WWF 1993-98 - New Gen & Attitude Era - Survivor Series 98

Goldust is even more bizarre and crazy I mean his obsession with The Undertaker is sick it is twisted but a Goldust/Undertaker program their feud is interesting given the clash of gimmicks but also add in Undertaker's supernatural powers his mind games it just brings this to a whole other level

Royal Rumble 96



PART 2 of 2

Sycho Sid (c) vs. Razor Ramon for the WWF Heavyweight Championship



Sid overpowers Ramon early on in the match, though Razor manages to get in a few holds. Razor gets in a bulldog, and a clothesline from the top. Sid works on Razor's neck and even manages to lift him with his head to drop him silly. Sid looks stronger as he dominates the rest of the match.

Near the end, Sid and Razor are at it on the outside till Sid slams Razor to the apron and powerbombs Razor into the spanish announce table! Razor can't get up as Sid stands tall in the ring for the win.



Winner: Sycho Sid via Countout to retain the WWF Heavyweight Championship.

Sid celebrates his win with the title up high.

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30-Man Battle Royal to become the No. 1 Contender for the WWF Championship at Wrestlemania XII.



Announced Participants (26): Bret Hart, Cactus Jack, HHH, Unabomb, Henry Godwinn, Al Snow, Jerry Lawler, Sparky Plugg, Mable, Yokozuna, 1-2-3 Kid, Savio Vega, Billy Gunn, Bart Gunn, Owen Hart, Hakushi, Tatanka, Aldo Montoya, Diesel, Kama, Goldust, Ringmaster Steve Austin, Fatu, British Bulldog, Marty Jannetty and the Duke.

Surprise Entrants:

- Jake "the Snake" Roberts makes his WWF return

- Vader makes is WWF debut (he was being promoted heavily on Superstars and Sunday Night SLAM since December).

- Shawn Michaels comes in at No. 18 to a huge shock as he was supposed to be "retired".

- Dory Funk Jr. makes a surprise appearance.

Major Highlights:



- Vader completely dominates the Rumble knocking out Kid, Owen, Kama, Aldo and Fatu early on.



- Bret Hart and Cactus Jack are finally in the ring at the same time, but other wrestlers are occupying them. Bret wants a piece of Cactus Jack, but isn't able too. Cactus finally knocks out Dory Funk Jr out of the ring and goes after Bret! It's a brawl as some wrestlers decide to stand back to watch the fight. Bret is taken down by Cactus' weight and Bret tries to fight back. Cactus lifts Bret and tries to toss him over, but Bret hangs on. Jack hits the ropes, but Bret tosses him over. Bret laughs, but Cactus Jack decides to get a trash can from beneath the ring and gets in the ring to smash it over Bret's head! He tosses Bret to the outside eliminating him! Officials break the two up. Lawler says that Cactus Jack must be enjoying this!

Final Four: Shawn Michaels, Diesel, Vader and The Ringmaster Steve Austin (Fun Fact: Austin was always planned as part of the Final Four, but it was originally botched when he fell to the outside early on).

Michaels and Diesel are at it. Vader manages to pound on Austin and throws him to the outside. Michaels and Diesel who hate each other, look at Vader at awe and decide not to fight each other. They both go after the "Mastadon" as Vince calls him; Vader. Vader manages to knock down Shawn at ease and toss Diesel to the outside!

It's Vader and Shawn now. Shawn looks frightened, and decides to go for the sweet chin music on Vader. Vader DOESN'T FALL! Vader is only dazed and gets close to the ropes only for Diesel on the outside to grab his arm and pull him down for Shawn to win.

Winner: Shawn Michaels and the No. 1 Contender for the WWF Championship at Wrestlemania XII



Shawn does the impossible coming back from what looked like a retirement and winning the Royal Rumble a second time, though the fans aren't that excited as they were last year (this is actually true in '96 they weren't all that thrilled he won and Shawn had a weird celebration after the win). Some hardcore wrestling fans even wanted Vader to win. Vader is angry he lost and starts attacking WWF Officials! He leaves to the back pissed off as Diesel gets back in the ring.



It almost looks like Diesel is about to knock Shawn out, but he holds out his hand and Shawn looks at the crowd. Vince believes it's out of respect after two years of war between the two. Shawn finally shakes his hands and they finally make peace ending the PPV.

- Shawn Michaels wins the 1996 WWF Royal Rumble Match and he is going on to WrestleMania 12 in the main event facing the WWF Champion...will it be Sycho Sid that he faces at WrestleMania 12? Because you never know Sid could drop the title before Mania to whoever and then Shawn would end up facing whoever at Mania but if anything I see Shawn Michaels going up against the psychotic one going up against Sid at Mania for the title I mean all the signs point to that

- OJ Simpson angle I mean with Piper going after OJ are we in for another Celebrity vs Wrestler match at Mania? If that is the case and we get OJ vs Hot Rod at Mania who will be the face and who will be the heel in that?

