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Royal Rumble 1996 was the ninth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on January 21, 1996 at the Selland Arena in Fresno, California.

The main event was The Undertaker versus Bret Hart for the WWF Championship. Featured matches on the undercard were the 1996 Royal Rumble match which was won by Shawn Michaels, who last eliminated Diesel to win the match, making it his second Royal Rumble win, Goldust versus Razor Ramon for the WWF Intercontinental Championship and The Smoking Gunns (Billy and Bart) versus The Bodydonnas (Skip and Zip) for the WWF Tag Team Championship.

Duke "The Dumpster" Droese's victory over Hunter Hearst Helmsley on the Free for All prior to the event earned him the coveted number 30 spot in the Royal Rumble match while Helmsley had to enter first.

This was the first Royal Rumble to play the entry music of each wrestler when they entered the Royal Rumble match.

Results

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
(c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.

Free For All Match: Duke Droese defeated Hunter Hearst Helmsley (6:25)
Ahmed Johnson defeated Jeff Jarrett by disqualification (6:40)
WWF World Tag Team Championship The Smoking Gunns (Bart & Billy Gunn) defeated The Body Donnas (Skip & Zip)(w/Sunny) (11:14)
Goldust(w/Marlena) defeated Razor Ramon for the WWF Intercontinental Championship (14:17)
Shawn Michaels won the Royal Rumble by last eliminating Diesel (58:49)
The Undertaker(w/Paul Bearer) defeated Bret Hart by DQ for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship (28:31)

Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

A new entrant came out approximately every 2 minutes.

Entrant		Eliminated by		Time
1	Hunter Hearst Helmsley	19	Diesel	48:01
2	Henry Godwinn	2	Jake Roberts	16:24
3	Bob Backlund	1	Yokozuna	12:22
4	Jerry Lawler	16	Shawn Michaels	36:02
5	Bob Holly	18	The Ringmaster	39:35
6	King Mabel	3	Yokozuna	12:14
7	Jake Roberts	6	Vader	14:39
8	Dory Funk Jr.	5	Savio Vega	10:53
9	Yokozuna	11	Shawn Michaels	19:14
10	The 1-2-3 Kid	13	Shawn Michaels	15:40
11	Takao Omori	4	Jake Roberts	2:48
12	Savio Vega	10	Vader	12:28
13	Vader	12	Shawn Michaels	11:04
14	Doug Gilbert	7	Vader	2:59
15	Squat Team #1	8	Vader	1:11
16	Squat Team #2	9	Yokozuna	0:24
17	Owen Hart	21	Shawn Micheals & Diesel	20:43
18	Shawn Michaels	-	WINNER	26:09
19	Hakushi	14	Owen Hart	1:53
20	Tatanka	17	Diesel	4:09
21	Aldo Montoya	15	Tatanka	1:52
22	Diesel	29	Shawn Michaels	17:51
23	Kama	28	Diesel	15:57
24	The Ringmaster	23	Fatu	10:57
25	Barry Horowitz	20	Owen Hart	4:15
26	Fatu	24	Isaac Yankem	7:07
27	Isaac Yankem	25	Shawn Michaels	7:05
28	Marty Jannetty	22	The British Bulldog	2:35
29	The British Bulldog	27	Shawn Michaels	3:39
30	Duke Droese	26	Kama & Diesel	1:10

Longest Lasting

This lists the competitors in order of the time they lasted in the Rumble.

