10 Fascinating WWE Royal Rumble 1999 Facts
9. The Dark Match Featured Two Future World Champions
A total of nine matches took place the night of the 1999 Royal Rumble - six on pay-per-view, two on Sunday Night Heat, and one unaired. The unaired match would feature two men that would have very bright futures in the business, whose paths would intertwine on many occasions.
Christian (at this time part of the sinister Brood faction) won an 11 minute match over 21-year-old Jeff Hardy, at a time when neither man was able to truly express themselves on WWE programming. Christian was all but muted, while Hardy was little more than a filler crash-dummy alongside brother Matt at the time.
Fourteen months later, the two would take part in the first ever Triple Ladder Match in the same building, the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, CA, at WrestleMania 2000.