7 Things You Should Know About WWE Royal Rumble 1995

It wasn't the best of times for WWE as they headed to the 1995 Royal Rumble. Business was down and there was a lack of excitement towards the product. Sound familiar? Diesel became the next man up because he won the WWE Title a few months prior to this. It was one year earlier at the Royal Rumble where he really got a chance to shine by eliminating seven guys within a few minutes. This was his first PPV title defense and it came against one of the best in the business in Bret Hart. Another factor hurting WWE was that WCW had a lot of momentum. They signed Hulk Hogan in the summer of 1994 and then Randy Savage left too. They were doing good numbers on PPVs. Later that year they launched WCW Monday Nitro, which was another blow to WWE. Due to everything that was going on, WWE decided to try some different things at the 1995 Royal Rumble that we'll get to. Some worked. Others did not. The eighth Royal Rumble event took place in Tampa, Florida on January 22, 1995. Here are the results from that show. 1. Intercontinental Title: Jeff Jarrett d. Razor Ramon 2. The Undertaker d. Irwin R. Schyster 3. WWE World Heavyweight Title: Diesel vs. Bret Hart ended in a draw 4. Tag Team Titles: Bob Holly & 1-2-3 Kid d. Tatanka & Bam Bam Bigelow 5. Shawn Michaels won the Royal Rumble match Here are seven things you should know about the 1995 Royal Rumble.