Entrant		Time
1	Hunter Hearst Helmsley	48:01
2	Bob Holly	39:35
3	Jerry Lawler	36:02
4	Shawn Michaels	26:09
5	Owen Hart	20:43
6	Yokozuna	19:14
7	Diesel	17:51
8	Henry Godwinn	16:24
9	Kama	15:57
10	1-2-3 Kid	15:40
11	Jake Roberts	14:39
12	Savio Vega	12:28
13	Bob Backlund	12:22
14	King Mabel	12:14
15	Vader	11:04
16	The Ringmaster	10:57
17	Dory Funk Jr.	10:53
18	Fatu	7:07
19	Isaac Yankem	7:05
20	Barry Horowitz	4:15
21	Tatanka	4:09
22	The British Bulldog	3:39
23	Doug Gilbert	2:59
24	Takao Omori	2:48
25	Marty Jannetty	2:35
26	Hakushi	1:53
27	Aldo Montoya	1:52
28	Squat Team #1	1:11
29	Duke Droese	1:10
30	Squat Team #2	0:24

Other on-screen talent

Commentators

Interviewers

Ring announcer

Howard Finkel

Referees

DVD release

Royal Rumble 1996 on VHS.

External links

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 | name = Royal Rumble 1996
-| image = [[Image:Royal Rumble 1996 Poster.jpg|220px]]
+| image = [[File:Royal Rumble 1996 Poster.jpg|220px]]
-| promotion = [[WWF]]
+| promotion = [[World Wrestling Federation]]
+| tagline    = "You've been WARNED!"
+| sponsor    =
+| theme_song =
 | date = January 21, [[1996]]
-| venue = Selland Arena
+| venue = [[Selland Arena]]
-| city = Fresno, California, USA
+| city = [[Fresno, California]]
 | attendance = 9,600
-| lastevent = [[In Your House 5: Season's Beatings|Season's Beatings]]
+| lastevent = [[In Your House 5: Season's Beatings|In Your House 5]]
-| nextevent = [[In Your House 6: Rage In A Cage|Rage In A Cage]]
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-'''Royal Rumble 1996''' was the ninth annual [[Royal Rumble]] [[professional wrestling]] [[pay-per-view]] event produced by the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF). It took place on January 21, [[1996]] at the Selland Arena in Fresno, California.
+'''Royal Rumble 1996''' was the ninth annual [[Royal Rumble]] [[professional wrestling]] [[pay-per-view]] event produced by the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF). It took place on January 21, [[1996]] at the [[Selland Arena]] in [[Fresno, California]].
 The main event was [[The Undertaker]] versus [[Bret Hart]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]]. Featured matches on the undercard were the [[Royal Rumble|1996 Royal Rumble match]] which was won by [[Shawn Michaels]], who last eliminated [[Kevin Nash|Diesel]] to win the match, making it his second Royal Rumble win, [[Dustin Rhodes|Goldust]] versus [[Scott Hall|Razor Ramon]] for the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental Championship]] and [[The Smoking Gunns]] ([[Monty Sopp|Billy]] and [[Mike Polchlopek|Bart]]) versus [[The Bodydonnas]] ([[Chris Candido|Skip]] and [[Tom Prichard|Zip]]) for the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF Tag Team Championship]].
+[[Duke Droese|Duke "The Dumpster" Droese's]] victory over [[Hunter Hearst Helmsley]] on the Free for All prior to the event earned him the coveted number 30 spot in the Royal Rumble match while Helmsley had to enter first.
-{{Navbuttons-images}}
+This was the first Royal Rumble to play the entry music of each wrestler when they entered the Royal Rumble match.
 ==Results==
-{{small|Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.}}
+;{{small|Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.}}
+;{{small|(c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.}}
-*Dark Match: [[Duke Droese]] defeated [[Hunter Hearst Helmsley]] (6:25)
+*[[WWE Free For All|Free For All Match]]: [[Duke Droese]] defeated [[Hunter Hearst Helmsley]] (6:25)
-:*Helmsley was disqualified for using brass knuckles.
+*[[Ahmed Johnson]] defeated [[Jeff Jarrett]] by disqualification (6:40)
-:*The winner of this match got to enter the Rumble at #30, while the loser had to enter at spot #1.
