In a dark match, Virgil defeated The Berserker.It is time for the 1993 Royal Rumble, LIVE from the Arco Arena in Sacramento!
The Nasty Boys vs. The Beverly Brothers
Tonight’s opening bought saw the Nasty Boys take the early offensive, just using their brute force, forcing the referee to actually maintain order, forcing a member of each team to the apron. The Nastys were constantly hard to take off their feet, as they were so much bigger, but the Beverlys basically cheated every chance they got. Knobbs and Sags appeared to have the match in hand, when Sags went up top for his big elbow, but Beau managed to push him off from behind. Blake then rolled up Sags with a big handful of tights for the win! (D-)
A video plays, showing the evolution of the Shawn Michaels/Marty Jannetty feud, from their days as the Rockers, to the Barber Shop window, to Sensational Queen Sherri accidentally taking a mirror to the face… it ended with Shawn’s interview on Superstars, where he promised a giant surprise. (C)
WWF Intercontinental Title Match: “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels vs. Marty Jannetty
Sherri came out first, and stayed in a neutral corner. Initially, the match stayed very scientific, as the two tried to outwrestle the other, with counters and chain wrestling… however, this didn’t last very long, as at his first chance, Shawn grabbed a handful of hair to take Jannetty down with a hammerlock. Jannetty then, a minute later, did the same to Shawn during the same move! Trying to up the stakes, Shawn countered an armdrag with a straight to the face, and then, the matwork was out the window, and it devolved into a brawl. Jannetty took out years of rage onto the face of “The Heartbreak Kid”. Shawn took a low road by throwing Jannetty out to the floor. Shawn started to follow him, but when Marty turned, Shawn went… and hid behind Sherri! Sherri turned, and slapped him, and then got out of the way as Jannetty hit a big clothesline! Jannetty rolls Michaels into the ring… and sets him up, goes for a big savate kick, but the champion pulls the referee in front of him! The referee falls, and Sensational Sherri comes into the ring… with the same mirror that Shawn accidentally hit her with! She has Jannetty hold him up, and when she charges, Michaels ducks, and she nails Jannetty in the face! She is shocked, and can’t believe what she just did! Shawn motions for someone to come out, and this giant in with slicked back black hair makes his way out… he hits Jannetty with a big power bomb, and then picks up Sherri over his shoulder… and carries her out! Shawn covers Jannetty with just one finger, as the referee comes to and counts the pin! Shawn Michaels, with the inadvertent help of Sherry and the advertent help of some giant mystery man, has retained the Intercontinental Title! (C+)
Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Big BossmanThis was never going to be a technical masterpiece, and it wasn’t going to last very long. Bigelow jumped Bossman before the bell rang, and then hit a big belly to belly suplex to take control. Bossman was able to change the tides when he was sent into the ropes, and returned with a big clothesline on The Beast from the East. Bossman appeared to have the match in control, but then when he sent Bigelow into the corner, he charged, only to be met with a high boot to the face. Bigelow then climbed the top rope and hit a giant headbutt for the win. (C-)
A video plays, highlighting the events that have lead up to the WWF Title match. Razor Ramon attacking Bret Hart on RAW, viciously assaulting him, and then, the next week, Owen standing up for his brother, only to fall in singles action to the Number One contender. Ramon has promised that he’s walking away with the title tonight. (B-)
WWF World Title Match: Bret “Hitman” Hart vs. Razor Ramon
Bret Hart limped out to the ring, still feeling the effects of his attack two weeks ago by Razor Ramon. Razor used his superior size and strength to take an early advantage, using submissions to keep the Hitman off of his feet and in the middle of the ring. After Bret was able to get to the ropes on an armbar, the champion goes for a suplex, which is countered, and Razor suplexes Bret over the top rope, dumping him out to the floor. In tonight’s main event, that would mean Bret’s elimination, but instead, the WWF Champion is definitely in a lot of pain on the floor below, and Razor can smell blood. He rolls him back into the ring, and goes for the pin, with his feet on the rope, and the referee almost counts three before noticing Razor’s shortcut! He breaks the pin, and this allows Bret to fire off some punches to the challenger. Bret’s feeling it now, and he hits a Russian legsweep! He’s going for the Sharpshooter, but Razor is able to push him off! Razor then hits a big fallaway slam! The challenger has bad intentions on his mind as he prepares for the Razor’s Edge. He grabs Bret, but Bret’s too close to the ropes, so he’s able to slide out! Razor Ramon follows, and is able to whip the Hitman into the steel guardrails! The referee is very close to counting both out, so Razor rolls the champ back in the ring and then slides in himself. He brings Bret into the middle of the ring, and hits a big choke slam! He then signals that it is time for the Razor’s Edge! Razor sets up Bret, in the middle of the ring… but the Hitman grabs Razor’s legs! He uses the momentum to flip Razor onto his back, and locks on the Sharpshooter! There’s nowhere for the challenger to go… and he submits! Bret Hart, by the skin of his teeth, has walked away with the WWF Title still around his waist! (C+)
Bobby The Brain Heenan makes his way out to the ringside area. He is proud to introduce… The Narcissist Lex Luger! Luger comes out an poses, and he ends this by telling Mr. Perfect that he’s nothing and when he meets the Narcissist, he will see how worthless he truly is. (C-)
A group of fans were asked who they thought would win the Royal Rumble. A fan named Tommy picked Mr. Perfect, a fan named Chris picked Yokozuna, and Brittany, the same Typhoon fan from Monday on Raw, picked Typhoon! (C-)
The Royal Rumble
And now, it is time for the Royal Rumble match! Two men will start the match, with another joining every 2 minutes. To be eliminated, you must go over the top rope, and both feet must touch the floor.
