The 1998 Royal Rumble should have only had one winner, sometimes the most predictable outcome is the best outcome.Tonights commentators are the voices of the Attitude era Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler. We also have Mike Tyson watching from the sky box with Shane McMahon, who I believe was not an on-screen character at this time.
#1 is CACTUS JACK, who was Mick Foley's character before arriving in the WWF, and the last one he introduced here after Mankind and Dude Love (and was also the first one he'd stop portraying, #2 is CHAINSAW CHARLIE, who is Terry Funk with a pantyhose on his head and brandishing a chainsaw and yes he retired (and returned) since the 1997 Rumble and the two of course have a lot of history and her tag partners at the time, they of course go brutal on each other including hitting uncomfortable chair shots to each others heads (which is nothing compared to Foley at the 1999 Royal Rumble I Quit match). #3 is TOM BRANDI, the former Salvatore Sincere, who I don't believe was around much longer after this and doesn't last long at all as both throw him out and the go back to fighting with each. Jack superlexes Chainsaw Charlie on to two chairs. #4 is THE ROCK, the current IC champion, what a difference a year makes, he's part of the Nation now, and he's found his niche that would lead him to be one of the most successful wrestlers of all time. The Rock takes a trashcan to the head and the pair put him in before taking turns hitting him. and they hit him in the bin with a chair but he goes between the middle ropes. Jack celebrates on the top rope but Charlie low blows him. #5 is HEADBANGER MOSH, who I was honestly never a fan of their team, and The Rock has come back in, middle age and crazy Charlie misses a moonsault on Mosh as #6 makes his way to the ring and it's PHINEAS I GODWINN, this is like 4 years running we've had a Godwinn, .I should point out the weapons have been cleared from the ring now. #7 is 8-BALL who is in DOA but was a former Blu Brothers, and I hated them, and still hate, hate them to this day, and Cactus Jack is via Chainsaw Charlie in what feels like a upset, Jerry Lawler mentions somebody has got to Steve Austin in the back and it's The Rock and Chainsaw Charlie and some tag-team wrestlers, #8 is BLACKJACK BRADSHAW, who was part of the The New Blackjacks at the time, was this is first Rumble? And again he was another tag-team wrestler (Barry Windham was his partner at the time), #9 is OWEN HART and Jeff Jarrett (with Jim Cornette) attacks him from behind, this was during the short lived NWA (organisation not the rap group) angle Owen was the only Hart Foundation member who didn't leave at the Survivor Series screw job, and he was over well as the Blackheart but he ended up feuding with Triple H, who always seemed to have his number, by the years end Jarrett and Owen would be in a cool team. #10 is STEVE BLACKMAN who was relative newcomer to the company at the time.
#11 is D'LO of the Nation, the 2nd Nation member in the Rumble, pre-protective vest, but I always thought he was a talented guy. Man, the likes of 8 Ball and Mosh have been here too long, D'Lo and Rock actually start fighting with gets the crowd pumped, #12 is KURRGAN pre-Oddity, I always had a soft spot for the big guy though he was never a great wrestler, and he dumps out Mosh in the corner/ #13 is Sable, oh yeah and MARVELLOUS MARC MERO is here too, who throws some weak punches at Blackman, Kurrgan eliminates Blackman which is surprising as I thought he'd do longer, 8-Ball as still been in here too long/ #14 is KEN SHAMROCK, who Lawler claims is the person who got to Austin, I always liked Shamrock and surprised he only did like 2 and a half years with the company and as never appeared since. And he goes straight for Kurrgan, a bunch of them gang up on Kurrgan and eliminate him. #15 is HEADBANGER THRASHER, what I said about Mosh just repeat here and 8-Ball as still been in here too long. #16 is incredibly MANKIND, another face of Foley, what if Cactus Jack hadn't been eliminated???, he goes straight for Chainsaw Charlie and eliminates him and again 8-Ba.. #17 is THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS GOLDUST, yes that's he was called at the time, whose character's goal was to be outrageous. Oh yeah P.I.G. is still in there too, and Mankind is gone already at the hands of Goldust (I'm not rewriting all that out). #18 is JEFF JARRETT and I think Owen is technically still in this... and yeah there is from the back and he attacks Jarrett in the ring. Jarrett almost gets out Owen but he skims the cat and out goes Jeff Jarrett. #19 is HONKY TONK MAN and is that Triple H (on crutches) and Chyna behind him. Rock eliminates Shamrock, who he mostly got the better of in their feud and H and Chyna are there to attack Owen and they use his crutches to get him out and Hunter keeps beating him with them, what did Owen do to be so popular around here? #20 is AHMED JOHNSEN, who wouldn't really be around for much longer, did he call somebody ham sandwich once, why as that entered my mind, maybe I'm just hungry? and JESUS H. CHRIST 8-Ball is still in there, I know I've mentioned it countless times but it's just wrong W-R-O-N-G,
