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)'

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★ Sags pinned Houston.

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

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★ Jannetty pinned Tanaka with a roll-up.

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

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★ 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)'

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

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

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★ The Mountie pinned Koko B. Ware.

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

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

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★ DiBiase pinned Dusty with a roll-up.

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★ 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)'

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★ 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.

Entrant		Eliminated by		Time
1	Bret Hart	4	Undertaker	20:33
2	Dino Bravo	1	Valentine	3:06
3	Greg Valentine	14	Hogan	44:03
4	Paul Roma	3	Roberts	14:05
5	The Texas Tornado	7	Undertaker	24:17
6	Rick Martel	25	Smith	52:17
7	Saba Simba	2	Martel	2:27
8	Butch Miller	5	Undertaker	10:07
9	Jake Roberts	6	Martel	12:58
10	Hercules	17	Knobbs	37:36
11	Tito Santana	15	Earthquake	20:23
12	The Undertaker	9	Hawk & Animal	14:16
13	Jimmy Snuka	8	Hawk	8:06
14	Davey Boy Smith	26	Earthquake & Knobbs	36:43
15	Smash	13	Hogan	18:22
16	Hawk	10	Hercules & Martel	6:37
17	Shane Douglas	20	Knobbs	26:23
18	Randy Savage	-	No-showed the match	0:00
19	Animal	11	Earthquake	6:39
20	Crush	18	Hogan	18:34
21	Jim Duggan	12	Perfect	4:44
22	Earthquake	28	Hogan	24:42
23	Mr. Perfect	22	Smith	16:14
24	Hulk Hogan	-	'WINNER'	19:55
25	Haku	24	Smith	13:24
26	Jim Neidhart	23	Martel	11:11
27	Luke Williams	16	Earthquake	0:04
28	Brian Knobbs	27	Hogan	10:07
29	The Warlord	19	Hogan	1:35
30	Tugboat	21	Hogan	2:32

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