Royal Rumble (1996)

Royal Rumble (1996) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event made by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on January 21, 1996, at the Selland Arena in Fresno, California. It was the ninth 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 XII. The match was won by Shawn Michaels, who became the second man after Hulk Hogan to win it two years in a row. The main event saw The Undertaker defeat Bret Hart in a WWF Championship match via disqualification after interference from Diesel. Therefore Hart remained the WWF Champion.

Results

Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations
A new entrant came out approximately every 2 minutes.

 – Winner

DrawEntrantOrderEliminated byTimeEliminationsHunter Hearst Helmsley19Diesel48:041Henry O. GodwinnJake Roberts16:240Bob BacklundYokozuna12:220Jerry Lawler16Shawn Michaels36:020Bob Holly18The Ringmaster39:350King MabelYokozuna12:140Jake RobertsVader14:392Dory Funk Jr.Savio Vega10:530Yokozuna11Shawn Michaels19:143101-2-3 Kid1315:40011Takao OmoriHunter Hearst Helmsley and Jake Roberts02:48012Savio Vega10Vader12:28113Vader12Shawn Michaels11:04414Doug GilbertVader02:59015Squat Team #101:11016Squat Team #2Yokozuna00:24017Owen Hart21Diesel and Shawn Michaels20:43218Shawn MichaelsWinner26:10819Hakushi14Owen Hart01:53020Tatanka17Diesel04:09121Aldo Montoya15Tatanka01:52022Diesel29Shawn Michaels17:51523Kama28Diesel15:57124The Ringmaster23Fatu10:57125Barry Horowitz20Owen Hart04:15026Fatu24Isaac Yankem, DDS07:07127Isaac Yankem, DDS25Shawn Michaels07:05128Marty Jannetty22The British Bulldog02:35029The British Bulldog27Shawn Michaels03:39130Duke Droese26Diesel and Kama01:100

 References 

 Other websites 
 Official website

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