Royal Rumble 1999
Details
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	January 24, 1999
Venue	Arrowhead Pond
City	Anaheim, California
Attendance	14,800
Pay-per-view chronology
Rock Bottom	Royal Rumble 1999	St. Valentine's Day Massacre

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Results

• Sunday Night HEAT match: Christian defeated Jeff Hardy (11:00)
  • Christian pinned Hardy.
• Sunday Night HEAT match: Bob Holly and Scorpio defeated Too Much (Scott Taylor and Brian Christopher) (3:52)
  • Holly pinned Christopher.
• Sunday Night HEAT match: Mankind defeated Mabel (5:04)
  • Mankind pinned Mabel.
  • 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)
  • Boss Man pinned Road Dogg after a Boss Man Slam.
• Ken Shamrock defeated Billy Gunn to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship (14:24)
  • Shamrock forced Gunn to submit with a ankle lock.
  • During the match, Val Venis interfered and hit a DDT on Shamrock.
• X-Pac defeated Gangrel to retain the WWF European Championship (5:53)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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.
  • 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.

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Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

A new entrant came out approximately every 90 seconds.

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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"
  • The original stipulation was the winner would enter at #30.

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Other on-screen talent

Promotional poster of Royal Rumble 1999, featuring Steve Austin

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Trivia

• As of 2007, Chyna is still the only woman to participate in the Royal Rumble.
• Mick Foley wrote in his second book that 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 10. 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.

References

• twnpnews.com - Royal Rumble
• hoofco-inc.com - Royal Rumble '99 review
• onlineonslaught.com - Royal Rumble '99 review

External links

• Official 1999 Royal Rumble website