Royal Rumble (1996)
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| Tagline(s) | "You've been WARNED!" | |||
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| Promotion | World Wrestling Federation | |||
| Date | January 21, 1996 | |||
| Attendance | 9,600[1] | |||
| Venue | Selland Arena | |||
| City | Fresno, California | |||
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Royal Rumble (1996) was the ninth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on January 21, 1996, at the Selland Arena in Fresno, California.
The main event was The Undertaker versus Bret Hart for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship, with Undertaker winning via disqualification due to interference from Diesel.
Featured matches on the undercard were the 1996 Royal Rumble match which was won by Shawn Michaels, who last eliminated Diesel to win the match, making it his second straight Royal Rumble win; Goldust defeating Razor Ramon for the WWF Intercontinental Championship; and The Smoking Gunns (Billy and Bart) defeating The Bodydonnas (Skip and Zip) to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship.
In a match occurring on the Free For All preshow, Duke "The Dumpster" Droese defeated Hunter Hearst Helmsley. WWF president Gorilla Monsoon stepped in after Droese was pinned and reversed the referee's decision, disqualifying Helmsley for using brass knuckles to knock Droese out. As a result, Droese won the right to be entry number 30 in the Royal Rumble match, while Helmsley had to enter first.
Results
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[1] |
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| 1F | Duke Droese defeated Hunter Hearst Helmsley by disqualification | Singles match Winner enters the Royal Rumble match at #30 and the loser at #1 | 06:25 |
| 2 | Ahmed Johnson defeated Jeff Jarrett by disqualification | Singles match | 06:40 |
| 3 | The Smoking Gunns (Billy Gunn and Bart Gunn) (c) defeated The Bodydonnas (Skip and Zip) (with Sunny) | Tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship | 11:14 |
| 4 | Goldust (with Marlena) defeated Razor Ramon (c) | Singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship | 14:17 |
| 5 | Shawn Michaels won by last eliminating Diesel | 30-man Royal Rumble match for a WWF World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XII[2] | 58:49 |
| 6 | The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) defeated Bret Hart (c) by disqualification | Singles match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship | 28:31 |
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Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations
A new entrant came out approximately every 2 minutes.
| Draw[2] | Entrant[2] | Order[2] | Eliminated by[2] | Time | Eliminations |
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| 1 | Hunter Hearst Helmsley | 19 | Diesel | 48:04 | 1 |
| 2 | Henry O. Godwinn | 2 | Jake Roberts | 16:24 | 0 |
| 3 | Bob Backlund | 1 | Yokozuna | 12:22 | 0 |
| 4 | Jerry Lawler | 16 | Shawn Michaels | 36:02 | 0 |
| 5 | Bob Holly | 18 | The Ringmaster | 39:35 | 0 |
| 6 | King Mabel | 3 | Yokozuna | 12:14 | 0 |
| 7 | Jake Roberts | 6 | Vader | 14:39 | 2 |
| 8 | Dory Funk Jr. | 5 | Savio Vega | 10:53 | 0 |
| 9 | Yokozuna | 11 | Shawn Michaels | 19:14 | 3 |
| 10 | 1–2–3 Kid | 13 | 15:40 | 0 | |
| 11 | Takao Omori | 4 | Hunter Hearst Helmsley & Jake Roberts | 02:48 | 0 |
| 12 | Savio Vega | 10 | Vader | 12:28 | 1 |
| 13 | Vader | 12 | Shawn Michaels | 11:04 | 4 |
| 14 | Doug Gilbert | 7 | Vader | 02:59 | 0 |
| 15 | Squat Teamer #1 | 8 | 01:11 | 0 | |
| 16 | Squat Teamer #2 | 9 | Yokozuna | 00:24 | 0 |
| 17 | Owen Hart | 21 | Shawn Michaels & Diesel | 20:43 | 2 |
| 18 | Shawn Michaels | - | Winner | 26:09 | 8 |
| 19 | Hakushi | 14 | Owen Hart | 01:55 | 0 |
| 20 | Tatanka | 17 | Diesel | 04:09 | 1 |
| 21 | Aldo Montoya | 15 | Tatanka | 01:52 | 0 |
| 22 | Diesel | 29 | Shawn Michaels | 17:51 | 5 |
| 23 | Kama | 28 | Diesel | 15:57 | 1 |
| 24 | The Ringmaster | 23 | Fatu | 10:57 | 1 |
| 25 | Barry Horowitz | 20 | Owen Hart | 04:15 | 0 |
| 26 | Fatu | 24 | Isaac Yankem | 07:07 | 1 |
| 27 | Isaac Yankem, DDS | 25 | Shawn Michaels | 07:05 | 1 |
| 28 | Marty Jannetty | 22 | The British Bulldog | 02:35 | 0 |
| 29 | The British Bulldog | 27 | Shawn Michaels | 03:39 | 1 |
| 30 | Duke Droese | 26 | Diesel & Kama | 01:10 | 0 |
