Royal Rumble (1995)

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Royal Rumble 1995
Details
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	January 22, 1995
Venue	USF Sun Dome
City	Tampa, Florida
Attendance	10,000
Pay-per-view chronology
Survivor Series 1994	Royal Rumble 1995	WrestleMania XI

Royal Rumble 1995 was the eighth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event from the World Wrestling Federation. It took place on January 22, 1995 in the USF Sun Dome located in Tampa, Florida.

Contents 1 Results 2 Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations 3 Other on-screen talent 4 Trivia 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Results

• Dark match: Buck Quartermaine defeated The Brooklyn Brawler
• Jeff Jarrett (w/The Roadie) defeated Razor Ramon to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship (18:03)
  • Jarrett pinned Ramon with a small package.
  • Jarrett originally won by count-out, but Ramon agreed to have the match re-started.
• The Undertaker (w/Paul Bearer) defeated Irwin R. Schyster (w/Ted DiBiase) (12:20)
  • Undertaker pinned IRS after a chokeslam.
  • After the match, King Kong Bundy came out and beat down Undertaker while IRS ran off with Paul Bearer's urn.
• WWF Champion Diesel fought Bret Hart to a draw (27:18)
  • The match was declared a draw after continued interference from Owen Hart and Bob Backlund who came out to attack Bret while Shawn Michaels and Jeff Jarrett came out to attack Diesel.
• Bob Holly and 1-2-3 Kid defeated Tatanka and Bam Bam Bigelow (w/Ted DiBiase) to win the vacant WWF Tag Team Championship (15:45)
  • 1-2-3 Kid pinned Bigelow after Tatanka accidentally made Bigelow fall off the top ropes.
  • This was the finals of a tournament for the vacant Tag Team Championship.
  • After the match, Bigelow saw Lawrence Taylor sitting at ringside laughing at him. Bigelow (kayfabe) shoved him to the floor.
• Shawn Michaels won the 1995 Royal Rumble (39:39)
  • The final two participants were Shawn Michaels and The British Bulldog, who were also the first two participants in the match as well. Bulldog threw Michaels over the top rope and thought he had won the match. However, referees noted that only one of Michaels' feet touched the floor making him still legally in the match. Michaels then re-entered the ring and eliminated the Bulldog (who was celebrating on the second rope, facing the crowd) to win the Royal Rumble.
  • Bret Hart jumped both Owen Hart and Bob Backlund during their entrances, leading to their quick eliminations afterwards.

[edit] Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

A new entrant came out approximately every minute.

Entrant		Eliminated		Time
1	Shawn Michaels	-	WINNER	38:39
2	The British Bulldog	29	by Shawn Michaels	38:39
3	Eli Blu	9	by Seone (simultaneously with Seone)	10:09
4	Duke Droese	3	by Shawn Michaels	8:18
5	Jimmy Del Ray	1	by The British Bulldog	1:30
6	Seone	10	by Eli Blu (simultaneously with Eli Blu)	7:09
7	Tom Prichard	6	by Shawn Michaels	5:36
8	Doink the Clown	7	by Kwang	5:00
9	Kwang	8	by Seone	4:04
10	Rick Martel	5	by Seone	2:35
11	Owen Hart	2	by The British Bulldog	1:07
12	Timothy Well	4	by The British Bulldog	0:31
13	Luke Williams	11	by Shawn Michaels	0:23
14	Jacob Blu	12	by Shawn Michaels	0:22
15	King Kong Bundy	14	by Mabel	3:17
16	Mo	13	by King Kong Bundy	0:09
17	Mabel	16	by Lex Luger	2:16
18	Butch Miller	15	by Shawn Michaels	0:31
19	Lex Luger	27	by Shawn Michaels and Crush	18:58
20	The Mantaur	18	by Lex Luger	9:40
21	Aldo Montoya	23	by Shawn Michaels	13:24
22	Henry Godwinn	26	by Lex Luger	14:44
23	Billy Gunn	20	by Crush and Dick Murdoch	7:27
24	Bart Gunn	19	by Crush and Dick Murdoch	6:26
25	Bob Backlund	17	by Lex Luger	1:26
26	Steven Dunn	21	by Aldo Montoya	4:38
27	Dick Murdoch	25	by himself	8:19
28	Adam Bomb	22	by Crush	5:37
29	Fatu	24	by Crush	5:41
30	Crush	28	by The British Bulldog	9:03

[edit] Other on-screen talent

Commentators Jerry "The King" Lawler Vince McMahon Spanish Commentators Carlos Cabrera Ed Trucco Referees Danny Davis Jack Doan Earl Hebner Tim White

Interviewers Todd Pettengill Stephanie Wiand Other Howard Finkel - ring announcer

[edit] Trivia

• This is the only Royal Rumble that has participants entering the match every 1 minute.
• This was the first Royal Rumble in which the #1 participant (Shawn Michaels) won the match. Chris Benoit would do the same in the 2004 Royal Rumble. However due to the differences in the time intervals for entrances, Benoit would last longer.
• This is the last Royal Rumble event to use the original purple and gold ring aprons and rafter banners that had been used since the 1989 Royal Rumble. They were used for the press conference for the 1996 Royal Rumble, but were not used at the actual event.
• Last World Wrestling Federation pay-per-view event to use the "Classic" WWF logo.

[edit] References

• twnpnews.com - Royal Rumble
• hoofco-inc.com - Royal Rumble '95 review
• wrestlinginformer.net - Royal Rumble '95 review

[edit] External links

• Official 1995 Royal Rumble website
• obsessedwithwrestling.com/results/wweppv/royalrumble95.html obsessedwithwrestling.com - Royal Rumble '95 results

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