Royal Rumble (1998)

Royal Rumble (1998)
Tagline(s)Pain! Just A 4 Letter Word.[1]
Information
PromotionWorld Wrestling Federation
DateJanuary 18, 1998
Attendance18,542
VenueSan Jose Arena
CitySan Jose, California
Pay-per-view chronology
D-Generation X: In Your House Royal Rumble (1998) No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
Royal Rumble chronology
Royal Rumble (1997) Royal Rumble (1998) Royal Rumble (1999)

Royal Rumble (1998) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event made by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on January 18, 1998, at the San Jose Arena in San Jose, California. It was the 11th Royal Rumble event held by the WWF.

Background

As is the case every year since the event's beginning, the event featured the 30-man over-the-top-rope battle royal, also known as the Royal Rumble match. The match started with two wrestlers and a new one was added every 90 seconds. To eliminate an opposing wrestler he must be thrown over the top rope and have both his two feet hit the floor, this continued until there was only one man left, who was named the winner. The winner received a match for the WWF Championship at WrestleMania XIV. The match was won by Stone Cold Steve Austin, who became the third man to win it two years in a row. The main event saw Shawn Michaels defend his WWF Championship against The Undertaker in a Casket match.

Results

No. Results[2] Stipulations Times[3]
1 Vader defeated The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust (with Luna) Singles match 7:51
2 Max Mini, Mosaic, and Nova defeated Battalion, El Torito, and Tarantula Six-man tag team match with Sunny as the special guest referee. 7:48
3 The Rock (c) defeated Ken Shamrock by disqualification Singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship 10:52
4 The Legion of Doom (Animal and Hawk) defeated The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn and Road Dogg) (c) by disqualification Tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship 7:57
5 Stone Cold Steve Austin won by last eliminating The Rock 30-man Royal Rumble match for a WWF Championship match at WrestleMania XIV 55:24
6 Shawn Michaels (c) (with Chyna and Triple H) defeated The Undertaker Casket match for the WWF Championship 20:37
  • (c) – is the champion(s) going into the match

Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

  – Winner[4]

Draw Entrant Order Eliminated by Time Eliminations
1 Cactus Jack[a] 2 Chainsaw Charlie 09:21 1
2 Chainsaw Charlie 6 Mankind 25:19 3
3 Tom Brandi 1 Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie 00:12 0
4 The Rock 29 Steve Austin 51:32 3
5 Mosh 3 Kurrgan 13:09 0
6 Phineas I. Godwinn 12 Mark Henry 28:48 1
7 8-Ball 15 Steve Austin 30:43 1
8 Blackjack Bradshaw 16 Dude Love 35:45 1
9 Owen Hart 10 Chyna and Triple H[b] 02:00 1
10 Steve Blackman 4 Kurrgan 05:58 0
11 D'Lo Brown 17 Faarooq 32:21 1
12 Kurrgan 5 8-Ball, Bradshaw, Ken Shamrock, Chainsaw Charlie, Phineas I. Godwinn and The Rock 03:38 2
13 Marc Mero 14 Steve Austin 19:38 0
14 Ken Shamrock 9 The Rock 09:15 1
15 Thrasher 19 Stone Cold Steve Austin 28:08 0
16 Mankind[a] 7 Goldust 02:07 1
17 The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust 24 Chainz 26:01 2
18 Jeff Jarrett 8 Owen Hart[c] 01:05 0
19 The Honky Tonk Man 18 Vader 19:55 0
20 Ahmed Johnson 11 D'Lo Brown and Mark Henry 03:18 0
21 Mark Henry 26 Faarooq 19:07 2
22 Skull 13 Unable to compete due to injury[d] 00:00 0
23 Kama Mustafa 20 Steve Austin 13:58 0
24 Stone Cold Steve Austin 30 Winner 15:58 7
25 Henry O. Godwinn 23 Dude Love 11:32 0
26 Savio Vega 21 Steve Austin 09:29 0
27 Faarooq 28 The Rock 10:03 3
28 Dude Love[a] 27 Faarooq 07:53 2
29 Chainz 25 Steve Austin 04:56 1
30 Vader 22 Goldust 02:15 1
  1. 1 2 3 Mick Foley is the only competitor to enter the same Royal Rumble match 3 times under different personas.[5]
  2. ↑ Triple H and Chyna were not entrants in the match. They arrived in the arena during Honky Tonk Man's entry and worked together to eliminate Hart, who then ran after both of them to the backstage area.
  3. ↑ Hart was unable to compete in the Rumble for a while as he was beaten up by Jeff Jarrett on the way to the ring. He joined in the Rumble later on after Jarrett entered, eliminating him as a revenge.
  4. ↑ Skull never made it to the ring; he was attacked by Los Boricuas before the match when they thought he was Stone Cold Steve Austin.

References

  1. ↑ "50 greatest WWE pay-per-view posters ever: photos". WWE. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Royal Rumble 1998 Results". WWE. Retrieved July 10, 2008.
  3. ↑ Canton, John (January 6, 2022). "WWE Royal Rumble 1998 Review". TJR Wrestling. Archived from the original on January 7, 2022. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Royal Rumble Result". WWE. Retrieved July 10, 2008.
  5. ↑ WWE.com Staff (January 8, 2014). "The 30 best Royal Rumblers ever!". WWE. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
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