1995 Royal Rumble
USF Sun Dome, Tampa, Florida
January 22, 1995
Commentators: Vince McMahon and Jerry “The King” Lawler
The show opened with a limo arriving as Pamela Anderson comes out of the limo. Many of the Rumble participants are very excited to see her. Pamela Anderson will be escorting the winner of the Rumble down the aisle at WrestleMania. We then go to an awesome Royal Rumble intro narrated by Vince McMahon as he introduces the participants and matches for Royal Rumble 1995. It’s time for the Royal Rumble. Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler welcome us to the show. We are at the Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida. They hype up the matches for tonight. Only the Tag titles are on the line tonight. Then the main attraction of the night is The Royal Rumble match. It’s every man for himself and the winner of the Rumble receives a WWF Title Match at WrestleMania XI. Jerry Lawler is so excited for the Rumble and he can’t wait to see Pamela Anderson. We're ready to go for our first match.
Lex Luger & Headshrinkers vs Bam Bam Bigelow & King Kong Bundy & IRS. Headshrinkers are with Captain Lou and Afa. Ted Dibiase accomplices his men. All men except Bundy will be in the Rumble match tonight. Luger and Dibiase have a stare down as Sionne and IRS start things off. IRS shoves Sionne, Sionne shoves IRS back and IRS goes down to the mat. IRS gets up and slaps Sionne in the face. Sionne tries going after IRS but IRS decides to tag in King Kong Bundy. Sionne immediately charges at him and punches away, trying to get him towards the ropes, but Bundy barley budges. Bundy blocks a few punches and headbutts his way out of Sionne's grasp. He chops away and sends Sionne to the ropes and catches him with a belly to belly, and right back up with a leg drop! Bundy kneels down on Sionne's chest with his knee and grabs the ropes for leverage, but the referee makes him break it up. Bundy stalks around before hitting the ropes and landing on top of Sionne with a huge elbow drop. He goes for a cover with a hook of the leg, one, TWO -- kickout. Bundy lifts Sionne up and locks him in a rear headlock into a chinlock. He tries to transition into a bow and arrow, but Sionne's able to break his arms free and roll away! Bundy gets up off his knee and tries to squash Sionne with another big elbow drop, but Sionne rolls out of the way! Sionne stumbles up in the corner, trying to regain his composure, and Bundy tags out. Bigelow is now in and Sionne misses a clothesline. Bigelow applies a reverse chinlock, Sionne gets back to his feet and breaks the hold and Bigelow rakes the eyes. Bigelow came charging and Sionne backdrops him over the top rope as Bigelow lands right on Dibiase. Sionne goes on the offense and applies a chinlock, Bigelow breaks free and delivers a roundhouse kick and gets a 2 count. Bigelow grabs Sionne's legs opens them and kicks Sionne right into the lower abdomen. Bigelow hits an inverted atomic drop and delivers some European uppercuts in the corner. Sionne fights back with some right hands but Bigelow pokes Sionne in the eyes and dropkicks Sionne through the ropes. Bigelow then knocks Sionne back down with a baseball slide dropkick. Bigelow posed while Sionne layed out on the floor. Bigelow distracts the ref and Corporation gets some cheapshots on Sionne. Luger and Fatu get over and save Sionne. Bigelow goes back on the attack on Sionne after Dibiase rolls him in. Bigelow then sends Sionne hard into the corner. Bigelow then connects with an elbow drop off the top rope and gets a 2 count. Northern light suplex and another near fall. Bigelow applies a sleeper hold as Bigelow is trying to wear Sionne down. The crowd gets behind Sionne as he gets back to his feet and breaks the hold with a back suplex. Now both men are down. Both men beginning to get back up and double tag to Fatu and IRS, as they trade punches. Fatu with an Irish whip and follows up with a delayed vertical suplex and gets a near fall. Fatu then hits mounted punches in the corner and IRS counters with an atomic drop. IRS attempts an insiguri, Fatu catches by the leg but IRS nails him with the insiguri with the other leg and gets a near fall. Now can IRS tags back out to Bundy. Bundy wants Luger. Bundy picks up Fatu and throws him at Luger who tags in and pounces on Bundy and hammers away. Luger chops, punches and kicks away as much as he can. He kicks him borderline below the belt and bends him down and he's gonna try for a slam. HE TRIES -- HE TRIIIIES -- NO, Bundy falls on top! He rushes towards the ropes and grabs on for dear life as Luger tries to roll him up from behind, but Bundy holds onto the ropes and he goes to sit down but Luger moves! Luger gets up to a knee as Bundy pops up holding his ass in pain and Luger chops Bundy violently into the corner! He chops Bundy EXTREMELY hard 5, 6, 7 times in a row and Bundy's planted back firmly. Luger rushes across the ring to the other corner and goes to charge -- but he's stuck! Dibiase's holding onto his leg fro the outside! Luger tries fighting him off but before he can, Bundy runs from the other corner and nails a splash! Luger stumbles out and Bundy catches him with a belly to belly suplex! Headshrinkers dive in to go after him but, IRS and Bigelow are in! Fatu and IRS go over the top from a Fatu diving splash, while Bigelow tosses Sionne out and goes after him. Bundy with a Avalanche and he hooks the leg for the three.
