The 1996 Royal Rumble
#1: Hunter Hearst Helmsley
#2: Henry O. Godwinn
Helmsley is forced into the #1 spot, but he tosses out the hog farmer to start (30, Godwinn)
#3: Bob Backlund
Backlund and Helmsley work the next sequence.
#4: Jerry Lawler
Poor Backlund gets double-teamed here.
#5: Bob Holly
Holly goes for Hunter, but he doesn't last long (29, Holly)
#6: Mabel
Mabel, who never turned heel, goes for Hunter and proves harder to toss out. Lawler sends out Backlund (28, Backlund)
#7: Jake Roberts
Roberts goes in after Lawler.
#8: Dory Funk Jr.
Dory just throws hands to everybody before Hunter turns and tosses him out (27, Funk)
#9: Yokozuna
Yoko goes in after Mabel, leaving Hunter to help Lawler with Roberts.
#10: 1-2-3 Kid
Kid manages to make the save, grabbing Hunter and pulling him off, but Lawler tosses the Snake (26, Roberts) while Yoko dumps out Mabel (25, Mabel)
#11: Takao Omori
Omori comes in, does a few spots and gets tossed out by Helmsleuy (24, Omori) while he and Lawler beat down on the poor Kid.
#12: Savio Vega
Vega adds to the beatdown, Yoko settling himself in the corner.
#13: Vader
Oh, it's time. It is time... Vader charges in and takes out Yoko (23, Yokozuna) and Savio (22, Vega)
#14: Brian Pillman
Pillman comes in to bring some babyface balance, helping Kid by tossing out the King (21, Lawler) before going to fight Vader. However, during the fight, Goludst arrives. He comes to taunt Pillman, rile him into leaving the match. Pillman does so, chasing after Goldust and eliminating himself (20, Pillman) and leaving Kid to face Hunter alone)
#15: Headhunter A
#16: Headhunter B
The Headhunters both go after Vader, but the Mastodon cannot be conquered so easily, tossing both out (19, HeadhunterA) (18, Headhunter B)
#17: Owen Hart
Owen goes in after Hunter after the 1-2-3 Kid gets dumped out (17, 1-2-3 Kid)
#18: Shawn Michaels
Michaels decides to be the brave one and goes up against Vader, giving him a slap across the face. Vader stares at Shawn, chuckles and responds with a slap of his own, sending HBK to the floor.
#19: Hakushi
Hakushi comes in and does his spots before Owen dropkicks him out (16, Hakushi)
#20: Tatanka
Tatanka comes in to try and help Shawn fight off Vader, but the Mastodon tosses him out as well (15, Tatanka)
#21: PJ Walker
Hunter takes care of the Walker here, sending him out before fighting Owen some more (14, Walker)
#22: Diesel
Big Daddy Cool comes to help HBK fight off Vader, sending him out with a Sweet Chin Music (13, Vader)
#23: Kama
Kama comes in and throws a few shots.
#24: Steve Austin
He's not gotten the Stone Cold moniker yet, but he's still basically Stone Cold. And here he hits the Stunner on Kama, tossing him out (12, Kama)
#25: Barry Horowitz
And poor Horowitz goes outs next thanks to a Stunner (11, Horowitz) while Owen manages to send out Hunter (10, Helmsley)
#26: Fatu
Fatu goes for Diesel and Michaels while Owen fights Austin
#27: Kane
Kane comes in, tosses out Fatu (9, Fatu) before the sudden gong of a funeral bell rings out, Kane suddenly freezing in place. Shawn takes advantage of his sudden stiffness to toss him out (8, Kane)
#28: Marty Jannetty
And here he takes the Stunner and goes out (7, Jannetty)
#29: Davey Boy Smith
Davey goes in for Diesel while Owen and Shawn work together on Austin.
#30: Duke Droese
And here comes the Stunner, followed by a dropkick by Owen into a Running Powerslam. Sweet Chin Music leads into a Jackknife to send Drose out (6, Droese) You didn't think I'd forget the spot, did ya?
Austin is sent out by Shawn and Owen (5, Austin) leaving the final four of Diesel, Davey Boy, Michaels and Owen.
Diesel manages to overpower Davey Boy, sending him out (4, Smith) while Shawn superkicks Owen out (3, Hart)
The final two are Shawn and Diesel. Just like OTL and like OTL, Michaels wins by sending Diesel out (2, Diesel)
Shawn Michaels has won his second Royal Rumble! He's going to meet Bret again for the world title at WrestleMania! Can the Heartbreak Kid win the title? Will Bret go four years with the belt?