Royal Rumble (1994)

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Royal Rumble 1994 was the ninth Royal Rumble event produced by World Wrestling Federation which took place on 9th January 1994

## Background

The main match heading into the show is the Royal Rumble Match, in which the winner will be getting a WWF Championship shot at Wrestlemania 10.

At In Your House 10, the WWF Championship match between Lex Luger and Bret Hart ended in controversy as Bret rolled up Luger, Luger had his hand on the ropes but the ref didn't see it so he counted to 3. Bret demanded a rematch against Luger as he hated that it didn't end in a fair way and of course Luger wanted another shot so they'll have it tonight

Perfect and Shawn Michaels started feuding during the G1 as both men tried to win it, in the triple threat match to qualify for the finals Shawn rolled Perfect up to win it. At G1 Finals, Perfect cost Shawn the G1 Finals as Sid won it, Perfect and Bret were both on Team RAW and their constant bickering almost got them a loss but they won it after Perfect got the winning pinfall but Shawn immediatly SCM'd after the match. Shawn was supposed to get a WWF Championship match at In Your House 10 but he was attacked and injured backstage by a mystery man. When Shawn returned, he blamed Perfect but Perfect said he wouldn't stoop that low but they still decided to wrestle each other tonight

After Wrestlemania 9, Jake Roberts made his return attacking Randy Savage but only because he was paid by Empire, he didn't want anything to do with Savage as he only cared about the world heaviweight title but quickly Savage, Sid and him started feuding in the main event scene. At In Your House 8, during Savage and Miss Elizabeth's wedding celebration, a snake popped up on the cake as Roberts showed up and beat up Savage, he tied him to the ropes and let the snake bite his arm. At Summerslam, Savage cost Roberts the world title match but he still had an injured arm. At G1 Finals, Roberts won the IC title, after the match Savage returned and took off his cast as he elbow dropped Roberts through the announcer's table. They challenged each other to a Survivor Series tag team match. In it, they were both eliminated at the same time as they beat each other up to a double countout, Savage says he's nearing the end of his career and he doesn't want the IC titl, he just wants to beat up Roberts and end this for once and for all, Roberts finally accepted promising that as soon as the match is over, he will leave Savage alone

At Survivor Series, Heavenly Bodies and Smoking Gunns defeated Million Dollar Corporation and Men on a Mission in the classic 4 on 4 Survivor Series tag team match. Tonight, they face each other with the winner getting their own brand's tag title match at Wrestlemania.

## Results

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### Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

Roddy Piper was already eliminated when he eliminated Savage

## Details

* Jim Cornette turns on Heavenly Bodies in the opening as he joins Smoking Gunns and joins SD in the process
* Ric Flair returns to WWF at number 7
* Jacques has bed memories of The Gobbledy Gooker as he gets eliminated by him, Jacques demands for Gooker to take off his mask, he does but it's just a random local talent
* Savage eliminates Piper and Piper goes back to the ring to eliminate his longtime rival