Royal Rumble (1999)
Royal Rumble (1999) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event made by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on January 24, 1999, at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim in Anaheim, California. It was the 12th Royal Rumble event held by the WWF.
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| Tagline(s) | No Chance in Hell | |||
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| Promotion | World Wrestling Federation | |||
| Date | January 24, 1999 | |||
| Attendance | 14,816[1] | |||
| Venue | Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim | |||
| City | Anaheim, California | |||
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| Royal Rumble chronology | ||||
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Background
As is the case every year since the event's beginning, the event's main event was 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 XV.
Results
| No. | Results[2] | Stipulations | Times[1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1D | Christian defeated Jeff Hardy | Singles match | 11:00 |
| 2H | The J.O.B. Squad (Bob Holly and Scorpio) defeated Too Much (Brian Christopher and Scott Taylor) | Tag team match | 3:52 |
| 3H | Mankind defeated Mabel by disqualification | Singles match | 5:04 |
| 4 | Big Boss Man defeated Road Dogg | Singles match | 11:52 |
| 5 | Ken Shamrock (c) defeated Billy Gunn by submission | Singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship | 14:23 |
| 6 | X-Pac (c) defeated Gangrel | Singles match for the WWF European Championship | 5:53 |
| 7 | Sable (c) defeated Luna Vachon (with Shane McMahon) | Strap match for the WWF Women's Championship | 4:43 |
| 8 | The Rock defeated Mankind (c) | "I Quit" match for the WWF Championship[a] | 21:47 |
| 9 | Mr. McMahon won by last eliminating Stone Cold Steve Austin | 30-man Royal Rumble match for a WWF Championship match at WrestleMania XV | 56:38 |
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Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations
– Winner[3]
| Draw | Entrant | Order eliminated | Eliminated by | Time | Eliminations |
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| 1 | Stone Cold Steve Austin | 29 | Mr. McMahon | 56:38 | 8 |
| 2 | Mr. McMahon | 30 | Winner | 56:38 | 1 |
| 3 | Golga | 1 | Stone Cold Steve Austin | 00:15 | 0 |
| 4 | Droz | 7 | Mabel | 12:30 | 0 |
| 5 | Edge | 8 | Road Dogg | 11:51 | 1 |
| 6 | Gillberg | 2 | Edge | 00:06 | 0 |
| 7 | Steve Blackman | 4 | Mabel | 07:22 | 0 |
| 8 | Dan Severn | 3 | 05:43 | 0 | |
| 9 | Tiger Ali Singh | 5 | 04:02 | 0 | |
| 10 | The Blue Meanie | 6 | 02:59 | 0 | |
| 11 | Mabel[b] | 9 | Bradshaw, Faarooq, and Mideon | 01:26 | 5 |
| 12 | Road Dogg | 12 | Kane | 10:41 | 3 |
| 13 | Gangrel | 10 | Road Dogg | 00:26 | 0 |
| 14 | Kurrgan | 13 | Kane | 06:54 | 0 |
| 15 | Al Snow | 11 | Road Dogg | 00:47 | 0 |
| 16 | Goldust | 15 | Kane | 04:02 | 0 |
| 17 | The Godfather | 14 | 01:40 | 0 | |
| 18 | Kane | 16 | Himself | 00:53 | 4 |
| 19 | Ken Shamrock | 17 | Stone Cold Steve Austin | 04:50 | 0 |
| 20 | Billy Gunn | 18 | 07:05 | 0 | |
| 21 | Test | 19 | 12:48 | 0 | |
| 22 | Big Boss Man | 28 | 18:53 | 2 | |
| 23 | Triple H | 25 | 14:21 | 2 | |
| 24 | Val Venis | 24 | Triple H | 12:41 | 0 |
| 25 | X-Pac | 20 | Big Boss Man | 05:44 | 0 |
| 26 | Mark Henry | 22 | Chyna | 07:57 | 0 |
| 27 | Jeff Jarrett | 21 | Triple H | 03:39 | 0 |
| 28 | D'Lo Brown | 27 | Big Boss Man | 09:11 | 0 |
| 29 | Owen Hart | 26 | Stone Cold Steve Austin | 06:31 | 0 |
| 30 | Chyna | 23 | 00:35 | 1 |
Royal Rumble (1999) Media
The event was held at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim in Anaheim, California.
Shawn Michaels used his role as Commissioner to ruin Mr. McMahon's attempts to enter the Royal Rumble at #30 twice
Sable fought Luna Vachon in a strap match
Mabel was kidnapped by The Ministry of Darkness in the Royal Rumble match
The Rock would meet Steve Austin at WrestleMania for the first of three WrestleMania matches between the two over the next five years
Footnotes
- ↑ Mankind did not actually lose per the rules, because he did not directly say "I quit", but Shane McMahon played a recording of Mankind saying the words instead when Mankind was unconscious.
- ↑ No. 11 was originally drawn by Headbanger Mosh, who was attacked and replaced by Mabel on his way to the ring. Mideon, Faarooq, and Bradshaw (who were not official entrants) eliminated Mabel and he joined the Ministry of Darkness as "Viscera" the next night on Raw.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "1999 Royal Rumble results". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
- ↑ "Royal Rumble results". WWE. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
- ↑ "Royal Rumble results". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-09-14.