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The 1999 Royal Rumble (marketed as Royal Rumble: No Chance in Hell) was the 12th annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on January 24, 1999, at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim in Anaheim, California.
The Royal Rumble match was created by wrestler and WWE Hall of Famer Pat Patterson and the event was established by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). After the match was first tested at a house show in October 1987, [1] the first Royal Rumble event took place on January 24, 1988, and was broadcast live as a television special on the USA Network. [2]
On December 28, 1999 (aired December 30, 1999) on SmackDown!, a title match between Chyna and Jericho ended in a double pinfall; as a result they were recognized as co-champions. WWE does not recognize this period as an official reign but as a vacancy. [6] [77] 61 Chris Jericho: January 23, 2000: Royal Rumble: New York, NY: 2 35: 34
Diesel was the last man to be eliminated from the Royal Rumble, ... In May 1999, Nash won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship for the second time by defeating ...
World record: Most wins of the WWE Royal Rumble (3 times) [220] International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. Class of 2022 [221] Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Feud of the Year (1998, 1999) vs. Vince McMahon [222] Match of the Year (1997) vs. Bret Hart in a submission match at WrestleMania 13 [222] Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (2001) [222]
The main match on the undercard was the 1998 Royal Rumble match, which Stone Cold Steve Austin won by lastly eliminating Rocky Maivia, thus becoming the third person to win two Royal Rumble matches, and back-to-back, after Hulk Hogan in 1990-91 and Shawn Michaels in 1995-96.
The 2000 Royal Rumble was the 13th annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view ... 1999, episode of Raw is ... The Rock won the 2000 Royal Rumble match.
It was the first of the WWF's original four pay-per-views, which includes Royal Rumble, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, which were dubbed the "Big Four", [4] and was considered one of the "Big Five" pay-per-views, along with King of the Ring. [5] WrestleMania XV was scheduled on March 28, 1999, at the First Union Center in Philadelphia ...