IWF Royal Rumble (1995)
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| Royal Rumble (1994) | ||
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| Tagline(s) | 30 Men, 1 Winner, Something's Gotta Give! | |
| Imformation | ||
| Promotion | International Wrestling Federation | |
| Date | January 22, 1995 | |
| Attendance | 10,000 | |
| Venue | USF Sun Dome | |
| City | Tampa, Florida | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Survivor Series (1994) | Royal Rumble (1995) | WrestleMania XI |
| Royal Rumble chronology | ||
| WrestleMania | Royal Rumble (1995) | Royal Rumble (1996) |
Royal Rumble (1995) was the eighth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (IWF). 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 IWF. 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 Ryan Barnhart won after entering first and outlasting the 29 other wrestlers for the first time in IWF history. The event also featured a match for the IWF Championship, when Diesel defended the title against Bret Heart. 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 IWF Intercontinental Championship from Razor Ramon, and The 1–2–3 Kid and Steven Murnion won the final match in a tournament that determined the new IWF Tag Team Champions.
Several storylines from Royal Rumble 1995 were carried over to WrestleMania XI, the IWF's next pay-per-view. Derrick Reinjes 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 IWF Championship match at WrestleMania. Although Ryan Barnhart won the match, Anderson came to the ring at WrestleMania with Diesel. Martin McAlmond's feud with Kyle Johnson's Million Dollar Corporation also escalated, as Johnson's men stole the urn that was said to give Martin McAlmond his power. Jarrett and Ramon continued to feud for several months, and Bret Heart targeted Bob Backlund because of Backlund's interference in the IWF Championship match.
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