Royal Rumble 2001 was the fourteenth annual Royal Rumble pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on January 21, 2001 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Sunday Night Heat[]
- Lo Down (D'Lo Brown and Chaz) (with Tiger Ali Singh) defeated Kaientai (Taka Michinoku and Funaki).
Results[]
- The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) defeated Edge and Christian to win the WWF Tag Team Championships.
- Chris Jericho defeated Chris Benoit in a ladder match to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship.
- Ivory (with Steven Richards) defeated Chyna to retain the WWF Women's Championship.
- Kurt Angle (with Trish Stratus) defeated Triple H (with Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley) to retain the WWF Championship.
Royal Rumble Match[]
- Stone Cold Steve Austin won the 2001 30-man Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Kane.
Entrants and Eliminations:[]
| Draw | Entrant | Order | Eliminated by | Time | Eliminations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Hardy | 4 | Matt Hardy | 06:36 | 3 |
| 2 | Bull Buchanan | 1 | Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy | 02:08 | 0 |
| 3 | Matt Hardy | 3 | Jeff Hardy | 04:45 | 3 |
| 4 | Faarooq | 2 | Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy | 00:58 | 0 |
| 5 | Drew Carey | 5 | Himself | 02:54 | 1 |
| 6 | Kane | 29 | Stone Cold Steve Austin | 53:46 | 11 |
| 7 | Raven | 9 | Kane | 08:51 | 0 |
| 8 | Al Snow | 8 | 07:08 | 0 | |
| 9 | Perry Saturn | 10 | 05:02 | 0 | |
| 10 | Steve Blackman | 7 | 03:08 | 0 | |
| 11 | Grand Master Sexay | 6 | 01:03 | 0 | |
| 12 | The Honky Tonk Man | 11 | 01:16 | 0 | |
| 13 | The Rock | 28 | 38:42 | 3 | |
| 14 | The Goodfather | 12 | The Rock | 00:13 | 0 |
| 15 | Tazz | 13 | Kane | 00:10 | 0 |
| 16 | Bradshaw | 18 | The Undertaker | 17:40 | 0 |
| 17 | Albert | 20 | Kane | 15:53 | 0 |
| 18 | Hardcore Holly | 21 | The Undertaker | 14:04 | 0 |
| 19 | K-Kwik | 16 | Big Show | 07:53 | 0 |
| 20 | Val Venis | 22 | The Undertaker | 10:22 | 0 |
| 21 | William Regal | 14 | Test | 02:01 | 0 |
| 22 | Test | 15 | Big Show | 02:08 | 1 |
| 23 | Big Show | 17 | The Rock | 01:23 | 2 |
| 24 | Crash Holly | 19 | Kane | 02:31 | 0 |
| 25 | The Undertaker | 25 | Rikishi | 10:45 | 4 |
| 26 | Scotty 2 Hotty | 23 | Kane and The Undertaker | 00:47 | 0 |
| 27 | Stone Cold Steve Austin | - | Winner | 09:38 | 3 |
| 28 | Billy Gunn | 27 | Stone Cold Steve Austin | 07:22 | 0 |
| 29 | Haku | 24 | 02:51 | 0 | |
| 30 | Rikishi | 26 | The Rock | 02:35 | 1 |