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. Image File history File links Royal_Rumble_1991. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Miami Arena is an indoor arena in Miami, Florida. ... Miami redirects here. ... Survivor Series 1990 was the fourth annual Survivor Series pay-per-view professional wrestling event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). ... WrestleMania VII was the seventh annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event from the World Wrestling Federation. ... This article is about the professional wrestling pay-per-view event. ... For the video game, see Pro Wrestling (video game). ... Pay-per-view is the name given to a system by which television viewers can call and order events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event to their homes later. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Miami Arena is an indoor arena in Miami, Florida. ... Miami redirects here. ...

Results

• 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 two handed chokeslam.
  • 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 Royal Rumble win.

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Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

A new entrant came out approximately every 2 minutes.

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Other on-screen talent

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Notes

• 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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References

• "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts", Wrestling’s Historical Cards, Kappa Publishing, 2007, pp. 89. 
• onlineworldofwrestling.com - Royal Rumble '91 results
• twnpnews.com - Royal Rumble
• wrestlinginformer.net - Royal Rumble '91 review

External links

• Official 1991 Royal Rumble website