Winners @ 15:12 Million Dollar Corporation. Jerry Lawler puts over how great the Corporation looks as a unit. Corporation celebrates and taunts Luger.
Backstage, Todd Pettingill drools all over Pamela Anderson and she shows off all the presents the WWF wrestlers got her.
The cameras go back to the ringside area, where LT is watching with his entourage, enjoying the show thus far.
Adam Bomb & Mabel vs WWF Tag Team Champions Owen Hart & Jim Neidhart. Jim Neidhart and Adam Bomb tied up with Neidhart gaining the advantage by taking Bomb down with a firemans carry. Neidhart whips Bomb off the ropes, Bomb with a leapfrog and follows up with a monkey flip. Bomb whips Neidhart into the ropes and attempts a hiptoss but Bomb blocks. Neidhart with the other arm with an armdrag takedown and a scoop slam. Bomb then comes back with a dropkick and gets a 2 count. He tags in Mabel who works the arm of Neidhart. Neidhart comes back with a shoulder block which doesn't move Mabel so Neidhart tags in Owen. Owen turns Mabel around and Neidhart clips the Knee. Owen starts kicking away at the Knee. Owen tags back in Neidhart and they try a double suplex which Mabel blocks with a suplex of his own. Mabel is able to reach and tag out to Bomb. Bomb with a droptoe hold and Mabel follows up with an elbow drop and Neidhart kicks out at 2. Neidhart then avoids a corner charge and comes back with clothesline and gets a two count. Owen tags in as he gets Bomb in a chinlock. Bomb back to his feet breaks free as he comes off the ropes, leapfrog by Owen, Bomb with a crossbody, Owen ducks and Bomb is down and Owen hits a moonsault off the top. What a phenomenal athletic move by Owen Hart as he goes for a cover and gets 2 1/2 only. Owen takes control until he sends Bomb to the corner and ran into an elbow. Bomb tags in Mabel and he has Owen up for a suplex and tags Bomb. Bomb has him up and Mabel with a middle rope splash. Owen then comes back with a enzaguri and a 2 count. Neidhart tags in and hits a slingshot splash. Bomb then ducks a clothesline and Mabel with the blind tag as Neidhart clotheslines Bomb and from behind Mabel with a clothesline on Neidhart. Mabel turns around and Owen came in there and nailed Mabel with a missal dropkick. What action. Mabel hits a belly to belly suplex and a 2 count. Mabel sends Neidhart to the ropes, Owen with the blind tag and Hart's with a double Russian legsweep. Hart's take control wearing down Mabel. Rocket launcher gets a 2 count. Hart's doing a good job from keeping Mabel from tagging in his partner. Neidhart takes control with a chinlock, Mabel breaks free and Neidhart catches him with a reverse elbow. Neidhart goes on the offense, he tags Owen in as he heads up top for a splash and Mabel rolls out of the way. They're pulling out all the stops, both of these teams are giving it their all. Both men made the tags as Neidhart and Bomb exchange blows, Neidhart ducks a right hand and delivers a dragon suplex and a nearfall. Neidhart follows up with a double underhook suplex and Bomb kicks out at 2. Bomb then gets a sunset flip and Neidhart kicks out a 2. Bomb with a clothesline as he tags Mabel back in. Mabel hammers away on Neidhart, he misses a clothesline and Neidhart delivers a leaping shoulder block. Owen tags in and Hart's hit a double clothesline. Now Mabel is in trouble as Owen and Neidhart exchange tags wearing down Mabel. Neidhart then has Mabel beaten down and tags Owen in and Owen goes up top and hits an elbow drop. Nice tag team move there by Hart's. A cover and Bomb breaks up the pin. Neidhart having words with Bomb as the ref sends them back to their corners. Owen then sends Mabel to the ropes and Mabel counters with a leg drop bulldog type maneuver and both men down are down. Both men crawling to their corners and made the tags and Neidhart and Bomb exchanging blows. Bomb reversed a whip and delivers a knee lift. He tags Mabel in again as Mabel connects with the spinning sideslam. A cover and Owen breaks up the pin. All four men brawl in the ring. Owen clotheslines Bomb to the floor. Rocket Launcher again on Mabel. 1, 2 and Bomb breaks it up. Bomb sends Neidhart to the corner and hits a corner clothesline. Bomb turns around and Owen leaps up and takes him down with a hurricanranna. That is unbelievable what agility from Owen Hart but Bomb is not the legal man. Owen grabs Mabel's legs and locks in the Sharpshooter and Mabel taps out after a minute.
Winners @ 8:29 Owen Hart and Jim Neidhart. It's over and the New Hart Foundation retain the titles. The crowd is going nuts as this was a tremendous tag team match. Hart's celebrate. Mabel and Bomb back to their feet and they look dejected. They gave it everything they could but just fell short. They give a little nod to the Harts and leave as Owen and Neidhart stand on the turnbuckles with the belts.
An ad for WWF WrestleMania XI on 4/2 airs.
Backstage we see Mr Fuji talking with Yokozuna and Crush about their match tonight.
At ringside Todd Pettingill interviews LT. He says he is happy to be here and the show has been great so far. He can't wait to see who wins the Rumble and he's here supporting his boy Diesel.
