Royal Rumble (1997)

Royal Rumble (1997)
Tagline(s)	No More Mr. Nice Guy!
Information
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	January 19, 1997
Attendance	60,477
Venue	Alamodome
City	San Antonio, Texas
Pay-per-view chronology
In Your House 12: It's Time Royal Rumble (1997) In Your House 13: Final Four
Royal Rumble chronology
Royal Rumble (1996) Royal Rumble (1997) Royal Rumble (1998)

Royal Rumble (1997) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event made by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as WWE). It took place on January 19, 1997, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. It was the tenth Royal Rumble event held by the WWF.

Background

As is the case every year since the event's beginning, the event featured the 30-man over-the-top-rope battle royal, also known as the Royal Rumble match. The match started with two wrestlers and a new one was added every 90 seconds. To eliminate an opposing wrestler he must be thrown over the top rope and have both his two feet hit the floor, this continued until there was only one man left, who was named the winner. The winner received a match for the WWF Championship at WrestleMania 13. The match was won by Stone Cold Steve Austin. The main event saw Shawn Michaels defeat Sycho Sid to win his second WWF Championship.

The event also featured wrestlers from the WWF's partner promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, which would later be purchased by WWE in 2025.

Results

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
1D	Perro Aguayo Jr. and Venum defeated Maniaco and Mosco de la Merced	Tag team match	10:00
2D	Blue Demon Jr., Octagón and Tinieblas Jr. defeated Abismo Negro, Heavy Metal and Histeria	Six-man tag team match	14:00
3F	Mascarita Sagrada Jr. and La Parkita defeated Mini Mankind and Mini Vader	Tag team match	4:29
4	Hunter Hearst Helmsley (c) (with Mr. Hughes defeated Goldust (with Marlena)	Singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship	16:50
5	Ahmed Johnson defeated Faarooq (with The Nation of Domination) by disqualification	Singles match	8:48
6	Vader (with Paul Bearer) defeated The Undertaker	Singles match	13:19
7	Canek, Héctor Garza and Perro Aguayo defeated Heavy Metal, Fuerza Guerrera, and Jerry Estrada	Six-man tag team match	10:56
8	Stone Cold Steve Austin won by last eliminating Bret Hart	30-man Royal Rumble match for a WWF Championship match at WrestleMania 13	50:30
9	Shawn Michaels (with José Lothario defeated Sycho Sid (c)	Singles match for the WWF Championship	13:49
(c) – is the champion(s) going into the match D – This match was a dark match F – This match aired before the pay-per-view on en:WWE Free for All

Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

  – Represented Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA)

  – Winner

Draw	Entrant	Order	Eliminated by	Time	Eliminations
1	Crush	3	Phineas Godwinn	06:17	0
2	Ahmed Johnson	2	Himself	03:02	2
3	"Razor Ramon"	1	Ahmed Johnson	00:17	0
4	Phineas I. Godwinn	4	Steve Austin	02:52	1
5	Stone Cold Steve Austin	30	Winner	45:07	10
6	Bart Gunn	5	Steve Austin	00:26	0
7	Jake Roberts	6		01:10	0
8	The British Bulldog	8	Owen Hart	08:04	1
9	Pierroth	10	Mil Máscaras	10:32	1
10	The Sultan	7	The British Bulldog	03:23	0
11	Mil Máscaras	11	Himself	07:28	2
12	Hunter Hearst Helmsley	12	Goldust	06:42	0
13	Owen Hart	17	Steve Austin	08:29	2
14	Goldust	13	Owen Hart	05:33	1
15	Cybernetico	9	Mil Máscaras and Pierroth	01:25	0
16	Marc Mero	16	Steve Austin	03:53	0
17	Latin Lover	14	Faarooq	01:47	0
18	Faarooq	15	Ahmed Johnson	00:41	1
19	Savio Vega	18	Steve Austin	00:46	0
20	Jesse James	19		00:29	0
21	Bret Hart	29		21:12	2
22	Jerry Lawler	20	Bret Hart	00:04	0
23	"Diesel"	28		17:49	0
24	Terry Funk	24	Mankind	15:18	0
25	Rocky Maivia	23		13:00	0
26	Mankind	25	The Undertaker	12:20	2
27	Flash Funk	21	Vader	06:12	0
28	Vader	26	Steve Austin	10:06	1
29	Henry O. Godwinn	22	The Undertaker	06:11	0
30	The Undertaker	27	Steve Austin	06:46	2