10 Fascinating WWE Royal Rumble 1998 Facts
3. It Marked Shawn Michaels' Last Successful PPV Title Defense
Michaels would hold three pieces of gold after his 2002 comeback: the World Heavyweight title in 2002, Raw's Tag Team championship with John Cena in 2007, and the unified Tag Team belts with Triple H in 2009-10. The only instance of Michaels defending any of those belts at a pay-per-view is when he dropped the World title back to Triple H after a four-week reign.
As a result, the win over The Undertaker at the 1998 Royal Rumble was the last time Shawn Michaels successfully defended any belt on pay-per-view.
Additional odd fact: the last time Michaels successfully defended any belt on a pay-per-view with a pinfall victory was when he defeated Vader at SummerSlam 1996. That's almost 14 years before his final match.