Royal Rumble Match, Part 3
Chyna walks in with confidence. She delivers punches to Ken Shamrock and then hits him with a sleeper slam. Val Venis gives her a dismissive look, makes an inappropriate gesture, and turns away. Chyna, not pleased by this disrespect, whips out a low blow that makes Venis' eyes go incredibly wide with pain. Venis falls face first into the mat. Chyna clotheslines Big Bossman and sees Mark Henry recovering in a corner. She performs her handspring elbow smash on the big man and grabs him by his wrestling garb, hurling him over the top rope to many cheers.
Mark Henry eliminated.
Chyna taunts Henry and turns into a brutal clothesline from Big Bossman.
Chyna is eliminated.
Triple H is furious at seeing how his girlfriend was eliminated and rushes for Bossman, driving him into the mat and delivering a flurry of fists. Shamrock kicks him in the back, helping the Bossman turn the tide. Big Bossman puts his feet on Triple H and scrapes them off his face. He then picks up the leader of DX and rams his face into the turnbuckle four times before hitting him with an atomic drop.
Kane grabs Ken Shamrock and goes for a chokeslam, but the former UFC fighter fights his way out of the chokehold and delivers a roundhouse kick to the big red machine. Kane staggers a bit, but quickly regains his composure and knees Shamrock. He flings him into a corner and hits him with a running knee. Shamrock crumples to a sitting position and receives a series of stomps to his body.
Val Venis whips Steve Austin off the ropes and hits him with a shoulder block. He delivers a scoop slam to the heavily exhausted Austin and ascends to the turnbuckle. He comes off with the money shot, but Austin lifts his knees in the nick of time and Venis rolls off holding his ribs. Big Bossman rushes to Shamrock's aid and applies a sleeper hold to Kane. Kane leaves Shamrock and tries to shake off the corporate enforcer. Triple H helps with a knee to Bossman's back. Triple H knee smashes Bossman and clotheslines him over the top rope. Bossman hangs on while Triple H and Shamrock are both grabbed around the throat by Kane. Kane lifts them up and delivers chokeslams.
Val Venis misses a running boot in Austin and turns into stone cold stunner. He is tosses over the top rope.
Val Venis is eliminated.
Austin collapses to the mat, his iron man performance getting to him. McMahon at the commentator's booth looks pleased and screams for somebody to eliminate his arch-nemesis. However, the superstars are preoccupied with Kane. Bossman saves Shamrock form elimination by the monster. Steve Austin forms an unlikely partnership to drive the big red machine against the ropes. Shamrock joins in to make it a triple team. Triple H grabs the Bossman, who immediately responds with a low blow and rushes the final DX participant towards the ropes, tossing him over.
Big Bossman goes back to triple team Kane, but only one of Triple H's feet has touched the floor. Bossman seems oblivious to this despite the audience's reaction. Triple H quickly gets back and grabs Bossman again, kicking him twice in the gut and delivering the pedigree. Bossman is disposed of.
Big Bossman is eliminated.
It is down to a final four of Kane, Ken Shamrock, Steve Austin, and Triple H. Shamrock has been in the match for over twenty-five minutes while Austin has been in it since the beginning, reaching the fifty minute mark. Triple H helps in the attempt to eliminate Kane, but the monster quickly powers up and sends all of the other finalists back with hard punches. He grabs Austin and hurls him over the top rope. The audience goes wild as Austin almost careens into an elimination, barely hanging on. Kane whips Triple H off of the ropes and hits him with a tilt-a-whirl slam. Shamrock leaps onto his back and executes a choke hold. This causes Kane to stumble about and fight for air. Austin makes matters worse for him by kicking and punching at his body.
Triple H and Austin help Shamrock steer Kane towards the ropes, but the big red machine powers up again and loosens Shamrock's hold, sending him dropping to the mat. Kane throws Triple H and Austin over the top rope. They hang on and after getting back in turn on each other. Austin goes for a Lou Thesz press, but Triple H dodges him, making Austin land on the mat. The rattlesnake gets up and turns into a knee smash. Triple H delivers a snap suplex. He lifts Austin for another suplex, this time dropping him on the other side of the ropes. The first entrant catches the ropes and headbutts Triple H before sliding into the ring.
Ken Shamrock has been holding his own against Kane with running strikes and kicks. He puts Kane in a cradle hold and slams the larger participant. Kane slowly gets up and Shamrock goes for a choke hold, hoping to wear down the big red machine. Kane gives him a snapmare instead and whips himself off the ropes with a drop kick to the sitting Shamrock. Kane body presses him and throws him to the floor.
Ken Shamrock is eliminated.
Triple H abandons a beat down of Austin to go after Kane, hitting him with a jumping knee. Kane doesn't budge. Triple H bounces himself off the ropes for another knee, but Kane boots him in the middle of the charge. He picks him up and hurls him at the ropes. Triple H gets tangled in them and as he unties himself Austin comes to the rescue, delivering a very fast series of fists. Kane tries to strike the rattlesnake, but he dodges him and bounces off the opposite ropes. Kane turns into a Lou Thesz press. Austin and Triple H lift the monster and run him towards the ropes. Kane manages to stop himself and drives both opponents into the mat with face busters.
He pulls up Triple H by the arm and lifts him onto his shoulder. He walks menacingly towards the ropes, but Triple H fights his way out of his grip, ending up behind him. Kane turns around and is kicked hard in the gut, being bent over. Triple H sets him up for the pedigree, but Kane snaps his body up straight, grabbing the surviving member of DX in the process and sending him out of the match.
Triple H is eliminated.
The audience is now very wild. It is down to the most monstrous participant and Steve Austin, who refuses to give up despite nearly an hour of heavy punishment. He sees Kane coming towards him and out of nowhere downs the beast with a stunner. Both finalists lay on the mat, with Austin struggling to get up using the ropes. Before he can fully do so Kane sits up to a chorus of cheers and boos. The audience is impressed with his inhuman abilities, but want Austin to win. To their shock Kane launches a fireball from his wrist which Austin manages to duck.
In desperation Austin and hits Kane with a clothesline that actually sends the monster flying back. Steve Austin tries to ignore his pain and rushes to capitalize, only to be caught in a chokehold. Kane lifts him high, but the rattlesnake, grabs a hold of the top rope, preventing himself from being slammed. Kane sees a better opportunity and sends Austin in the opposite direction.
Steve Austin lands on the apron and is almost sent to the floor when he is hit by an uppercut. Vince McMahon rushes to ringside to pull him off the apron, but the referees stop him. McMahon yells at them, threatening to fire them. Austin kicks him in the back of the head to applause, but the distraction allows Kane to grab him by the throat. Kane boots Austin and lifts him high. His elimination is imminent. But somehow Austin gets a burst of strength and pulls Kane down, landing on the apron and levering the big red machine to the floor.
Kane is eliminated.
Steve Austin wins his third consecutive rumble! He celebrates while taunting McMahon, who is furious. The Corporation returns to the ring to attack Austin, but he manages to hit each member with a stunner until the Rock grabs him from behind and delivers the rock bottom. If the Rock can hold onto the World Title by Wrestlemania it will be him against Steve Austin.