ROYAL RUMBLE (1991)


'Royal Rumble 1991' was the fourth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on January 19 1991 at the Miami Arena in Miami, Florida.

Contents
Results
Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations
Other on-screen talent
Notes
References
External links

Results



★ 'Dark match: Jerry Sags defeated Sam Houston (5:25)'


★ Sags pinned Houston.

★ 'The Rockers (Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels) defeated The Orient Express (Pat Tanaka and Kato) (w/Mr. Fuji) (19:15)'


★ Jannetty pinned Tanaka with a roll-up.

★ 'The Big Boss Man defeated The Barbarian (w/Bobby Heenan) (14:15)'


★ Big Boss Man pinned Barbarian after he rolled through a high crossbody.

★ 'Sgt. Slaughter (w/General Adnan) defeated The Ultimate Warrior to win the WWF Championship (12:47)'


★ Slaughter pinned Warrior after an elbow drop after Randy Savage hit Warrior with his scepter.

★ 'The Mountie defeated Koko B. Ware (9:12)'


★ The Mountie pinned Koko B. Ware.


★ This marked the debut of The Mountie after months of promos.

★ 'Ted DiBiase and Virgil defeated Dusty Rhodes and Dustin Rhodes (9:57)'


★ DiBiase pinned Dusty with a roll-up.


★ After the match, DiBiase demanded that Virgil wrap the Million Dollar Belt around his waist. Virgil turned on DiBiase and hit him with the Million Dollar Belt.

★ 'Hulk Hogan won the 1991 Royal Rumble (1:05:17)'


★ The final two participants were Hulk Hogan and Earthquake. Hogan gave Earthquake a bodyslam and a clothesline to eliminate Earthquake and achieve his second Royal Rumble win.

Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations


A new entrant came out approximately every 2 minutes.
EntrantEliminated byTime
1Bret Hart4Undertaker20:33
2Dino Bravo1Valentine3:06
3Greg Valentine14Hogan44:03
4Paul Roma3Roberts14:05
5The Texas Tornado7Undertaker24:17
6Rick Martel25Smith52:17
7Saba Simba2Martel2:27
8Butch Miller5Undertaker10:07
9Jake Roberts6Martel12:58
10Hercules17Knobbs37:36
11Tito Santana15Earthquake20:23
12The Undertaker9Hawk & Animal14:16
13Jimmy Snuka8Hawk8:06
14Davey Boy Smith26Earthquake & Knobbs36:43
15Smash13Hogan18:22
16Hawk10Hercules & Martel6:37
17Shane Douglas20Knobbs26:23
18Randy Savage-No-showed the match0:00
19Animal11Earthquake6:39
20Crush18Hogan18:34
21Jim Duggan12Perfect4:44
22Earthquake28Hogan24:42
23Mr. Perfect22Smith16:14
24Hulk Hogan-'WINNER'19:55
25Haku24Smith13:24
26Jim Neidhart23Martel11:11
27Luke Williams16Earthquake0:04
28Brian Knobbs27Hogan10:07
29The Warlord19Hogan1:35
30Tugboat21Hogan2:32

Other on-screen talent


;Commentators
Gorilla Monsoon
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper;Referees
★ John Binella
Mike Chioda
Earl Hebner
Joey Marella
;Interviewers
Sean Mooney
Gene Okerlund;Other
Howard Finkel - ''ring announcer''
Shane McMahon - ''official''

Notes



★ This was the first Royal Rumble to host a WWF Championship match.

WWF Magazine announced André the Giant, Buddy Rose, and The Honky Tonk Man as participants in the Royal Rumble. Rose and The Honky Tonk Man were no longer employed by the WWF by the time of the Rumble. They were replaced in the match by Tito Santana, Shane Douglas, and Greg Valentine.

Rick Martel broke the longevity record, lasting 52:17.

References



Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts

twnpnews.com - Royal Rumble

wrestlinginformer.net - Royal Rumble '91 review

External links



Official 1991 Royal Rumble website

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