- With Bret eliminating Cactus and then Cactus Jack eliminating Bret in retaliation I wonder if that will lead to Bret and Cactus' program ending at Mania in some kind of stipulation match?

- Vader with quite the showing in the Royal Rumble Match lasting until the Final 2 and then being eliminated by the eventual winner Shawn Michaels...it begs the question of who Vader's first program will be with now that he is here in the WWF? With Vader being a Jim Cornette Guy you could have him and Cornette as the Brock/Heyman of your diary if you think about it...they share similarities and Cornette being a manager I wonder who else will he be managing other than Vader?

With the next IYH PPV coming up it begs the question of who Sycho Sid will defend his WWF Championship against? With WrestleMania 12 also on the horizon too it begs the question of who The Undertaker will face at WrestleMania 12 will the Streak go to 5-0? Or will it be 4-1? I wonder who Taker's opponent will be?

As for Lawler...I wonder if King if he will have a WrestleMania match for WrestleMania 12 and if that happens I wonder who Lawler will face?

But for the Royal Rumble I am glad that you used surprise entrants because back in the 1990s especially during the WWF's heyday in Royal Rumble Matches they never used surprise entrants or if they did they were never advertised because of the fact that it was heavily kept secret and times of the Internet back in the 1990s wasn't so global that the surprises would be spoiled

Also why OJ?

He was Superstar Steve Austin in ECW and now joined the WWF. Stone Cold wasn't exactly there just yet, while Cactus Jack was Cactus Jack in 1995 till he joined the WWF in 96. As for OJ, it was an originally planned that way by Vince, but instead it became Piper vs. Goldust (they still used the OJ car chase scene in that match).

Monday Night RAW
January 29th, 1996
Hosts: Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler



Vader (w/Cornette) def. Diesel via pinfall. Although Diesel is now a babyface, Vader dominates the match and ends it with his moonsault finisher. Vince is in shock that Diesel was defeated in five minutes time, while Lawler is amazed by Vader. Cornette gets on the mic:



Cornette: You're looking at the man, the real man, it's Vader time! Shawn Michaels your old friend Diesel has been squashed like a bug and at In Your House do you honestly think you can take on a man like Vader? I think not!

Vader: Shawn Michaels! I wanted vengeance and got it, but I'll never let you go to Wrestlemania NEVER!



A segment with Rowdy Roddy Piper in an interview with Jim Ross. Piper wants to apologize for his actions and Jim Ross wants to know what exactly happened in the incident with OJ Simpson. Piper ignores it and says that he's only apologizing to the fans for getting carried away, but not to Simpson because if OJ Simpson would ever get into a real fight with him without his cronies with him, Piper would beat him up silly and make him guilty without a jury.

The Godwinns fought The Bodydonnas (w/Sunny) to a Double DQ.

Yokozuna (w/Cornette) def. Owen Hart via pinfall.

In Your House 6
February 18th, 1996
Louisville Gardens, Kentucky (sell out)
Hosts: Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler

FREE FOR ALL: Jake "the Snake" Roberts def. Tatanka (w/Dibiase) via pinfall.

The Bodydonnas (w/Sunny) def. The Godwinns via pinfall to become the No. 1 Contenders for the WWF Tag Team Championships.



Bodydonnas challenge the Smoking Gunns for Wrestlemania XII.

Ahmed Johnson (c) def. Yokozuna (w/Cornette & Fuji) via pinfall to retain te WWF Intercontinental Championship.



A huge win for Ahmed Johnson who is on a roll as the rookie Champion. Johnson bodyslammed Yokozuna and landed a huge spinbuster for the pin and win.

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Bret "the Hitman" Hart vs. Cactus Jack in Singles competition



One of the most anticipated matches, though only as a regular match. Cactus Jack does a pre-match promo saying that he came back to fix the Hitman, and he'll make him a hero again, but not like this. Jack feels that this is Bret's territory, but that the WWF thought it was too violent to do it Jack's way. Bret is in the ring first followed by Cactus Jack. Bret is on the offensive right away. Bret works on Jack's back and legs. Jack however counters with a few holds and uses the turnbuckle to his advantage.

The brawl continues on to the outside as Bret uses the railings, Jack uses the ringpost, Bret slams Jack to the steelsteps, Jack clotheslines Bret from the apron to the outside. It's an all out war between the two. Jack even finds a trash can and smashes it over Bret's head on the outside! He tosses Bret back in, but Bret starts to fire back with punches and kicks. Bret uses the corner to his advantage and Jack reverses and irish whip to use another corner to his advantage over Bret. They brawl till Bret gets in a spinebuster and goes for the sharpshooter!