Irwin R. Schyster has drawn number 1! He waits, and number 2 ends up being none other than WWF Legend Superfly
Jimmy Snuka! They start it off, and then, drawing number 3 is Native American
Tatanka! Tatanka slows before attacking Snuka, but that gives IRS an opening, and he dumps the Superfly over the top rope!
(Elimination #1) Drawing number 4 is none other than
Mr. Perfect! He enters the ring, and he and Tatanka definitely form an alliance, tossing out Schyster as number 5,
Bob Backlund makes his way to the ring!
(Elimination #2) Scott Steiner enters and the mood is respectful but competitive, but that easily changes when number 7,
Ric Flair enters the ring, and immediately rushes Mr. Perfect. Perfect took advantage, tossed Flair over the top, onto the apron, but then, rather than going for the elimination, pulled him back into the ring and continued his assault! He was followed by number 8,
Max Moon and number 9,
Earthquake hit the ring. Tatanka was shortly thereafter eliminated by Mr. Perfect
(Elimination #3). Number 10,
Damien Demento, and the ring appeared to be getting a little crowded, until Max Moon hit the road, courtesy of Scott Steiner!
(Elimination #4) “El Matador” Tito Santana was number 11, and as he went after Ric Flair, Mr. Perfect was tossing out Mr. Demento!
(Elimination #5) Number 12 was the voodoo shaman
Papa Shango, and immediately following him is Japanese superstar
Tenryu! Scotty Steiner was the next to go, at the hands of Papa Shango!
(Elimination #6) Joining the fray is number 14, Mexican icon
Mil Mascaras! Number 15 is The Million Dollar Man,
Ted DiBiase! Then, as it appeared the ring could not get any fuller, it got a little less crowded almost simultaneously, as Bob Backlund eliminated Papa Shango, and Tenryu tossed out Mil Mascaras!
(Eliminations #7 & #8) Number 16 is Typhoon! As he enters, Earthquake has Ric Flair on the verge of elimination. Typhoon rushes to help his partner, but accidentally hits Earthquake, causing him to go over!
(Elimination #9) Typhoon looks like he’s in shock, and this allows Tenryu to sneak up behind him and eliminate the big man!
(Elimnation #10) And now, it’s number 17,
The Undertaker! As the ring kind of pauses to let the monstrous deadman in the ring, Flair takes advantage and tosses Tenryu!
(Elimination #11) Number 18 is the Dogfaced Gremlin,
Rick Steiner and speaking of famous brothers, number 19 is The Rocket,
Owen Hart! Owen comes in hot, and almost immediately tosses Tito Santana!
(Elimination #12) Number 20 is The nefarious
Repo Man, and he’s followed by 21, “Hacksaw”
Jim Duggan! Hacksaw immediately goes after the recently entered Repo, and dispatches him with ease!
(Elimination #13) Number 22 ends up being “Macho Man”
Randy Savage, and he’s followed by surprise entrant
Terry Funk! In the ring, Hacksaw Jim Duggan’s night is over, thanks to The Undertaker!
(Elimination #14) Numbers 24, 25 and 26 were… “The Model”
Rick Martel,
Crush, and surprise entrant, WWF Legend “Rowdy”
Roddy Piper! Almost simultaneously, shortly after, three men proceeded to leave the ring, as Ric Flair eliminated Mr. Perfect, gaining some momentum going into their huge match tomorrow night, The Macho Man tossed Terry Funk, and Owen Hart dropkicked Rick Martel, sending him crashing to the floor!
