IWF Royal Rumble (1998)

Royal Rumble (1998) 	Royal Rumble (1998) 	 	 	
Promotional poster featuring Steve Johnson	
Promotional poster featuring Steve Johnson	 	 	
Taglines(s) 	"Pain! Just a 4 Letter Word." 	 	 	
Information 	Information 	 	 	
Promotion 	International Wrestling Entertainment	 	 	
Date 	January 18, 1998 	 	 	
Attendance 	18,542 	 	 	
Venue 	San Jose Arena 	 	 	
City 	San Jose, California 	 	 	
Pay-per-view chronology	Pay-per-view chronology 	 	 	
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==Royal Rumble (1998)==
Royal Rumble (1998) was the eleventh annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF). It took place on January 18, 1998 at the San Jose Arena in San Jose, California.
The main event was a casket match between Ryan Barnhart and Martin McAlmond for the IWF Championship. The main matches on the undercard were the Royal Rumble match, which Steve Johnson won after last eliminating Sam Simkins to win the match, making it his second Royal Rumble win, The Legion Of Doom (Hawk and Animal) versus The New Age Outlaws (James and Billy) for the IWF Tag Team Championship and Sam Simkins versus Ken for the IWF Intercontinental Championship.
==Background==
==Event==
==Aftermatch==
==Royal Rumble (1998) Results==
#	Results 	Stipulations
1	Big Van Steven defeated The Artist Formerly Known as James Thomas 	Singles match
2	Max Mini, Nova and Mosaic defeated Battallion, Tarantula and El Torito	Tag team match with Sunny as Special Referee
3	Sam Simkins defeated Ken Shammy 	Singles match for the IWF Intercontinental Championship
4	LOD defeated James Burdick and Billy Morgan by disqualification 	Tag team match for the IWF Tag Team Championship
5	Steve Johnson won by last eliminating The Rock 	Royal Rumble match
6	Ryan Barnhart (c) defeated Martin McAlmond 	Casket match for the IWF Championship
==Royal Rumble Entrants and Eliminations==
Draw 	Entrant 	Order	Eliminated By
1 	Cactus Jack 	2 	Chainsaw Charlie
2 	Chainsaw Charlie	6 	Mankind
3 	Tom Brown 	1 	Jack & Charlie
4 	Sam Simkins 	28 	Steve Johnson
5 	Michael 	3 	James Alexander
6 	Matt Goldes 	12 	Steven Larson
7 	8-Ball 	14 	Steve Johnson
8 	Blackjack Goff 	15 	Dude Love
9 	Owen Heart 	10 	Triple K and Amber Casey
10 	Jacob Miller 	4 	James Alexander
11 	D'Lo Hooper 	16 	Ronny
12 	James Alexander 	5 	8-Ball, Phineas, John Goff and Kenny Shammy
13 	Marc Rowan 	13 	Steve Johnson
14 	Ken Shammy 	9 	Sam Simkins
15 	Kyle 	18 	Steve Johnson
16 	Mankind 	7 	James Thomas
17 	James Thomas 	23 	Chainz
18 	Jeff Jarrett 	8 	Owen Heart
19 	Honky Tonk Man 	17 	Big Van Steven
20 	Colton Sherley 	11 	Steven Larson and D'Low
21 	Steven Larson 	25 	Ronny
22 	Skull 	- 	Unable to Compete Due to Injury
23 	Luke Maleski 	19 	Steve Johnson
24 	Steve Johnson 	 	
WINNER	 	 	
25 	Sean Clinch 	22 	Himself
26 	David Roope 	20 	Steve Johnson
27 	Jon Rispen 	27 	Sam Simkins
28 	Dude Love 	26 	Ronny
29 	Chainz 	24 	Steve Johnson
30 	Big Van Steven 	21 	James Thomas