WWE Rewind: Royal Rumble 2001

Stone Cold won the Royal Rumble match for the third time in his career.

In the build-up to the 25th Royal Rumble match, scheduled to be held on January 29th, 2012, we have revisited thirteen Royal Rumble matches over the past few weeks. Now, let us take a look at the fourteenth Royal Rumble match that took place on January 21, 2001 at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Here are some important facts about this match:

• Stone Cold Steve Austin won the Royal Rumble match for the third time in his career – A record still unbroken.
• Stone Cold entered the match at #27 and won by last eliminating Kane.
• Kane went on a rampage during the match and eliminated 11 men – A record which stands till date.
• Kane also lasted the longest (53 minutes) in the match only to be eliminated by eventual winner Stone Cold.
• Television Celebrity Drew Carey was a participant in this Royal Rumble match. However, he did not have any impact on the match as he eliminated himself after being intimidated by Kane.

You can watch this historic Royal Rumble event in this video below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=t4HNaTvJSII

In case you haven’t watched them yet, relive the thrill of earlier Royal Rumble events at these links:

• Royal Rumble 2000
• Royal Rumble 1999
• Royal Rumble 1998
• Royal Rumble 1997
• Royal Rumble 1996