Royal Rumble 2001

From Pro Wrestling

Royal Rumble 2001
Promotion	WWF
Date	January 21 2001
Venue
City	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Attendance	17,137
Last Event	Armageddon
Next Event	No Way Out

Contents 1 Show events 2 Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations 3 Trivia 4 DVD and video releases 5 External links and references

Show events

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• WWF World Tag Team Championship Match: Edge & Christian vs. The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray & D-Von Dudley)

• D-Von pinned Edge after a 3D.
• Winner: The Dudley Boyz (9:59)

• WWF Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match: Chris Jericho vs. Chris Benoit

• Jericho grabbed the belt to win.
• Winner: Chris Jericho (18:44)

• WWF Women’s Championship Match: Ivory vs. Chyna

• Ivory pinned Chyna after she suddenly collapsed after delivering her Back Handspring Elbow.
• After the match, Chyna was carried out into a waiting ambulance.
• Winner: Ivory (3:32)

• WWF Championship Match: Triple H vs. Kurt Angle

• Angle pinned Triple H after Steve Austin hit Triple H with the WWF Title belt and a Stone Cold Stunner.
• During the match, Stephanie and Trish got into a fight. The fight had to be broken up by Vince McMahon, however the two fought to the back.
• Winner: Kurt Angle (24:15)

• Royal Rumble Match: Albert vs. Al Snow vs. Billy Gunn vs. Bradshaw vs. Bull Buchanan vs. Crash Holly vs. Drew Carey vs. Faarooq vs. Grandmaster Sexay vs. Haku vs. Hardcore Holly vs. Jeff Hardy vs. K-Kwik vs. Kane vs. Matt Hardy vs. Perry Saturn vs. Raven vs. Rikishi vs. Scotty 2 Hotty vs. Steve Austin vs. Steve Blackman vs. Tazz vs. Test vs. The Big Show vs. The Godfather vs. The Honky Tonk Man vs. The Rock vs. The Undertaker vs. Val Venis vs. William Regal

• The final two participants were Steve Austin and Kane. Austin sent Kane over the top rope following 3 chair shots and a clothesline.
• Winner: Steve Austin. (1:01:55)

Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

A new entrant came out approximately every 2 minutes.

Entrant		Eliminated by		Time
1	Jeff Hardy	4	Himself	6:36
2	Bull Buchanan	1	Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy	2:08
3	Matt Hardy	3	Jeff Hardy	4:45
4	Faarooq	2	Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy	0:58
5	Drew Carey	5	Himself	2:54
6	Kane	29	Austin	53:46
7	Raven	9	Kane	8:51
8	Al Snow	8	Kane	7:08
9	Perry Saturn	10	Kane	5:02
10	Steve Blackman	7	Kane	3:08
11	Grand Master Sexay	6	Kane	1:03
12	The Honky Tonk Man	11	Kane	1:16
13	The Rock	28	Kane	38:42
14	The Goodfather	12	Rock	0:14
15	Tazz	13	Kane	0:10
16	Bradshaw	18	Undertaker	17:40
17	Albert	20	Kane	15:53
18	Hardcore Holly	21	Undertaker	14:04
19	K-Kwik	16	Big Show	7:53
20	Val Venis	22	Undertaker	10:22
21	William Regal	14	Test	2:01
22	Test	15	Big Show	2:08
23	The Big Show	17	Rock	1:23
24	Crash Holly	19	Kane	2:31
25	The Undertaker	25	Rikishi	10:45
26	Scotty 2 Hotty	23	Undertaker & Kane	0:46
27	Steve Austin	-	WINNER	9:43
28	Billy Gunn	27	Austin	7:22
29	Haku	24	Austin	2:51
30	Rikishi	26	Rock	2:35

Trivia

• 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.
• Comedian Drew Carey appeared on the show and in the Royal Rumble match to hype his upcoming "Improv Comedy PPV". He eliminated himself as after the ring had cleared and he was all alone, Kane came out and Carey attempted to bribe him. Carey eliminated himself after Raven attacked Kane with a kendo stick from behind.
• Tonga 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.

DVD and video releases

External links and references

• Royal Rumble 2001 (Official Website)

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