Royal Rumble (1995)

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Royal Rumble (1995)
Details
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	January 22, 1995
Venue	USF Sun Dome
City	Tampa, Florida
Attendance	10,000
Pay-per-view chronology
Survivor Series (1994)	Royal Rumble (1995)	WrestleMania XI
Royal Rumble chronology
Royal Rumble (1994)	Royal Rumble (1995)	Royal Rumble (1996)

Royal Rumble (1995) was the eighth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation. It took place on January 22, 1995 in the USF Sun Dome located in Tampa, Florida.

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

[edit] Results

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Dark match: Buck Quartermaine defeated The Brooklyn Brawler
• Jeff Jarrett (w/The Roadie) defeated Razor Ramon to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship (18:03)
  • Jarrett pinned Ramon with a small package.
  • Jarrett originally won by countout, but Ramon agreed to have the match re-started.
• The Undertaker (w/Paul Bearer) defeated Irwin R. Schyster (w/Ted DiBiase) (12:20)
  • Undertaker pinned IRS after a chokeslam.
  • After the match, King Kong Bundy came out and beat down Undertaker while IRS ran off with Paul Bearer's urn.
• WWF Champion Diesel fought Bret Hart to a draw (27:18)
  • The match was declared a draw after continued interference from Owen Hart and Bob Backlund who came out to attack Bret while Shawn Michaels, Jeff Jarrett, and The Roadie came out to attack Diesel.
• Bob Holly and 1-2-3 Kid defeated Tatanka and Bam Bam Bigelow (w/Ted DiBiase) to win the vacant WWF Tag Team Championship (15:45)
  • 1-2-3 Kid pinned Bigelow after Tatanka accidentally made Bigelow fall off the top ropes.
  • This was the finals of a tournament for the vacant Tag Team Championship.
  • After the match, Bigelow saw Lawrence Taylor sitting at ringside laughing at him. Bigelow shoved him to the floor.
• Shawn Michaels won the 1995 Royal Rumble (38:41)
  • The final two participants were Shawn Michaels and The British Bulldog, who were also the first two participants in the match. Bulldog threw Michaels over the top rope and thought he had won the match. However, referees noted that only one of Michaels' feet touched the floor making him still legally in the match. Michaels then re-entered the ring and eliminated the Bulldog (who was celebrating on the second rope, facing the crowd) to win the Royal Rumble.
  • Bret Hart jumped both Owen Hart and Bob Backlund during their entrances, leading to their quick eliminations afterwards.

[edit] Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

A new entrant came out approximately every minute.

Draw	Entrant	Order	Eliminated by	Time
01 1	Shawn Michaels	30 -	WINNER	38:41
02 2	British Bulldog The British Bulldog	29	Michaels	38:41
03 3	Eli Blu	09 9	Seone	10:00
04 4	Duke Droese	03 3	Michaels	08:13 8:13
05 5	Jimmy Del Ray	01 1	British Bulldog	01:25 1:25
06 6	Seone	10	Eli Blu	06:50 6:50
07 7	Tom Prichard	06 6	Michaels	05:30 5:30
08 8	Doink the Clown	07 7	Kwang	04:50 4:50
09 9	Kwang	08 8	Seone	04:01 4:01
10	Rick Martel	05 5	Seone	02:29 2:29
11	Owen Hart	02 2	British Bulldog	00:03 0:03
12	Timothy Well	04 4	British Bulldog	00:23 0:23
13	Bushwhacker Luke	11	Michaels	00:12 0:12
14	Jacob Blu	12	Michaels	00:17 0:17
15	King Kong Bundy	14	Mabel	03:00 3:00
16	Mo	13	Bundy	00:03 0:03
17	Mabel	16	Luger	01:58 1:58
18	Bushwhacker Butch	15	Michaels	00:19 0:19
19	Lex Luger	27	Michaels and Crush	18:51
20	Mantaur The Mantaur	18	Luger	09:33 9:33
21	Aldo Montoya	23	Michaels	13:21
22	Henry Godwinn	26	Luger	14:40
23	Billy Gunn	20	Crush and Murdoch	07:25 7:25
24	Bart Gunn	19	Crush and Murdoch	06:19 6:19
25	Bob Backlund	17	Luger	00:16 0:16
26	Steven Dunn	21	Montoya	04:29 4:29
27	Dick Murdoch	25	Himself	05:08 5:08
28	Adam Bomb	22	Crush	05:20 5:20
29	Fatu	24	Crush	05:32 5:32
30	Crush	28	British Bulldog	08:51 8:51

[edit] Other on-screen talent

Commentators Jerry "The King" Lawler Vince McMahon Spanish Commentators Carlos Cabrera Ed Trucco Referees Danny Davis Jack Doan Earl Hebner Tim White

Interviewers Todd Pettengill Stephanie Wiand Raymond Rougeau - Coliseum Release Ring announcer Howard Finkel

[edit] Notes

• This is the only Royal Rumble that has participants entering at one minute intervals.
• This was the first Royal Rumble in which the first participant in the match (Shawn Michaels) won the Royal Rumble, a feat not duplicated until the 2004 event when Chris Benoit entered first and won. However, because the 2004 event had entrances every 90 seconds Benoit's match lasted longer.
• This is the last Royal Rumble to use the original burgundy and gold ring aprons and rafter banners that had been used since the 1989 Royal Rumble. They weren't seen again until the press conference for the 1996 event, though they were not used at the actual event. They were replaced with black, red and gold.
• Pamela Anderson was on hand for the event and was featured in various backstage segments as well as in escorting the winner of the Rumble out of the arena.

[edit] References

• "2007 Pro Wrestling Illustrated Almanac & Book of Facts", Wrestling’s historical cards, Kappa Publishing, 2007, pp. 93. 
• hoofco-inc.com - Royal Rumble '95 review
• wrestlinginformer.net - Royal Rumble '95 review

[edit] External links

• Official 1995 Royal Rumble website
• onlineworldofwrestling.com - Royal Rumble '95 results
• twnpnews.com - Royal Rumble