 In the final segment of the "Raw" preceding the event, all competitors of the Royal Rumble were in the ring, waiting to draw their number of entry when Austin ran in through the crowd and began to throw punches all over the ring, sparking a brawl between the various wrestlers feuding in the ring, and kicking the number generator out of the ring.The main event for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship was a rematch between champion Shawn Michaels and challenger The Undertaker.The feud had begun after "Summerslam" the previous August after Michaels, who was the special referee in the match between then-champion Undertaker and Bret Hart, hit Undertaker with a chair meant for Hart and counted the pin to cost Undertaker the championship.