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Royal Rumble 1994

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Royal Rumble 1994
Promotion WWF
Date January 22, 1994
Venue Providence Civic Center
City Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Attendance 14,500
Last Event Survivor Series
Next Event Wrestlemania X

Royal Rumble 1994 was the seventh annual Royal Rumble event from the World Wrestling Federation. It took place on January 22, 1994 in the Providence Civic Center located in Providence, Rhode Island.

Contents

Show events

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

  • Tatanka pinned Bigelow after a high cross body off the top rope.
  • Winner: Tatanka (8:12).
  • Referee Tim White stopped the match after he considered Bret unable to continue due to a (kayfabe) knee injury he suffered during the match.
  • After the match, Owen attacked Bret, kicking him in his injured knee before leaving.
  • Winner: The Quebecers (16:48).
  • 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, informed Marella about what happened, and the match was restarted.
  • Winner: Razor Ramon (11:30).
  • The final two participants, Bret Hart and Lex Luger, were declared co-winners of the Royal Rumble by WWF President Jack Tunney when they eliminated each other at the same time.
  • Winner: Bret Hart and Lex Luger (55:08)

Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

A new entrant came out approximately every 90 seconds.

Entrant Eliminated by Time
1 Scott Steiner 4 Diesel 9:00
2 Samu 1 Scott Steiner 3:13
3 Rick Steiner 2 Owen Hart 3:57
4 Kwang 6 Diesel 5:57
5 Owen Hart 5 Diesel 4:10
6 Bart Gunn 3 Diesel 2:30
7 Diesel 13 Bigelow, Mabel, Plugg & Crush 17:41
8 Bob Backlund 7 Diesel 0:41
9 Billy Gunn 8 Diesel 0:14
10 Virgil 9 Diesel 0:32
11 Randy Savage 11 Crush 4:38
12 Jeff Jarrett 10 Savage 1:19
13 Crush 16 Luger, Plugg & Bret Hart 25:03
14 Doink the Clown 12 Bigelow 1:48
15 Bam Bam Bigelow 23 Luger 30:12
16 Mabel 14 Valentine, Tatanka, Kabuki, Crush,
Bigelow, Plugg & Michaels 		9:57
17 Sparky Plugg 17 Bret Hart & Michaels 21:33
18 Shawn Michaels 27 Luger 29:17
19 Mo 21 Fatu 22:46
20 Greg Valentine 18 Martel 20:39
21 Tatanka 22 Bigelow 20:07
22 The Great Kabuki 15 Luger 2:46
23 Lex Luger - CO-WINNER 21:58
24 Genichiro Tenryu 25 Bret Hart & Luger 17:21
25 Bastion Booger - Unable to compete 0:00
26 Rick Martel 19 Tatanka 11:22
27 Bret Hart - CO-WINNER 15:08
28 Fatu 26 Bret Hart 13:04
29 Marty Jannetty 24 Michaels 8:18
30 Adam Bomb 20 Luger 4:55

Trivia

  • This was the first Royal Rumble to have 90 second entrance intervals rather than the previously 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 one minute each.
  • 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 (Borga was never seen on WWF TV again).
  • Thurman "Sparky" Plugg, who later went on to prominence under his own name of Bob Holly, made his first televised WWF appearance in the Royal Rumble match, replacing an injured 1-2-3 Kid.

DVD and video releases

External links and references


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