+* [[WWF World Tag Team Championship]] [[The Smoking Gunns]] ([[Bart Gunn|Bart]] & [[Billy Gunn]]) defeated [[The Body Donnas]] ([[Skip]] & [[Tom Prichard|Zip]])(w/[[Tammy Sytch|Sunny]]) (11:14)
+*[[Dustin Runnels|Goldust]](w/[[Terri Runnels|Marlena]]) defeated [[Scott Hall|Razor Ramon]] for the [[WWF Intercontinental Championship]] (14:17)
-*[[Ahmed Johnson]] defeated [[Jeff Jarrett]] (6:40)
+*[[Shawn Michaels]] won the Royal Rumble by last eliminating [[Kevin Nash|Diesel]] (58:49)
-:*Jarrett was disqualified for jumping off the top rope, hitting Johnson with his guitar.
-* [[WWF World Tag Team Championship]]  [[The Smoking Gunns]] ([[Bart Gunn|Bart]] & [[Billy Gunn]]) defeated [[The Body Donnas]] ([[Skip]] & [[Zip]])(w/[[Tammy Sytch|Sunny]]) (11:14)
-:*Bart pinned Zip after Billy helped reverse a double suplex on Bart to a small package.
-*[[Goldust]](w/[[Terri Runnels|Marlena]]) defeated [[Scott Hall|Razor Ramon]] for the [[WWF Intercontinental Championship]] (14:17)
-:*Goldust pinned Ramon after [[Sean Waltman|The 1-2-3 Kid]] came out and hit him with a spinning heel kick while Marlena distracted the referee.
-*[[Shawn Michaels]] won the Royal Rumble (58:49)
 *[[The Undertaker]](w/[[Percy Pringle|Paul Bearer]]) defeated [[Bret Hart]] by DQ for the [[WWF World Heavyweight Championship]] (28:31)
-:*Hart was disqualified after Diesel came out and pulled [[Earl Hebner]] out of the ring while he was making the 3-count for Undertaker.
 ==Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations==
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 |Vader
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-|[[Squat Team #2]]
+|[[The Headhunters|Squat Team #2]]
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 |Yokozuna
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-|[[Diesel]]
+|[[Kevin Nash|Diesel]]
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 |Shawn Michaels
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-|[[Fatu]]
+|[[Solofa Fatu|Fatu]]
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 |Isaac Yankem
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+==Other on-screen talent==
+{|border="0"
+|valign="top"|
+;Commentators
+*[[Vince McMahon, Jr.|Vince McMahon]]
+*[[Mr. Perfect]]
+;Interviewers
+*[[Dok Hendrix]]
+*[[Todd Pettengill]]
+|valign="top"|
+;Ring announcer
+*[[Howard Finkel]]
+;Referees
+*[[Jack Doan]]
+*[[Jim Korderas]]
+*[[Earl Hebner]]
+*[[Tim White]]
+|}
-==Also See==
+==See also==
+*[[List of WWE pay-per-view events]]
-*
+*[[World Wrestling Entertainment/Event history|WWE Event History]]
+*[[Royal Rumble]]
-==DVD & video Releases==
-*
-==External Links==
-*[http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/history/198811412/ Royal Rumble 1996 Official Website]
-*[http://cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=1975 Royal Rumble 1996 at CAGEMATCH.net]
+==DVD release==
+*[[File:Amazon.jpg|50px]] [http://www.amazon.com/Royal-Rumble-1996-VHS-Wrestling/dp/6303937357/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297351370&sr=8-1 Royal Rumble 1996 on VHS.]
-==References==
+==External links==
+*[[File:WWE-Logo.png|50px]] [http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/history/198811412/ Royal Rumble 1996 Official Website]
-*
+*[[File:WWE Network New Logo.jpg|50px]] [http://network.wwe.com/video/v31355931 {{PAGENAME}} on WWE Network]
+*[[File:Cm logo.jpg|50px]] [http://cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=1975 Royal Rumble 1996 at CAGEMATCH.net]
+*[[File:Owow logo.jpg|50px]] [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/wweppv/royalrumble96/ Royal Rumble 1996 at Online World of Wrestling]
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+{{1996 WWE PPV}}
+{{1995 WWE PPV}}
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