Bret Hart vs Bob Backlund I Quit Match: Winner is #30 in Rumble match. Both men are in the ring and ready to go when Jack Tunney gets in the ring and sends the referee to the back. Tunney gets on the mic and says he has found a special person to officiate this match. Roddy Piper comes out as he is the ref. Vince goes crazy and Lawler says this isn't fair Piper is a friend of the Hitmans. Bret pounds away at Backlund in the corner, and quickly whips him into the opposite corner. Headbutt and elbow puts Backlund down, and Bret goes for a sharpshooter early. Backlund shoves him off so Bret drops an elbow on him. Bret fires Backlund into the corner and chokes him out on the second rope. Bret goes back to the sharpshooter, but Backlund rolls through. Bret then locks in a figure four in the center of the ring. Backlund turns the hold over so Bret rolls through to the ropes to break. Bret grabs the leg again and drops down on it grapevine the foot. Backlund is able to sit up and kick the face of Bret to break it. Backlund goes to work in the corner working the arm, before stalking for the crossface chicken wing. Bret turns away before Backlund locks it in, and Backlund then whips him into the buckle. Backlund drops down into an armbar takedown, and turns it into a hammerlock. Backlund delivers an elbow to the face, and then grabs another armbar. Bret slams out of the armbar, and delivers a backbreaker. Second rope elbow connects for Bret, and then he goes for the sharpshooter. Backlund is able to turn to the ropes again to stop the hold. Irish whip sends Backlund into the corner, but Bret’s charge comes up empty as he shoulderblocks the ring post. Backlund then stalks and locks in the crossface chicken wing. Bret reverses the hold into a crossface chicken wing of his own, and is able to drop down with it and Backlund submits.
Winner @ 9:53 Bret Hart. Bret Hart will be
#30 in tonight's Royal Rumble match. Backlund gave it his all and Vince questions if Backlund would make an appearance in the Rumble match. Lawler says he hopes not because he would hate to eliminate a friend to win the Rumble. Hart celebrates his win while Backlund rolls out holding his shoulder to the back.
Up next is the main event tag match. Lawler and McMahon discuss the match. They show pre recorded comments from both teams from Todd interviewing them for the pre show.
WWF & IC Champion Yokozuna & Crush vs Razor Ramon & Undertaker. Lock up and Ramon manages to get a wrist lock on Crush, Razor sends Crush into the ropes and Crush knocks Razor down with a shoulder block. They lock up again and Crush throws Razor into the corner and delivers repeated back elbows and then tosses Razor down to the mat. Crush tags Yokozuna in. They lock up and Razor takes Yoko down on the mat. Yoko gets angry and shoves Razor and both men exchanging punches. Here we go, slugfest with Yoko getting the upperhand. Yoko with a body slam but misses an elbow drop. Razor with a dropkick and gets a headlock on Yoko. Yoko gets back up to his feet quick and sends Razor into the ropes and hits a clothesline for a 2 count. Yoko then runs the ropes and drops his weight across the back of Razor. Yoko sends Razor into the turnbuckle and Yoko uses his foot to choke Razor in the corner. Razor then avoids a clothesline from Crush who is tagged in and hits a crossbody for a 2 count. Razor then goes to work on Crush’s leg in the early going. He keeps Crush down on the mat for a few minutes, dropping a few elbow drops. Spinning toe hold by Razor, lots of pressure being applied here and Razor drops an elbow on the leg but Crush uses his big boot and kicks Bret on the face to get out of the hold. Crush uses the ropes to pull himself up. Razor blocks a right hand from Crush and Razor comes off the ropes and Crush nails him with a big boot. The momentum has shifted back in favor of Crush. Crush delivers repeated knee lifts in the corner and then tags Yokozuna back in. Razor fights back with some right hands. Razor then gets backdropped to the floor. They end up brawling outside and Yoko sends Razor right into the apron. He sends Razor back in and Yoko went on the offense and starts to work on Razor’s back and delivers a backbreaker. Series of forearms by Crush, he sends Razor into the corner. Crush comes charging in, Razor moves and Crush rams his knee in the corner and now Razor tags Undertaker. Taker puts Crush’s leg on the ropes and jumps on it. Taker went for a figure four leg lock and Crush quickly made the ropes. Crush rolls outside the ring so Taker came off the ropes and delivers a suicide dive through the ropes. Taker sends Crush back in. Taker then comes off the ropes but Crush catches him and delivers a big sidewalk slam but Crush can’t follow up on the pin very quickly and can only manage a 2 count. Crush works the back of Undertaker and then sends Taker into the turnbuckle. Yokozuna then puts a bearhug on Taker and then rams Taker into the turnbuckle. Crush hobbles around the ring and hammers Taker down. Crush then drops Taker into the corner with a superkick, he tags in Yokozuna who tries a splash but misses allowing Taker to get Razor back in. Razor starts laying in with right hands. Razor clotheslines Yokozuna through the ropes. They brawl outside. Razor then reverses a whip and sends Yoko into the steel post. Yoko is back in and Razor is now on the apron. Yoko goes for a suplex from the apron, Razor counters with a sunset flip, Yoko goes to sit down but Razor moves. Razor drops an elbow on Yoko. Yoko then reverses a whip and sends Razor into the turnbuckle and comes running in but Razor moves