Jack is about to submit, but Bret for some reason let's go. Vince says that's a bad idea and Lawler agrees. Bret goes to the outside to find a ladder beneath the ring. The referee warns Bret, but Bret doesn't care as he brings it in the ring. The ref says he'll disqualify him as Bret holds the ladder up, but didn't realize that Jack runs into the ladder to Bret with a dropkick! Jack throws the ladder into the middle of the ring, grabs Bret and lands his Double-underhook DDT finisher ON THE LADDER for the pin and WIN!



Winner: Cactus Jack via pinfall.

Cactus Jack celebrates and is on the outside for the fans. Bret is up in disbelief and runs to the outside to grab Jack's barbedwire baseball bat. Jack is with several fans leaving own the aisle, till Bret runs up to him and swings the bat over Jack's back! Bret starts pounding on him till WWF Officials finally break it. Bret says he's not done with Cactus Jack.

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In the back during a pre-match promo with the Undertaker, Goldust shows up and declares his "love", but says what he means by love is that he loves being the No. 1 fan of the Undertaker. Goldust offers assistance and wants to help him, but Taker doesn't say a word and shoves him aside. Goldust is almost in tears.

Sycho Sid (c) vs. The Undertaker (w/Paul) for the WWF Heavyweight Championship



The power of the Kliq is pretty clear as the championship match is up next instead of being the main event. Sid and Taker have a similar match to their original Wrestlemania XIII confrontation. However during the match GOLDUST makes his way out with Marlena to watch the match. Later on, Taker lands the tombstone piledriver and is about to pin till Goldust drags the referee to the outside. The ref is hurt, but not badly.



Goldust gets in the ring and Taker is displeased. Taker starts to choke Goldust, Goldust asks for forgiveness and gets on his knees till Sycho Sid has a chair (given to him by Marlena) and slams it over Taker's back. Goldust lands his DDT finisher on Taker! The ref is back in as Sid goes for the pin and win.

Winner: Sycho Sid via pinfall to retain the WWF Heavyweight Championship.

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Shawn Michaels (w/Jose) vs. Vader (w/Cornette) for the No. 1 Contender spot at Wrestlemania XII for the WWF Championship.



Vader dominates the first half of the match. Shawn doesn't stand a chance and Lawler believes Shawn is done and a has-been. Vader gets in a belly-to-belly suplex for the pin to two. Vader argues with the referee till Shawn is quickly up and surprisingly lands a superkick on Vader. Vader DOESN'T fall, but lands into a corner. Shawn is hurt, but now has the upperhand, working on Vader. Shawn does the old ten punch from the top, but Vader lands a huge spinbuster. Vader goes for the moonsault from the top, but Shawn manages to suplex Vader from the top!

Shawn places his arm over Vader for the pin to two. Shawn gets to a corner to land the sweet chin music and finally Vader falls for the 1..2..KICKOUT! Shawn is in shock and the FANS are on their feet! Shawn gets frustrated and even does a heelish thing by tossing the referee to the outside (which he wasn't supposed to do, but Shawn is reacting to the fans). Shawn rolls Vader to the outside and Shawn gets to the top rope for a crossbody on Vader and Cornette at the same time. Another referee is already in the ring. Shawn keeps Vader for the nine count as he rolls back in the ring for the win.

Winner: Shawn Michaels via Countout and No.1 Contender for the WWF Championship at Wrestlemania XII.

Shawn celebrates his win with Jose Lothario, the crowd isn't that excited.

Monday Night RAW
February 26th, 1996
Hosts: Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler

Dok Hendrix finally gets to the bottom of what really happened with the OJ incident at the Royal Rumble. Apparently Piper wanted an interview, but called Simpson a guilty man and OJ had his guys beat him silly. What looks to be wild is that Simpson is going to be joining the WMXII Press Conference with an answer next week about Roddy Piper issuing out a challenge.

Jake "the Snake" Roberts def. Davey Boy Smith via Countout.

Ahmed Johnson (c) def. jobber via pinfall to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship

Cactus Jack def. Hunter Hearst Helmsley via pinfall.



Cactus Jack gets on the mic and warns Bret that at Wrestlemania XII, he won't stop using anything he gets his hands on even if it means he'll use his baseball bat.

Vignette of the Ultimate Warrior is shown.

Wrestlemania XII Update (with Dok Hendrix):



Dok: What a Wrestlemania this is going to be, it looks like the Ringmaster Steve Austion will be putting up his Million Dollar Championship against the up and comer Savio Vega.

The Ringmaster Steve Austin (w/Dibiase) vs. Savio Vega for the Million Dollar Championship

Dok: Razor Ramon has taken time off, but will be ready for Wrestlemania XII when he's been given one last chance to regain the Intercontinental Championship up against the rookie Champion Ahmed Johnson.

Ahmed Johnson (c) vs. Razor Ramon for the WWF Intercontinental Championship.

Dok: And don't forget about the Ultimate Warrior making his return to the WWF as he'll be taking on Hunter Hearst Helmsley!

The Ultimate Warrior vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley in Singles competition

Dok: More to come in the coming weeks!