Royal Rumble (2001)

Royal Rumble (2001)
Tagline(s)30 men. Every man for himself. One victor.
Information
PromotionWorld Wrestling Federation
DateJanuary 21, 2001
VenueNew Orleans Arena
CityNew Orleans, Louisiana
Pay-per-view chronology
Armageddon (2000) Royal Rumble (2001) No Way Out (2001)
Royal Rumble chronology
Royal Rumble (2000) Royal Rumble (2001) Royal Rumble (2002)

Royal Rumble (2001) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event made by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on January 21, 2001, at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was the 14th Royal Rumble event held by the WWF.

Background

As is the case every year since the event's beginning, the event's main event was the 30-man over-the-top-rope battle royal, also known as the Royal Rumble match. The match started with two wrestlers and a new one was added every 90 seconds. To eliminate an opposing wrestler he must be thrown over the top rope and have both his two feet hit the floor, this continued until there was only one man left, who was named the winner. The winner received a match for the WWF Championship at WrestleMania X-Seven.

Results

No. Results[1] Stipulations Times[1]
1H Lo Down (Chaz and D'Lo Brown) (with Tiger Ali Singh) defeated Kaientai (Funaki and Taka Michinoku) Tag team match 1:57
2 The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley) defeated Edge and Christian (c) Tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship 9:58
3 Chris Jericho defeated Chris Benoit (c) Ladder match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship 18:43
4 Ivory (c) (with Steven Richards) defeated Chyna Singles match for the WWF Women's Championship 3:27
5 Kurt Angle (c) (with Trish Stratus) defeated Triple H (with Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley) Singles match for the WWF Championship 24:18
6 Stone Cold Steve Austin won by last eliminating Kane 30-man Royal Rumble match for a WWF Championship match at WrestleMania X-Seven 1:01:52
  • (c) – is the champion(s) going into the match
  • H – This match aired before the pay-per-view on Sunday Night Heat

Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

  – Winner[2]

Draw[2] Entrant[2] Order eliminated[2] Eliminated by[2] Time[3] Eliminations
1 Jeff Hardy 4 Matt Hardy 06:36 3
2 Bull Buchanan 1 Jeff & Matt Hardy 02:08 0
3 Matt Hardy 3 Jeff Hardy 04:45 3
4 Faarooq 2 Jeff & Matt Hardy 00:58 0
5 Drew Carey 5 Himself 02:54 1
6 Kane 29 Stone Cold Steve Austin 53:46 11[a]
7 Raven 9 Kane 08:51 0
8 Al Snow 8 07:08 0
9 Perry Saturn 10 05:02 0
10 Steve Blackman 7 03:08 0
11 Grand Master Sexay 6 01:03 0
12 The Honky Tonk Man 11 01:16 0
13 The Rock 28 38:42 3
14 The Godfather 12 The Rock 00:13 0
15 Tazz 13 Kane 00:10 0
16 Bradshaw 18 The Undertaker 17:40 0
17 Albert 20 Kane 15:53 0
18 Hardcore Holly 21 The Undertaker 14:04 0
19 K-Kwik 16 Big Show 07:53 0
20 Val Venis 22 The Undertaker 10:22 0
21 William Regal 14 Test 02:01 0
22 Test 15 Big Show 02:08 1
23 Big Show 17 The Rock 01:23 2
24 Crash Holly 19 Kane 02:31 0
25 The Undertaker 25 Rikishi 10:45 4
26 Scotty 2 Hotty 23 Kane & The Undertaker 00:47 0
27 Stone Cold Steve Austin 30 Winner 09:38 3
28 Billy Gunn 27 Stone Cold Steve Austin 07:22 0
29 Haku 24 02:51 0
30 Rikishi 26 The Rock 02:35 1
  1. ↑ Kane eliminated 11 men, breaking the record for the most wrestlers eliminated in a single Royal Rumble. This record was previously shared between Hulk Hogan (1989) and Stone Cold Steve Austin (1997), who both scored 10 eliminations.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Royal Rumble Results". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved April 17, 2009.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Royal Rumble Result". WWE. Retrieved July 10, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Royal Rumble Elimination Info". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved April 17, 2009.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.