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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.
Royal Rumble: January 24, 1999 Anaheim, California: Mankind did not say "I quit", instead an earlier recording of Mankind saying the phrase was played over the PA system while Mankind laid unconscious in the entrance. The Rock was still awarded the victory. [34] The Rock (c) defeated Triple H: WWF Championship: Raw Is War: January 25, 1999 ...
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 ...
A screenshot from a Tagged Classics release showing the WWF scratch logo that was censored mostly from 2002 to 2012.. The tagged classics dvds released prior to 2012 were unique as they were, for the most part, free from the former well-documented legal restraints imposed by the federal lawsuits initiated by the World Wildlife Fund in 2002 that prohibited the referencing and use of the scratch ...
However, in January 1999, she revealed it was all a ruse to humiliate Henry. [47] A week after her storyline with Henry, Chyna was the 30th entrant in the Royal Rumble, becoming the first woman ever to enter the eponymous match. In the match she eliminated Mark Henry before being eliminated by Stone Cold Steve Austin.
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]
Smith entered the Royal Rumble on January 21, 1996, where he made it to the final four before being eliminated by Michaels. [50] On 18 February at In Your House 6, he lost to Yokozuna by disqualification after Vader interfered. [51] At WrestleMania XII on 31 March, he teamed with Vader and Owen Hart to defeat Yokozuna, Ahmed Johnson, and Jake ...
In 1999, Buh Buh Ray and D-Von left ECW and joined the World Wrestling Federation, where the "Buh Buh" stutter-spelling of "Bubba Ray Dudley" was rescinded. Throughout 2000 and 2001, the Dudley Boyz engaged in a three-way feud for the WWF Tag Team Championship with The Hardy Boyz and Edge & Christian .