Updated: 14/9/98 |
Luna looking better than usual tonight. Goldust looking scary as hell, now with blue hair. JR kept calling him Bluedust, which is the character the Blue Meanie created in ECW last year when he and Stevie Richards kept impersonating other wrestlers from other federations (other characters included Big Stevie Cool, the Heartburn Kid, and Baron von Stevie.). As for the match itself, it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. Vader got a loud pop from the crod. Vader wins this one with a Vaderbomb with Luna riding his back!
Why does the Fink continue to pronounce Batallion like Bat-ayon and Tarantula like Tar-an-dula? Where does Jerry Lawler get all of his "short" jokes? And why do all mini-wrestlers have to job to Max Mini??? Mini pins El Torito for the win. On a side note, Sunny looked good as the guest referee.
Interesting ending to this match. The ref is distraced by the NOD. Rocky pulls out some brass knuckles and uses them on Shamrock, and puts the brass knuckles in Shamrock's tights. He tries to pin him, but he kicks out. Ref is distraced by the NOD again, Shamrock hits Rocky with the belly-to-belly and pins him. Ref counts the three, and awards Shamrock the belt. But wait!!! Rocky complains that Shamrock used a foreign object. Ref checks out Shamrock, finds the brass knuckles, and DQ's Shamrock, giving the belt back to Rocky. After the match, Shamrock takes his frustrations out on the referee, giving him the belly-to-belly suplex, and then applying the ankel lock submission hold on him!
Is it just be, or are the NAO looking more and more like the Public Enemy? Both are wearing sports jersies, and Road Dog now has dreadlocks! Anyway, Hawk is handcuffed to the turnbuckle. Animal, left to fend for himself, manages to pin Gunn, but on the three count, Road Dog hits Animal with a chair, DQing the NAO.
1. Cactus Jack
2. Chainsaw Charlie
3. Tom Brandi
4. Rocky Miavia
5. Mosh
6. Phineas Godwinn
7. 8-Ball
8. Blackjack Bradshaw
9. Owen Hart (attacked by Jeff Jarrett before entering the ring)
10. Steve Blackman
11. D-Lo Brown
12. Kurrgan
13. Marc Mero
14. Ken Shamrock
15. Thrasher
16. Mankind (Mick Foley, again)
17. Goldust
18. Jeff Jarrett (followed by Owen Hart)
19. Honky Tonk Man
20. Ahmed Johnson
21. Mark Henry
22. Nobody!!!
23. Kama
24. Steve Austin
25. Henry Godwinn
26. Savio Vega (along with the Los Boricuas)
27. Faarooq
28. Dude Love (Mick Foley, back again)
29. Chainz
30. Vader
After all was said and done, only 4 men remained:
Steve Austin
Dude Love
Faarooq
Rocky Miavia
First, Faarooq eliminated Dude Love. Then, Rocky eliminated Faarooq! Finally, after a Stunner, Steve Austin eliminated Rocky and won the 1998 Royal Rumble for the second year in a row!
WINNER: STEVE AUSTIN
Another interesting match. I thought the Undertaker was going to win it after he delivered a spinning tombstone piledriver into the casket, but several WWF wrestlers (including the NAO and Los Boricuas) showed up and attacked the Taker. Kane then appeared and helped his brother, and then attacked his brother, finally chokeslamming the Taker into the casket, and closing the lid. Paul Bearer came and padlocked the casket with the Taker still in it. They then rolled the casket to the stage area, where Kane attacked the casket with an axe, poured gasoline all over the casket, and set it on fire with the Taker still in it! Oh my god!!