Carlito: 4:32 He's not going anywhere anymore. He's going to be putting over talent for a while, he did his job.
R-Truth: 4:09 Look at who he was in the ring with. Look at who he eliminated. He didn't eliminate "The Big Show" and "Mark Henry"; he eliminated "Two of the biggest participants in the Royal Rumble, by himself". The latter tells the story of R-Truth - not the former. He's getting his time to shine.
Big Show: 4:04 He doesn't need to be out there for an hour to show he's a force to be reckon with. His size does this alone. His job was to put Truth over, and it was successful - he got paid his dividends: another Tag Title run
Kofi Kingston: 2:51 This one puzzles me still. Also, the fact that John Cena eliminated him doesn't sit too well. But I may just be reading too much into this. However, like Truth you have to look at who he was in the ring with. He did take out Truth and Swagger - two stars of the future - so that alone tells you that he's going to go farther than they are.
Dolph Ziggler: 2:29 He's run his course. He'll be the wrestler that gets the TV wins but will never win the PPV. He's a great talent and that's why the WWE will keep him. He may win the IC/US title one day - but it's not happening soon.
Evan Bourne: 2:26 He's this generation's Rey Mysterio. Except he'll end his career like the guy whose finisher he stole: Billy Kidman
Chris Jericho: 2:24 Two reasons for this. 1). His arrest. 2). Edge came back an entrant later - they'll fight and having them go at it in the Rumble is pointless. This was good enough to keep everyone's interest in the feud. Remember, during the Rumble he did say he was going to main event Wrestlemania anyway!
Mark Henry: 2:23 see Big show. Except that he'll be rewarded with a nice tag title feud teaming with MVP.
Jack Swagger: 2:07 He was a joke on Raw for the weeks leading to the Rumble. Again, look at who he was in the ring with. He was given the chance to get a good rub from Shawn Michaels and John Cena. He'll get his time, he just has to wait to get drafted to Smackdown or until Sheamus leaves Raw.
Shelton Benjamin: 0:48 As much as I love him, he'll never get to the level he had when he first went to Raw. He's already where Carlito and Christ Masters are headed - putting over talent. He's done a great job with MVP, Truth, Tatsu, and even Vance Archer.
Yoshi Tatsu/Chris Masters: 0:29 Yoshi's still needing to learn to speak to get completely over and be given a bigger rub (he'll go to Smackdown soon enough). And Masters, see Carlito.
JTG: 0:26 I'm sad because if all they wanted to do was job a member of Cryme Tyme in the Rumble it should've been Shad because that would've made Punk look better. However, because Punk needed time to preach his words it's okay that JTG was out that quick. He shined last year, he'll get his when Cryme Tyme split up.
Matt Hardy: 0:20 Really? You're sad because of him? Really?
Criminal. (MVP and Miz is understandable because of the circumstances, as is Beth Phoenix, being the only women in the match. The bolded times are quite underwhelming.)
Thanks to both of you who provided those times.