Royal Rumble (2001)
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| Royal Rumble 2001 | ||
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| Details | ||
| Promotion | World Wrestling Federation | |
| Date | January 21, 2001 | |
| Venue | New Orleans Arena | |
| City | New Orleans, Louisiana | |
| Attendance | 16,056 | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Armageddon 2000 | Royal Rumble 2001 | No Way Out 2001 |
Royal Rumble 2001 was the fourteenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event from the World Wrestling Federation. It took place on January 21, 2001 at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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[edit] Results
- Sunday Night HEAT Royal Rumble Qualification match: Lo Down (D'Lo Brown and Chaz) (w/Tiger Ali Singh) defeated Kaientai (TAKA Michinoku and Funaki) (1:57)
- Chaz pinned Funaki to earn a Royal Rumble spot for a member of his team (although during the show Vince McMahon would give their spot to Drew Carey).
- The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) defeated Edge and Christian to win the WWF Tag Team Championship (9:59)
- Bubba Ray pinned Edge after a 3D.
- Chris Jericho defeated Chris Benoit in a Ladder match to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship (18:44)
- Jericho grabbed the belt to win.
- Ivory (w/Steven Richards) defeated Chyna to retain the WWF Women's Championship (3:32)
- Ivory pinned Chyna after she suddenly fell collapsed when attempting her Back Handspring Elbow.
- After the match, Chyna was (kayfabe) carried out into a waiting ambulance.
- Kurt Angle (w/Trish Stratus) defeated Triple H (w/Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley) to retain the WWF Championship (24:15)
- Angle pinned Triple H after Steve Austin hit Triple H with the WWF Title belt and a Stone Cold Stunner.
- During the match, McMahon-Helmsley and Stratus got into a fight. The fight had to be broken up by Vince McMahon, however the two fought to the back.
- Steve Austin won the 2001 Royal Rumble (1:01:55)
- The final two participants were Steve Austin and Kane. Austin sent Kane over the top rope following several chair shots.
- Tonga Fifita who was prior to the event the WCW Hardcore Champion as Meng, made a surprise move to the WWF as Haku. The WCW Hardcore Championship as a result was abandoned.
[edit] Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations
A new entrant came out approximately every 2 minutes.
| Entrant | Eliminated by | Time | ||
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| 1 | Jeff Hardy | 4 | himself | 6:36 |
| 2 | Bull Buchanan | 1 | Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy | 2:08 |
| 3 | Matt Hardy | 3 | Jeff Hardy | 4:45 |
| 4 | Faarooq | 2 | Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy | 0:58 |
| 5 | Drew Carey | 5 | himself | 2:54 |
| 6 | Kane | 29 | Austin | 53:46 |
| 7 | Raven | 9 | Kane | 8:51 |
| 8 | Al Snow | 8 | Kane | 7:08 |
| 9 | Perry Saturn | 10 | Kane | 5:02 |
| 10 | Steve Blackman | 7 | Kane | 3:08 |
| 11 | Grand Master Sexay | 6 | Kane | 1:03 |
| 12 | The Honky Tonk Man | 11 | Kane | 1:16 |
| 13 | The Rock | 28 | Kane | 38:42 |
| 14 | The Goodfather | 12 | Rock | 0:14 |
| 15 | Tazz | 13 | Kane | 0:10 |
| 16 | Bradshaw | 18 | Undertaker | 17:40 |
| 17 | Albert | 20 | Kane | 15:53 |
| 18 | Hardcore Holly | 21 | Undertaker | 14:04 |
| 19 | K-Kwik | 16 | Big Show | 7:53 |
| 20 | Val Venis | 22 | Undertaker | 10:22 |
| 21 | William Regal | 14 | Test | 2:01 |
| 22 | Test | 15 | Big Show | 2:08 |
| 23 | The Big Show | 17 | Rock | 1:23 |
| 24 | Crash Holly | 19 | Kane | 2:31 |
| 25 | The Undertaker | 25 | Rikishi | 10:45 |
| 26 | Scotty 2 Hotty | 23 | Undertaker and Kane | 0:46 |
| 27 | Steve Austin | - | WINNER | 9:43 |
| 28 | Billy Gunn | 27 | Austin | 7:22 |
| 29 | Haku | 24 | Austin | 2:51 |
| 30 | Rikishi | 26 | Rock | 2:35 |
[edit] Other on-screen talent
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[edit] Trivia
- Steve Austin broke the record for most Royal Rumble wins with his third win. The previous record of two wins was held jointly by himself, Hulk Hogan and Shawn Michaels.
- Kane broke the record for most eliminations in a single Royal Rumble with 11. He eliminated Grand Master Sexay, Steve Blackman, Al Snow, Raven, Perry Saturn, The Honky Tonk Man, Tazz, Crash Holly, Albert, Scotty 2 Hotty (jointly with The Undertaker) and The Rock.
- When Lo Down were discussing which member of the team should enter the Royal Rumble (after they had won their Sunday Night Heat match, D'Lo Brown said that he should be in the Rumble since he had been in 4 Rumbles, more than Chaz. This was a mistake, however, since he had only been in 3 Royal Rumbles previous to this one: 1998, 1999, and 2000.
- Comedian Drew Carey appeared on the show and in the Royal Rumble match to hype his upcoming Improv Comedy Pay-Per-View. He eliminated himself as after the ring had cleared and he was all alone, Kane came out and Carey fled in fear.
[edit] References
- removed obsessedwithwrestling.com - Royal Rumble '01 results
- twnpnews.com - Royal Rumble
- hoffco-inc.com - Royal Rumble '01 review
[edit] External links
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