#21 is MARK HENRY of the Nation, who was there's newest recruit at the time and he handles the big Johnsen (JR's words). #22... is nobody, commentators believe it was Austin but it's turned it was DOA's Skull, who thankfully can't compete after getting accidentally attacked because they thought he was Austin. Ahmed and P.I.G. are now gone. #23 is Nation member KAMA MUSTAFA who pushes Ahmed. #24 is the glass shattering and the crowd going wild and the ring stop to wait for STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN who comes from behind, and he throws Mero out and yes, yes, yes throws out 8-Ball after 30 goddamn minutes, He's choking D'Lo with his jacket. They show Tyson celebrating Austin's arrival, #25 is HENRY O. GODWINN and it's really just fighting until the next entrant, #26 is SAVIO VEGA who was with Los Boricuas at the time and they all join him but he takes care of the other guys easily, Austin hits a nice clothesline on Goldust. #27 is FAAROOQ the leader of the Nation (and future tag-partner of Bradshaw) and goes straight for The Rock, then his other team mates, and Rock and Austin are fighting going through the ropes. Lawler is adamant that Austin went over the top rope despite footage to the contrary. #28 is DUDE LOVE, the third face of Foley, and quickly eliminates Bradshaw and I think Goldust is out too. The Rock hits the Rock Bottom on D'Lo, #29 is CHAINZ, also of D.O.A., who also the past played the Fake Undertaker, as much as I hated the twins in D.O.A. I never had a problem with him - odd that. JR mentions that The Rock has been in over 50 minutes, clearly they had big plans for this guy. #30 is VADER, who I believe had defeated Goldust earlier that night, remember what I said about last years about is stock falling, yes it's even further down, in 1998 he was fed to Kane, calls himself a fat piece of shit, then gets jobbed out and leaves - Honky Tonk Man is out. Austin eliminates Thrasher then Kama, Savio is gone and Goldust gets eliminated by Vader and then Chainz supriginsly eliminates Goldust. Faarooq tries to eliminate Henry but he does end up falling and Chainz was eliminated by Austin when the camera isn't on. The last four are Austin, Dude, Rock and Faarooq. Dude Love gets the maniable claw on Austin but he low blows him and Faarooq clotheslines him over the rope. Faarooq is attacking Austin as The Rock comes behind him and eliminates Faarooq and Austin almost eliminates The Rock but he's back in and it's a Stunner and he's out. STONE COLD STONE COLD STONE COLD IS GOING TO WRESTLEMANIA! Mike Tyson is happy, the fans are happy!
Overall my criticism would be to many tag-team wrestlers staying in too long and frigging 8-Ball lasting more than 30 minutes is a crime against humanity. Foley entering three times was a lot of fun and it's clear the right person won and it felt liked it well and truly kicked off WWF new attitude.
#1 is CACTUS JACK, who was Mick Foley's character before arriving in the WWF, and the last one he introduced here after Mankind and Dude Love (and was also the first one he'd stop portraying, #2 is CHAINSAW CHARLIE, who is Terry Funk with a pantyhose on his head and brandishing a chainsaw and yes he retired (and returned) since the 1997 Rumble and the two of course have a lot of history and her tag partners at the time, they of course go brutal on each other including hitting uncomfortable chair shots to each others heads (which is nothing compared to Foley at the 1999 Royal Rumble I Quit match). #3 is TOM BRANDI, the former Salvatore Sincere, who I don't believe was around much longer after this and doesn't last long at all as both throw him out and the go back to fighting with each. Jack superlexes Chainsaw Charlie on to two chairs. #4 is THE ROCK, the current IC champion, what a difference a year makes, he's part of the Nation now, and he's found his niche that would lead him to be one of the most successful wrestlers of all time. The Rock takes a trashcan to the head and the pair put him in before taking turns hitting him. and they hit him in the bin with a chair but he goes between the middle ropes. Jack celebrates on the top rope but Charlie low blows him. #5 is HEADBANGER MOSH, who I was honestly never a fan of their team, and The Rock has come back in, middle age and crazy Charlie misses a moonsault on Mosh as #6 makes his way to the ring and it's PHINEAS I GODWINN, this is like 4 years running we've had a Godwinn, .I should point out the weapons have been cleared from the ring now. #7 is 8-BALL who is in DOA but was a former Blu Brothers, and I hated them, and still hate, hate them to this day, and Cactus Jack is via Chainsaw Charlie in what feels like a upset, Jerry Lawler mentions somebody has got to Steve Austin in the back and it's The Rock and Chainsaw Charlie and some tag-team wrestlers, #8 is BLACKJACK BRADSHAW, who was part of the The New Blackjacks at the time, was this is first Rumble? And again he was another tag-team wrestler (Barry Windham was his partner at the time), #9 is OWEN HART and Jeff Jarrett (with Jim Cornette) attacks him from behind, this was during the short lived NWA (organisation not the rap group) angle Owen was the only Hart Foundation member who didn't leave at the Survivor Series screw job, and he was over well as the Blackheart but he ended up feuding with Triple H, who always seemed to have his number, by the years end Jarrett and Owen would be in a cool team. #10 is STEVE BLACKMAN who was relative newcomer to the company at the time.
