Choke the guy with a tie! It also made Kane look great because it took three chairshots to the head to get him out of the ring. Omkar Suryawanshi. The Dudleys hit a double team shoulder tackle. Jericho with a corner clothesline on Benoit. Undertaker hits a chokeslam on Rikishi. Rock comes back with a clothesline on Bradshaw and nearly eliminates Kane. This was a great way of re-introducing Big Show. Pre-match notes: Angle was the heel WWF Champion. The crowd reaction for Austin-Rock was fantastic too. Winner: Hulk Hogan (Entry #24). Hunter with an elbow drop to the knee two times. It felt real. Chokeslam for Holly. The following is the list of Royal Rumble Winners from 1988 to present: 1988: Hacksaw Jim Duggan – first ever winner of event 1989: Big John Studd (via eliminating Ted DiBiase) 1990: Hulk Hogan (via eliminating Mr. The crowd loves the dancing. Lawler picks Rikishi to win as he sets up Rock for the Banzai Drop. The Texas Rattlesnake won his record third Royal Rumble Match, and Kurt Angle managed to hold off Triple H to retain his WWE Championship at the 2001 event. Chyna was backstage getting ready with Billy Gunn telling her he’s worried about her and Chyna told Billy she feels fine. January 21, 2001 Crash Holly showed up to say that he’ll throw them out if they are in the Rumble with him. Kane gets a big boot on Austin while Rikishi superkicks Undertaker and Undertaker is eliminated. Rock hits a powerslam on Kwik, who is getting his ass kicked in this match. Austin tried a cover, but there was no referee to count. This drew a huge pop from the crowd with a lot of flashbulbs going off from people taking pictures. I’m going 9 out of 10 for the second Rumble PPV in a row. This was three months into Angle’s first WWF Title reign. Raven was the Hardcore Champion here, so he brought in a weapon. WWF Championship: Kurt Angle (w/Trish Stratus) vs. Welcome to the WWE NXT review here on TJRWrestling. The Royal Rumble is an annual pay-per-view, produced every January by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) since 1988. Vince managed to break it up again, then the three of them went to the back together. JR: “STONE COLD! Triple H instead. Show clotheslines Test out and press slams K-Kwik rather easily. Angle checked on Hebner on the floor, Hunter left the ring and whipped Angle into Hebner against the ring post, so that knocked Hebner out even more. Austin charges in, Kane catches him and hits a huge chokeslam. Austin sent Hunter into the ring and Austin hit him with the WWF Title in the face. Triple H continues to attack Austin on the floor with Austin bleeding after Hunter whipped him into the barricade and Austin tucked down to do the blade jobe. – The way they booked Kane as a monster was phenomenal. The big story going in was Steve Austin’s return after missing most of 2000 with a neck injury. Triple H was also a heel. Crash Holly was #24, but they barely mentioned that due to the Show-Rock story. Hunter went up top for nothing, so Angle hit him with an arm drag off the top. At this time the Hardys were still a very popular tag team in the WWF, so Jeff was very over here. I also liked the unique nature of some weapons being used in the match as well. Back in the ring, Hunter with a drop toe hold followed by a leg grapevine on the left leg. 60fps / Tatsumi Fujinami (IWGP(C/V1) VS (WCW(C/V28) Ric Flair '91.3.21 [WCW (NWA) World Heavyweight & IWGP Heavyweight Double Title Match] / Post-Match Press Conference / WCW JAPAN SUPERSHOW: Rumble … It also protected Hunter by not having him take a clean loss. Bradshaw and Holly try to get rid of Rock and the crowd believes that it might happen, but Rock hangs on. He was a gimmick whore. This crowd was on fire! Hardcore Holly is #18 as I think of how far he’s come from that awful Sparky Plugg gimmick. Winner: The Rock (Entry #24) He turned heel and face so many times in this era, but he was basically a face at this point. I remember thinking at the time that Chyna would win the title but WWE decided to hold off on that for a few months. JR is spazzing out! Benoit set up the ladder in the corner, and sent Jericho face first into the ladder. Taker saves his brother Kane since they were on good terms. Chyna was placed on a stretcher and was taken out of the arena. Rock throws Kane out through the middle ropes, so he’s still in the match leaving us with Rock and Austin again. Thirty Superstars compete in the annual Royal Rumble Match with the winner advancing to WrestleMania for a chance at the WWE Championship. Bubba argued with the referee, Edge & Christian brought chairs in the ring, but D-Von ducked the double Conchairto attempt (the referee still didn’t see it) and E&C went down. Now that’s a little bit better. Hunter got in some punches, but Angle came back with a whip into the ropes leading to Hunter’s bump over the top to the floor that he loved to do in this era. They featured Steve Austin, The Rock, The Undertaker and Kane more than the others. Match Rating: **** It is only the second Rumble to reach the four star (out of five) level to this point with Royal Rumble 1992 ahead of it. The only thing we know going in is that Rikishi, a heel, would be #30 in this match. Plus, the tag team division was as deep as ever too. Here’s your WrestleMania preview. Val charges into Bradshaw and guess what move he does? When Trish said she was seeing somebody she was referring to Vince McMahon without saying his name. Angle went to the floor, Hunter went for an attack there, but Angle moved and Hunter hit referee Earl Hebner in the back by accident. Royal Rumble 2001 was the fourteenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Huge pop for the #5 entrant comedian (and future Price is Right host) Drew Carey. Al Snow showed up out of nowhere to attack Raven even though he was early. Triple H (w/Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley). They do a double drop toe hold onto the trashcan. The European Champion William Regal comes in at #21. The 14th Royal Rumble came at a time when the WWF was at its absolute best, in my humble opinion. There goes Saturn too courtesy of Kane. The Hardys keep fighting while Drew slowly gets in the ring. Hulk Hogan would become one of the few back-to-back Royal Rumble winners in WWE history. I like how Rock sold it, though. I wouldn’t say it was Match of the Year, but I’m just saying it was a contender. There was also a story where Undertaker and Kane were working together as they hit a double Chokeslam on Rock and Austin on Smackdown. 2020 Royal Rumble Results in progress. Edge with a belly to back suplex. Trish slapped Stephanie, so Stephanie slapped back and Stephanie sent Trish into the announce table followed by Stephanie and Trish going tumbling over the announce table. Undertaker signaled to Kane, so Taker throws out Bradshaw, Kane throws out Crash, Taker throws out Hardcore, Kane throws out Albert and Undertaker throws out Val leaving us with Undertaker, Kane and The Rock on the floor. Undertaker and Kane take turns beating on him. They showed eachother their Royal Rumble numbers and said that’s going to be interesting (the camera did not see what numbers they were). Die Hauptveranstaltung (der sog. I don’t miss the mid 90s Rumble recaps, trust me.