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#9 Royal Rumble 2001
This, in my opinion, was the best Royal Rumble event in history. The card was just fantastic.
Edge and Christian opened the show, defending their WWE Tag Team Championships with The Dudley Boyz. It was a good opener, by this point they had worked together so often that they were just incapable of a bad match.
Chris Jericho challenged Chris Benoit for the WWE Intercontinental Championship in a Ladder match next.
Instantly the standard bearer for the best match of the year and one of the greatest Ladder matches ever. An insanely incredible match won by Jericho after sending Benoit off the ladder and out of the ring.
Ivory defeated Chyna to retain the WWE Women's Championship. This was more of an angle than a match.
Triple H challenged Kurt Angle for the WWE Championship next. A little long winded but overall thrilling match. These two worked so well together, they could never have a bad match together. Angle retained following interference from Stone Cold.
The best match of the night was the Royal Rumble match itself. Full of action and surprises, everything a Rumble should be and topped off with the right winner in Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Bayley gives us a HUGE update on a top Superstar's upcoming return RIGHT HERE.
