Royal Rumble (2002)

Royal Rumble (2002)
Information
PromotionWorld Wrestling Federation
DateJanuary 20, 2002[1]
Attendance16,106[2]
VenuePhilips Arena[1]
CityAtlanta, Georgia[1]
Pay-per-view chronology
Vengeance (2001) Royal Rumble (2002) No Way Out (2002)
Royal Rumble chronology
Royal Rumble (2001) Royal Rumble (2002) Royal Rumble (2003)

Royal Rumble (2002) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event made by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on January 20, 2002, at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. It was the 15th 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 Undisputed WWF Championship at WrestleMania X8.

Results

No. Results[3] Stipulations Times[4]
1 Spike Dudley and Tazz (c) defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley) (with Stacy Keibler) by submission Tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship 5:06
2 William Regal defeated Edge (c) Singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship 9:45
3 Trish Stratus (c) defeated Jazz Singles match for the WWF Women's Championship with Jacqueline as the special guest referee 3:43
4 Ric Flair defeated Mr. McMahon by submission Street Fight 14:55
5 Chris Jericho (c) defeated The Rock Singles match for the Undisputed WWF Championship 18:50
6 Triple H won by last eliminating Kurt Angle 30-man Royal Rumble match for an Undisputed WWF Championship match at WrestleMania X8 1:09:23
  • (c) – is the champion(s) going into the match

Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

A new entrant came out approximately every 2 minutes.

  – Winner

Draw[5] Entrant Order eliminated Eliminated by Time[6] Eliminations
1 Rikishi 6 The Undertaker 13:39 1
2 Goldust 4 12:52 0
3 Big Boss Man 1 Rikishi 03:05 0
4 Bradshaw 3 Billy 07:17 0
5 Lance Storm 2 Al Snow 04:46 0
6 Al Snow 5 The Undertaker 05:12 1
7 Billy 7 03:37 1
8 The Undertaker 10 Maven 07:40 7
9 Matt Hardy 9 The Undertaker[a] 04:16 0
10 Jeff Hardy 8 01:30 0
11 Maven 11 03:34 1
12 Scotty 2 Hotty 12 Diamond Dallas Page 02:36 0
13 Christian 16 Stone Cold Steve Austin 12:14 3
14 Diamond Dallas Page 13 Christian 05:15 1
15 Chuck 17 Stone Cold Steve Austin 09:04 2
16 The Godfather 15 Chuck and Christian 01:48 0
17 Albert 14 00:48 0
18 Perry Saturn 18 Stone Cold Steve Austin 02:57 0
19 Stone Cold Steve Austin 27 Kurt Angle & Mr. Perfect 26:46 7
20 Val Venis 19 Stone Cold Steve Austin 02:58 0
21 Test 20 01:42 0
22 Triple H - Winner 23:14 4
23 The Hurricane 21 Stone Cold Steve Austin & Triple H 00:39 0
24 Faarooq 22 Triple H 00:36 0
25 Mr. Perfect 28 15:18 1
26 Kurt Angle 29 16:09 2
27 Big Show 23 Kane 02:45 0
28 Kane 24 Kurt Angle 01:02 1
29 Rob Van Dam 25 Booker T 02:12 0
30 Booker T 26 Stone Cold Steve Austin[b] 00:33 1
  1. ↑ Undertaker assaulted and eliminated Maven following his own elimination by Maven.
  2. ↑ This was Austin's 36th career elimination in the Royal Rumble, which was a record held for eight years until Shawn Michaels broke it in 2010.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Royal Rumble 2002 Results". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved March 26, 2008.
  2. ↑ Wahlers, Dan (January 21, 2004). "Royal Rumble history part two". Wrestling Observer. Retrieved March 25, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Royal Rumble 2002 Results". WWE. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
  4. ↑ "Royal Rumble 2002". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Rumble Match: Triple H (spot No. 22) wins the Royal Rumble Match". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Royal Rumble 2002". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
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