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.

[edit] Results

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

Dark match: Jerry Sags defeated Sam Houston (5:25)
- Sags pinned Houston.
The Rockers (Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels) defeated The Orient Express (Tanaka and Kato) (w/Mr. Fuji) (19:15)
- Jannetty pinned Tanaka with a sunset flip.
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 (w/Jimmy Hart) defeated Koko B. Ware (9:12)
- The Mountie pinned Koko B. Ware after a kneeling chokebomb.
- 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 consecutive Royal Rumble win.

A new entrant came out approximately every 2 minutes.

Draw	Entrant	Order	Eliminated by	Time
01 1	Bret Hart	04 4	Undertaker	20:33
02 2	Dino Bravo	01 1	Valentine	03:06 3:06
03 3	Greg Valentine	14	Hogan	44:03
04 4	Paul Roma	03 3	Roberts	14:05
05 5	Texas Tornado The Texas Tornado	07 7	Undertaker	24:17
06 6	Rick Martel	25	Smith	52:17
07 7	Saba Simba	02 2	Martel	02:27 2:27
08 8	Bushwhacker Butch	05 5	Undertaker	10:07
09 9	Jake Roberts	06 6	Martel	12:58
10	Hercules	17	Knobbs	37:36
11	Tito Santana	15	Earthquake	20:23
12	Undertaker The Undertaker	09 9	Hawk & Animal	14:16
13	Jimmy Snuka	08 8	Hawk	08:06 8:06
14	Davey Boy Smith	26	Earthquake & Knobbs	36:43
15	Smash	13	Hogan	18:22
16	Road Warrior Hawk	10	Hercules & Martel	06:37 6:37
17	Shane Douglas	20	Knobbs	26:23
18	Randy Savage	-	No-showed the match	00:00 0:00
19	Road Warrior Animal	11	Earthquake	06:39 6:39
20	Crush	18	Hogan	18:34
21	Jim Duggan	12	Perfect	04:44 4:44
22	Earthquake	28	Hogan	24:42
23	Mr. Perfect	22	Smith	16:14
24	Hulk Hogan	30 -	WINNER	19:55
25	Haku	24	Smith	13:24
26	Jim Neidhart	23	Martel	11:11
27	Bushwhacker Luke	16	Earthquake	00:04 0:04
28	Brian Knobbs	27	Hogan	10:07
29	Warlord The Warlord	19	Hogan	01:35 1:35
30	Tugboat	21	Hogan	02:32 2:32

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. Andre was scratched due to health reasons.
Rick Martel broke the longevity record, lasting 52:17.
Randy Savage became the first Rumble no-show as no one came out at number eighteen. When all the wrestlers had entered, commentators Gorilla Monsoon and Roddy Piper realized Savage was the missing man and suggested the Warrior had chased Savage out of the building.

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