in time to slide out of the ring and pulled Yoko’s legs from the outside as he hits Yoko’s groin into the ring post. Razor gets in and tags Taker back in to gain control again. Taker hits Soup Bones and got a 2 count. Taker then did his rope walk and set ups for a finisher. Just when Taker is about to put Yoko away. Yoko quickly grabs the ropes. Yoko pulls himself up by using the ropes, Taker comes charging in and Yoko kicks Taker to the gut. He sets up for a Banzai Drop but Taker counters with a low blow. Taker does more damage to the leg of Yoko. Taker attempts Hell's Gate and applies the hold and he has it locked in. Yoko is near the ropes, desperately trying to hang in there and Yoko made the ropes. Taker brings Yoko up to his feet but Yoko ends up shoving Taker shoulder first into the ring post. Crush then wears Taker down and sends Taker crashing spine first into the corner turnbuckle. Yoko then signals for the Side belly to belly suplex and drops Taker with the Side belly to belly suplex. 1, 2, and Razor breaks it up. Crush and Razor now brawl. Yoko sends Taker into the corner and delivers a corner clothesline. Taker then comes back by playing possum feigning an injury and rolls up Crush for a small package and got a near fall. Both men back up and Crush then accidently whips Taker into the ref to knock the ref down. He caught the ref to send the ref down but luckily he didn’t knock the ref out cold. Taker ducks a right hand from Crush and gets an inside cradle but the official slowly gets back up and makes the count and Crush kicks out at 2. Taker is having words with the official over the count so Crush gets back up and drivers a knee to the back of Taker as Taker bumps into the ref which sends the referee out of the ring. Taker and Razor double clothesline Yoko out of the ring and The Corporation is out. Tatanka and Bigelow go after Razor while Bundy and IRS pound away on Undertaker. On the outside Dibiase is able to corner Paul Bearer with the help of Cornette and Fuji. Dibiase lays out Bearer and steals the urn. Dibiase takes the urn and calls off his Corporation members, who leave Razor and Undertaker laying. Yokozuna sets up Undertaker for a Banzai drop and hits it but the ref is still down. Crush tosses Razor to the outside and Yoko goes for a second Banzai drop, but Undertaker sits up. Taker boots Crush down and Yoko gets off the ropes and bolts to the back with Taker in toe. Razor and Crush are both back up and exchange right hands. Razor comes off the ropes but Crush tries countering with a hiptoss but no Razor counters into a backslide but can’t get Crush down so Razor uses the turnbuckle to climb up the middle rope to surprise Crush and flips over on Crush's shoulders. Razor’s trying to go for a victory roll, can he get it and yes Razor uses his weight to get a victory roll on Crush, he’s got the feet hooked, 1, 2, 3. He got him.
Winners @ 27:18 Razor Ramon/Undertaker.
At ringside Vince and Lawler make their Rumble predictions. Vince thinks The Undertaker will win the Royal Rumble. Lawler picks himself to win. We then hear pre-recorded comments made earlier this afternoon involving some of the participants. We hear from IRS, Bret Hart, Bam Bam Bigelow, Shawn Michaels, Undertaker, Razor Ramon, 1-2-3 Kid, Owen Hart, Lex Luger, Diesel, and Jerry Lawler. Everybody is ready for the Rumble. Jerry Lawler points out that this will be the first Royal Rumble match where you will hear the theme song for every participant. Let's go to Fink at ringside.
30 Man Royal Rumble Match. Winner gets a WWF Title shot at WrestleMania XI. Howard Finkel runs through the rules of the match, every 90 seconds a new entrant will enter. Finkel then introduced Pamela Anderson. She gets a great ovation and greets the crowd before taking a seat at ringside. Jerry Lawler is so excited to see Pamela. Pamela will be escorting the winner down the aisle at WrestleMania. Now it is time for the 1995 WWF Royal Rumble match. Let us all find out who drew
#1 .
Entrant # 1: Bulldog who comes out to a great reaction.
Entrant # 2: Hakushi who comes down with Shinja. A stare down between the two to start with the fans getting behind Bulldog. Shoving match ensues. Bulldog nails Hakushi with a right hand and here we go, the Rumble gets underway. Bulldog sends Hakushi into the ropes and hits a clothesline. Bulldog taking it to Hakushi here as Hakushi rolls to the floor. Bulldog does some of his taunts as the crowd gets into it. Hakushi gets back in as they lock up and Hakushi rakes Bulldog's eyes and hits a few punches. Bulldog reverses an irish whip and catches Hakushi and drops him with a fallaway slam. The countdown begins and here is # 3.
Entrant # 3: Billy Gunn who takes his time getting to the ring. Billy enters the ring and saves Bulldog from being eliminated. Billy starts beating down Hakushi. Hakushi fights back but Bulldog helps Billy beat down Hakushi. Bulldog holds Hakushi and Billy gets a couple of shots on Hakushi as the countdown begins and who's coming in next?
Entrant # 4: Bart Gunn and he runs down to the ring. Bulldog and Billy try to eliminate Hakushi by placing him over the top turnbuckle. Bart is in the ring and he helping his brother Billy out. Bart unloads on Bulldog. Hakushi reversed an Irish whip and catches Billy and drops him with a crucifix powerbomb. Bart tries to get Hakushi over the top rope but Hakushi hangs. Bart then hits Bulldog with a spinning heel kick. Gunns now staring down each other, are they going to go at it? They turn around and hammer away at Bulldog and Hakushi and the countdown for the next entrant begins.
