Live from Miami, Florida, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) held it's fourth annual Royal Rumble pay-per-view event on January 19, 1991. The Royal Rumble match lasted over an hour with Hulk Hogan, The British Bulldog, Brian Knobbs, and Earthquake being the final four wrestlers in the ring at the end of the match. The main event Rumble match saw many high profile professional wrestlers including: Bret Hart, Mr. Perfect, The Undertaker, Jake Roberts, The Texas Tornado (Kerry Von Erich), Rick Martel, Tito Santana, Dino Bravo, Animal, Hawk, Hercules, Jim Duggan, Tugboat, Greg Valentine, Jimmy Snuka, The British Bulldog, Earthquake, Haku, Crush, Smash, Shane Douglas, Paul Romo, Jim Neidhart, The Warlord, Saba Simba (Tony Atlas), and Hulk Hogan.
The Hart Foundation Promo
1991 Royal Rumble
The pay-per-view was preceded by a WWF Countdown hosted by Sean Mooney and shown on cable television to entice viewers to buy the pay-per-view event for $24.95. According to 2XZONE.com, the 1991 Royal Rumble saw the highest amount of pay-per-view purchases for a Royal Rumble event until 1999, and saw the highest buy rate of any pay-per-view in 1991.
1991 WWF Royal Rumble Countdown
with Sean Mooney
The pay-per-view event also saw an excellent 19 minute opening match between The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) and Orient Express (Kato and Tanaka).
Final minutes of
The Rockers vs Orient Express
Hulk Hogan interview with Mean Gene
Post Royal Rumble