January 19, 1997 - San Antonio, Texas
Alamo Dome
| The Advertisement |
| Free-For-All Match | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Perro Aguayo Hector Garza El Canek |
def. | Fuerza Guerrera Heavy Metal Jerry Estrada |
via Pinfall |
| Notes: Aguayo pinned Estrada. | |||
| Free-For-All Match | |||
| Mascarita Sagrada Jr. & La Parkita |
def. | Mini Mankind & Mini Vader |
via Pinfall (4:29) |
| Notes: Sagrada pinned Vader. | |||
| Match #1 - WWF Intercontinental Championship | |||
| Hunter Hearst Helmsley Champion w/Curtis Hughes |
def. | Goldust Challenger w/Marlena |
via Pinfall (16:47) |
| Notes: Goldust put out Marlena's cigar on Hughes' neck, but the distraction let Hunter get in the Pedigree. | |||
| Match #2 | |||
| Ahmed Johnson | def. | Faarooq w/Nation of Domination |
via DQ (8:44) |
| Notes: Ahmed started getting the upper hand, so Faarooq called in the Nation to fight him off. | |||
| Match #3 | |||
| Vader | def. | The Undertaker | via Pinfall (13:17) |
| Notes: Vader earned the relatively clean victory over the Undertaker. | |||
| Match #4 - Six-Man Tag Team Match | |||
| Perro Aguayo El Canek Hector Garza |
def. | Fuerza Guerrero Heavy Metal Jerry Estrada |
via Pinfall (10:54) |
| Notes: Aguayo pinned Heavy Metal. I'm not going to say anything else about it. | |||
| Match #5 - Royal Rumble Match | |||
| "Stone Cold" Steve Austin | def. | (See Below) | (50:24) |
| Notes: The clock was so screwed up this year, they even acknowledged it on the air. Ramon 2 didn't even come out to music, and the countdown clock wasn't shown until #6. Dumbass Ahmed eliminated himself when Faarooq showed up in the aisle. Mascaras eliminated himself by jumping off the top rope at Pierroth. Ahmed came back and eliminated Faarooq with a 2 x 4. Austin should have been the 26th man eliminated, because Bret Hart threw him over the top rope and out. But the two (only two?) referees assigned to ringside were trying to break up a fight between Mankind and Terry Funk. Austin snuck back into the ring to quickly eliminate Undertaker and Vader, and then Bret Hart, who had just tossed out Diesel 2. Bret went apesh!t and started shoving refs and even Vince around. On a side note, I think this was the first PPV J.R. wore his black hat. | |||
| Match #6 - WWF World Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Shawn Michaels Challenger w/Jose Lothario |
def. | Sycho Sid Champion |
via Pinfall (13:47) |
| Notes: -TITLE CHANGE- Michaels pulled out all the stops, including hitting Sid with a TV camera. The TV camera didn't finish Sid, but Michaels followed up the camera with Sweet Chin Music. Too bad that chump would later forfeit the title rather than return the favor and drop it to Bret Hart at WrestleMania XIII. | |||
| # | Time In | Name | Exit | Time Out | Eliminated By | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0:00 | Crush w/Nation of Domination | 3 | 6:12 | Phineas | 6:12 |
| 2 | 0:00 | Ahmed Johnson | 2 | 2:56 | Himself | 2:56 |
| 3 | 1:45 | Razor Ramon 2 | 1 | 2:15 | Ahmed Johnson | 0:30 |
| 4 | 3:11 | Phineas I. Godwinn w/Hillbilly Jim | 4 | 6:27 | Ahmed Johnson | 3:16 |
| 5 | 4:52 | "Stone Cold" Steve Austin | WINNER | |||
| 6 | 6:23 | Bart Gunn | 5 | 7:10 | Steve Austin | 0:47 |
| 7 | 7:53 | Jake "The Snake" Roberts | 6 | 9:32 | Steve Austin | 1:39 |
| 8 | 9:24 | The British Bulldog | 8 | 17:48 | Owen Hart | 8:24 |
| 9 | 10:54 | Pierroth | 10 | 21:40 | Mascaras | 10:46 |
| 10 | 12:25 | The Sultan w/Iron Sheik | 7 | 16:18 | British Bulldog | 3:53 |
| 11 | 13:55 | Mil Mascaras | 11 | 21:49 | Himself | 7:54 |
| 12 | 15:25 | Hunter Hearst Helmsley | 12 | 22:21 | Goldust | 6:56 |
| 13 | 16:56 | Owen Hart | 16/17 | 25:45 | Steve Austin | 8:49 |
| 14 | 18:26 | Goldust | 13 | 24:13 | Owen Hart | 5:47 |
| 15 | 19:56 | Cibernetico | 9 | 21:32 | Mascaras, Pierroth | 1:36 |
| 16 | 21:26 | "Wildman" Marc Mero w/Sable | 16/17 | 25:45 | Steve Austin | 4:19 |
| 17 | 22:59 | Latin Lover | 14 | 24:59 | Faarooq | 2:00 |
| 18 | 24:29 | Faarooq w/Nation of Domination | 15 | 25:20 | Ahmed Johnson | 0:51 |
| 19 | 25:57 | Savio Vega | 18 | 26:54 | Steve Austin | 0:57 |
| 20 | 27:29 | Jesse James | 19 | 28:10 | Steve Austin | 0:41 |
| 21 | 29:00 | Bret "Hitman" Hart | 29 | 50:24 | Steve Austin | 21:24 |
| 22 | 30:36 | Jerry "The King" Lawler | 20 | 31:03 | Bret Hart | 0:27 |
| 23 | 32:09 | Diesel 2 | 28 | 50:20 | Bret Hart | 18:11 |
| 24 | 33:39 | Terry Funk | 24 | 49:12 | Manind | 15:33 |
| 25 | 35:14 | Rocky Maivia | 23 | 48:23 | Mankind | 13:09 |
| 26 | 36:43 | Mankind | 25 | 49:28 | Undertaker | 12:45 |
| 27 | 38:14 | Flash Funk | 21 | 44:41 | Vader | 6:27 |
| 28 | 39:44 | Vader | 26/27 | 50:15 | Steve Austin | 10:31 |
| 29 | 41:17 | Henry O. Godwinn w/Hillbilly Jim | 22 | 47:45 | Undertaker | 6:28 |
| 30 | 42:46 | The Undertaker | 26/27 | 50:15 | Steve Austin | 7:29 |