Entrant # 5: IRS comes out with Ted Dibiase and attacks Bulldog from behind. Lawler calls Ted Dibiase a very smart man and talks about how strong and dominant the Million Dollar Corporation will be at the Rumble. IRS then goes after Billy. Bart and Bulldog hammer away at Hakushi. No one has been eliminated as of yet and the countdown begins.
Entrant # 6: Kama and he runs down to the ring. He's the Supreme Fighting Machine. A newcomer in the WWF. Bulldog attacks Kama from behind. Lawler puts over how tough and dangerous Kama is. Bulldog pounding away on Kama. IRS then goes for the write off on Billy, Billy ducks it as IRS goes down on the canvas. Billy then clotheslines IRS over the top rope to the floor. Sychster is out of here and he's furious. The refs tell him to leave and Billy taunts the tax man as the Florida crowd cheered Billy on.
IRS ELIMINATED. LT is shown laughing at IRS.
Entrant # 7: Bam Bam Bigelow comes down with Ted Dibiase. Bart gets attacked by Bigelow as he enters the ring. Bigelow strikes him hard with a series of right hands and then kicks to the back. Bulldog hammering away on Kama while Hakushi worked over Billy in the corner. The countdown begins for the next entrant.
Entrant # 8: Undertaker and the crowd is going wild. Undertaker comes in and hammers away on Hakushi. Bigelow then attacks Undertaker from behind. Taker ducks a clothesline and hits a dropkick. Bigelow reversed an irish whip and catches Taker with a knee lift. Bigelow then beats down Taker. Kama and Bulldog going at it in one corner while Gunns work over Hakushi. Bart then decides to turn to Kama. Kama lifts Bart up for a press slam and Bart rakes him in the face to avoid being press slammed out to the floor. Billy hits a clothesline on Kama and follows up with a big right hand. The countdown begins for the next entrant.
Entrant # 9: 1-2-3 Kid and the crowd goes wild again. Kid gets in the ring and goes right after Bigelow. Kama almost has Bulldog over but Bulldog rakes Kama's eyes and puts the boots to Kama in the corner. Bigelow with a headbutt on Undertaker, Taker retaliates by hitting Bigelow with a right hand. Bigelow then ducks a clothesline and nails Taker with the insiguri. Kama and Bart now going at it. Bart whips Kama to the ropes, Kama with a baseball slide and pokes Bart right in the eyes and a dropkick by Kama. Kama comes charging in for a clothesline and Bart backdrops Kama to the floor and
KAMA has been ELIMINATED. Lawler is surprised to see Kama being eliminated.
Entrant # 10 Henry O Godwinn and the hog farmer is making his ppv debut as he runs down and goes right after Bigelow. Bulldog slams Bigelow down to the mat and missed an elbow drop. Bigelow sends Bulldog to the corner and charged towards him and ran into a big boot. Bulldog then hits a bulldog off the second rope. Meanwhile Gunns hammer down Hakushi in the corner as Undertaker is taking a rest.
Entrant # 11 Bob Holly. Holly comes in and exchanges punches with Godwinn. Taker and Bigelow follow up from before and beat on each other. Billy almost eliminates Hakushi but Hakushi skins the cat back in and nearly throws Billy out but Billy hangs on.
Entrant # 12 Fatu of The Headshrinkers as he comes out with Afa and Captain Lou Albano. Fatu goes right after Bart Gunn. Kid teases falling out of the ring several times which got the crowd excited but Kid manages to survive. Godwinn and Undertaker then going at it. Holly's up on the top turnbuckle as he goes for a crossbody but Bulldog catches him in mid-air and drops Holly to the floor and
BOB HOLLY has been ELIMINATED. The countdown for the next entrant begins.
Entrant # 13 Dick Murdoch. Murdoch gets in the ring and Bulldog wastes no time by attacking Murdoch. Murdoch fights back but Hakushi helps Bulldog out. Bulldog and Hakushi double team on Murdoch. Murdoch fights back and Hakushi headbutts Murdoch. Murdoch comes charging in and Hakushi backdrops Murdoch to the floor to
ELIMINATE DICK MURDOCH. Fatu attacks Bigelow from behind. Fatu off the ropes and Bigelow picks Fatu up for a powerslam and tosses him over the top rope to the floor. Murdoch and
FATU ELIMINATED in the space of 15 seconds. Undertaker then gets into a slugfest with Bam Bam as the countdown begins.
Entrant # 14 Sid who comes out to a shower of boos. Sid goes right after Undertaker. Bulldog taking a rest in the corner and Jerry Lawler puts over how smart Bulldog is being. Bulldog and Hakushi the first two entrants are still in this. Undertaker then walks the ropes, Lawler thinks that's so dangerous for Undertaker to do that as he can get eliminated. Undertaker then drops a right hand across the neck of Bigelow. Undertaker then chokes Bigelow in the corner. Billy makes the mistake of jumping The Undertaker and Undertaker turns around and stalks Billy. Billy begs off and rolls underneath the ring simply wanting no part of The Undertaker. Billy rolls back in. Sid then comes charging in at Taker, Taker side steps him and tosses Sid to the floor and
SID is ELIMINATED. The countdown begins for the next entrant. Who’s coming in now to join the fray.