#11 is D'LO of the Nation, the 2nd Nation member in the Rumble, pre-protective vest, but I always thought he was a talented guy. Man, the likes of 8 Ball and Mosh have been here too long, D'Lo and Rock actually start fighting with gets the crowd pumped, #12 is KURRGAN pre-Oddity, I always had a soft spot for the big guy though he was never a great wrestler, and he dumps out Mosh in the corner/ #13 is Sable, oh yeah and MARVELLOUS MARC MERO is here too, who throws some weak punches at Blackman, Kurrgan eliminates Blackman which is surprising as I thought he'd do longer, 8-Ball as still been in here too long/ #14 is KEN SHAMROCK, who Lawler claims is the person who got to Austin, I always liked Shamrock and surprised he only did like 2 and a half years with the company and as never appeared since. And he goes straight for Kurrgan, a bunch of them gang up on Kurrgan and eliminate him. #15 is HEADBANGER THRASHER, what I said about Mosh just repeat here and 8-Ball as still been in here too long. #16 is incredibly MANKIND, another face of Foley, what if Cactus Jack hadn't been eliminated???, he goes straight for Chainsaw Charlie and eliminates him and again 8-Ba.. #17 is THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS GOLDUST, yes that's he was called at the time, whose character's goal was to be outrageous. Oh yeah P.I.G. is still in there too, and Mankind is gone already at the hands of Goldust (I'm not rewriting all that out). #18 is JEFF JARRETT and I think Owen is technically still in this... and yeah there is from the back and he attacks Jarrett in the ring. Jarrett almost gets out Owen but he skims the cat and out goes Jeff Jarrett. #19 is HONKY TONK MAN and is that Triple H (on crutches) and Chyna behind him. Rock eliminates Shamrock, who he mostly got the better of in their feud and H and Chyna are there to attack Owen and they use his crutches to get him out and Hunter keeps beating him with them, what did Owen do to be so popular around here? #20 is AHMED JOHNSEN, who wouldn't really be around for much longer, did he call somebody ham sandwich once, why as that entered my mind, maybe I'm just hungry? and JESUS H. CHRIST 8-Ball is still in there, I know I've mentioned it countless times but it's just wrong W-R-O-N-G,
#21 is MARK HENRY of the Nation, who was there's newest recruit at the time and he handles the big Johnsen (JR's words). #22... is nobody, commentators believe it was Austin but it's turned it was DOA's Skull, who thankfully can't compete after getting accidentally attacked because they thought he was Austin. Ahmed and P.I.G. are now gone. #23 is Nation member KAMA MUSTAFA who pushes Ahmed. #24 is the glass shattering and the crowd going wild and the ring stop to wait for STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN who comes from behind, and he throws Mero out and yes, yes, yes throws out 8-Ball after 30 goddamn minutes, He's choking D'Lo with his jacket. They show Tyson celebrating Austin's arrival, #25 is HENRY O. GODWINN and it's really just fighting until the next entrant, #26 is SAVIO VEGA who was with Los Boricuas at the time and they all join him but he takes care of the other guys easily, Austin hits a nice clothesline on Goldust. #27 is FAAROOQ the leader of the Nation (and future tag-partner of Bradshaw) and goes straight for The Rock, then his other team mates, and Rock and Austin are fighting going through the ropes. Lawler is adamant that Austin went over the top rope despite footage to the contrary. #28 is DUDE LOVE, the third face of Foley, and quickly eliminates Bradshaw and I think Goldust is out too. The Rock hits the Rock Bottom on D'Lo, #29 is CHAINZ, also of D.O.A., who also the past played the Fake Undertaker, as much as I hated the twins in D.O.A. I never had a problem with him - odd that. JR mentions that The Rock has been in over 50 minutes, clearly they had big plans for this guy. #30 is VADER, who I believe had defeated Goldust earlier that night, remember what I said about last years about is stock falling, yes it's even further down, in 1998 he was fed to Kane, calls himself a fat piece of shit, then gets jobbed out and leaves - Honky Tonk Man is out. Austin eliminates Thrasher then Kama, Savio is gone and Goldust gets eliminated by Vader and then Chainz supriginsly eliminates Goldust. Faarooq tries to eliminate Henry but he does end up falling and Chainz was eliminated by Austin when the camera isn't on. The last four are Austin, Dude, Rock and Faarooq. Dude Love gets the maniable claw on Austin but he low blows him and Faarooq clotheslines him over the rope. Faarooq is attacking Austin as The Rock comes behind him and eliminates Faarooq and Austin almost eliminates The Rock but he's back in and it's a Stunner and he's out. STONE COLD STONE COLD STONE COLD IS GOING TO WRESTLEMANIA! Mike Tyson is happy, the fans are happy!
Overall my criticism would be to many tag-team wrestlers staying in too long and frigging 8-Ball lasting more than 30 minutes is a crime against humanity. Foley entering three times was a lot of fun and it's clear the right person won and it felt liked it well and truly kicked off WWF new attitude.
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