Royal Rumble (1994)
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Royal Rumble 1994 | ||
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Promotion | World Wrestling Federation | |
Date | January 22, 1994 | |
Venue | Providence Civic Center | |
City | Providence, Rhode Island | |
Attendance | 14,500 | |
Pay-per-view chronology | ||
Survivor Series 1993 | Royal Rumble 1994 | WrestleMania X |
Royal Rumble 1994 was the seventh annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event from the World Wrestling Federation. It took place on January 22, 1994 in the Providence Civic Center located in Providence, Rhode Island.
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[edit] Results
- Dark match: The Brooklyn Brawler defeated Jim Powers
- Tatanka defeated Bam Bam Bigelow (w/Luna Vachon) (8:12)
- Tatanka pinned Bigelow after a high cross body off the top rope.
- The Quebecers (Jacques Rougeau and Pierre Ouellet) (w/Johnny Polo) defeated Bret Hart and Owen Hart to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship (16:48)
- Razor Ramon defeated Irwin R. Schyster to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship (11:30)
- Ramon pinned I.R.S after a Razor's Edge.
- During the match, referee Joey Marella was knocked out. Shawn Michaels came out and hit Ramon with his fake IC title. IRS pinned Ramon, however, referee Earl Hebner came down and told Marella about what just happened and the match was restarted.
- Yokozuna (w/Mr. Fuji and Jim Cornette) defeated The Undertaker (w/Paul Bearer) in a Casket match to retain the WWF Championship (14:20)
- Yokozuna locked Undertaker in the casket with the help of Crush, The Great Kabuki, Tenryu, Bam Bam Bigelow, Adam Bomb, Jeff Jarrett, The Headshrinkers and Diesel.
- After the match, the wrestlers wheeled the casket to the back. However, green mist came out of the casket and Undertaker appeared on the video screen, saying that they would see his rebirth soon.
- Bret Hart and Lex Luger co-won the 1994 Royal Rumble (55:08)
- The final two participants were Bret Hart and Lex Luger. The two were declared co-winners of the Royal Rumble by WWF President Jack Tunney when they both eliminated each other at the same time.
[edit] Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations
A new entrant came out approximately every 90 seconds.
Entrant | Eliminated | Time | ||
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1 | Scott Steiner | 4 | by Diesel | 9:00 |
2 | Samu | 1 | by Scott Steiner | 3:13 |
3 | Rick Steiner | 2 | by Owen Hart | 3:57 |
4 | Kwang | 6 | by Diesel | 5:57 |
5 | Owen Hart | 5 | by Diesel | 4:10 |
6 | Bart Gunn | 3 | by Diesel | 2:30 |
7 | Diesel | 13 | by Bigelow, Mabel, Plugg and Crush | 17:41 |
8 | Bob Backlund | 7 | by Diesel | 0:41 |
9 | Billy Gunn | 8 | by Diesel | 0:14 |
10 | Virgil | 9 | by Diesel | 0:32 |
11 | Randy Savage | 11 | by Crush | 4:38 |
12 | Jeff Jarrett | 10 | by Randy Savage | 1:19 |
13 | Crush | 16 | by Luger, Plugg and Bret Hart | 25:03 |
14 | Doink the Clown | 12 | by Bigelow | 1:48 |
15 | Bam Bam Bigelow | 23 | by Lex Luger | 30:12 |
16 | Mabel | 14 | by Valentine, Tatanka, Kabuki, Crush, Bigelow, Plugg and Michaels | 9:57 |
17 | Sparky Plugg | 17 | by Bret Hart and Michaels | 21:33 |
18 | Shawn Michaels | 27 | by Luger | 29:17 |
19 | Mo | 21 | by Fatu | 22:46 |
20 | Greg Valentine | 18 | by Martel | 20:39 |
21 | Tatanka | 22 | by Bigelow | 20:07 |
22 | Great Kabuki | 15 | by Luger | 2:46 |
23 | Lex Luger | - | CO-WINNER | 21:58 |
24 | Genichiro Tenryu | 25 | by Bret Hart and Luger | 17:21 |
25 | Bastion Booger | - | Unable to compete | 0:00 |
26 | Rick Martel | 19 | by Tatanka | 11:22 |
27 | Bret Hart | - | CO-WINNER | 15:08 |
28 | Fatu | 26 | by Bret Hart | 13:04 |
29 | Marty Jannetty | 24 | by Michaels | 8:18 |
30 | Adam Bomb | 20 | by Luger | 4:55 |
[edit] Other on-screen talent
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[edit] Trivia
- This was the first Royal Rumble to have 90 second entrance intervals rather than the traditional 2 minute intervals. It was announced by commentator Vince McMahon that WWF President Jack Tunney reduced the interval times for timing constraints. The following year would go one step further and reduce the time intervals to only a minute each.
- A similar situation to this Royal Rumbles ending happened at the 2005 event when the final two participants (Batista and John Cena) fell out of the ring at the same time. However, unlike the 1994 event they were not declared co-winners, instead the match was restarted with just the final two participants. It should also be noted that the ending of the 2005 match was botched, unlike the 1994 match which was booked to end this way.
- Ludvig Borga was scheduled to be Tatanka's opponent (as well as compete in the Rumble match), but was unable to due to (legit) injury.
[edit] References
- obsessedwithwrestling.com - Royal Rumble '94 results
- twnpnews.com - Royal Rumble
- hoofco-inc.com - Royal Rumble '94 review
- wrestlinginformer.net - Royal Rumble '94 review
[edit] External links
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