No need in wasting any time today. We continue with our look at past Royal Rumbles and today we go back to the 1990s and stop at the 1993 Rumble -- which would be the first Hogan-free Rumble since the event moved to PPV.
The winner of this match seemed pretty obvious but on re-watch I forgot the opportunity the match presented to take a special turn but they didn't pull the trigger.
Enjoy the match guys...take it away Fink!
The winner of this match seemed pretty obvious but on re-watch I forgot the opportunity the match presented to take a special turn but they didn't pull the trigger.
Enjoy the match guys...take it away Fink!
Corporate Royal Rumble pleeeeaaaaassssssseeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'll just say it ahead of time, Savage went for the cover because he was so badly beaten that he was barely conscious, and just went with his natural instinct. There. Beat everyone to it. :)
ReplyDeleteI loved the ending elimination, put over Yoko's power.
ReplyDeleteStill Backlund surviving would have been crazy, crowd was really building for him.
I'm going to get to all of them. I promise.
ReplyDeleteI actually like that they aren't in order, it's been fun jumping around watching these.
ReplyDeleteI honestly found this Rumble to be quite entertaining... until Undertaker's elimination. Then it really dies until Yokozuna enters, which is a good 20 or so minutes of nothing. Saggs? Damian Demento? Fatu? Typhoon? Carlos Colon? Ugh... for storyline purposes, both Crush and Jim Duggan were removed from the match, depleting the star power moreso. That's two top faces the crowd could get behind.
ReplyDeletemy favorite part is when gorilla calls colon a youngster haha. he was 44 at the time.
ReplyDeleteYep, Crush really did get buried during this period. He was one of the most over guys in the company then...
ReplyDelete-Out of the Rumble
-Loses to Doink(s) at Wrestlemania
-Loses to HBK at KOTR
-Loses to Yokozuna on Raw and gets injured
-Comes back as a heel, and loses his first 2 big feuds to Savage and Luger.
we might not get all the way through the rumbles if this news is true about wwe removing all content on the internet.
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Thanks! btw Always had a soft spot for this Rumble. Not really sure why though, maybe its the Backlund run or cause its the last PPV for Monsoon and Heenan as a duo.
ReplyDeleteI like to believe that Flair-Backlund opening was a nod to the fans that know the history of the sport. Surprised I never found a random Coliseum video match between the two in 1992 or 1993.
ReplyDeleteRumble-related question: If Flair was in the 1992 match for 62 minutes, then Backlund for 63, how did Mysterio break the mark in 2006 with a listed time of 62 minutes?
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing to look back and see they dragged the Crush/Doink storyline for 6 months, and never gave it a proper blowoff. Crush almost never got the better of him, if ever, and then is taken off TV working an injury angle at the hands of Yokozuna. I don't know if I could buy Crush as a World Title threat, but he was pretty over, more so than Tatanka I would say, and was actually a decent worker at the time. Then he turned heel and went to shit.
ReplyDeleteMonsoon/Hennan last one was 1992 I believe. I thought this one had Tony in the booth.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Wikipedia, Backlund went for 61:10 and Flair did 59:26
ReplyDeleteOne argument for this being fun: Bobby Heenan. He's not on like he was in 1992, but him and Monsoon always brought the goods.
ReplyDeleteOh, and Monsoon calling Carlos Colon a youngster. I still hope that's like a giant rib that no one else would care enough to get, since I'm sure Monsoon had to be familiar with someone like that.
I love the fact that at one point you had former AWA, USWA, NWA, Mid-South, and WWWF champs all in the ring at once. (Hening, Lawler, Flair, DiBiase, Backlund)
ReplyDeleteIf someone wrestled outside of the WWF, it doesn't count. So this was clearly a youngster during his rookie year.
ReplyDeleteNope, Heenan/Monsoon., and it's definitely the last they called together. Tony Schiavone was gone by WrestleMania VI.
ReplyDeleteI think Schiavone was long gone by this point. I started watching wrestling in 1991 and never even knew he used to be in the WWF until I started tape-trading in 1996.
ReplyDeleteand Tenryu.
ReplyDeleteYep, definitely the end of an era. Heenan, in fact, would only do 4 more WWF PPV's: WM IX, KotR, Summerslam, and Survivor Series. Gorrilla, sadly, did even less. The 93 Rumble was his second to last before a random appearance at the 94 Survivor Series, where he teamed with Vince (probably because Savage left for WCW without warning right before the show). After that, it was pretty much some combination of McMahon, Lawler, and JR until the Mr. McMahon era began in November 1997.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget KOTR 1994 with the dream team of Gorilla, Savage and Art Donovan.
ReplyDeleteDamn, didn't even think about him. Add AJPW to that list.
ReplyDeleteTouche, thks for the correction. How could I forget Art?
ReplyDeleteFans watching it live probably were "feh" about it, but looking back and understanding where everyone came from, that's a serious collection of talent only the Rumble match could possibly bring together.
ReplyDeleteGlad I could "Weigh" in on the topic. (Pun totally intended!)
ReplyDeleteThat ending is still an ultimate SMH.
ReplyDeleteIt's so bad you wish it was a botch and that Savage just forgot there is no pins, but FUCK
Always felt Backlund going so long was a "fuck you" to the soon to be exiting Flair
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