The Royal Rumble Match, Part Two
Entry #15: Ken Shamrock
Austin goes through the ropes and throws coffee in McMahon's face. Shamrock rushes to his boss' aid, but Austin punches him and throws him into the ring. He climbs on the turnbuckle as Shamrock stands up. The rattlesnake jumps on him and then drags him into a corner, stomping away at him. He tosses Shamrock over the top rope, but he hangs on. Austin charges him and gets a roundhouse kick to the head for his efforts. He climbs back in and hits his opponent with a fisherman suplex. He then applies the ankle lock to McMahon's delight. Austin yells in pain and struggles to get to the ropes. He does and starts pulling himself up, his leg still shooting in pain. Shamrock takes advantage of the situation and catapults his opponent over the top rope. Austin hangs on and withstands a foot choke as the clock sounds.
Entry #16: Kurrgan
The other participant from the Oddities rushes in and grabs Shamrock, attempting to eliminate him. Shamrock hooks his leg around the middle rope, trying to fight off his larger assailant. Steve Austin rests on the apron. Shamrock rakes Kurrgan's eyes, forcing the Oddity to turn around in pain. Shamrock regains his footing and delivers kicks to Kurrgan's body, forcing him onto his knees. He gears up for a hard-hitting roundhouse, but Austin jumps him from behind, knocking him off his feet. Austin elbow drops Shamrock three times and whips him against the ropes, catching him with a back body slam. Kurrgan stands up and applies a claw to Shamrock's face, lifting him up. He releases the hold and lifts the member of the Corporation in a suplex, bringing him down hard. Kurrgan celebrates before Austin decks him with a flying forearm. The clock sounds.
Entry #17: Goldust
The bizarre one enters, leaving the Head he stole from Al Snow at ringside, and dodges a clothesline from Austin, kicking him in the gut and delivering a swinging neck breaker. Ken Shamrock grabs him and after a few knee strikes whips him against the ropes, preparing for a back body drop. Goldust manages to halt himself and fall to the mat, delivering a strong uppercut which nearly sends Shamrock spiraling. He finishes the job with a bulldog. Goldust gets up from the bulldog and receives a big boot to the face courtesy of Kurrgan. Kurrgan lifts him and runs for the ropes. He gets Goldust over the top rope, but the bizarre one lands on the apron and punches the Oddity's face twice before biting his head. Kurrgan screams and knocks Goldust onto his side with a hard fist. Goldust rolls back in as Kurrgan backs into an atomic drop from Steve Austin. Goldust goes for a DDT, but Austin counters it into a back slam. He follows up with an elbow drop.
Entry #18: Road Dogg
Road Dogg runs into the fray and immediately does shake, rattle, and roll with Ken Shamrock. He punches Austin in the gut and goes for a pumphandle slam, but somehow the rattlesnake slips out and clotheslines the second entrant from DX. Goldust and Kurrgan are seen striking up an alliance and they target Austin. They lay into him and then get him about third way over the top rope. Their effort gets him further over before Goldust decides to dump both Austin and Kurrgan. His over-eagerness results in a failure as both opponents fight back and knock him onto his back. Meanwhile Shamrock has been trying to eliminate Road Dogg. This ends when the half of the New Age Outlaws kicks the Corporate member in the groin he knocks him onto his back and hits him with his specialized knee drop. Austin grabs Kurrgan for the stunner, but the oddity overpowers him and rams him into the nearest ring post. The timer ticks down to zero.
Entry #19: Al Snow
Snow is about to enter the ring when he sees Head left at ringside. He goes for it, but Goldust slips under the bottom rope and hits him from behind, forcing him into the ring. Goldust stomps at Al Snow. Road Dogg beats on Austin in a corner. Kurrgan goes for a big boot on Shamrock, only to have his leg caught. Kurrgan is flipped over onto his front and held in the ankle lock. He screams and scrambles for the ropes, quickly climbing up. Shamrock releases his leg by slamming it against the mat. Kurrgan grimaces and holds his leg in pain, easy prey for Shamrock. He is flipped over the top rope and hits the floor.
Kurrgan is eliminated.
Shamrock knocks down Road Dogg and goes for Austin himself. Al Snow turns the tide against Goldust, dodging a clothesline and connecting with a heel kick. He lifts Goldust and hits him with the snow plow. He exits the ring and grabs head, celebrating his reunion.
