Saturday, January 22, 1994

Royal Rumble 1994 - The Results

The show begins with the surprise return of "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, who hasn't been seen since SummerSlam. He joins Vince McMahon on commentary.

It is announced before the first match that Bam Bam Bigelow is replacing Ludvig Borga in the match against Tatanka.

Tatanka beats Bam Bam Bigelow.

Todd Pettengill interviews The Hart Brothers (Bret and Owen Hart). Bret says that when he and Owen take the tag team titles, they'll defend against all comers. Owen can't wait to make his brother a three-time tag team champion.

The Quebecers (Jacques and Pierre) retain the WWF Tag Team Championships against The Hart Brothers (Bret and Owen Hart) after the referee elects to end the match despite there being no submission from Bret Hart. After the match, Owen Hart confronts Bret for not tagging him in when he had the chance, then kicks Bret in his injured leg, turning on him. As Owen leaves, he says to the camera that Bret is selfish and only cares about himself. Bret has to be helped back to the back. Todd Pettengill interviews Owen Hart in the locker room. Owen calls Bret selfish for costing him the tag team titles and said that Bret just had to tag him in. As for the Royal Rumble match, Owen says Bret cost himself the match, and not only says that Bret doesn't care about him, but that he doesn't care about Bret. He plans on winning the Royal Rumble match to get back at Bret. (Note: This is where the infamous "That's why I kicked your leg out of your leg" line comes from.)

Jim Ross and Gorilla Monsoon take over on commentary for the next match.

Irwin R. Schyster beats Razor Ramon to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship after Shawn Michaels hits Razor Ramon from behind with his Intercontinental title belt, then leaves it behind. When another official shows up to tell the referee what's going on, Razor Ramon hits the Razor's Edge on I.R.S. to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship.

Yokozuna retains the WWF Championship against The Undertaker in a Casket Match thanks to the help of Crush, The Great Kabuki, Tenryu, Bam Bam Bigelow, Adam Bomb, Jeff Jarrett, Samu, Fatu, and Diesel. Undertaker's fate is further sealed when Yokozuna opens the urn, causing the urn's power to escape in a flowing waft of green smoke. After the match, all ten men along with Mr. Fuji, Jim Cornette and Afa push the casket - containing Undertaker - to the back when green smoke suddenly emanates from it. On the TitanTron, the inside of the casket is shown...and Undertaker wakes up, saying that his spirit lives within the soul of all mankind and cannot be extinguished, and that all mankind will soon witness his rebirth, as he will not rest in peace. Undertaker's soul then rises from the TitanTron image, and through the ceiling of the arena. Paul Bearer is soon seen paying tribute to 'Taker before pushing the casket to the back.



We hear from some of the participants of this year's Royal Rumble match: "Macho Man" Randy Savage, "Double J" Jeff Jarrett, Tatanka, Diesel, Doink, Shawn Michaels, and Lex Luger.

In a shocking twist, Lex Luger and Bret Hart, the last two men in the ring and the latter still hurting from the tag team match with his brother-turned-enemy Owen Hart, seemingly eliminate each other from the Royal Rumble match at the same time. The referees cannot tell who landed outside of the ring first, and at first, Luger is declared the winner, but then the decision is reversed and Hart is declared the winner. However, the referees still quarrel, and the results of the Royal Rumble match are in doubt. Jack Tunney shows up, however, and both men are declared co-winners after three replays from various angles show that both men landed outside of the ring at the same time. Both men give a very brief handshake before leaving.





During the Rumble...

Kwang makes his televised debut.

It is revealed that Tenryu and The Great Kabuki attacked Lex Luger earlier today.

It is also revealed that Virgil is an alternate for Kamala. It doesn't take long for Diesel to eliminate him, however.

Crush eliminates "Macho Man" Randy Savage.

Thurman "Sparky" Plugg shows up an an alternate for The 1-2-3 Kid, who currently has a bad knee.

Diesel is eliminated after Shawn Michaels shows up and Diesel teases turning on him. Diesel has the most eliminations this year with seven.

It takes seven men to eliminate Mabel.

Lex Luger eliminates The Great Kabuki by himself, and eliminates Tenryu with the help of Bret "Hit Man" Hart.

Bret Hart somehow shows up two numbers late, despite still hurting from his match earlier. Nevertheless, the numbering for the Royal Rumble match is undisturbed. It is later revealed to be Bastion Booger, who became sick prior to the Rumble.

Scott Steiner
Samu
Rick Steiner
Kwang
Owen Hart
Bart Gunn
Diesel
Bob Backlund
Billy Gunn
Virgil
"Macho Man" Randy Savage
"Double J" Jeff Jarrett
Crush
Doink
Bam Bam Bigelow
Mabel
Thurman "Sparky" Plugg
Shawn Michaels
Mo
Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
Tatanka
The Great Kabuki
Lex Luger
Tenryu
Bastion Booger
"The Model" Rick Martel
Bret "Hit Man" Hart
Fatu
Marty Jannetty
Adam Bomb

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