IWF Royal Rumble (1996)

Royal Rumble (1996) 	Royal Rumble (1996) 	 	 	
Promotional poster featuring Josh Erickson performing a Big Boot on Owen Heart	Promotional poster featuring Josh Erickson performing a Big Boot on Owen Heart	 	 	
Tagline(s) 	"You've been WARNED!" 	 	 	
Information 	Information 	 	 	
Promotion 	International Wrestling Federation 	 	 	
Date 	January 21, 1996 	 	 	
Attendance 	9,600 	 	 	
Venue 	Selland Arena 	 	 	
City 	Fresno, California 	 	 	
Pay-per-view chronology 	Pay-per-view chronology 	 	 	
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Royal Rumble (1996) was the ninth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF). It took place on January 21, 1996 at the Selland Arena in Fresno, California.
The main event was Martin McAlmond versus Bret Heart for the IWF Championship. Featured matches on the undercard were the 1996 Royal Rumble Match which was won by Ryan Barnhart, who last eliminated Josh Erickson to win the match, making it his second Royal Rumble win, James Thomas versus Tyler Erickson for the IWF Intercontinental Championship and The Smoking Morgans (Billy and Bart) versus The Bodydonnas (Max and Quinn) for the IWF Tag Team Championship.
This was the first Royal Rumble to play the entry music of each wrestler when they entered the Royal Rumble match.
==Dark Matches==
In the Dark Match at the Royal Rumble (1996) Pay Per View:
David Laster defeated Hunter Hurst Kelmsley in a Singles Match
==Royal Rumble (1996) Results==
# 	Results 	Stipulations
Dark	David Laster defeated Hunter Hurst Kelmsley by disqualification 	Singles Match
1 	Colton Sherley defeated Jeff Jarrett by disqualification 	Singles Match
2 	Billy Morgan and Bart Morgan (c) defeated Max and Quinn 	Tag Team Match for the IWF Tag Team Championship
3 	James Thomas defeated Tyler Erickson (c) 	Singles Match for the IWF Intercontinental Championship
4 	Ryan Barnhart won by last eliminating Josh Erickson 	Royal Rumble Match
5 	Martin McAlmond (with Paul Bearer) defeated Bret Heart (c) by disqualification	Singles Match for the IWF Championship
==Royal Rumble Entrances and Eliminations==
Draw 	Entrant 	Order	Eliminated By
1 	Hunter Hurst Kelmsley	19 	Josh Erickson
2 	Sean Clinch 	2 	Erik Petterson
3 	Bob Backlund 	1 	Kim Berry
4 	Jerry Lawler 	16 	Barnhart
5 	Steven Murnion 	18 	Ringmaster
6 	King Keith 	3 	Kim Berry
7 	Erik Petterson 	6 	Kim Berry
8 	Zack Kozak Jr. 	5 	David Roope
9 	Kim Berry 	11 	Barnhart
10 	Daniel Barta 	13 	Barnhart
11 	Takao Omori 	4 	Erik Petterson
12 	David Roope 	10 	Steven
13 	Steven 	12 	Barnhart
14 	Rick Pembroke 	7 	Steven
15 	Squat Team #1 	8 	Steven
16 	Squad Team #2 	9 	Kim Berry
17 	Owen Heart 	21 	Ryan Barnhart and Josh Erickson
18 	Ryan Barnhart 	 	
WINNER	 	 	
19 	Hakushi 	14 	Owen Heart
20 	Pat Carter 	17 	Josh Erickson
21 	Nick Montoya 	15 	Pat Carter
22 	Josh Erickson 	29 	Barnhart
23 	Luke 	28 	Josh Erickson
24 	The Ringmaster 	23 	Keith Coleman
25 	Paul Rinehart 	20 	Owen Heart
26 	Keith Coleman 	24 	Yankem
27 	Isaac Yankem 	25 	Barnhart
28 	Russel Jensen 	22 	American Bulldog
29 	The American Bulldog 	27 	Barnhart
30 	David Laster 	26 	Luke and Josh Erickson