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The main event of the card was the 1999 Royal Rumble match. The event centered on the continuing heated rivalry between Stone Cold Steve Austin and Mr. McMahon, with those men entering the Royal Rumble match at #1 and #2, respectively. Mr.
The Royal Rumble match is a professional wrestling match based on the ... 1999, a "corporate Royal Rumble" involving members of The Corporation and D-Generation X ...
Knowing Rock would be busy feuding with Mankind, McMahon realized Austin was likely to use the 1999 Royal Rumble, rather than a personal attack, to attempt to reclaim the belt and laid down the stipulation that he must win a Buried Alive match against The Undertaker to be in the Rumble.
The final match was a Buried Alive match between "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and The Undertaker for the right to compete in the 1999 Royal Rumble Match. The two fought back down the walkway towards the ring, Austin smashing Undertaker's head into the crowd barrier and the ring post.
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]
The Undertaker in a Buried Alive match for a spot in the 1999 Royal Rumble match [3] [47] 27 St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House: February 14, 1999 Memphis, Tennessee: Pyramid Arena: Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Vince McMahon in a Steel Cage match for a WWF Championship match at WrestleMania XV [3] [48] 28 NXT TakeOver: In Your House ...
Royal Rumble: This was an "I Quit" match, which The Rock won by knocking Mankind unconscious while someone backstage played an audio recording of Mankind saying "I quit" while The Rock placed the microphone against his face. WWE recognizes The Rock's reign as lasting 7 days, ending on January 31, 1999, when the following match aired on tape delay.
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.