• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 18, 1998) – WWF Royal Rumble 1998
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 18, 1998, the World Wrestling Federation aired their annual ‘Royal Rumble’ event LIVE on PPV from the the San Jose Arena in San Jose, California.
This was the first Attitude Era Royal Rumble and the second of three Royal Rumble matches that were won by “Stone Cold” Steve Austin.
Here are the results:
– Vader def. The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust
– Max Mini, Mosaic and Nova def. Battalion, El Torito and Tarantula
– WWF Intercontinental Championship: The Rock (c) def. Ken Shamrock via DQ
– WWF Tag Team Championship: The Legion of Doom def. The New Age Outlaws (c) via DQ
– Stone Cold Steve Austin won the 30-man Royal Rumble match
– Casket Match For The WWF World Heavyweight Championship: Shawn Michaels (c) def. The Undertaker
• 2 WWE Stars Get Married To Each Other (Photo)
We have a new married couple in the WWE – SAnitY’s Killian Dain & Nikki Cross.
Dain & Cross have been together for over 10 years and they finally tied the knot this week.
Below is what Dain tweeted:
Only took us 10 and a half years but when it's right, its right. I love you @NikkiCrossWWE pic.twitter.com/933kzvB3Md
— Killian Dain (@KillianDain) January 17, 2019
Nikki posted their first photo (which was taken about a decade back) and Killian is unrecognizable in this pic:
First photo and most recent, 2008 and 2019 🙂 pic.twitter.com/rGQclryjkq
— Nikki Cross (@NikkiCrossWWE) January 17, 2019
This week turned out to be a big one for Nikki as not only did she get married, but she also made her WWE main roster debut on RAW.
Congratulations to both of them!
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