• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 19, 1991) – WWF Royal Rumble 1991
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 19, 1991, the World Wrestling Federation aired their annual ‘Royal Rumble’ event LIVE on PPV from the Miami Arena in Miami, Florida.
Despite the rule of “Royal Rumble Winner faces the World Champion at WrestleMania” not being established until 1993, that was still exactly what happened in 1991, when Rumble winner Hulk Hogan went on the wrestle WWF Champion Sgt. Slaughter (who won the title at the Rumble PPV) at WrestleMania 7.
This is widely considered one of the best Royal Rumble PPVs, including one of the best Royal Rumble matches in history.
On a side note, the Mountie/Koko match was edited out of quite a few VHS releases of this PPV.
Below are the results:
– The Rockers defeated The Orient Express
– Big Boss Man defeated The Barbarian
– WWF World Heavyweight Championship: Sgt. Slaughter defeated The Ultimate Warrior (c)
– The Mountie defeated Koko B. Ware
– Ted DiBiase & Virgil defeated Dustin Rhodes & Dusty Rhodes
– Hulk Hogan won the 30-man Royal Rumble match
• Roman Reigns Laughs At Randy Orton’s Masked Look
On last week’s episode of RAW, Alexa Bliss threw a fireball at Randy Orton’s face.
To sell that attack, Orton appeared with a mask on this week’s RAW as his face got burned a little.
“I’m wearing this mask to not only protect myself, but to shield everyone else from the horror I endured.”#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/GOB2yAuoiE
— WWE (@WWE) January 19, 2021
WWE posted the following photo of Orton on Instagram:
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Reigns commented the following under the photo:
“😂 ”
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• Carmella Looking Gorgeous In New Photo
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WATCH: Revealing Footage Of Carmella In A Pool:
