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Royal Rumble: 24/1/1999
Match Card
1. Ken Shamrock (c) vs Road Dogg in a Singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship.
2. X-Pac (c) vs Gangrel in a Singles match for the WWF European Championship.
3. Sable (c) vs Luna Vachon w/Shane McMahon in a Strap match for the WWF Women's Championship.
4. Mankind (c) vs The Rock in an "I Quit" match for the WWF Championship.
5. 30-Man Royal Rumble match for a WWF Championship match at WrestleMania XV
WWF Royal Rumble was live at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim in Anaheim, California. The opening match began slowly, with Boss Man taunting Road Dogg and being met with a crotch chop. The two circled each other, occasionally going in for a grapple but without achieving a move. Eventually Road Dogg became trapped in the corner and Boss Man punched him. Road Dogg found some short success when Boss Man tried to run and jump onto him, but was left with his crotch caught on the ropes. Boss Man tried to reply with his night stick but referee Mike Chioda stopped him and while he was being reprimanded, Road Dogg dragged him to his feet and pulled him into the ring post, legs open. After recovering, Boss Man threw Road Dogg outside of the ring. Inside the ring Boss Man took to hurling his opponent into the turnbuckles and then crushing him with a bear hug. Despite some punching back from Road Dogg, Boss Man dominated most of the match from this point and despite a Shake, Rattle & Roll from Road Dogg, Boss Man used his opponent's momentum to catch him in the Boss Man Slam, pinning him afterwards.
With Billy Gunn in the ring, Ken Shamrock ran into a series of kicks but managed to get to his feet and punch Gunn into the corner. He quickly worked on slowing down Gunn's style, keeping him mostly grounded with a series of kicks and elbow drops, only picking Gunn up to kick him back down. Both men went down after Shamrock Irish-whipped him and tried to flapjack Gunn, only to have his face driven into the mat with a FameAsser. Although Gunn put Shamrock in the corner for a ten punch, he then went to run into him and was thrown over the top rope out of the ring. Shamrock took advantage of the time outside of the ring to drag Gunn around, throwing him face first into the ring post, steel steps and the unpadded floor before putting him back in the ring. When the two were on the apron, Gunn managed to stun Shamrock by elbowing him and jumping into a bulldog onto the Spanish announce table. Taking some time to recuperate, Shamrock was undeterred, fighting as soon as he returned to the ring as he began to work on Gunn's ankle. Gunn fought back but accidentally clotheslined referee Tim White and while he was down, Val Venis ran in and delivered a DDT on Shamrock. By the time White was conscious to make a pin count, Shamrock kicked out. Gunn gained momentum and eventually went for a move from the turnbuckle. When he came down, Shamrock caught his ankle and took him to the ground, using his ankle lock to make Gunn submit.
The European Championship match started with X-Pac running roughshod over Gangrel using a variety of spinning kicks. Gangrel's short advantage came from throwing X-Pac onto the ropes but X-Pac would not be kept down, trying a Bronco Buster. X-Pac tried to go to the top rope, fighting Gangrel from it, and then going for a flying crossbody. Some controversy arose when referee Teddy Long seemed to make the three count as Gangrel rolled the diving X-Pac into a roll-up pin, the champion kicking out too late. The match continued, though, despite chants from fans in attendance about the pin fall, but only for a short while as X-Pac jumped and drove a running Gangrel's head into the floor for the X-Factor and pinning him.
Despite Shane McMahon announcing Sable as unfit for contest, she came to the ring and demanded to fight, with McMahon joining the commentary team and giving a very biased account. After whipping Vachon with the strap, Sable was knocked to the ground allowing Vachon to tap two turnbuckles but Sable stopped her, using the strap again to whip her. After being kicked in the corner by Sable, Vachon side slammed Sable and then wrapped the strap around Sable's neck, hoisting Sable on her back. She then toured the turnbuckles, tapping three of them unaware that Sable was doing the same from her back. Just before she could tap the fourth, Vachon was taken off her feet by Sable. Fearing a turn in the match, Shane McMahon jumped on the apron to distract the referee, but as Vachon went to tap the fourth turnbuckle, Tori attacked her and ran back into the crowd, letting Sable freely tap the fourth turnbuckle in sight of the referee to retain the Women's Championship.
Next up was the Royal Rumble match.
The Royal Rumble match began with Steve Austin and Vince McMahon circling each other. McMahon mistimed a clothesline and Austin punched him into the corner, stomping a mudhole. Austin then went to throw McMahon over the top rope but stopped, wanting to take his time as Golga came to the ring.
With Austin distracted by Golga, McMahon fled under the bottom rope (and thus wasn't eliminated) but Austin soon followed when Golga was eliminated. Austin followed McMahon through the crowd and eventually fought their way to the halls of the arena and was led into the public toilets where The Corporation were waiting to beat Austin down and leave him unconscious on the floor.
In the ring Droz had come out and waited the allotted time until Edge made his appearance, the two fighting only to quickly eliminate Gillberg as soon as he entered the ring. When Dan Severn entered the ring he immediately gunned for the also freshman Steve Blackman, the two fighting in the corner until Tiger Ali Singh came in and attacked Blackman.