Entrant # 15 Lex Luger who is the 1994 Rumble winner. Lawler thinks Bigelow is going to cash in on Dibiase's bounty. Bulldog and Hakushi have now passed the 20 minute mark. Gunns double teamed on The Undertaker. They tried to both eliminate him but Undertaker fights back. Gunns with a double headbutt. Bart then rams Undertaker's head into the turnbuckles. Gunns worked over Undertaker in the corner. Bigelow attacks Gunns from behind so he could get back to the Undertaker. Taker then irish whips Bigelow into the corner with such force head first into the ring post which sends him sailing out to the floor.
BAM BAM BIGELOW ELIMINATED. Wait a minute on the outside Bigelow is throwing a tantrum, he notices Lawrence Taylor sitting there laughing at how he was eliminated. Bigelow gets in LT's face and LT apologies. Ted Dibiase is out and he hurls insults at Taylor and Bigelow takes a cheapshot on Taylor. Bigelow and Dibiase walk away and LT was restrained from going after Bigelow and Dibiase. Lawler was pleased with Bigelow's actions and thinks Taylor had it coming to him because he shouldn't have laughed at Bigelow.
Entrant # 16 Jerry Lawler who enters from the commentary position. Lawler gets to the ring and lands a clothesline on Bulldog. The Kid taking a high risk as he heads up top and lands a moonsault on both Hakushi and Lawler. The Kid attempts to throw Hakushi over the top to no avail. Lawler attacks The Kid from behind. Lawler then connects with a clothesline, flipping The 123 Kid inside out. Luger then gets the Rebel Rack on Godwinn.
Entrant # 17 Savio Vega runs down to the ring. Vega runs down and goes right after Lawler. Taker and The 123 Kid have a nice exchange until Vega helps out Kid by giving Taker a DDT. Vega and The Kid fight back as they fight off Lawler and Taker. Vega and The Kid then bump into each other ready to punch but hesitate when they see each other so Lawler and Taker assault them. McMahon puts over that Vega and Kid are real good friends of Razor Ramon who is yet to come. There is action literally all over the place as the countdown begins.
Entrant # 18 Diesel. Diesel gets in and trades right hands with Vega. Vega tries a headbutt but it has no effect on Diesel so Diesel hits a headbutt on Vega. Luger and The Kid take turns taking shots at Hakushi. Diesel gets beaten on by Lawler but Diesel reversed an irish whip and hits a big boot. Diesel then tosses Lawler over the top rope and the crowd goes wild.
JERRY LAWLER is out of here. Diesel turns around just in time to duck a double clothesline from Kid and Godwinn. Diesel clotheslines both of them over the top himself.
1-2-3 KID & HENRY GODWINN ELIMINATED. Lawler goes back to the commentary booth as Kid and Godwinn brawl to the back.
Entrant # 19 Chris Candido who made his debut on Wrestling Challenge 2 weeks ago defeating Barry Horowitz. Candido gets in and cleans house. Vega and Taker going at it. Vega climbs up to the second turnbuckle and begins to pose as he awaits Taker to get to his feet. Taker catches Vega with a right hand on his way down.
Entrant # 20 Jeff Jarrett who comes out with The Roadie to huge heat. Hakushi is on the apron he springboards in and clotheslines Jarrett. Hakushi then follows up with the handspring elbow. Meanwhile Bulldog almost eliminated Bart. Bart's in big trouble but Billy saved Bart from elimination and went after Bulldog. Gunns work over Bulldog, the double team continues as the countdown begins for the next entrant.
Entrant # 21 Aldo Montoya and he's making his first Rumble appearance. Jarrett with a dropkick on Montoya and he's over but he didn't go out as he held on to the ropes. The athletic ability saved him, you're not eliminated until both feet touch the floor. Candido almost has Diesel over and Vega saves Diesel. Vince questions why Vega would save Diesel if it's every man for himself. Diesel and Vega then together toss Candido to the floor and they high five each other. What is this all about? Lawler calls Vega the most smartest man in the Rumble.
Entrant # 22 Owen Hart as he comes out to huge heat. Owen retain the tag titles earlier by defeating Adam Bomb and Mabel with his partner Jim Neidhart. Owen gets in and saves Jarrett from being eliminated by Bulldog. Owen and Jarrett then beat down Bulldog and hit the Hart Attack finisher. Undertaker goes after Owen and Jarrett attacks from behind. They beat down Taker in the corner. They show a shot of Pamela Anderson and she looks so impressed at all the action going on in the ring. The countdown then begins for the next entrant.
Entrant # 23 Jean-Paul Levesque who Vince hypes as a young promising talent. Levesque gets in the ring and starts fighting with Owen. Diesel reverses a whip and clotheslines Montoya to the floor and
ALDO MONTOYA is ELIMINATED.
Entrant # 24 Eli Blu who comes to the ring with Uncle Zeb. Eli gets and saves Levesque from getting eliminated by Owen. Eli and Levesque hit a double headbutt on Owen. Eli and Levesque fighting it out against Owen and Bart. Taker then squashes Jarrett in the corner. Taker then throws Jarrett over the top rope to the floor and
JEFF JARRETT is ELIMINATED. Meanwhile Gunns set up for the Sidewinder on Owen but Owen knows what’s coming and slides out underneath the bottom rope. Owen points to his head thinking he’s smart and taunts Gunns. Now Hakushi and Bulldog end up fighting each other again. Owen got back in and went after Eli. The countdown begins for the next entrant as the buzzer hits.
