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The 1998 Royal Rumble was the 11th annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on January 18, 1998, at the San Jose Arena in San Jose, California .
The Royal Rumble match was created by wrestler and WWE Hall of Famer Pat Patterson and the event was established by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). After the match was first tested at a house show in October 1987, [1] the first Royal Rumble event took place on January 24, 1988, and was broadcast live as a television special on the USA Network. [2]
A 30-man Royal Rumble on January 17, 1994, at Madison Square Garden was won by Owen Hart, last eliminating Fatu. An 18-man Royal Rumble match took place on May 9, 1994, in Osaka, Japan and was won by The Undertaker, last eliminating Bam Bam Bigelow. There was a tag team Royal Rumble on the June 15, 1998 episode of Raw.
The event's main featured match is a battle royal-type match, also titled the Royal Rumble. It is regarded as one of the "Big Four", as along with WrestleMania , SummerSlam and Survivor Series , as it was one of the original four annual WWE pay-per-views.
Van Dam participated in the Royal Rumble on January 19, 2003, and was one of the final five participants before being tricked and eliminated by Kane. The two faced Lance Storm and William Regal at No Way Out on February 23 for the World Tag Team Championship but failed to win the titles when Kane mistakenly chokeslammed Van Dam. [ 112 ]
At the Royal Rumble on January 27, 2024, Truth entered the men's Royal Rumble match at No. 24, lasting three minutes before being eliminated by Priest. [146] On the following episode of Raw , Truth was attacked by The Judgment Day after they officially declared that he was not a member of the group, and Miz tried to save him, but both were ...
Royal Rumble 1998: January 19, 2018 2h 42m 84 Royal Rumble 1988: January 26, 2018 2h 42m 85 The Main Event on NBC: Hogan vs Andrè 88 February 2, 2018 1h 49m 86 Undertaker 1995-1997 February 9, 2018 4h 42m 87 No Way Out 1998: February 16, 2018 2h 11m 88 No Way Out 2003: February 23, 2018 2h 48m 89 Shawn Michaels 1993 March 2, 2018 2h 21m 90
The 1997 Royal Rumble was the 10th annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on January 19, 1997, from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas .