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Royal Rumble 1994
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PromotionWorld Wrestling Federation
DateJanuary 22 1994
CityProvidence, Rhode Island
VenueProvidence Civic Center
Attendance14,500[1]
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Royal Rumble 1994 was the seventh annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on January 22 1994 at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island. The main event was the Royal Rumble match, a battle royal in which wrestlers enter the ring at regular intervals. Lex Luger and Bret Hart were named co-winners after they simultaneously eliminated each other.[2]

The undercard featured a Casket match for the WWF Championship, in which Yokozuna successfully defended the title against The Undertaker.[1] In addition, The Quebecers beat Bret and Owen Hart to retain the World Tag Team Championship and Razor Ramon successfully defended his Intercontinental Championship.[1]

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Background

The first televised match of the pay per view was supposed to be Ludvig Borga vs. Tatanka. The two were engaged in a feud that began prior to Survivor Series 1993. Tatanka was undefeated in the WWF since his debut in 1991.[3] Borga ended this streak on September 28 1993, when he hit Tatanka with a steel chair while the referee was distracted.[3] As a results of kayfabe injuries from this attack and the beating he suffered afterward at the hands of Borga and Yokozuna, Tatanka was forced to miss the main event match at Survivor Series.[4] Although Tatanka defeated Borga by disqualification on the December 20 1993 edition of Monday Night RAW,[5] the bitterness between the two remained.

Borga suffered a legitimate ankle injury, however, and was replaced by Bam Bam Bigelow.[6] Although the substitution took place shortly before the event, Bigelow and Tatanka also had a heated rivalry. In 1993, Bigelow cut Tatanka's dyed red hair as an insult to his Lumbee heritage.[3] The two faced each other as part of a six-man match at SummerSlam 1993, but the feud continued even after Tatanka's team emerged victorious.[7]

Razor Ramon and Irwin R. Schyster (I.R.S.) began feuding prior to SummerSlam 1993 because of an angle in which Money Inc. (Ted DiBiase and I.R.S.) teased Ramon about losing to the 1-2-3 Kid, a newcomer to the WWF.[8] The rivalry heated up when I.R.S. stole Ramon's gold chains while Shawn Michaels had Ramon distracted.[9][10] Ramon and I.R.S. agreed to settle the feud at Royal Rumble 1994 with Ramon's Intercontinental Championship on the line.

At Survivor Series 1993, Owen Hart was eliminated from the “Hart Brothers vs. Shawn Michaels and His Knights” elimination match due to miscommunication within the Hart team. Bret Hart was walking along the ring apron when Owen ran into him, causing Owen to lose his focus and be pinned by Michaels.[11] After the match, Owen interrupted his brothers’ victory celebration to verbally attack Bret.[11] He demanded a match with Bret to settle the dispute. Bret refused, and the brothers reunited over the Christmas holidays.[2][12] They decided to focus their energy on taking the tag team title from the Quebecers. Their plan was temporarily put on hold when Marty Jannetty and the 1-2-3 Kid won the belts,[13] but the Quebecers won a rematch the following week,[14] guaranteeing that the Harts would get their title shot.

The rivalry between Yokozuna and The Undertaker began at Survivor Series 1993. Yokozuna, who was pushed as an unstoppable monster,[15] was unable to inflict any serious damage on The Undertaker when the two faced each other in an elimination match. Yokozuna slammed The Undertaker’s head into the steel steps leading up to the ring, but The Undertaker was unharmed.[16] Later, Yokozuna used his finishing move, the Banzai Drop, on The Undertaker. When he tried to repeat the move, however, The Undertaker became the first wrestler to sit up after the move, surprising Yokozuna and his managers.[16] The Undertaker was granted a title shot, but Jim Cornette, Yokozuna’s American spokesperson, included a clause in the contract that The Undertaker would not get a rematch if he lost.[17] Paul Bearer, The Undertaker’s manager, included a clause stating that the confrontation would take place in a Casket match. In the following weeks, it was revealed that Yokozuna had a fear of caskets.[18] The Undertaker used this knowledge to gain a psychological advantage going into the match. On one occasion, Paul Bearer brought the casket to the ring to intimidate Yokozuna. When Yokozuna approached the casket to face his fear, the Undertaker popped out to scare Yokozuna.[17]

Lex Luger wanted to participate in the Royal Rumble match, as the winner was scheduled to get a title shot for the WWF World Championship at WrestleMania X. The contract he had signed for his title shot at SummerSlam 1993, however, stated that he would not receive a rematch if he failed to win the title.[19] A compromise was reached, allowing Luger to compete. Yokozuna's manager, Mr. Fuji, was allowed to bring in two wrestlers, Genichiro Tenryu and The Great Kabuki to hurt Luger's chances of winning.[15]

Event

Other On-Screen Talent
Role: Name:
Commentator Vince McMahon
Ted DiBiase
Gorilla Monsoon - Radio WWF
Jim Ross - Radio WWF
Referee Earl Hebner
Danny Davis
Joey Marella
Tim White
Interviewer Todd Pettengill
Raymond Rougeau
Ring announcer Howard Finkel

Results

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

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Cite error: The named reference pwh was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Most Rugged Roads to WrestleMania". WWE. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
  3. ^ a b c "Bio/Stats Page 2". Native Son Tatanka. Retrieved 2007-10-21.
  4. ^ "16 Years of the Survivor Series: Stats and Facts". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
  5. ^ "Wrestler Profiles: Ludvig Borga". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
  6. ^ "World Wrestling Entertainment Substitutions". Softwolves. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
  7. ^ "SummerSlam 1993". WWE. Retrieved 2007-10-21.
  8. ^ "Wrestler Profiles: Ted DiBiase". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
  9. ^ "WWF Raw: December 06, 1993". The Other Arena. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
  10. ^ "WWF Raw: December 13, 1993". The Other Arena. Retrieved 2007-10-23.
  11. ^ a b Gutschmidt, Adam. "WWF Survivor Series '93 Re-Revued". Online Onslaught. Retrieved 2007-10-21.
  12. ^ Gutschmidt, Adam. "Royal Rumble 1994 Re-Revued". Online Onslaught. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
  13. ^ "Marty Jannetty and 1-2-3 Kid's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
  14. ^ "The Quebecers' second reign". WWE. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
  15. ^ a b Kearns, Colm. "The History of the WWE Title, Part 3". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
  16. ^ a b "Survivor Series '93". The Other Arena. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
  17. ^ a b "Monday Night Raw: January 17, 1994". The Other Arena. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
  18. ^ "Monday Night Raw: January 3, 1994". The Other Arena. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
  19. ^ "Lex Luger vs. Yokozuna w/ Mr. Fuji for the WWE Championship". WWE. Retrieved 2007-10-23.
  20. ^ Cite error: The named reference champs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  21. ^ a b c d e f Cite error: The named reference pwwew was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  22. ^ Cite error: The named reference owen was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  23. ^ Cite error: The named reference hoffco was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

References

  • "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts". Wrestling’s historical cards. Kappa Publishing. 2007. p. 92.

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