Royal Rumble '98
Results
Kwang pinned Man Mountain Rock after an enzuigiri in 0:11:49.The Nasty Boys beat The Blue Brothers when Sags pinned J. Blue after a high cross body in 0:25:57.
John Hawk defeated IRS by disqualification in 0:19:03.
Jim Cornette Banned From Ringside
The Can-Am Express beat The Heavenly Bodies when Furnas pinned Del Rey with the Frankensteiner in 0:31:31.
Bam Bam Bigelow pinned Shawn Michaels after a savate kick in 0:14:07.
Steve Williams pinned Ludvig Borga after a German suplex in 0:18:59.
No-Time-Limit-Two-out-of-three-Falls Match
Chris Benoît and Owen Hart beat Big Titan and Adam Bomb 2 falls to 1 :
x O. Hart beat Big Titan via a belly-to-belly suplex in 0:16:32
x Big Titan beat Benoît via a small package in 0:37:52
x Benoît beat Big Titan via a top-rope legdrop in 0:59:58
The Undertaker pinned Rick Rude with the Tombstone in 0:23:50.
Bret Hart made Bruiser Bedlam submit to the Sharpshooter in 0:08:44.
Match Observations:
Jim Cornette had a very bad night. Not one of his protegés emerged victorious.After giving the paying crowd a very mediocre showing, John Hawk challenged
IRS to a loser-leaves-town match. The taxman accepted, and it will be held in
Madison Square Garden on February 18.
The tag title change will go down in the history books as one of the greatest
matches ever. The only question that remains to be answered is why Owen Hart and
Benoît interfered in the Kwang - Man Mountain Rock match and helped the ninja
beat the big man.
The Undertaker is on a very hot streak - just ask Rick Rude.
Bret Hart proved without any doubt that Bruiser Bedlam can only win due to Jim
Cornette's interference. He was easy pray for the Sharpshooter.