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

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Results

• 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 count-out, 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 and Jeff Jarrett 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 (kayfabe) shoved him to the floor.
• Shawn Michaels won the 1995 Royal Rumble (39:39)
  • The final two participants were Shawn Michaels and The British Bulldog, who were also the first two participants in the match as well. 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.

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Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

A new entrant came out approximately every minute.

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Other on-screen talent

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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 purple 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.
• 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.
• This is also the last WWF PPV event to use the "Classic" WWF logo.
• Rick Martel competed in his then-record seventh Royal Rumble in 1995, passing Tito Santana.

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References

• PWI Staff. "Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts", "Wrestling’s historical cards", Kappa Publishing, 2007, pp. 93. (English) 
• hoofco-inc.com - Royal Rumble '95 review
• wrestlinginformer.net - Royal Rumble '95 review

External links

• Official 1995 Royal Rumble website
• twnpnews.com - Royal Rumble