WWE Royal Rumble 2001 arrived at one of the hottest times in WWE history. The company, then known as the World Wrestling Federation, was coming off one of its greatest years in the 2000s. A few months later, WrestleMania 17 (famously branded as WrestleMania X-Seven) was arguably the greatest Mania of all time. This Royal Rumble edition played a big part in making that year’s Showcase of the Immortals as epic as it was.
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Usually, the closing moments of the Royal Rumble Match tell us who will be the major stars heading into that year’s WrestleMania. More often than not, the final four competitors left standing in the Rumble are some of the company’s biggest stars… but there have been some exceptions, including in 2001! Without any further ado, the following names were the final four stars left in the 2001 Royal Rumble Match, and here’s what they did at ‘Mania 17.