Entrant # 25 Razor Ramon as he comes out to a huge reaction. As soon as Razor hits the ring, Eli and Owen double team Ramon. Razor manages to fend off Eli and Owen and hits a double clothesline. Ramon then throws
ELI BLU out and then throws
OWEN HART out with ease.
Entrant # 26 Jacob Blu as he comes out passing his twin brother and goes right after Razor. Jacob gets blindsided by Vega. Razor and Vega double teaming on Jacob ducks a double clothesline and then takes Razor and Vega down with a double clothesline of his own. Jacob smacks Razor and Vega's heads together. Jacob then throws Razor over the top rope and Razor lands on the apron. Razor holds the top rope down as Luger comes from behind and dumps
JACOB BLU to the floor. Vega ducks a clothesline from Luger and nails him with a roundhouse kick. Taker wants to go at it with Diesel as they have a stand off and the fans are on their feet. Diesel and Taker exchange right hands. They both try to knock each other down but no one goes down.
Entrant # 27 Shawn Michaels and he comes down to a mixed reaction. Michaels taunts the crowd as he takes his time getting down to the ring. Diesel and Razor beat down Michaels. Razor then goes after Bart. He irishwhips Bart and clotheslines him but Bart lands on the apron and saves himself from going out as he rolled in from the ring apron. Luger squashes Levesque in the corner, he tries again but Levesque moves out of the way and Levesque throws Luger over the top rope with a belly to belly suplex. Luger holds on to Levesque and both men hit the floor.
LEX LUGER is history with JEAN-PAUL LEVESQUE. Jerry Lawler is amazed and goes crazy saying Levesque has just collected Ted Dibiase's $100,000 bounty on Lex Luger. The British Bulldog fights back against Billy. Billy slides under the bottom rope and Bulldog chases Billy back in the ring but runs into a knee from Michaels.
Entrant # 28 Jean Pierre Lefitte as he runs down to the ring and goes after Razor Ramon. Lefitte then fights back with chops and delivers a backbody drop. Lefitte reversed a whip and clotheslines Razor and thinks he's eliminated Razor but Razor hangs on and comes back in and kicks Lefitte on his leg. Razor turns around and Michaels knocks him down with a right hand. Hakushi then pummelled Razor in the corner of the ring. Pamela Anderson was shown again looking on the action. Lefitte then tries to toss Razor out but Razor falls on the apron. Lefitte starts strutting in the ring thinking that he's eliminated Razor. Razor comes back in and threw Lefitte out on the other side of the ring as he goes flying over the top rope but onto the apron. The Roadie runs down to the ring and jumps Razor. Razor and Vega then send Roadie to the ropes and double clothesline him to the floor and the crowd goes nuts. Vince points out that Roadie had no business being out here. Lefitte is still in it as he has curled up in a corner. We're closing in on the end here as the next entrant enters.
Entrant # 29 Tatanka who comes out with a smiling Ted Dibiase. Lawler says Dibiase is smiling because Luger is gone and now Tatanka has a great draw. McMachon puts over how great Tatanka is even though he sided with Dibiase. Tatanka exchanges right hands with Michaels with Tatanka with the upper hand. Tatanka's ready to get rid of Michaels but Michaels slips back in and avoids elimination. Bulldog and Hakushi are still in this and now they have passed the 40 minute mark. Lefitte and Hakushi team up to beat down Razor and Vega. Action continues all over the ring as the ring has over 11 guys in it. We now have one more entrant left to come down and lucky
#30 about to come down.
Entrant # 30 Bret Hart who comes down to a huge ovation. This is the spot the fans superstar of the year gets every year. He’s got the best draw of all, which he has had last year as well. Bret's taking his time to get here, he’s fresh and he’s in no hurry. Tatanka trying to get Bulldog over the top rope. Bret enters the ring and from behind he tosses Tatanka over the top rope to the floor. Bret making a quick impact here. 11 men in the ring and one of these men will win the 1995 Royal Rumble. Hakushi going at it with Lefitte, Bulldog with Shawn, Razor and Billy, Bret and Bart, Taker and Vega. Diesel rests in the corner and Lawler can’t believe that Bulldog and Hakushi are still in this. Lafitte's got the sleeper hold on Hakushi but can't take him down as Hakushi breaks free with elbows to the midsection. Hakushi with a dropkick and Lefitte lands on the apron as he held on. Hakushi with springboard dropkick knocking
JEAN-PIERRE LEFITTE to the floor as the crowd goes wild. Lefitte wasn't pleased at all, he doesn't want to leave but the ref's tell him to leave and Lefitte is out of here.
Shawn choked Razor in the corner while Hakushi goes after Bret. Hakushi delivers a springboard shoulder block on Bret. Action all over the ring and now Gunns working together over Bulldog.
