Howard Finkel quotes from Royal Rumble

[as Austin stuns the Rock] Stone Cold Stunner! And the Rock... [Austin tosses the Rock out, winning the Rumble] ...IS GONE! STONE COLD! STONE COLD! STONE COLD IS GOING TO WRESTLEMANIA!!!

Here is the winner of the 1998 Royal Rumble: Stone Cold Steve Austin!

Iron Mike Tyson on his feet cheering for Austin 3:16! Stone Cold will meet the WWF Champion at WrestleMania XIV!

Now you tell the Rock, after the most electrifying move in sports entertainment today, you quit!

Go to Hell, Rock!

Well, The Rock may go to Hell, but your candy ass first!

Say you quit!

You'll have to kill me.

Now The Rock guaran-damn-teed to the millions...[smells at the crowd] and millions of The Rock's fans, that he was gonna make that son-of-a-bitch scream, "I Quit!" [walks over Mankind] Mankind, your monkey ass says "I quit!" [shoves the microphone to an unconscious Mankind; audio from Sunday Night Heat of Mankind yelling "I quit! I quit! I QUIT!" is heard]

[over the recording] What?

What?

[referee Earl Hebner calls for the bell] He-he... He... He said it!

[to Hebner] Now, you get your monkey ass in the ring, and award the WWF Champ!

The Rock is the champion! We have a new champion! The Rock makes me sick!

[over Cole speaking] The winner of this bout, and NEW World Wrestling Federation champion: The Rock!

All right, I don't know if I agree with the way he did it, but he is once again the Corporate Champion!

Get him, Rock! Get him! [The Rock climbs up to the apron and the two fight] Here he goes. I knew it!

Here we go now! They're getting it on! [Seeing this, Mr. McMahon, with the help of the Rock...] Wait a minute!

Look at this!

[...throws Austin out, winning the Rumble] Wait a minute! NO! NO! Mr. McMahon has won the Royal Rumble!

[Over Cole speaking] The winner of the 1999 Royal Rumble: Mr. McMahon!

I KNEW IT! HAHAHAHAHA!

Mr. McMahon has eliminated the Rattlesnake thanks to the Rock! Mr. McMahon will face the Rock at WrestleMania, and Austin is livid!

[Austin and the Rock fight all the way to the backstage area] Look at this!

And Austin taking out his frustrations on the champion! Austin is beating the hell out of the champion!

But right now, Michael Cole, it doesn't matter! This is, without a doubt, the greatest night in the history of the World Wrestling Federation!

Mr. McMahon has won the Royal Rumble match! I never thought I'd ever hear myself say that! Somebody slap me in the face!

Here!

Is this a dream?

My god, what a chokeslam! The Big Show trying to break the Rock into pieces with a chokeslam!

He told this crowd, he's telling the world, "You WILL cheer for me!" He said he has the Rock and he's going to win the Royal Rumble and the people will have to cheer him.

Nobody can go one-on-one, face-to-face, man-to-man, with the Big Show and survive. [Big Show picks Rock up as the crowd chants "Rocky"] The Rock just seconds away from being eliminated here! It's over now, King!

Oh... good-bye Rock. I told you I was picking the Big Show.

The Big Show is toying with the Rock.

He's picking his... picking his sides. [Big Show attempts to throw Rock out] There he goes!

[Suddenly the Rock grasps the top rope. The momentum carries the Big Show out. The Rock holds on to the top rope, winning the Rumble] OH THE BIG SHOW'S OVER!

WHAT?

THE ROCK! THE ROCK HAS WON THE RUMBLE!

WHAT? How did THAT happen? How did the Rock do it?

Here is your winner: the Rock!

How in God's name did THAT happen? It looked like the Big Show is gonna eliminate the Rock!

I knew that the Rock would win! He's done it!

The Rock guaranteed a victory at the Royal Rumble!

He guaran-damn-teed it!

And the Rock has kept his word! He has done what he said he was gonna do!

How much left can these two men have in their bodies? Austin's got the steel chair!

Look at Kane! He's a monster! He's already up!

My God, Kane is up! Oh God, Kane is up!

Austin, you're not a monster!

[Austin strikes Kane in the head with the steel chair] What a shot!

ACK! He didn't even knock him off his feet.

[Austin strikes Kane again] GOD ALMIGHTY!

WHOA!

[Austin strikes Kane again] A shot to the skull! Austin's going to dump him!

NO! OH!

KANE IS OUT! STONE COLD! STONE COLD!

Here is your winner: Stone Cold Steve Austin!

[over announcement] I knew he could do it!

STONE COLD IS GOING TO WRESTLEMANIA!

I knew the Rattlesnake could win this thing! Unbelievable!

THE BATTERED AND BLOODY RATTLESNAKE HAS FOUGHT HIS WAY BACK - HAS FOUGHT HIS WAY THROUGH HELL ITSELF TO GO TO WRESTLEMANIA!

Angle in trouble! Angle in trouble!

No, Kurt! NO! [Triple H clotheslines Angle out of the ring, winning the Rumble]

IT'S OVER! IT'S OVER! THE GAME! THE GAME!

Your winner of the Royal Rumble match: Triple H!

He went through eight months of hell just to make it back, but many said he'd never make it! And now Triple H is going to WrestleMania! Triple H is going to meet the Undisputed WWF Champion at WrestleMania!

And Brock Lesnar...

HEY!

LESNAR! [Lesnar throws out Undertaker, winning the Rumble] And OH YES! BROCK LESNAR'S WON THE RUMBLE! BROCK LESNAR HAS ELIMINATED THE UNDERTAKER!

Here is the winner of the Royal Rumble match, Brock Lesnar!

Look at the Undertaker. Yeah, he got you. He got you, Undertaker.

Brock Lesnar is now in the main event at WrestleMania! The Road to WrestleMania has begun here at the Royal Rumble!

[Benoit, on the apron, has a headlock on the Big Show] Benoit's a-holding, and holding, he's holding! [Benoit takes the Big Show off his feet and slowly, but surely, tips him over the top rope] The Big Show's teetering! The Big Show's teetering! Can Benoit--

Oh my God! Oh my God! He's gonna go! JR!

THE BIG SHOW-

Can he do it? Hang on, Show!

SHOW IS TEETERING!

Hang on, Show!

BENOIT'S HOLDING ON!

[Benoit finally throws Big Show out, winning the Rumble] WOWWWWWWWWW!

YES! BENOIT!!! BENOIT HAS DONE IT!

Here is your winner of the 2004 Royal Rumble match: Chris Benoit!

Benoit's going to WrestleMania, JR, and he's getting a title shot.

Chris Benoit, for over one hour of hell, has won the Royal Rumble match before 17,289 fans! And yes, Chris Benoit's dream to headline WrestleMania has come true!

Chris Benoit has worked has ass off for 19 years, and the day has come!

Batista from Raw overpowering John Cena...

No, no, no, no [Batista throws Cena out, finally winning the Rumble] NO!

Batista beats Cena! Batista, the exclamation point, is on the sentence!

The winner of the Royal Rumble match: Batista!

It was not without controversy, but by God, we know now who's going to the main event at WrestleMania, Tazz!