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Bonus - Tag Team Royal Rumble (June 15th, 1998 - Raw Is War)

I have decided to do any other Royal Rumble that the company have done, but only the televised ones, there was at least 4 non televised ones (according to Wikipedia) before this including an 1987 one (won by One Man Gang), 1988 (Rick Rude), 2 in 1994 (Owen Hart and Undertaker are your winners there)

So a lot had happened between the January and June, WWF where back on top, Austin was champion, Shawn Michaels had injured his back so badly he retired (until 2002), and the product was all round exciting, in June 1998 we got a Tag-Team Royal Rumble where the winners would get to face The New Age Outlaws. Each team would enter every 30 seconds and only 1 of the men has to get thrown out.

#1 are L.O.D. 2000 (with Sunny), now I was never really a fan of this team, despite how popular they where, and the 2000 gimmick was an attempt to breathe new life into them but Hawk's real life demons (which sadly got turned into a storyline) did nothing. #2 are KANE and MANKIND (with Paul Bearer), the two teams fighting a little while before #3 THE NEW MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (Bombastic Bart and Bob Holly), a failed "New" team, which wouldn't last much longer #4 is THE HEADBANGERS who I have also mentioned I'm not a fan of, #5 are D.O.A. who you recall I hate much, the entrants are coming in too fast to really register what happens as I write that #6 make there entry KURRGAN and GOLGA of the Oddities, during there short heel run, as Bart Gunn goes out, Golga was Earthquake though it was never referred to as him, #7 is TOO MUCH who later became much more popular as Too Cool, I enjoyed there team and particularly was a fan of Scott Taylor (Scotty 2 Hotty), #8 FAROOQ and STEVE BLACKMAN, a makeshift team are next. Faarooq had been ousted from the Nation as leader by Rock as this point, #9 is TAKA and BRADSHAW, this is before TAKA joined Kai-Entai and before Bradshaw would become the Acolytes with Faarooq, thankfully D.O.A. are gone. #10 are brothers TERRY FUNK and FLASH FUNK now called 2 COLD SCORPIO

Kurrgan is gone and TAKA is gone, Headbangers throw Too Much into each and are gone and Kane takes out a Headbanger, Kane knocks out Animal, and Blackman is also gone, the last two teams and Kane and Mankind and Scorpio and Terry Funk. Funk uses a chair on Kane and the pair nearly get him over. Mankind does an unprotected chair shot on Terry but he stays in as Kane tombstone Scorpio and a chair shot sends out Terry. And these are your winners - Mankind and Kane.

Hey remember in 1995 where I complained a minute wasn't enough time between entrants, well 30 seconds and sending out 2 guys was less fun then that. No wonder it hasn't been done before because it was mostly worth watching as a curio

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