Royal Rumble

TV Special
1997
2h 52m

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The tenth annual Royal Rumble battle royale, with the winner to receive a WWF Title shot at Wrestlemania XIII, WWF Title: Sycho Sid vs. Shawn Michaels, WWF Intercontinental Title: Hunter Hea... Read allThe tenth annual Royal Rumble battle royale, with the winner to receive a WWF Title shot at Wrestlemania XIII, WWF Title: Sycho Sid vs. Shawn Michaels, WWF Intercontinental Title: Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs. Goldust, Vader vs. The Undertaker, Ahmed Johnson vs. Faarooq, Mascarita S... Read allThe tenth annual Royal Rumble battle royale, with the winner to receive a WWF Title shot at Wrestlemania XIII, WWF Title: Sycho Sid vs. Shawn Michaels, WWF Intercontinental Title: Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs. Goldust, Vader vs. The Undertaker, Ahmed Johnson vs. Faarooq, Mascarita Sagranda Jr. and La Parkita vs. Mini Mankind and Mini Vader, Venum and Perro Aguiyo Jr. vs.... Read all

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- Kevin Dunn
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pmayerle

The Royal Rumble at it's finest

The Royal Rumble '97 was great. There were a couple of lame matches (e.g. The six man tag match, Farooq vs. Ahmed Johnson)but other than that, it was pretty enjoyable. The Undetaker vs. Vader was okay and Shawn Michaels vs. Sid was great. The best part, though, was the royal rumble match itself. It was great seeing newer stars like Rocky Maivia and veterans like Jake Roberts and Terry Funk in the same match. This royal rumble match had a lot of Mexican wrestling stars. And of course, Austin wins! Also, you should time how long Jerry Lawler is in the rumble (I think it's like 10 seconds)

hebevan

Wrestling revolution

A great event, as the Rumble usually is, but this one changed the rules a little. After rising stars Kevin Nash a.k.a 'Diesel' and Scott Hall a.k.a. 'Razor Ramon' were 'stolen' from the WWF by WCW, a void was left in the line up for the Royal rumble match up. A fake Razor Ramon made his way to the ring to a chorus of boo's and was promptly throw over the top rope. Soon after Glen Jacobs (now wrestling as Kane) came to the ring to Diesels music,and dressed as Kevin Nash's character. Despite the crowds obvious disapproval for the 'fake diesel', Jacobs wrestled on and help make the match a success, finishing in the final four. For wrestling buff's the '97 Royal Rumble is an opportunity to see Kane without his mask on, and some great wresting too.

BimmerDude

Terrific over the top rope action!

One of the best Royal Rumbles since 1994! Bret The Hitman Hart and Stone Cold Steve Austin continue their unbelievable feud into the Rumble. This is what led to the WWF's revival - two solid workers in Hart and Austin tearing the house down with some intense rivalry. A must see for WWF fans.

Big Movie Fan

Very Exciting Action

The 1997 Royal Rumble was like all other Royal Rumble events-brilliant and exciting mainly because of the 30 man Rumble which is everyone's favourite part of the show.

The undercard matches were brilliant-Vader batted the Undertaker in a great match and I was pleasantly surprised by the Goldust/Triple H match and the scrap between Ahmed Johnson and Farooq.

The 30 man Rumble itself was exciting with plenty of action; the only thing that spoiled it was the controversial ending.

Shawn Michaels and Sid had a great match for the WWF Title; Shawn was wrestling in his hometown of Texas and he put on a great show with Sid.

Fantastic stuff!

5paudieconnolly

The Royal Stumble

After a long period of losing talent. Now WWF seemed to have a good amount of talent. This royal rumble and main event and what would follow in the coming weeks. Showed the company was not sure what direction they were going and who's going to carry them forward.

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Trivia
Adolfo Tapia (La Parka) was in talks to make an appearance at this event, along with his fellow AAA luchadores, but La Parka signed a last minute deal with Konnan's promotion instead, which prevented La Parka from appearing here.

Goofs
Commentator Jim Ross stated that Jake Roberts was appearing in his 6th Rumble match, more than any other WWF superstar. In fact, Rick Martel had already competed in 7 Rumble matches by this point (1989-1995).