The 1997 Royal Rumble
#1: Crush
#2: Ahmed Johnson
Two big men to start this one off.
#3: Rick Titan
Follow up with another big man
#4: Phineas I. Godwinn
Rick peels off for a bit to take him out before getting back to the three-way (30, Phineas)
#5: Stone Cold Steve Austin
Stunners for everybody!
#6: Bart Gunn
Stunner for Bart and he's gone (29, Gunn)
#7: Jake Roberts
And a Stunner for the Snake, goodbye Jake (28, Roberts)
#8: Davey Boy Smith
Davey Boy makes his way in and goes after Rick Titan
#9: Pierroth
Stunner for Pierroth (27, Pierroth) while Davey Boy tosses out Rick Titan (26, Titan)
#10: Fatu
Fatu goes for Davey Boy here.
#11: Mil Mascaras
Mil goes ahead and does little, then eliminates himself (25, Mascaras)
#12: Brian Pillman
Oh shit! Here we go! Pilmman charges right for Austin and both go over, brawling all the way out (24, Austin) (23, Pillman) That's right, folks! Austin doesn't win the '97 Rumble thanks to that Loose Cannon, Brian Pillman!
#13: Owen Hart
Owen comes in to assist Davey Boy in tossing out Fatu (22, Fatu) before they go up against Crush and Ahmed.
#14: Goldust
Goldust goes right for Owen, leaving the Bulldog in a three-man tussle.
#15: Cibernetico
He comes in, doesn't get a lot to do before...
#16: Marc Mero
Mero throws him out (21, Cibernetico) before making Owen/Dustin and three-way.
#17: Latin Lover
Jumps in on the smaller fight, but gets chucked out by Mero (20, Latin Lover) while Owen sends out Goldust (19, Goldust)
#18: Ron Simmons
Simmons goes right for Ahmed, pulling him off Davey Boy and leaving him to fight Crush.
#19: Savio Vega
Vega tries to make himself a part of Owen/Mero, but gets thrown out by Mero (18, Vega)
#20: Jesse James
The former Roadie tries the same with Owen/Mero, but Owen does the job here (17, James)
#21: Bret Hart
Bret comes in to help his family, joining Owen to send out Mero (16, Mero) before the three work over Crush. While that's happening, Simmons has tossed out Ahmed (15, Ahmed) before Ahmed runs in and tosses him out as well (14, Simmons) the two fighting much like Austin and Pillman.
Fianlly, Crush goes out (13, Crush) leaving the Harts the only ones in the match.
#22: Jerry Lawler
King, you're so screwed... (12, Lawler)
#23: Kane
Kane slowly marches in and demolishes everyone in sight, maybe throw out Owen for good measure (11, Owen)
#24: Terry Funk
Terry runs in to fight Bret while Kane goes after Davey Boy
#25: Rocky Maivia
It's the reigning Intercontinental-
BOOOOOOOOOOO!
Anyway, he comes in to help Bret.
#26: Cactus Jack
Cactus goes after Rocky because he hates his stupid happy face.
#27: 2 Cold Scorpio
Scorpio comes to help Rocky fight off Cactus Jack to try and get Rocky over as a face. Davey Boy holds his own against Kane while Bret takes a beating from Terry.
#28: Vader
Vader comes in and just wrecks everyone's life. He gets rid of Davey Boy (10, Davey Boy) sends out Scorpio (9, Scorpio) and even dumps out Terry (8, Funk) before joining Cactus in attacking Bret and Rocky.
#29: Henry O. Godwinn
Kane takes him out (7, Henry)
#30: The Undertaker
The Deadman goes right for his brother once again, sending him out of the match (6, Kane) before putting the lights out and vanishing himself (5, Undertaker)
The final four, the veteran Bret Hart, who held the title for three years and lost it at last year's WrestleMania. Cactus Jack, one of the best brawlers this side of Bruiser Brody. Vader, an unstoppable hoss. Finally, the young rookie Rocky Maivia, a third generation wrestler and the current IC title holder.
Rocky gets sent out first by Cactus (4, Maivia) then he and Vader double-team Bret, but then Cactus and Vader start fighting each other. A Cactus Clothesline sends out Vader (3, Vader) but Jack holds on, forgetting in his rampage about Bret, who knocks him off the apron (2, Cactus)
Bret Hart has won the Royal Rumble! Bret Hart is going to WrestleMania to face Shawn Michaels for the WWF Title! Hart/Michaels III!