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. The event was televised on Sky Movies Plus and later released on VHS and DVD.
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
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. Of these, only the London (Royal Albert Hall) and Barcelona (Palau Sant Jordi) events were televised, the latter on Telecinco.https://thehistoryofwwe.com/wwf-results-1991/
'Lord' Alfred Hayes provided guest commentary for the contest.
For his victory in the main event, the British Bulldog was awarded the "Royal Samovar Trophy", a two-handled samovar, still functioning with its tap intact.
Legacy This event is significant for featuring one of Andre The Giant's last live wrestling appearances and the last video of him 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.
Home video and streaming The event was released on VHS by Silver Vision in the United Kingdom in November 1992, an unusually short turn around time between the event and the video release. Early copies of the tape came with a free double-sided poster of The Undertaker and Big Boss Man.
It was re-released on DVD in the United Kingdom in October 2004 as part of Silver Vision's Tagged Classics range, and was paired with UK Rampage. This DVD set was not released in the USA.
On 5 February 2018 the event was added to the WWE's streaming platform the WWE Network and remained on the service until the platform closed in 2026. In January 2026, WWE uploaded the event to stream freely on their WWE Vault YouTube channel.
Results
Battle Royal EliminationWrestlerEliminated byTime1HerculesHawk2:262The Texas TornadoKnobbs & Barbarian2:413Brian KnobbsPiper3:244Marty JannettyTyphoon3:405The BarbarianSantana4:166Tito SantanaEarthquake4:407Road Warrior HawkSags5:148Jerry SagsDuggan & Animal5:199Shawn MichaelsMountie5:5010Jim DugganEarthquake6:3911EarthquakeAnimal7:1112Ric FlairPiper7:4513Paul RomaBulldog8:5714Road Warrior AnimalUndertaker9:0615The UndertakerPiper9:3316Roddy PiperUndertaker9:3917Big Boss ManMountie11:2618The MountieTyphoon13:3819TyphoonBulldog14:40WinnerThe British Bulldog -N/A
See also
1991 in professional wrestling Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom
References