Royal Rumble 1998 was the eleventh annual Royal Rumble pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on January 18, 1998 in San Jose, California.
Results[]
- Vader defeated The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust (with Luna).
- Max Mini, Mosaic, and Nova defeated Battalion, El Torito, and Tarantula with Sunny as the special guest referee in a six-man tag team match.
- The Rock defeated Ken Shamrock by disqualification to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship.
- The Legion of Doom (Animal and Hawk) defeated The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn and Road Dogg) by disqualification in a match for The Outlaws' WWF Tag Team Championships.
- Shawn Michaels (with Triple H and Chyna) defeated The Undertaker in a casket match to retain the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
Royal Rumble Match[]
- Stone Cold Steve Austin won the 1998 30-man Royal Rumble match by last eliminating The Rock.
Entrants and Eliminations:[]
| Draw | Entrant | Order | Eliminated by | Time | Eliminations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cactus Jack | 2 | Chainsaw Charlie | 09:21 | 1 |
| 2 | Chainsaw Charlie | 6 | Mankind | 25:19 | 2 |
| 3 | Tom Brandi | 1 | Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie | 00:12 | 0 |
| 4 | The Rock | 29 | Steve Austin | 51:32 | 3 |
| 5 | Mosh | 3 | Kurrgan | 13:09 | 0 |
| 6 | Phineas I. Godwinn | 13 | Mark Henry | 28:48 | 1 |
| 7 | 8-Ball | 15 | Steve Austin | 30:43 | 1 |
| 8 | Blackjack Bradshaw | 16 | Dude Love | 35:45 | 1 |
| 9 | Owen Hart | 10 | Chyna and Triple H | 02:00 | 1 |
| 10 | Steve Blackman | 4 | Kurrgan | 05:58 | 0 |
| 11 | D'Lo Brown | 17 | Faarooq | 32:21 | 1 |
| 12 | Kurrgan | 5 | 8-Ball, Bradshaw, Ken Shamrock, Phineas I. Godwinn and The Rock | 03:38 | 2 |
| 13 | Marc Mero | 14 | Steve Austin | 19:38 | 0 |
| 14 | Ken Shamrock | 9 | The Rock | 09:15 | 1 |
| 15 | Thrasher | 19 | Steve Austin | 28:08 | 0 |
| 16 | Mankind | 7 | The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust | 02:07 | 1 |
| 17 | The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust | 24 | Chainz | 26:01 | 2 |
| 18 | Jeff Jarrett | 8 | Owen Hart | 01:05 | 0 |
| 19 | The Honky Tonk Man | 18 | Vader | 19:55 | 0 |
| 20 | Ahmed Johnson | 12 | D'Lo Brown and Mark Henry | 03:18 | 0 |
| 21 | Mark Henry | 26 | Faarooq | 19:07 | 2 |
| 22 | Skull | 11 | Unable to compete due to injury | 00:00 | 0 |
| 23 | Kama Mustafa | 20 | Steve Austin | 13:58 | 0 |
| 24 | Stone Cold Steve Austin | - | Winner | 15:58 | 7 |
| 25 | Henry O. Godwinn | 23 | Dude Love | 11:32 | 0 |
| 26 | Savio Vega | 21 | Steve Austin | 09:29 | 0 |
| 27 | Faarooq | 28 | The Rock | 10:03 | 3 |
| 28 | Dude Love | 27 | Faarooq | 07:53 | 2 |
| 29 | Chainz | 25 | Steve Austin | 04:56 | 1 |
| 30 | Vader | 22 | The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust | 02:15 | 1 |