(Eliminations #15, 16 & 17) Number 27 and 28 were
Fatu and
Samu, respectively, and you’d expect them to have a big advantage as a tag team, and they went right to work on Crush. However, Crush was able to clothesline the two of them, together, sending them both out at the same time! However, this didn’t last long, as Ted DiBiase snuck up and tossed Crush seconds later!
(Eliminations #18, 19, & 20) Number 29 was the monstrous
Yokozuna and he immediately turned his sights on The Undertaker, however, the Undertaker launched himself with a giant clothesline at the Sumo, knocking both men over the top rope! They proceeded to brawl on the outside until referees distracted them!
(Eliminations #21 & 22) Lucky number 30 was none other than
Jerry Lawler, who slid in, only to be tossed out within 20 seconds by the Hot Rod, Piper!
(Elimination #23) The Scottish firecracker then turned his sights on Rick Steiner, eliminating him shortly after!
(Elimination #24) This turned out to be the end of Roddy’s luck, as he was tossed by the Nature Boy, while on the other side of the ring, Bob Backlund’s 54 minute run in the Rumble was brought to an end as he was thrown over by the Macho Man!
(Eliminations #25 & 26). The final four are The Nature Boy Ric Flair, The Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase, The Rocket Owen Hart, and Macho Man Randy Savage! These four were cautious, knowing that one wrong mistake might be their ticket home and out of the WrestleMania main event! Owen Hart appeared to have Ric Flair tossed, amazingly, although he couldn’t get the Nature Boy to touch the floor, and Ted DiBiase scooped The Rocket and tossed him instead, ending Hart’s underdog run!
(Elimination #27). DiBiase allowed Flair to regain his own composure, as he was still dangerously close to touching the floor, and instead went over to Randy Savage, attacking him. Macho Man turned the table, and had DiBiase against the ropes, but the Nature Boy snuck up and dumped them both at the same time!
(Eliminations #28 and 29) And he’s done it! The Nature Boy Ric Flair has won his second straight Royal Rumble and has earned the right to face Bret the Hitman Hart for the WWF Title in Las Vegas! (C+)
WRESTLER | NUMBER DRAWN | TIME ELIMINATED | ELIMINATOR | TIME LASTED | NUMBER ELIMINATED |
Irwin R. Schyster | 1 | 10 | Mr. Perfect | 10 | 1 |
Jimmy Snuka | 2 | 5 | Irwin R. Schyster | 5 | 0 |
Tatanka | 3 | 15 | Mr. Perfect | 13 | 0 |
Mr. Perfect | 4 | 50 | Ric Flair | 46 | 3 |
Bob Backlund | 5 | 60 | Randy Savage | 54 | 1 |
Scott Steiner | 6 | 24 | Papa Shango | 16 | 1 |
Ric Flair | 7 | N/A | WINNER | 60 | 5 |
Max Moon | 8 | 17 | Scott Steiner | 5 | 0 |
Earthquake | 9 | 28 | Typhoon | 14 | 0 |
Damien Demento | 10 | 19 | Mr. Perfect | 3 | 0 |
Tito Santana | 11 | 35 | Owen Hart | 17 | 0 |
Papa Shango | 12 | 27 | Bob Backlund | 7 | 1 |
Tenryu | 13 | 32 | Ric Flair | 10 | 2 |
Mil Mascaras | 14 | 27 | Tenryu | 3 | 0 |
Ted DiBiase | 15 | 70 | Ric Flair | 44 | 2 |
Typhoon | 16 | 30 | Tenryu | 2 | 1 |
The Undertaker | 17 | 55 | Yokozuna | 25 | 2 |
Rick Steiner | 18 | 58 | Roddy Piper | 26 | 0 |
Owen Hart | 19 | 67 | Ted Dibiase | 33 | 2 |
Repo Man | 20 | 39 | Jim Duggan | 3 | 0 |
Jim Duggan | 21 | 43 | The Undertaker | 5 | 1 |
Randy Savage | 22 | 70 | Ric Flair | 30 | 2 |
Terry Funk | 23 | 50 | Randy Savage | 8 | 0 |
Rick Martel | 24 | 50 | Owen Hart | 6 | 0 |
Crush | 25 | 54 | Ted DiBiase | 8 | 2 |
Roddy Piper | 26 | 60 | Ric Flair | 12 | 2 |
Fatu | 27 | 54 | Crush | 4 | 0 |
Samu | 28 | 54 | Crush | 2 | 0 |
Yokozuna | 29 | 55 | The Undertaker | 1 | 1 |
Jerry Lawler | 30 | 56 | Roddy Piper | 0 | 0 |