Royal Rumble Results
January 19, 1997
San Antonio, TX
- Hunter Hearst-Helmsley (WWF
Intercontinental Champion) vs. Goldust
- Hunter used a clothesline and
a Pedigree to win. Curtis Hughes was Helmsley's body guard
- Ahmed Johnson vs. Faarooq
- Faarooq was disqualified when
Crush entered the ring. Faarooq got a Pear River Plunge on the French
Announcer's table
- The Undertaker vs. Vader
- Undertaker showed a lot of strength, even
surviving a Vaderbomb in the earlier part of the match. Later, Paul
Bearer showed up, and when Undertaker was about to attack Paul Bearer,
Vader got in between and Bearer could hit the Undertaker with the urn.
Vader won the match with yet another Vaderbomb, and then Vader and
Bearer left the ring together. The Undertaker chokeslammed the referee
after the match, thinking that he should have seen Bearer's outside
interference
- AAA Six man tagteam match:
Perro Aguayo, Canek & Hector Garza def. Fuerza Guerrera, Heavy Metal &
Jerry Estrada
As always, the Mexican wrestlers gave a great show
of technical and acrobatic wrestling, even though it had a bit too much
power wrestling to really show the Mexicans' superiority in the sport.
Even though the match was most entertaining, the audience seemed very
uninterested about it
- The Royal Rumble Match
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Order of Entrance
|
Order of Elimination |
| 1 |
Crush |
"Razor Ramon" |
| 2 |
Ahmed Johnson |
Ahmed Johnson |
| 3 |
"Razor Ramon" |
Crush |
| 4 |
Phineas Godwin |
Phineas Godwin |
| 5 |
Steve Austin |
Bart Gunn |
| 6 |
Bart Gunn |
Jake "The Snake" Roberts |
| 7 |
Jake "The Snake" Roberts |
The Sultan |
| 8 |
British Bulldog |
British Bulldog |
| 9 |
Pierot Jr. |
Cibernetico |
| 10 |
The Sultan |
Pierot Jr. |
| 11 |
Mascaras |
Mascaras |
| 12 |
Hunter Hearst Helmsley |
Hunter Hearst Helmsley |
| 13 |
Owen Hart |
Goldust |
| 14 |
Goldust |
Latin Lover |
| 15 |
Cibernetico |
Farooq |
| 16 |
"Wild Man" Marc Mero |
"Wild Man" Marc Mero |
| 17 |
Latin Lover |
Owen Hart |
| 18 |
Farooq |
Savio Vega |
| 19 |
Savio Vega |
"Double J" Jesse James |
| 20 |
"Double J" Jesse James |
Jerry "The King" Lawler |
| 21 |
Bret "Hitman" Hart |
Flash Funk |
| 22 |
Jerry "The King" Lawler |
Henry O. Godwin |
| 23 |
"Diesel" |
Rocky Maivia |
| 24 |
Terry Funk |
Terry Funk |
| 25 |
Rocky Maivia |
Mankind |
| 26 |
Mankind |
Steve Austin |
| 27 |
Flash Funk |
Vader |
| 28 |
Vader |
Undertaker |
| 29 |
Henry O. Godwin |
"Diesel" |
| 30 |
Undertaker |
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- Would-be Winner: Bret
Hart
- However, since the referees didn't see Steve Austin being thrown
out of the ring (they had their hands full with getting Mankind out),
he was judged as the winner, and was to be given a title shot at
Wrestlemania XIII. However, instead of that, a "final four" match was
setup at In Your House XIII.
- Sid Viscious (WWF Champion)
vs. Shawn Michaels
- This was a psychological match with much
power wrestling. Sid had the advantage in the beginning, where he
tried to tire Shawn. Shawn came back with air maneuvers, which however
were stopped by Sid. When Shawn tried to apply his special move, the
"sweet chin music", Sid could stop that too, reversing it into a
powerbomb, after which he (again) went for Shawn's manager, Jose
Lothario. Shawn stopped him though. Later on, Sid managed to get the
referee unconscious, by slamming him with Shawn. He then covered
Shawn, but the new referee that came running to the ring only counted
to two. Shawn then gave Sid the same treatment he got at Survivor
Series '96, that is, he slammed him with a TV camera. Shawn could
then, after another "sweet chin music", get a slow pinfall by the
newly awakened referee.
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