Entry #20: Test
The second entrant from the Corporation runs in and downs Road Dogg with a big boot. He grabs Goldust and hits him with a pumphandle slam. Austin knocks Shamrock back and goes for a stunner, but Test intervenes. He and Shamrock double suplex the rattlesnake and pick him up, hurling him over the top rope. Austin hangs on with just one hand on the middle rope. Test goes for a big boot on him, but he catches the leg and pulls it down, making Test hit the top rope with his groin. Austin knocks back Shamrock with a hard right and starts bouncing the rope up and down, adding to Test's pain. Al Snow, who recently reentered, is hitting Road Dogg and Goldust with Head. He sets Head down in a corner and goes for a clothesline on Road Dogg. Road Dogg ducks and almost sends him sailing to his elimination. Ken Shamrock tries to eliminate Goldust while Austin and Test get back inside the ring and duke it out. The clock sounds.
Entry #21: Droz
Still in Legion of Doom attire, Droz enters with a spear to Shamrock. He lifts Goldust and sends him crashing down with a powerbomb. He knocks down Test and targets Austin, wanting the reward money. Austin quickly prevents elimination gets his new opponent with a neck breaker. Test hits Austin in the back and chokes him on the ropes. Road Dogg and Ken Shamrock fight each other while Al Snow tries to eliminate Goldust. Droz puts some distance between himself and Test and then attacks the Corporate member with a running lariat. He lifts Austin and tries to get him over the top rope. The rattlesnake hangs onto the rope until Test frees him with a punch to Droz's head. Ken Shamrock applies a standing armbar to Road Dogg to wear him down. Goldust and Al Snow grab Head and have a game of tug-of-war.
Entry #22: Billy Gunn
The other half of the New Age Outlaws limps into the ring, still hurting from his Intercontinental title match earlier in the night. Ken Shamrock releases Road Dogg to go after him and kicks him in the ankle. Gunn falls down and Shamrock goes for the ankle lock. Road Dogg comes to the rescue and knocks down Shamrock. He helps Billy Gunn up and they chop away at Shamrock. Al Snow has won his tug-of-war over Head and has knocked Goldust senseless. He attacks Road Dogg with it. The New Age Outlaws turn on Snow and after a brief beatdown hurl him out of the ring, along with Head.
Al Snow is eliminated.
The NAO then goes after Test. Road Dogg gives him a solid punch and Gunn hits him with the Fameasser. They go for an elimination, but Shamrock intervenes, resulting in a DX vs. Corporation struggle by the ropes. At the same time Droz and Goldust team up on Austin. The clock sounds.
Entry #23: Edge
Edge drop kicks Goldust and Droz and goes for Austin, choking him as he tries to push him over the top rope. Goldust and Droz refocus their attention on the other participants. Goldust grabs Shamrock and delivers an uppercut followed by a DDT. Droz goes after Billy Gunn and whips him off the ropes, hitting him with a jumping shoulder thrust on the rebound. He goes for the elimination, but Road Dogg rushes to his partner's aid. Droz gets suplexed by the two and is then rushed over the top rope.
Droz is eliminated.
Billy Gunn grabs Shamrock and lifts him up, but his injured ankle gives way and he collapses to the mat. Road Dogg clotheslines Shamrock. Edge goes for the Edgecution, but Austin counters with a body slam. Gunn targets the rattlesnake and despite his foot injury pulls off a suplex. Test big boots Goldust and Edge simultaneously.
Entry #24: Val Venis
Venis does his little towel dance before heading out to the ring. He delivers a high knee to Road Dogg. He picks up Goldust and drives him into the mat with a piledriver. He stands over the bizarre one and stretches his arms out, then doing his sexy dance before kneeling down and punching his opponent in the face repeatedly. Edge tries to head scissors Test over the top rope, but to no avail. Steve Austin is starting to crumple under Billy Gunn's determined attack, but then stomps on his opponent's foot, setting him up for an elimination.
Billy Gunn is eliminated.
Val Venis hits Shamrock with a half nelson slam. Austin gives the Road Dogg the stunner to the audience's cheers before Goldust bulldogs him and hits him with a scoop slam. Edge hangs precariously above the floor, struggling to keep his feet up as Test stomps on his hands and arms.
Entry #25: Triple H
Triple H, the leader of DX, speeds into the ring and beats down Test. He whips Goldust off the ropes and prepares for a back body drop, only to get an uppercut to the face. It is now Triple H who is whipped off the ropes, but Goldust makes the same mistake and is hit with a knee smash. Triple H goes crazy with spinebusters to everybody, really working up the crowd. Test hits him in the head with a clothesline and shoves him against the ropes with his foot. He goes for a big boot, but Triple H dodges him and he nearly goes to the floor under his own momentum. He regains his footing on the apron, only to be guillotined choke by DX's leader and sent backwards.
