2002 Royal Rumble Review

Oh yeah...that HHH guy is back...

· Spike Dudley and Tazz defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) (w/Stacy Keibler) to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship (5:06)
o Tazz forced D-Von to submit with the Tazzmission.
o *1/2
Nothing really here.

· William Regal defeated Edge to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship (9:45)
o Regal pinned Edge after hitting him with brass knuckles.
o *3/4
Part 2 of this shit feud.

· Trish Stratus defeated Jazz (w/Jacqueline as Special Guest Referee) to retain the WWF Women's Championship (3:43)
o Trish pinned Jazz after a bulldog.
o ½*
Yawn.

· Ric Flair defeated Vince McMahon in a Street Fight (14:55)
o Flair forced McMahon to submit with the Figure Four Leglock.
o ***
Pretty good stuff from both senior citizens here.

· Chris Jericho defeated The Rock to retain the WWF Undisputed Championship (18:48)
o Jericho pinned The Rock after a low blow and a roll-up.
o ****
Another great match in their epic feud.

· Triple H won the 2002 Royal Rumble (1:09:22)
o The final two participants were Triple H and Kurt Angle. Angle gave Triple H a back drop over the top rope and assumed he won. However, Triple H hung on and came back into the ring to tip Angle out from behind to win the Rumble.

Entrant
Eliminated by
Time

1
Rikishi
6
Undertaker
13:39

2
Goldust
4
Undertaker
13:00

3
The Big Boss Man
1
Rikishi
3:05

4
Bradshaw
3
Gunn
7:17

5
Lance Storm
2
Snow
4:46

6
Al Snow
5
Undertaker
5:12

7
Billy Gunn
7
Undertaker
3:37

8
The Undertaker
10
Maven
7:40

9
Matt Hardy
9
Undertaker
4:16

10
Jeff Hardy
8
Undertaker
1:30

11
Maven
11
Undertaker[1]
3:34

12
Scotty 2 Hotty
12
Page
2:36

13
Christian
16
Austin
12:14

14
Diamond Dallas Page
13
Christian
5:15

15
Chuck Palumbo
17
Austin
9:04

16
The Godfather
15
Christian & Palumbo
2:48

17
Albert
14
Christian & Palumbo
0:48

18
Perry Saturn
18
Austin
2:57

19
Steve Austin
27
Angle
26:46

20
Val Venis
19
Austin
2:58

21
Test
20
Austin
1:42

22
Triple H
-
WINNER
23:14

23
The Hurricane
21
Triple H & Austin
0:39

24
Faarooq
22
Austin
0:36

25
Mr. Perfect
28
Triple H
15:18

26
Kurt Angle
29
Triple H
16:09

27
The Big Show
23
Kane
2:45

28
Kane
24
Angle
1:02

29
Rob Van Dam
25
Booker
2:12

30
Booker T
26
Austin
0:33

o After Undertaker was eliminated, he went back in the ring and eliminated Maven while he assaulted him.
o ***3/4
Good for a Rumble match.

~ Title match and Rumble were really good, street fight were solid, not much else. A solid way to start off the year.

~ January 10 – Kurt Angle and Steve Austin battled to a no contest. ***1/2