1999 Royal Rumble Review

Austin finally gets his hans on Mr. McMahon.

The Big Boss Man defeated Road Dogg (11:52)
Boss Man pinned Road Dogg after a Boss Man Slam.
*
At least the matches are getting longer. Although in this case, that's not always a good thing.

Ken Shamrock defeated Billy Gunn to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship (14:24)
Shamrock forced Gunn to submit with a ankle lock.
During the match, Val Venis interfered and hit a DDT on Shamrock.
*3/4
Road Dogg was Hardcore champ, so it seemed obvious that Billy would get the IC title here. That was not the case.

X-Pac defeated Gangrel to retain the WWF European Championship (5:53)
X-Pac pinned Gangrel after an X-Factor.
*1/2
Just some random RAW match.

Sable defeated Luna Vachon in a Strap match to retain the WWF Women's Championship (4:43)
Sable won after touching all four corners after a fan attacked Luna.
½*
The fan was Tori whow ould face Sable at Wrestlemania. Match stunk.

The Rock defeated Mankind in an "I Quit" match to win the WWF Championship (21:46)
Rock won after placing the microphone by Mankind's mouth and letting the words "I quit" (taken from a previous Mankind promo) play out on the speakers.
****
Hey a **** match right out of the gate. Sadly, there would not be many this year either.

Vince McMahon won the 1999 Royal Rumble (56:38)
The final two participants were Vince McMahon and Steve Austin. McMahon won when The Rock interfered and distracted Austin, letting McMahon eliminate him from behind.
Vince snuck out of the ring under the bottom rope, with Austin chasing him afterwards. The two brawled in a bathroom but The Corporation came and attacked Austin. Austin was then taken into an ambulance van.

Entrant
Eliminated by
Time

1
Steve Austin
29
McMahon
56:38

2
Vince McMahon
-
WINNER
56:38

3
Golga
1
Austin
0:15

4
Droz
7
Mabel
12:30

5
Edge
8
Road Dogg
11:51

6
Gillberg
2
Edge
0:07

7
Steve Blackman
4
Mabel
7:22

8
Dan Severn
3
Mabel
5:43

9
Tiger Ali Singh
5
Mabel
4:02

10
Blue Meanie
6
Mabel
2:59

11
Mabel
9
Mideon, Faarooq & Bradshaw [1]
1:26

12
Road Dogg
12
Kane
10:41

13
Gangrel
10
Road Dogg
0:26

14
Kurrgan
13
Kane
6:54

15
Al Snow
11
Road Dogg
0:47

16
Goldust
15
Kane
4:02

17
The Godfather
14
Kane
1:40

18
Kane
16
Himself
0:53

19
Ken Shamrock
17
Austin
4:50

20
Billy Gunn
18
Austin
7:05

21
Test
19
Austin
12:48

22
The Big Boss Man
28
Austin
18:53

23
Triple H
25
Austin
14:19

24
Val Venis
24
Triple H
12:41

25
X-Pac
20
Boss Man
5:44

26
Mark Henry
22
Chyna
7:57

27
Jeff Jarrett
21
Triple H
3:39

28
D'Lo Brown
27
Boss Man
9:11

29
Owen Hart
26
Austin
6:31

30
Chyna
23
Austin
0:35

Mideon, Faarooq and Bradshaw were not entrants in the Rumble.
*
Easily the worst Rumble match ever. Like anyone thought Big Bossman was gonna win it.

~ Everything on this show was horrible except the **** match.

~ Bonus Match: Halftime Heat, one week later; Mankind defeats The Rock in an Empty Arena Match to win the WWF title. ***