The 1991 Royal Rumble Match

Yep, one of my all-time favorite Rumbles as well. I just watched this one recently, and it still holds up. I think the Royal Rumble matches of 1992 and 1990 were better than this one, but this was still a really good one. I think this one had a better undercard (regular matches) than the 1990 and 1992 Rumble PPVs. The Rockers/Orient Express match was fantastic, probably the best opening match in Rumble PPV history, and one of the best overall regular matches in Rumble history as well. The Boss Man/Barbarian match was good. So too was the Rhodes vs. DiBiase/Virgil match. Plus, with that match, the story of Virgil turning babyface was excellent. Virgil got a huge pop when he hit DiBiase with the Million $ Belt, a defining moment for him. The Warrior/Slaughter match was also really good, and the added interference of Macho King and Sherri was great. The Mountie/Koko match was not good, the audience didn't seem to care anything about that one.

For this Rumble match, like the 1990 and 1992 matches, it was well balanced. You had stars throughout the match, never having too many stars at one point in the match so that other points had none. At the beginning of the match, you had Bret, Jake, Model, and the Texas Tornado. In the middle of the match, you had Taker, LOD, Demolition and Davey Boy Smith. Then at the end, you still had Davey Boy, but you also got Hogan, Perfect, Hacksaw and the Earthquake. They did a good job continuing feuds here, and even setting up new ones. The only problem with this Rumble is that the Macho King wasn't in hit. I would have let Savage be the final entrant or #29 (move Warlord to his #18 spot), then let him, Earthquake and Hogan be the final three in the ring (with Davey Boy rounding out the final four), then have Warrior come to the ring, eliminate and chase Savage from the building.

Overall a really good PPV.

Yep, Warrior and Slaughter seemed to work really well together. I liked their other match that had on SNME in April of 1991. 

Very good show. My 3rd fav Rumble match. Loved how Hammer/Martel had a good long run in there

Warrior/Sarge was all about the story and it excelled in spades. Great way to get the belt off of em and get that feud with Mach really heated up for Mania

Awesome opener in Rockers/OE. Best one in Rumble history in my book

Virgil with the GREAT baby turn and man the crowd was HOT for it. Good stuff

Boss Man/Barb was a good big man match here and a nice way to keep his momentum going in the feud with the Heenan Family

And good way to get Mountie and his new character over with the win over Koko

And yes I also enjoyed Gorilla/Piper in the booth. Hot Rod going nuts on Sarge winning the belt was fantastic. Sold to perfection

I loved the 91 Rumble. I'd say 90 & 92 was much better, but 91 will always be a real classic.

Yep here's a quote...

''We forgot to get [Rick] Martel out," Prichard recalled. "We sent someone in to get him out because he thought he was going to win it."

''Forget Arrogance, He should be modeling in endurance!''-Hot Rod

Also, gotta mention how great Bobby Heenan was when walking behind Mr. Perfect, to not notice Perfect tossed up his towel and Bobby realized it at the last second caught it behind his own back. Very impressive!

Shane Douglas lasted almost 30 minutes which was amazing for a JTTS.

Good showing for the youngster