IWF Royal Rumble (1997)

Royal Rumble (1997) 	Royal Rumble (1997) 	 	 	
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Promotional poster featuring Ryan Barnhart	
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Promotional poster featuring Ryan Barnhart	 	 	
Tagline(s) 	No More Mr. Nice Guy! 	 	 	
Information 	Information 	 	 	
Promotion 	International Wrestling Federation	 	 	
Date 	January 19, 1997 	 	 	
Attendance 	60,525 	 	 	
Venue 	Alamodome 	 	 	
City 	San Antonio, Texas 	 	 	
Pay-per-view chronology	Pay-per-view chronology 	 	 	
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Royal Rumble (1997) was the tenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF). It took place on January 19, 1997 from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
The main event was between Ryan Barnhart and ???? for the IWF Championship. The main matches on the undercard were the Royal Rumble match, which Steve Johnson won after last eliminating Bret Hart, Steven versus Martin McAlmond, and Hunter Hearst Kelmsley versus James Thomas for the IWF Intercontinental Championship.
==Background==
==Event==
==Aftermath==
Ryan Barnhart later vacated the IWF Championship on the Thursday Raw Thursday special. Due to this and the controversial situation over the Royal Rumble ending, Steve Johnson, Bret Heart, Martin McAlmond, and Steven were pitted against each other at In Your House 13: Final Four in a Four Corners match for the IWF Championship, which saw Heart win the vacant IWF title. The next night on Meltdown, Steve Johnson interfered in a IWF title match between Heart and "Sycho" Quinn Noel. As a results of Steve Johnson's interference, Heart lost the belt, which resulted in Heart's short-lived title reign. On the March 17 edition of Meltdown, Heart and Quinn faced off in a Steel Cage match for the IWF title. Quinn won after interference by both Stone Cold and Martin McAlmond.
==Royal Rumble (1997) Results==
#	Result 	Stipulation
1	Hunter Hurst Kelmsley (c) defeated James Thomas 	Singles Match for the IWF Intercontinental Championship
2	Colton Sherley defeated Jon Rispen (with Nation of Domination) by disqualification 	Singles Match
3	Steven defeated Martin McAlmond 	Singles Match
4	Park Garza, Perro Aguayo and El Canek defeated Jerry, Heavy Metal, and Fuerza Guerrera	Tag Team Match
5	Steve Johnson won last eliminating Bret Heart 	Royal Rumble Match
6	Ryan Barnhart defeated "Sycho" Quinn Noel 	Singles Match for the IWF Championship
==Royal Rumble Entrances and Eliminations==
# 	Entrant 	Order	Eliminated By
1 	Crush 	3 	Phineas
2 	Colton Sherley 	2 	Himself
3 	"Tyler Erickson" 	1 	Sherley
4 	Phineas 	4 	Steve Johnson
5 	Stone Cold Steve Johnson 	 	
Winner	 	 	
6 	Bart Morgan 	5 	Steve Johnson
7 	Erik Petterson 	6 	Steve Johnson
8 	The American Bulldog 	8 	Owen Heart
9 	Pierroth 	10 	Mascaras
10 	"The Sultan" Keth	7 	American Bulldog
11 	Mascaras 	11 	Himself
12 	Hunter Hurst Kelmsley 	12 	James Thomas
13 	Owen Heart 	17 	Steve Johnson
14 	James Thomas 	13 	Owen Heart
15 	Cibernético 	9 	Mascaras
16 	Marc Rowen 	16 	Steve Johnson
17 	Latin Lover 	14 	Jon Rispen
18 	Jon Rispen 	15 	Sherley
19 	David Roope 	18 	Steve Johnson
20 	James Burdick 	19 	Steve Johnson
21 	Bret Heart 	29 	Steve Johnson
22 	Jerry Lawler 	20 	Bret Heart
23 	"Josh Erickson" 	28 	Bret Heart
24 	Terry Funk 	24 	Mankind
25 	Sam Simkins 	23 	Mankind
26 	Mankind 	25 	Martin McAlmond
27 	Flash Funk 	21 	Steven
28 	Steven 	26 	Steve Johnson
29 	Sean Clinch 	22 	Martin McAlmond
30 	Martin McAlmond 	27 	Steve Johnson