ROYAL RUMBLE (1999)

'Royal Rumble 1999' was the twelfth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event from the World Wrestling Federation. It took place on January 24 1999 at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California. The official theme song was the in-house produced song "No Chance in Hell" by The Chris Warren Band, which would later become Vince McMahon's entrance theme. The tagline was ''No Chance in Hell''. The promotional poster featured Steve Austin.

Contents

Results

Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

Royal Rumble qualification matches

Other on-screen talent

Trivia

References

External links

Results

★ 'Sunday Night HEAT match: Christian defeated Jeff Hardy (11:00)'

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★ Christian pinned Hardy.

★ 'Sunday Night HEAT match: Bob Holly and Scorpio defeated Too Much (Scott Taylor and Brian Christopher) (3:52)'

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★ Holly pinned Christopher.

★ 'Sunday Night HEAT match: Mankind defeated Mabel (5:04)'

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★ Mankind pinned Mabel.

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★ After the match, Mabel hit Mankind with a Big Splash to soften him up for his title match later in the night.

★ 'The Big Boss Man defeated Road Dogg (11:52)'

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★ Boss Man pinned Road Dogg after a Boss Man Slam.

★ 'Ken Shamrock defeated Billy Gunn to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship (14:24)'

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★ Shamrock forced Gunn to submit with the Ankle Lock.

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★ During the match, Val Venis interfered and hit a DDT on Shamrock.

★ 'X-Pac defeated Gangrel to retain the WWF European Championship (5:53)'

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★ X-Pac pinned Gangrel after an X-Factor.

★ 'Sable defeated Luna Vachon in a Strap match to retain the WWF Women's Championship (4:43)'

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★ Sable won after touching all four corners after a fan attacked Luna.

★ 'The Rock defeated Mankind in an "I Quit" match to win the WWF Championship (21:46)'

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★ Rock won after placing the microphone by Mankind's mouth and letting the words "I quit" (taken from a previous Mankind promo) play out on the speakers.

★ 'Vince McMahon won the 1999 Royal Rumble (56:38)'

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★ The final two participants were Vince McMahon and Steve Austin. McMahon won when The Rock interfered and distracted Austin, letting McMahon eliminate him from behind.

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★ Vince snuck out of the ring under the bottom rope, with Austin chasing him afterwards. The two brawled in a bathroom but The Corporation came and attacked Austin. Austin was then taken into an ambulance van.

Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

A new entrant came out approximately every 90 seconds.

Entrant		Eliminated by		Time
1	Steve Austin	29	McMahon	56:38
2	Vince McMahon	-	'WINNER'	56:38
3	Golga	1	Austin	0:15
4	Droz	7	Mabel	12:30
5	Edge	8	Road Dogg	11:51
6	Gillberg	2	Edge	0:07
7	Steve Blackman	4	Mabel	7:22
8	Dan Severn	3	Mabel	5:43
9	Tiger Ali Singh	5	Mabel	4:02
10	Blue Meanie	6	Mabel	2:59
11	Mabel	9	Mideon, Faarooq & Bradshaw	1:26
12	Road Dogg	12	Kane	10:41
13	Gangrel	10	Road Dogg	0:26
14	Kurrgan	13	Kane	6:54
15	Al Snow	11	Road Dogg	0:47
16	Goldust	15	Kane	4:02
17	The Godfather	14	Kane	1:40
18	Kane	16	himself	0:53
19	Ken Shamrock	17	Austin	4:50
20	Billy Gunn	18	Austin	7:05
21	Test	19	Austin	12:48
22	The Big Boss Man	28	Austin	18:53
23	Triple H	25	Austin	14:19
24	Val Venis	24	Triple H	12:41
25	X-Pac	20	Boss Man	5:44
26	Mark Henry	22	Chyna	7:57
27	Jeff Jarrett	21	Triple H	3:39
28	D'Lo Brown	27	Boss Man	9:11
29	Owen Hart	26	Austin	6:31
30	Chyna	23	Austin	0:35

Mideon, Faarooq and Bradshaw were not entrants in the Rumble.

Royal Rumble qualification matches

★ Steve Austin defeated The Undertaker in a Buried Alive match at Rock Bottom

★ Chyna won a Corporation vs. DX "Corporate Royal Rumble"

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★ The stipulation was the winner would enter at #30.

Other on-screen talent

;Commentators ★ Michael Cole ★ Jerry "The King" Lawler;Spanish Commentators ★ Carlos Cabrera ★ Hugo Savinovich;Referees ★ Mike Chioda ★ Earl Hebner ★ Jim Korderas ★ Theodore Long ★ Tim White

;Interviewers ★ Dok Hendrix ★ Kevin Kelly;Other ★ Howard Finkel - ''ring announcer''

Trivia

★ As of 2007, Chyna is still the only woman to participate in the Royal Rumble.

★ Mick Foley wrote in his second book that he was angry at the Rock for going beyond their agreement that the Rock would give Foley 5 chairshots in the "I Quit" Match and wound up giving him 11. In addition, Foley wrote that his feelings were hurt when the Rock didn't show up backstage to check up on him after the match. The Rock would later apologize to Foley for this. Rock apologized for the misunderstanding in his paperback book and said he was sure he had checked on him. When Foley talked to a producer he confirmed Rock checked on him so Foley apologized to him.

★ Because of a kayfabe foot injury, Billy Gunn participated in the rumble match with only one boot on.

References

★ [Results at OWW]

★ twnpnews.com - Royal Rumble

★ hoofco-inc.com - Royal Rumble '99 review

★ onlineonslaught.com - Royal Rumble '99 review

External links

★ Official 1999 Royal Rumble website