Battle Royal 1991 Battle Royal was a United Kingdom - only professional wrestling pay - per - view event held by the World Wrestling Federation on October 3 , 1991 , it took place at the Royal Albert Hall in London , England . Event . The first match features the Nasty Boys taking on the Rockers in tag team action . The Rockers begin by clearing the ring of the Nasties while Jimmy Hart gets on his megaphone and starts jawing with the crowd . Solid match from two teams that are familiar with each other from the AWA , but I thought the Nasty Boys teasing a walk - out was unnecessary . There was a great moment when the Rockers started cheating by not tagging in and out while the referee was distracted , so the referee asked the crowd if they had tagged out . It was odd seeing the Rockers wrestle like heels for a good portion of the match before the Nasties started to take over . The Nasty Boys defeat the Rockers after Knobbs smacks Jannetty with Hart ’ s megaphone . Gene Okerlund is in the back with Ric Flair who cuts a promo on Tito Santana and going into the Battle Royal with Roddy Piper . Ric Flair is the man — WOOOO ! In the next match , Tito Santana matches up with “ Real World ’ s Champion ” Ric Flair . Obviously , the title was not on the line . Before the match , they cut to the announce position to show Bobby Heenan standing out of his seat saluting Flair . Heenan with a great line about Piper : “ You know they say the first time Piper saw the belt he spit on it , the second time he saw it he kissed it . ” The Brain is in CLASSIC heel mode during the match while he gushes on and on about Flair being the greatest champion ever . Santana looked into the match and brought a lot of heat , but Flair just looked sluggish . The match is much slower paced than I thought it would be and they rely on a lot of strikes . Both men trade off working on a body part until Flair reverses a roll - up and grabs a handful of tights for the win . The match was okay , but the commentary made it seem more exciting . In the back , Okerlund is with the Big Boss Man who cuts a promo on the Earthquake and winning the Battle Royal later in the night . This was the genius of the WWF at the time : the interview is probably a minute long ; however , the Big Boss Man is such a large personality he doesn ’ t have to say much to get his point across . Seconds later Okerlund is in front of the crowd to conduct a live interview with Jimmy Hart and his monster Earthquake . Okerlund inquires about Earthquake ’ s match with Boss Man only for Earthquake to state that he and Jimmy Hart took a plane to get to London . Whatever . Earthquake and Jimmy Hart make their way directly to the ring for the match against the Big Boss Man . A typical big hoss match that probably went on longer than it needed to . Jimmy Hart had his working boots on tonight as Boss Man breaks mid match to chases him around the ring and rip his jacket off . The highlight of the match was Boss Man maintaining a headlock on Earthquake by grabbing a handful of Earthquake ’ s beard . The commentary was the saving grace here as Heenan and Gorilla debated over which Natural Disaster was heavier and Gorilla had a conniption when Earthquake incorrectly applied a bear hug . Earthquake ends up winning the match with help from the Mountie . Once again we got to the back with Gene Okerlund . He showcases the trophy and lays out the rules for the main event battle royal and then conducts an interview with “ the Texas Tornado ” Kerry Von Erich , who has a match with The Mountie coming up shortly . The Mountie then comes out with Jimmy Hart and cuts a promo on Kerry Von Erich and the Battle Royal . Not much of an interview , though Okerlund takes a little time to scorn Jimmy Hart for the finish of the last match . Once in the ring , the Mountie demands to hear his music ; unfortunately for him , the Texas Tornado ’ s music starts up instead . In the next match , the Mountie squares off with “ the Texas Tornado ” Kerry Von Erich . Heenan claims that the Mountie has been invited to speak at Scotland Yard while Gorilla brings up his loss in the Jailhouse match at SummerSlam . There are quite a few “ Jail Bird ” chants during the match , which isn ’ t a very good contest . The Mountie applies a sleeper hold mid - match before the Tornado reverses it into his own sleeper . After posting himself , the Tornado gets punched to the outside where the Mountie can throw him into the ring steps . Kerry continues to be his own worst enemy when he misses a discus punch and nails the ring post . Tornado briefly comes back from these set - backs only for the Mountie to get the pin with his feet on the ropes . After the match , Tornado continues to beat on Mountie as the heels try to escape . This match was just slow and had next to no heat . With freaky - weird mood lighting straight out of a haunted barn ride , Paul Bearer and the Undertaker get a little promo time to talk about the Battle Royal . Bearer talks about the main event while ‘ Taker gets to talk about Jim Duggan and making a WWF mass burial when the night is done . Well , I know all the kids would just love that ! It ’ s time for the next match as the Undertaker and Paul Bearer make their way to the ring with a Phantom of the Opera playing the organ ! I got to say , that ’ s pretty sweet . Hacksaw Jim Duggan comes down next with the American Flag and 2x4 in tow . I ’ m a little surprised at the pop Duggan got from the British crowd . Anyway , the match starts fast with ‘ Taker getting clotheslined to the outside . The Undertaker then takes a breather to get some inspiration from the urn ; however , Duggan basically drags him back into the ring by his hair ! After such a hot start , the match then devolves into the usual “ kick , punch , choke , and choke some more ” style that the Undertaker wrestled at the time . Don ’ t get me wrong ; I LOVE old school Undertaker , but his matches aren ’ t exactly Steamboat / Flair pieces of art . After a short comeback , Duggan goes to the outside to harass Paul Bearer and ‘ Taker takes the advantage . Duggan is finally disqualified after using his 2x4 on the Undertaker . Definitely not a good match , per se , but short , nostalgic fun nonetheless . In the back , Roddy Piper and Gene Okerlund jaw about Ric Flair and Bobby Heenan . Piper gets