Royal Rumble (2001) was the fourteenth annual Royal Rumble PPV. It was presented by MCI's 1-800-COLLECT and took place on January 21, 2001 at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. The main event was the Royal Rumble match. Kane set a record for the most eliminations and the match saw Drew Carey enter the Royal Rumble. Featured matches on the undercard included a ladder match between Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit for the WWF Intercontinental Championship and a singles match between Kurt Angle and Triple H for the WWF Championship.
Steve Austin
Kurt Angle
Paul Lévesque
Glenn Jacobs
Chris Benoit
Chris Irvine
Adam Copeland
Jason Reso
Mark LoMonaco
Devon Hughes
Lisa Moretti
Chyna
Jeff Hardy
Barry Buchanan
Matthew Hardy
Ron Simmons
Drew Carey
Scott Levy
Allen Sarven
Perry Satullo
Steve Blackman
Brian Lawler
Wayne Farris
Dwayne Johnson
Charles Wright
Peter Senerchia
John Layfield
Matt Bloom
Robert Howard
Ron Killings
Sean Morley
Darren Matthews
Andrew Martin
Paul Wight
Mike Lockwood
Mark Calaway
Scott Garland
Monty Sopp
Tonga Fifita
Solofa Fatu Jr.
Accie Julius Connor
Charles Warrington
Takao Yoshida
Shoichi Funaki