Royal Rumble (2001)

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Royal Rumble 2001
Details
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	January 21, 2001
Venue	New Orleans Arena
City	New Orleans, Louisiana
Attendance	17,100
Pay-per-view chronology
Armageddon 2000	Royal Rumble 2001	No Way Out 2001

Royal Rumble 2001 was the fourteenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event from the World Wrestling Federation. It took place on January 21, 2001 in the New Orleans Arena located in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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

[edit] Results

• Sunday Night HEAT Royal Rumble Qualification match: Lo Down (D'Lo Brown & Chaz w/Tiger Ali Singh) defeated Kai En Tai (TAKA Michinoku & Funaki)
  • Chaz pinned Funaki.
  • The team winner gets a spot for one member to compete in the Royal Rumble match.

• The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) defeated Edge and Christian to win the World Tag Team Championship (9:58)
  • D-Von pinned Edge after the Dudleyz gave Edge a 3-D.

• Chris Jericho defeated Chris Benoit in a Ladder match to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship (18:43)
  • Jericho grabbed the belt to win.

• Ivory (w/Steven Richards) defeated Chyna to retain the WWF Women's Championship (3:31)
  • Ivory pinned Chyna after she suddenly fell collapsed when attempting her Back Handspring Elbow.
  • Following the match, Chyna was (kayfabe) carried out into a waiting ambulance.

• Kurt Angle (w/Trish Stratus) defeated Triple H (w/Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley) to retain the WWF Championship (24:14)
  • Angle pinned Triple H after Stone Cold Steve Austin hit Triple H with the WWF Title belt followed by a Stunner.
  • During the match, Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley and Trish Stratus got into a fight. The fight had to be broken up by Vince McMahon, however the two fought to the back.

• Stone Cold Steve Austin won the 2001 Royal Rumble
  • The final two participants were "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Kane. Austin sent Kane over the top rope following several chair shots. (1:01:52)
    • Drew Carey became the first non-wrestling celebrity to enter a Royal Rumble and ended up in a confrontation by Kane. Carey offered money for Kane but ended up almost getting a Chokeslam. Carey eventually eliminated himself.
    • The Honky Tonk Man made a surprise entrance and decided to sing his entrance theme. However, Kane bashed him with his guitar and eliminated him.
    • When "Stone Cold" Steve Austin came out, he was attacked from behind by Triple H. Austin would stay in the aisle until Rikishi entered.
    • Uliuli Fifita who was prior to the event the WCW Hardcore Champion as Meng, made a surprise move to the WWF as Haku. The WCW Hardcore Championship as a result was abandoned.

[edit] Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

A new entrant came out approximately every 2 minutes.

Entrant		Eliminated		Time
1	Jeff Hardy	4	by Matt Hardy	6:37
2	Bull Buchanan	1	by Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy	2:09
3	Matt Hardy	3	by Jeff Hardy	4:51
4	Faarooq	2	by Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy	1:03
5	Drew Carey	5	by himself	3:49
6	Kane	29	by Steve Austin	54:49
7	Raven	9	by Kane	8:57
8	Al Snow	8	by Kane	7:10
9	Perry Saturn	10	by Kane	5:37
10	Steve Blackman	7	by Kane	3:17
11	Grandmaster Sexay	6	by Kane	1:14
12	The Honky Tonk Man	11	by Kane	1:57
13	The Rock	28	by Kane	38:58
14	The Goodfather	12	by The Rock	0:28
15	Tazz	13	by Kane	0:19
16	Bradshaw	18	by The Undertaker	17:46
17	Albert	20	by Kane	15:58
18	Hardcore Holly	21	by The Undertaker	14:13
19	K-Kwik	16	by The Big Show	8:03
20	Val Venis	22	by The Undertaker	10:28
21	William Regal	14	by Test	2:09
22	Test	15	by The Big Show	2:15
23	The Big Show	17	by The Rock	1:38
24	Crash Holly	19	by Kane	2:42
25	The Undertaker	25	by Rikishi	11:09
26	Scotty 2 Hotty	23	by The Undertaker and Kane	1:16
27	Stone Cold Steve Austin	-	WINNER	15:38
28	Billy Gunn	27	by Steve Austin	7:31
29	Haku	24	by Stone Cold Steve Austin	3:05
30	Rikishi	26	by The Rock	3:10

[edit] Other on-screen talent

Commentators Jerry "The King" Lawler Jim Ross Spanish Commentators Carlos Cabrera Hugo Savinovich Referees Mike Chioda Jack Doan Earl Hebner Jim Korderas Theodore Long Chad Patton Tim White

Interviewers Michael Cole Kevin Kelly Other Howard Finkel - ring announcer Tony Garea - official Vince McMahon Sgt. Slaughter - official

[edit] Trivia

• Stone Cold Steve Austin broke the record for most Royal Rumble wins with his third win. The previous record of two wins was held jointly by himself, Hulk Hogan and Shawn Michaels.
• Kane broke the record for most eliminations in a single Royal Rumble with 11. He eliminated Grand Master Sexay, Steve Blackman, Al Snow, Raven, Perry Saturn, Honky Tonk Man, Tazz, Crash Holly, Albert, Scotty 2 Hotty (jointly with The Undertaker) and The Rock.
• When Lo Down were discussing which member of the team should enter the Royal Rumble (after they had won their Sunday Night Heat match, D'Lo Brown said that he should be in the Rumble since he had been in 4 Rumbles, more than Chaz. This was a mistake, however, since he had only been in 3 Royal Rumbles previous to this one: 1998, 1999, and 2000.
• This would be The Rock's last appearance in a Royal Rumble match.
• Jim Ross gave away the winner when Stone Cold finally entered the ring, saying "Austin's in, and he's goin' to Wrestlemania"

[edit] References

• obsessedwithwrestling.com - Royal Rumble '01 results
• twnpnews.com - Royal Rumble
• hoffco-inc.com - Royal Rumble '01 review

[edit] External links

• Official 2001 Royal Rumble website

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