bleeped out as he cuts a wild promo on Flair ! Piper is absolutely nuts , which is why he ’ s awesome . Next , Okerlund is with Jimmy Hart and Typhoon . Typhoon basically tells Okerlund to shut his trap so that Jimmy can gush about his troop of wrestlers having a huge advantage in the Battle Royal tonight . Once that ’ s done , Power & Glory walk in for an interview . Hercules and Roma have a tag team titles shot against the Legion of Doom tonight . They get pissed off when Gene postulates what will happen if they don ’ t get the belts tonight . After a quick cut , Okerlund is back AGAIN with the Tag Team Champions , the Legion of Doom . There ’ s lots of yelling and screaming from Animal while Hawk talks about a bunch of disgusting crap that constitutes his dreams . It ’ s an odd interview to say the least . As would be expected , the next match features Power & Glory challenging the Legion of Doom for their Tag Team Titles . The Warriors had just won the belts at SummerSlam in a good match against the Nasty Boys . These two teams faced off earlier in the year at WrestleMania VII , it was a squash match with the Road Warriors picking up an easy victory . I ’ m going to make a confession here : I ’ m a HUGE Power & Glory fan and I really , really dislike the Legion of Doom . That being said , the LOD brought their A - game to London as they displayed more prowess and athleticism than would be normally expected . Early on , Hawk no - sells a piledriver and then gorilla presses Roma into Hercules ! Hawk then does a good sell job after missing a flying clothesline and getting worked over outside the ring . It ’ s not a very long match though as Animal counters Roma ’ s top rope leap with a power slam for the pin . This was a rock solid match that went at a frantic pace from start to finish . The Warriors really showed off some moves they didn ’ t normally utilize and their opponents didn ’ t look like complete buffoons this time . In the back , Okerlund is with the British Bulldog talking some more about the Battle Royal . The Bulldog is feeling especially confident tonight since he is in his hometown . In the ring , Lord Alfred Hayes makes the ring introductions for the next match . The Barbarian comes out first followed by the British Bulldog , who is over huge with the British crowd . That might sound obvious , but this crowd was just chanting “ USA , USA ” about twenty minutes ago . You can never be sure with those blokes across the pond . Big power match - up with Barbarian getting the advantage after a cheap shot only for Bulldog to come back with PURE FORCE . Bulldog spends quite a bit of time out wrestling the Barbarian , but he of the wooly boots counter with a stiff big boot that takes Dave Boy out of the ring . Outside , Barbarian starts swinging his opponent around into the furniture . Then we get a weird moment where Barbarian starts feeling up Davey ’ s pectorals . Gross . Amazingly , the Barbarian counters the Bulldog ’ s every move by kicking him in the gut or the face . Hey , if it isn ’ t broke don ’ t fix it , I guess . Bulldog ends up getting the win after dodging a Barbarian shoulder block and hitting his running power slam . Good match actually with a lot of high impact moves and minimal sloppiness . Jeepers , Jimmy Hart is at it again with Gene Okerlund as the Nasty Boys cut a promo about the Battle Royal . Okay , EVERYBODY is talking about the Battle Royal . I really shouldn ’ t have to explain it anymore . Finally , everybody gets individual introductions as they enter the ring for the main event battle royal . The participants are “ the Texas Tornado ” Kerry Von Erich , the Natural Disasters , Tito Santana , The Mountie , The Rockers , The Barbarian , The Big Boss Man , Power & Glory , “ Hacksaw ” Jim Duggan , The Nasty Boys , “ Real World ’ s Champion ” Ric Flair , the Legion of Doom , the British Bulldog , the Undertaker , and “ Rowdy ” Roddy Piper . The only guys who didn ’ t pull double duty tonight are Typhoon and Piper , which is okay with me because Piper ’ s reaction when he comes out here is probably the biggest of the night . He even gets a nice little bad ass moment where he sizes everybody up in the aisle and just stands there like he ’ s in one of those Clint Eastwood westerns . As soon as Piper gets in the match begins and everybody goes at it . Piper and Flair get outside the ring and start brawling . Piper brings Flair back in with an extension cord ! Hercules is eliminated after he leaps over the top rope to get a chair ( boy he looked like a stooge there ) and Kerry Von Erich goes out right after him . Awesome moment with Piper eliminating Knobbs with two fingers ! Marty Jannetty is out next and the Barbarian goes out shortly after thanks to Tito Santana . That victory is short lived as Earthquake tosses Tito out next . Road Warrior Hawk and Jerry Sags go next and continue fighting on the floor . Shawn Michaels gets taken out by the Mountie after skinning the cat and looks pissed about it . “ Hacksaw ” Jim Duggan takes his leave next thanks to Earthquake , but Duggan goes right back in with his 2x4 and eliminates ‘ Quake . Flair goes out next thanks to Roddy Piper ! Piper then crotches the Undertaker on the ropes ; getting the funniest reaction ever out of Paul Bearer . In quick succession , Road Warrior Animal and Paul Roma get tossed from the ring . The Undertaker takes his leave next thanks to Piper , but pulls a Duggan and goes back in to take Piper out of the match . Only four men remain : the British Bulldog , Typhoon , the Big Boss Man , and the Mountie . Boss Man takes another breather to sock Jimmy Hart in the face , but then gets thrown out by the Mountie shortly thereafter . The Mountie and Typhoon double team the British Bulldog for an extended period of time before Typhoon accidentally eliminates the Mountie before Bulldog takes him out . After the match , the Natural Disasters come back into the ring and proceed to beat down Davey Boy until Andre the Giant appears and DESTROYS the Disasters ! Holy cow ! This was a typical battle royal , but there was an extra level of excitement with so much top tier talent being in the ring at once . Bulldog ’ s win was a nice gesture and furthering the Piper / Flair feud made the match seem that much more relevant . Plus , how can you hate a Battle Royal ?