Test is eliminated.
Triple H goes for the pedigree on Shamrock, who counters the move into a back body drop. Val Venis whips Austin off the ropes and goes for a clothesline, but misses. Austin returns with a Lou Thesz press. Edge spears Road Dogg.
Entry #26: Big Bossman
Big Bossman enters with his night stick and hits Steve Austin with it repeatedly. He drives the rattlesnake to the ropes, but the first entrant powers up and beats him back with punches. He gives the now wobbly Bossman the fingers and goes for a stunner, only to be pulled off by Val Venis, who makes a sloppy elimination attempt. Bossman recovers and beats on Goldust, joined in by Shamrock. They whip the bizarre one off the ropes and hit him with a double chop block. They eliminate the exhausted Goldust.
Goldust is eliminated.
Big Bossman's stick is knocked out of his hand by Road Dogg, who seeks retribution for his defeat earlier in the night. Triple H grabs Shamrock and hurls him at the topes. Shamrock goes over the top rope, but immediately slips back in. Edge spears Venis from behind, trying to have Austin to himself. He repeatedly kicks him and starts lifting him over the top rope, only for Venis to recover and put him in a sleeper hold. Venis lets go of Edge and turns to Austin, who gives him the stunner.
Entry #27: Tiger Ali Singh
Singh immediately makes an impact by interrupting Austin's elimination attempt on Val Venis. His lackey Babu hovers at ringside. Tiger Ali Singh goes for his finishing neck breaker, but Austin breaks out of his hold and clotheslines him. Babu gets on the apron to distract Austin, who just shoves him off and into the audience barrier. Singh takes advantage of the distraction to apply a camel clutch. Meanwhile Triple H is on another rampage, hitting several opponents with knee smashes. Bossman stops him a spinebuster. Shamrock and Bossman lift Triple H and go for the ropes, but Road Dogg performs a low clothesline, knocking their legs out from under them. He and Triple H high five before Dogg turns on his partner, proving that it's every man for himself. Shamrock gets up in a corner and is charged by Edge. He reacts in time and sends the member of the Brood flying out of the ring.
Edge is eliminated.
The seven in-ring participants continue to batter each other as the Rumble clock counts down to zero.
Entry #28: Mark Henry
The big man eagerly gets in and runs into people with his body mass, bowling them over. Shamrock charges him and is hit with a power slam for his troubles. Mark Henry lifts Val Venis and hits him with a backbreaker. Henry then starts lifting opponents with gorilla presses, dropping them hard to the mat. He lifts Austin up, but this time goes for an elimination. Road Dogg wants the elimination for himself and dives into Henry's knee, causing him to stumble. Steve Austin drops to the mat and goes for a stunner while Road Dogg is dragged away by Big Bossman. Mark Henry counters the stunner and hits Austin with the world's strongest slam. Triple H and Val Venis team up on the big man, trying to get the larger opponent over the top rope. Henry successfully resists and delivers a strong head butt to Venis than Triple H. Tiger Ali Singh chops away at Shamrock in a corner.
Entry #29: Kane
The arena goes dark before flames suddenly shoot up. Kane walks menacingly towards the ring, adjusting the glove on his right hand. Upon entering the Road Dogg charges him and is caught in a choke hold. Kane lifts him up and sends him crashing to the floor.
Road Dogg is eliminated.
Kane chokeslams Bossman and then does the same to Val Venis. He pulls Triple H off of Mark Henry and sends him on his back with an uppercut. Steve Austin charges him and delivers a few punches before Kane chokeslams him as well. The big red machine pulls Singh off of Shamrock and punches him down. He hits Shamrock with a walking side slam and goes for a boot on Mark Henry. Henry catches his leg, but Kane pulls off an enziguri to everyone's surprise. Tiger Ali Singh jumps onto his back with a camel clutch, only for the latest entrant to run backwards into a ring post, loosening Singh's hold. Kane wraps his hands around his head and flings him to the floor.
Tiger Ali Singh is eliminated.
Kane whips Austin into a corner and hits him with knee thrusts and uppercuts. Everyone else ignores the dominant monster and separate into their own little fights, with Big Bossman against Mark Henry and Triple H in a three way with Venis and Shamrock. The clock sounds.
Entry #30: Chyna
Next: It is now down to eight competitors. Big Bossman, Chyna, Kane, Ken Shamrock, Mark Henry, Steve Austin, Triple H, or Val Venis will win and go on to Wrestlemania's main event. Who will win?