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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]
Royal Rumble is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event, produced every January by WWE since 1988. The event's main featured match is a battle royal -type match, also titled the Royal Rumble.
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.
This made Rhodes the first wrestler since "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (1997 and 1998) to win back-to-back Royal Rumble matches, and fourth overall, after Austin, Shawn Michaels (1995 and 1996), and Hulk Hogan (1990 and 1991). In addition to the two Royal Rumble matches, two other matches were contested on the card, which were for SmackDown ...
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
Chyna also appeared at the Royal Rumble the following year as well. Chyna became the only woman to enter the match until Beth Phoenix entered the Royal Rumble in 2010, Kharma in 2012, and Nia Jax in 2019. The most notable aspect of the Royal Rumble, though, was the feud between Mr. McMahon and Stone Cold Steve Austin.
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 .