Meanwhile, clips were shown of Austin being lifted onto a gurney and eventually being taken to hospital.
Shortly after, The Blue Meanie entered the match and went after Singh, before being cornered by Droz. When the eleventh man was scheduled to enter, nobody showed and backstage Mabel was shown throwing Headbanger Mosh into a wall before entering the Rumble himself in Mosh's place. Shortly after entering the match, Mabel took out Blackman, Severn, Singh, Meanie and Droz, and started a clash with Road Dogg, who was just fresh and took Edge out, having the upper hand.
But after having some dominance, the lights went out, and when they came back up, under a blue hue, The Acolytes and Mideon had eliminated Mabel and took him to meet The Undertaker who put him in a trance. None of them were competitors. Road Dogg was left on his own and quickly eliminated Gangrel but had more difficulty with Kurrgan.
The countdown for the 15th entrance soon began.
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"Who is it?" Cole wondered.
OOOOOOOOWWWWHHHHOOOOOOO!
The Devil's Wolf played to a loud cheer from the fans.
"Uh-oh!" Cole said as the Bladewolf walked out and makes his way towards the ring with evil intent. "Here comes the Bladewolf for his first Rumble match. And look at everyone in the ring! They've stopped fighting!"
"They're terified, I'm telling you, Cole!" Jerry exclaimed.
"This will be the Bladewolf's second Royal Rumble match." Cole stated. "He entered in last year's Rumble and it came down to just him and Stone Cold Steve Austin, and he eliminated
The Bladewolf gets onto the ring apron and stares every single man in the ring down before he steps over the top rope, taking off his coat and the metallic mask as well. Road Dogg rushes at him but gets a clothesline for his trouble, then Kurrgan gets a big boot to the face by the Bladewolf who goes on the assault with a fury of lefts and rights, backing Kurrgan into the corner until Road Dogg runs up and clobbers him from behind.
Bladewolf simply turns around and clobbers Road Dogg. He then reverse elbows Kurrgan before grabbing Road Dogg... AND TOSSES HIM OVER THE TOP ROPE! ROAD DOGG IS ELIMINATED!
"And there goes the Road Dogg!" Cole exclaimed.
Bladewolf goes back to pounding away on Kurrgan as the countdown for the sixteenth entrant begins.
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Goldust's theme hits and out he comes, running down to the ring as Bladewolf pauses in his assault on Kurrgan to watch him. As soon as Goldust hit the rung, Bladewolf charged... AND CLOTHESLINES HIM OVER THE TOP ROPE! GOLDUST HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!
"And there goes Goldust!" Cole said, surprised at the quick elimination.
"he didn't even get a few seconds in!" Jerry pointed out.
Bladewolf turns as Kurrgan charges him, but he ducks it and... CLOTHESLINES KURRGAN OVER THE TOP ROPE! KURRGAN IS ELIMINATED!
"And now Kurrgan! Bladewolf has eliminated three men thus far!" Cole points out.
Bladewolf flips his hair back as he stands in the ring alone, adjusting his elbow pad. He stands still, looking around at the crowd, before the countdown for the next entrant in the match begins.
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The Godfather's theme hits and out he comes, jogging towards the ring. Bladewolf meets him as soon as he slides in, unloading with lefts and rights, forcing the Godfather to back up while covering up to defend himself. Bladewolf stomps away on him repeatedly, then backs off to watch Godfather try and regain his bearings from the assault he brought onto him.
Godfather pulls himself to his feet, then charges out the corner but Bladewolf ducks his right hand, grabs him from behind and hits a German Suplex.
"Oh! What a German Suplex!" Cole exclaimed.
"Oh no." Jerry said as Bladewolf doesn't release the Godfather. "Not this!"
Bladewolf hits another German Suplex, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another.
"Good God!" Cole was shocked. "The Godfather has been suplexed all over the ring!"
Bladewolf walks over to the Godfather, pulls him up to his feet... AND TOSSES HIM OVER THE TOP ROPE! THE GODFATHER IS ELIMINATED!
"And there goes the Godfather! Bladewolf has now eliminated four men." Cole said.
The countdown for the next entrant began.
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The pyro exploded as Kane's theme played, drawing Bladewol'f attention. Kane makes his way towards the ring, staring at his younger brother who stares right back.
"Oh, this is going to be great." Jerry chuckles.
"The Bladewolf and Kane, two brothers, staring each other down." Cole said as Kane enters the ring. "There has been no issues between these two, Bladewolf even saved Kane from the Corporation this past Monday on RAW."
"But this is the Royal Rumble, Cole." Jerry pointed out. "Only one man can win and go to WrestleMania. They'll have to fight!"
"Wait a minute..." Cole says as he spots something.
A group of orderlies were making their way towards the ring with a straight jacket. Kane soon noticed them, as did Bladewolf. Kane knew they were here for him and backed up past his brother, going over the top rope and eliminating himself from the match as he escapes through the crowd with the orderlies chasing after him.
Bladewolf watches them go before he follows, going over the top rope to eliminate himself, and chases after the orderlies and Kane...
And that's it for this one. Bladewolf's first match back, as well as his first match in 1999, being the Royal Rumble.