Royal Rumble 1995 Royal Rumble 1995 was the eighth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay - per - view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) . It took place on January 22 , 1995 , in the USF Sun Dome located in Tampa , Florida . The event featured five matches based on scripted storylines and the results were predetermined by the WWF . The reviews have been mostly positive , although critics have expressed disappointment that wrestlers entered the Royal Rumble match every sixty seconds instead of every two minutes as in previous years . The main event was the 1995 Royal Rumble match , which Shawn Michaels won after entering first and outlasting the 29 other wrestlers for the first time in WWF history . The event also featured a match for the WWF Championship , when Diesel defended the title against Bret Hart . The match was stopped when several other wrestlers interfered and the referee lost control of the match . Two other title matches took place ; Jeff Jarrett won the WWF Intercontinental Championship from Razor Ramon , and The 1 - 2 - 3 Kid and Bob Holly won the final match in a tournament that determined the new WWF Tag Team Champions . Several storylines from Royal Rumble 1995 were carried over to WrestleMania XI , the WWF ' s next pay - per - view . Bam Bam Bigelow attacked National Football League Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor , who was sitting in the crowd ; this set up a match between the two at WrestleMania . Pamela Anderson was at ringside and was supposed to accompany the winner of the Royal Rumble match to his WWF Championship match at WrestleMania . Although Shawn Michaels won the match , Anderson came to the ring at WrestleMania with Diesel . The Undertaker ' s feud with Ted DiBiase ' s Million Dollar Corporation also escalated , as DiBiase ' s men stole the urn that was said to give The Undertaker his power . Jarrett and Ramon continued to feud for several months , and Bret Hart targeted Bob Backlund because of Backlund ' s interference in the WWF Championship match . Background . The storyline behind the WWF Championship match began in 1994 , when Bret Hart was feuding with his brother Owen . After Owen was unable to win the title , he helped Bob Backlund win the belt from Bret at Survivor Series 1994 . Three days after Survivor Series , Diesel faced Backlund and won the title belt . He agreed to grant a title shot to Bret Hart , who , like Diesel , was also a fan - favorite . Also at Survivor Series 1994 , Shawn Michaels and Diesel had an argument after Michaels accidentally kicked Diesel in the face . Although the pair held the WWF Tag Team Championship together , Diesel said that he did not want to team with Michaels any longer . The title was vacated , and the WWF held a tournament to determine the new champions . During the tournament , The Smoking Gunns were forced to withdraw when Bart Gunn was injured in a rodeo accident . As a result , the 1 - 2 - 3 Kid and Bob Holly took their place . The Gunns requested that they get a title shot after the tournament when Bart had recovered . The 1 - 2 - 3 Kid and Holly advanced to the finals , as did Ted DiBiase ' s team of Bam Bam Bigelow and Tatanka . The match to determine the new champions was scheduled to take place at the Royal Rumble . The Undertaker had been feuding with DiBiase ' s Million Dollar Corporation since his return to the WWF from an injury in August 1994 . During the match between The Undertaker and Yokozuna at Survivor Series 1994 , Irwin R . Schyster , one of DiBiase ' s wrestlers , interfered in the match by attacking The Undertaker . The feud between The Undertaker and Schyster escalated when Schyster performed a series of vignettes in which he repossessed such items as tombstones and burial plots from people he claimed had not paid their taxes before dying . During the feud , Schyster was escorted to the ring for his matches by a group of hooded druids . The feud between Jeff Jarrett and Razor Ramon began in late 1994 when Jarrett challenged Ramon for Ramon ' s WWF Intercontinental Championship . They faced each other several times , but Jarrett was unable to win the belt . Jarrett , who portrayed an aspiring country music star , was accompanied to the ring by The Roadie , who often interfered in matches on Jarrett ' s behalf . Although no major feuds were featured in the Royal Rumble match , " Baywatch " star Pamela Anderson was in attendance at ringside . It was announced that she would accompany the winner of the match during his WWF Championship title shot at WrestleMania XI . Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations . A new participant came in approximately every 1 minute