Royal Rumble (1998)

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

Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations
 – Winner

DrawEntrantOrderEliminated byTimeEliminationsCactus JackChainsaw Charlie09:211Chainsaw CharlieMankind25:193Tom BrandiCactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie00:120The Rock29Steve Austin51:323MoshKurrgan13:090Phineas I. Godwinn12Mark Henry28:4818-Ball15Steve Austin30:431Blackjack Bradshaw16Dude Love35:451Owen Hart10Chyna and Triple H02:00110Steve BlackmanKurrgan05:58011D'Lo Brown17Faarooq32:21112Kurrgan8-Ball, Bradshaw, Ken Shamrock, Chainsaw Charlie, Phineas I. Godwinn and The Rock03:38213Marc Mero14Steve Austin19:38014Ken ShamrockThe Rock09:15115Thrasher19Stone Cold Steve Austin28:08016MankindGoldust02:07117The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust24Chainz26:01218Jeff JarrettOwen Hart01:05019The Honky Tonk Man18Vader19:55020Ahmed Johnson11D'Lo Brown and Mark Henry03:18021Mark Henry26Faarooq19:07222Skull13Unable to compete due to injury00:00023Kama Mustafa20Steve Austin13:58024Stone Cold Steve Austin30Winner15:58725Henry O. Godwinn23Dude Love11:32026Savio Vega21Steve Austin09:29027Faarooq28The Rock10:03328Dude Love27Faarooq07:53229Chainz25Steve Austin04:56130Vader22Goldust02:151

References

Category:Royal Rumble
Category:1998 in professional wrestling
Category:History of San Jose, California
Category:Sports in San Jose, California
Category:1998 in California