Battle Royal at the Albert Hall

Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
VHS cover featuring The Road Warriors
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	3 October 1991
City	London, England
Venue	Royal Albert Hall
Attendance	5,000 [1]
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Battle Royal at the Albert Hall was a live professional wrestling event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as WWE) that took place on 3 October 1991 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England. It was the first event of the 1991 WWF European Rampage Tour. ^[2] The event was televised on Sky Movies Plus and later released on VHS and DVD. On 5 February 2018 the event became available on the WWE Network. ^[3]

The main event was a 20-man battle royal which was won by The British Bulldog, last eliminating Typhoon. The other matches were singles matches, and tag team matches, including a tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship.

Premise

See also: WWE in the United Kingdom

The Battle Royal at the Albert Hall was the first event of the WWF's first Europe-wide tour. The European Rampage Tour took place over seven consecutive days in October 1991, and after this event went to London (Wembley Arena), Barcelona, Brussels, Sheffield, Birmingham and Paris. ^[4] Of these, only the London (Royal Albert Hall) and Barcelona (Palau Sant Jordi) events were televised, the latter on Telecinco. ^[5]

'Lord' Alfred Hayes provided guest commentary for the contest.^{[ citation needed ]}

Results

No.	Results [1]	Stipulations	Times
1	The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags) (with Jimmy Hart) defeated The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty)	Tag team match	17:21
2	Ric Flair defeated Tito Santana	Singles match	16:14
3	Earthquake (with Jimmy Hart) defeated Big Boss Man	Singles match	15:47
4	The Mountie (with Jimmy Hart) defeated The Texas Tornado	Singles match	13:46
5	The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) defeated Jim Duggan by disqualification	Singles match	6:18
6	The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal) (c) defeated Power and Glory (Paul Roma and Hercules)	Tag Team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship	9:08
7	The British Bulldog defeated The Barbarian	Singles match	10:07
8	The British Bulldog won by last eliminating Typhoon	20-man battle royal	14:40
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match

Battle Royal

Elimination	Wrestler	Eliminated by	Time
1	Hercules	Hawk	2:26
2	The Texas Tornado	Knobbs & Barbarian	2:41
3	Brian Knobbs	Piper	3:24
4	Marty Jannetty	Typhoon	3:40
5	The Barbarian	Santana	4:16
6	Tito Santana	Earthquake	4:40
7	Road Warrior Hawk	Sags	5:14
8	Jerry Sags	Duggan & Animal	5:19
9	Shawn Michaels	Mountie	5:50
10	Jim Duggan	Earthquake	6:39
11	Earthquake	Animal	7:11
12	Ric Flair	Piper	7:45
13	Paul Roma	Bulldog	8:57
14	Road Warrior Animal	Undertaker	9:06
15	The Undertaker	Piper	9:33
16	Roddy Piper	Undertaker	9:39
17	Big Boss Man	Mountie	11:26
18	The Mountie	Typhoon	13:38
19	Typhoon	Bulldog	14:40
Winner	The British Bulldog	-	N/A

Legacy

This event is significant for featuring one of Andre The Giant's last live wrestling appearances and the last on videotape or DVD before his death in January 1993. Andre arrives at the end of the Battle Royal to save winner British Bulldog from an attack by the Natural Disasters, Earthquake and Typhoon.

See also

• United Kingdom portal

• 1991 in professional wrestling
• Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom

References

1. "Mayhem in Manchester". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
2. "October Rampage". The Daily Express . 30 September 1991. p. 28.
3. "WWE Home Video Classics Now Available on WWE Network; Update on Edits". WWE Network News. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
4. "October Rampage". The Daily Express . 30 September 1991. p. 28.
5. https://thehistoryofwwe.com/wwf-results-1991/