1996 Royal Rumble
Men's Royal Rumble 1996
- Winner
- Shawn Michaels (entry #18)
- Match time
- 58:49
- Entrants
- 30
- Most eliminations
- 8 — Shawn Michaels
- Longest time in match
- 48:04 — Hunter Hearst Helmsley
- Venue
- Selland Arena
| # | Entrant | Entered | Eliminated | Time in match | Placement | Eliminations | Eliminated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunter Hearst Helmsley | 0:00 | 48:04 | 48:04 | 12 | 1 | Diesel |
| 2 | Henry O. Godwinn | 0:00 | 16:24 | 16:24 | 29 | 0 | Jake Roberts |
| 3 | Bob Backlund | 2:02 | 14:24 | 12:22 | 30 | 0 | Yokozuna |
| 4 | Jerry Lawler | 4:05 | 40:07 | 36:02 | 15 | 0 | Shawn Michaels |
| 5 | Bob Holly | 6:07 | 45:42 | 39:35 | 13 | 0 | The Ringmaster |
| 6 | King Mabel | 8:10 | 20:24 | 12:14 | 28 | 0 | Yokozuna |
| 7 | Jake Roberts | 10:12 | 24:51 | 14:39 | 25 | 2 | Vader |
| 8 | Dory Funk Jr. | 12:15 | 23:08 | 10:53 | 26 | 0 | Savio Vega |
| 9 | Yokozuna | 14:17 | 33:31 | 19:14 | 20 | 3 | Shawn Michaels |
| 10 | 1-2-3 Kid | 16:20 | 32:00 | 15:40 | 18 | 0 | Shawn Michaels |
| 11 | Takao Omori | 18:22 | 21:10 | 2:48 | 27 | 0 | Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Jake Roberts |
| 12 | Savio Vega | 20:24 | 32:52 | 12:28 | 21 | 1 | Vader |
| 13 | Vader | 22:27 | 33:31 | 11:04 | 19 | 4 | Shawn Michaels |
| 14 | Doug Gilbert | 24:29 | 27:28 | 2:59 | 24 | 0 | Vader |
| 15 | Squat Team #1 | 26:32 | 27:43 | 1:11 | 23 | 0 | Vader |
| 16 | Squat Team #2 | 28:34 | 28:58 | 0:24 | 22 | 0 | Yokozuna |
| 17 | Owen Hart | 30:37 | 51:20 | 20:43 | 10 | 2 | Diesel, Shawn Michaels |
| 18 | Shawn Michaels (winner) | 32:39 | — | 26:10 | 1 | 8 | — |
| 19 | Hakushi | 34:41 | 36:34 | 1:53 | 17 | 0 | Owen Hart |
| 20 | Tatanka | 36:44 | 40:53 | 4:09 | 14 | 1 | Diesel |
| 21 | Aldo Montoya | 38:46 | 40:38 | 1:52 | 16 | 0 | Tatanka |
| 22 | Diesel | 40:49 | 58:40 | 17:51 | 2 | 5 | Shawn Michaels |
| 23 | Kama | 42:51 | 58:48 | 15:57 | 3 | 1 | Diesel |
| 24 | The Ringmaster | 44:54 | 55:51 | 10:57 | 8 | 1 | Fatu |
| 25 | Barry Horowitz | 46:56 | 51:11 | 4:15 | 11 | 0 | Owen Hart |
| 26 | Fatu | 48:58 | 56:05 | 7:07 | 7 | 1 | Isaac Yankem, DDS |
| 27 | Isaac Yankem, DDS | 51:01 | 58:06 | 7:05 | 6 | 1 | Shawn Michaels |
| 28 | Marty Jannetty | 53:03 | 55:38 | 2:35 | 9 | 0 | The British Bulldog |
| 29 | The British Bulldog | 55:06 | 58:45 | 3:39 | 4 | 1 | Shawn Michaels |
| 30 | Duke Droese | 57:08 | 58:18 | 1:10 | 5 | 0 | Diesel, Kama |
Entry and elimination times are derived, not recorded: no source publishes them. They are solved from entry order, published times in match and the recorded elimination order, around a nominal 122-second interval. Times in match are as published.
Sources: wikipedia (primary), darrenswinloss