BULLDOG ducks a double clothesline and comes charging in and gets backdropped to the floor by Luger and Michaels. Bulldog gets helped by the officials to the back. What a night it has been for Bulldog. Bret tries eliminating Billy but Billy hangs on and Bart pulls Bret out to the apron. Bret tries to suplex Bart out but Bart gives Bret a suplex back in the ring instead. Bart then clotheslined Bret but Bret saves himself from going out as he skins the cat back in from the ring apron. Bart then mixes it up with Hakushi. Hakushi is pounding away on Bart until Razor helps Bart out. Bart and Razor continue to pummel Hakushi. Taker goes to the top rope but gets crotched on the turnbuckle by Shawn. Bart hoistes Hakushi up on his shoulders and dumps Haksuhi onto the apron. Shawn tries to save Hakishi by superkicking Bart but Bart missed and he nailed
HAKUSHI sending him down to the arena floor.
Smoking Gunns have now passed the 40 minute mark. They are the longest participants still in this match. Undertaker backdrops Vega to the apron, Vega hangs on and Undertaker plants him with a Heart Punch to knock
SAVIO VEGA to the floor.
SHAWN MICHAELS and BART GUNN are then battling each other on the ropes and Diesel sneaks up behind them and tosses them both out. Diesel gets a little bit of revenge on Shawn since Shawn advoided Diesel the whole match.
We are now down to the final 5 and one of these men(Billy Gunn, Undertaker, Diesel, Razor Ramon and Bret Hart) will win the Rumble. Jerry Lawler and Vince McMahon can’t believe that Billy and Taker are still in this. They have taken so much punishment in this match and yet they are still in this. Lawler is now starting to believe that Billy could win this. Billy battles it out with Bret while Diesel gets beat down by Taker and Ramon. Billy whips Bret into the corner and follows up with a clothesline. Billy starts posing. Billy tries to suplex Bret but Bret blocks. Bret holds Billy up in the air for a vertical suplex. Bret decides not to suplex Billy but ends up placing Billy on the top rope and clotheslines
BILLY GUNN out and the crowd goes nuts. Billy is furious and he has to leave, Billy throwing a tantrum outside the ring. We are now down to the final 4. Lawler again changes his prediction and picks Undertaker and Vince tells him to make up his mind. We have Diesel and Undertaker in one corner and Razor and Bret in the other corner. Razor whispers in Taker’s ear talking strategy as Diesel and Razor go at it in one corner and Taker and Bret battled in the other corner. Taker connects with a backbody drop out of a corner irish whip and follows it up with a press slam and a clothesline. Diesel ducks a punch from Bret and hits a back suplex. Razor turns around and Taker hits Razor with a clothesline. Taker then hits a vertical suplex on Razor. Looks like this is going to be the end for Razor. Taker then delivers a press slam and almost eliminates Razor. Razor starts stumbling around and he’s on the ropes. Taker then clotheslines Razor over the top rope. Taker thinks he’s got rid of Razor and goes after Bret who is now beating down Diesel. Razor is hanging in there desperately. Razor manages to get back in and fallaway slam to Undertaker. Diesel with a right hand on Ramon. Diesel throws Undertaker to the floor and
eliminates UNDERTAKER. The crowd is not pleased to see Undertaker being eliminated and Diesel is pleased to see Undertaker being eliminated from The Rumble.
Razor and Bret then work out a deal to help eliminate Diesel. They double-team Diesel as the crowd rally behind him. Diesel is very fatigued. Bret holds Diesel as Razor comes off the ropes going for a right hand but miscommunication ensues as Diesel moves at the last second and Razor accidently hits Bret sending Bret to the apron. Diesel hits Razor with some right hands and then throws Razor into the ropes and Razor bounces off the ropes where Bret is at, but Bret getting back up to his feet pulls the ropes down and
RAZOR RAMON goes flying over the top rope to the floor. Bret was trying to get in the ring but he pulled the rope down which eliminated Razor. Bret is back in and now we are down to the final 2. Diesel who was nnumber 18 and Bret Hart who was number 30 are the final 2. Pamela Anderson is clapping. Only one of these men will be going to WrestleMania and will face Yokozuna. Diesel and Bret exchange lefts and rights until Bret rakes Diesel's eyes. Bret comes off the ropes and Diesel catches him and drops him with a sidewalk slam. Diesel goes for the Jackknife but Bret slips out and blasts Diesel with a swining neckbreaker. Now all Bret has to do is throw Diesel out but Bret taunts Diesel and tries mocking him by going for The Jackknife. Oh no not this way, Bret is going to throw Diesel over the top rope by doing Diesel's own move on him. What an insult this would be for big daddy cool. Bret blows a kiss to Pamela Anderson and said this victory is for her. Bret goes for the Jackknife but Diesel counters and backdrops Bret to the floor to
ELIMINATE BRET HART and
Diesel wins the Rumble @ 57:54. DIESEL HAS WON THE ROYAL RUMBLE. The crowd is going nuts, what an ovation for Diesel.
Diesel's music hits as he celebrates in the ring and now he’s joined there in the ring by Pamela Anderson. She will be leading Big Daddy Cool to the ring at WrestleMania. Pyro shoots in the sky as Diesel is standing on the turnbuckle celebrating. Jerry Lawler is irate and the crowd is going nuts here for Diesel. Now he has a huge opportunity of becoming the WWF Champion. Diesel will be going on to WrestleMania to face Yokozuna for the gold. Vince calls this one of the greatest Royal Rumble matches ever. History has been made tonight with Diesel coming out on top as the Royal Rumble winner. Vince thanks the fans for joining us. Diesel did his taunt as the show comes to a close.