Royal Rumble 1998

The 1998 Royal Rumble was the 11th annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on January 18, 1998, at the San Jose Arena in San Jose, California. Six matches were contested on the event's card. As has been customary since 1993, the Royal Rumble match winner received a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. For the 1998 event, the winner received a match for the WWF Championship at WrestleMania XIV.

The main event was a casket match between Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker for the WWF Championship. The main match on the undercard was the 1998 Royal Rumble match, with Stone Cold Steve Austin, Rocky Maivia, The Legion Of Doom (Hawk and Animal) Vs The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Badd Ass" Billy Gunn), and "The Rock" Rocky Maivia Vs Ken Shamrock for the WWF Intercontinental Championship.