10 Fascinating WWE Royal Rumble 2011 Facts

10. It Was The First Time A World Title Match Opened A Big Four PPV

The 2011 Royal Rumble only featured four matches: a Rumble, a Women's title match, and two World title matches. The Rumble match would never start the show, so that created a 67 percent chance that one of the two World title matches would get that nod. Sure enough, one would.

Edge's World Heavyweight title defense against Dolph Ziggler kicked off the 2011 Royal Rumble, making it the first Big Four pay-per-view to have that distinction. Curiously enough, a World title match would also open WrestleMania 27 two months later, when Edge faced off with Rumble winner Alberto Del Rio.

It should be noted that the ECW Championship under WWE jurisdiction does not count as a World title. Because, well, it isn't, that's why.