to ringside, at which point Alex Riley, trying to gain an advantage for his mentor, ran in, only to be thrown over the top rope by The Viper. No exaggeration, Riley performed one of the most exhilarating dives I have ever seen in that spot. Orton subsequently reversed a Skull-Crushing Finale into an RKO, only for CM Punk to enter the ring and deliver a GTS to the challenger, thus allowing Miz to win. 

• Eve defeats Natalya Hart and LayCool to win the Divas Title. A last minute change from the Raw GM made it a Fatal Four Way match, thus giving Eve the chance to win after landing a superb moonsault. At least it wasn't another Natalya-LayCool. They need to freshen up an extremely stale Divas division.

• And your main event: the Royal Rumble match. The first entrant of forty? CM Punk. Number two is... The Corre? Wade Barrett and co (who are sporting new merch by the way) start a brawl with Nexus, only to be sent back by the Raw GM. Huge chants for Punk just before Daniel Bryan enters as #2. I've been waiting ages for this match-up! Good wrestling action before Justin Gabriel enters as #3, who is eliminated by Bryan after missing a 450 splash. Zach Ryder enters at #4, also thrown out by Bryan. #5 is William Regal, and of course awesomeness ensues. #6 is Ted DiBiase, who is eliminated by Regal shortly after John Morrison enters. Morrison avoids elimination by sticking to the security wall! Yoshi Tatsu is #8. Husky Harris enters at #9 and guards Punk. #10 is Chavo Guerrero. Quarter of the way through, this is going by fairly quickly. Chavo hands out a load of Three Amigos. #11 is Mark Henry, eliminates Chavo immediately, followed by Tatsu. #12 JTG, another jobber, who is eliminated by #13 Michael McGillicutty. Husky throws DiBiase out just before Chris Masters enters as #14. David Otunga is #15, just as Punk & Nexus eliminate Bryan, Masters, Morrison & Henry. #16 is... Tyler Reks, who is eliminated almost instantaneously. The same fate befalls #17 Vladimir Kozlov and #18 R-Truth. The genius plan stalls as The Great Khali enters at #19 and eliminates Husky. At the halfway point, Mason Ryan is #20 and throws Khali out. Total Nexus dominance at this point. First surprise entrant of the night is #21 Booker T! Matt Striker totally marks out for the Spinaroony, but the celebrations are cut short, as Booker is eliminated by Ryan. Punk: "We're going to WrestleMania!!" Cue #22 Cena's music. Out goes Ryan, Otunga and McGillicutty. The two favourites go toe-to-toe, until Hornswoggle enters as #23. Cena eliminates Punk, and there goes my prediction. Horny & Cena team up on #24 Tyson Kidd, who is eliminated just before #25 Heath Slater enters and leaves quickly. This is officially the John Cena Show. #26 is Kofi Kingston, followed by #27 Jack Swagger. Michael Cole is getting quite obnoxious at this point and doesn't seem to be co-operating very well with Lawler or Striker. #28 is King Sheamus, who eliminates Hornswoggle, followed by #29 Rey Mysterio, who knocks Swagger out. Poor Swaggy. #30 is Wade Barrett, we're now reaching the climax of the match soon enough. #31 is Dolph Ziggler, the first ever superstar to enter the Rumble with a number that is over the number 30. He is now a big favourite to win. Another big surprise entrant -- #32 is Diesel! Cannot believe this guy is still around, let alone on one of the biggest PPVs of the year, but he is super over with the crowd. #33 is Drew McIntyre, who goes straight to work on Diesel. Alex Riley enters as #34, just as Barrett eliminates Diesel to a chorus of loud boos. Everyone inevitably turns their attention to #35 -- Big Show, who dominates as every giant does and eliminates Ziggler. There goes another prediction! #36 is Ezekiel Jackson, who eliminates Big Show just after he eliminated McIntyre. Getting closer to the finish, Santino Marella is #37 and at least he surpasses his own record of 1 second. #38 and my pick to win is Alberto Del Rio! He lets the entire 90 seconds elapse and #39 Randy Orton hits him from behind, subsequently throws Kofi and Sheamus out. Stare down between Orton & Cena is interrupted by #40 Kane, who eliminates Jackson. Rey eliminates Kane, who is thrown out soon after by Barrett, leaving only four men. A-Ri distracts Cena, who is thrown out by The Miz, of all people. Orton throws Barrett out, who is then eliminated himself by Del Rio! The celebrations are halted momentarily as Santino, who was never thrown out, re-enters and hits Del Rio with the Cobra. ADR regains his composure, however, and finally wins the Royal Rumble match! Although not many people will agree with me, I loved that ending. It was probably a botch as well funnily enough.