WWF Royal Rumble 1993
ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California
January 24, 1993
Commentators: Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby “The Brain” Heenan
Our commentators for this evening's broadcast are none other than Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan.
Repo Man vs Randy Savage. Repo comes to the ring wearing Savage's hat. Savage worked on Repo's ribs with shoulder thrusts in the corner. Repo worked in some mat wrestling until he missed an elbow drop. Repo went for a lariat but missed and went to the outside. Savage tossed Repo head first into the steps. Savage breaks the count before peeling back the mats and setting up for a pile-driver onto the concrete, but Repo back drops him. Savage blocked the back drop and slammed Repo head first into the concrete, rolls him back in hits top rope elbow for the win.
Winner: Randy Savage @ 7:02. After match Savage gets his hat back while Monsoon says Savage will be in the while.
We get a good video on the rise and fall and rise again of Strike Force.
WWF Tag Team Champions Money Inc. vs Strike Force. Strike Force come out in their awesome jackets. Tito takes IRS to the limit and out-wrestles him on the mat. IRS tags in DiBiase who surprises Tito with a bunch fast paced knees and a DDT. DiBiasie really tries ending this early, trapping Tito in the Million Dollar Dream. He spins Ted around and hits him with a few forearms and an exploder suplex. Tito grabs DiBiasie and holds his arm for Martel to come in and hit. Martel just kind of waves Tito off. IRS comes running in trying to hit Tito with the briefcase but missed and nailed DiBiase instead. Martel tags himself in and gets the cover for 3.
Winners: Strike Force (New Tag Champions) @ 14:20. After the match Tito is standing there dumbfounded while Martel Celebrates like crazy. The ref hands them the belts and Tito looks like he doesn't want them. Martel hugs Tito. They both leave with Martel acting like he fought and won the match himself. Tito walks behind shaking his head.
Mean Gene backstage brings in Bret Hart for an interview. Bret says he is a fighting champion and knows that he can and will beat Yokozuna tonight.
Steiner Brothers vs Beverly Brothers. This is exactly like their match at the real Royal Rumble was. Beverlies bump like crazy, Rick gets a majority of the damage. Scotty clears house with all of his epic power and decapitates Beau with a Frankensteiner to win.
Winners: Steiners @ 10:10. After the match Steiners motion they want the tag titles.
Bobby Heenan comes out to an area on the side of the stage for the big unveiling of THE NARCISSIST.....LEX LUGER. Lex poses for several minutes as Heenan hypes him up, and Heenan gets Luger to turn around. Heenan says he'll show everyone an example of what he can do. Heenan enters Luger into the Royal Rumble match. We then hear Monsoon hype up the look of Luger and say the Rumble match is now.
The Royal Rumble: #1 Bam Bam Bigelow and
#2 Fatu start us off. Two minutes of power struggles.
#3 is Mr. Perfect. Perfect and Fatu immediately team up and toss Bigelow.
BIGELOW ELIMINATED. Ric Flair walks out to the ring during the elimination. Perfect notices Flair and they start jawing. Fatu comes over and dumps Perfect.
MR PERFECT ELIMINATED. Perfect is fuming. Flair turns and leaves but Perfect runs him down. The two battle to the back while
#4 Samu makes his way out. The Headshrinkers are left standing in the ring together. They start to brawl with each other to pass the time.
#5 is IRS. He takes his time getting to the ring while Headshrinkers stop fighting when they hear the buzzer. IRS does roll into the ring and gets beat on until
#6 Tatanka rushes in. Tatanka cleans house on everyone. Fatu put a stop to Tatanka by attacking from behind trying to eliminate him but to no avail.
#7 is Razor Ramon. Ramon is hesitent about getting in until Samu pulls him in. Ramon and Headshrinkers have a battle. IRS and Tatanka are trying some mat wrestling on the other side. Ramon tries to eliminate Headshrinkers but nothing doing.
#8 is Big Boss Man. Boss Man enters but Headshrinkers with a double sidekick sends Bossman back where he came from.
BOSSMAN ELIMINATED. Ramon send IRS out with after a few shoulder blocks.
IRS ELIMINATED. IRS passes his partner
#9 Ted DiBiase in the aisle. DiBiase wants revenge on Ramon and they brawl in the corner. Headshrinkers are over to help Ramon send Dibiase to the floor.
DIBIASE ELIMINATED. Headshrinkers battle with Tatanka and Ramon until Ramon slams Samu and then dumps him over the top. SAMU ELIMINATED.
#10 is Undertaker. Undertaker gets in and dumps Fatu over the top and on the apron. Fatu gets in a shoulder-block to the gut to stop Undertaker. Ramon then comes running Undertaker and Taker tosses him at Fatu sending both men crashing to the floor.
FATU & RAZOR RAMON ELIMINATED.
#11 is Doink. Doink comes out from the back with his confetti, and plays tricks all around the entry way. Undertaker is dismantling Tatanka in the ring while Doink sits and watches.
#12 is Lex Luger. Luger walks right past Doink who is still around the ring. Luger goes after Undertaker.
#13 is Owen Hart. Owen rolls Doink in the ring and goes to go after him but Undertaker cuts him off. Undertaker then turns his attention to Doink.
#14 is Bob Backlund. Backlund runs to the ring and hooks on a leg scissors to Doink but can't get him out. Undertaker and Luger are back at brawling.
#15 is Shawn Michaels. Shawn gets in and teases going for Undertaker. Undertaker shoots him a look so Shawn picks up Tatanka instead and chucks him over the top, but Tatanka lands on the apron. Tatanka is back in and Shawn poses Tatanka rushes behind him and dumps him out.
SHAWN MICHAELS ELIMINATED. Undertaker with a chokeslam and Tombstone on Luger knocks him out. Taker picks up Luger and dumps him like a bag of potatoes.
#16 is Virgil. Virgil with a lot of moving so no one can catch him. Tatanka gets double teamed in the corner by Backlund and Hart.
#17 is Crush. Crush rushes in and goes right for Doink. Crush comes close to dumping Doink when Undertaker breaks it up.
#18 is Damien Demento. Demento attacks Doink in the corner. Tatanka saves Demento from being eliminated and they go on to double team Undertaker.
#19 is Giant Gonzalez. Harvey Whippleman comes out with him and everyone in the ring is just in awe. Everyone is still stopped as he steps over the top rope. Undertaker just stares and can't believe what he is seeing. Gonzalez starts pounding away at Undertaker sending him through the middle ropes.
#20 is Rick Steiner. Gonzalez steps over the top and to the floor to go after Undertaker.
GIANT GONZALEZ ELIMINATED. Gonzalez beats the hell out of Undertaker at ringside. Gonzalez sends Undertaker head first into guardrail. He starts grinding Undertakers face into the concrete. Gonzalez hits an overhand chop as Undertaker tries to sit up. Whippleman then gets Gonzalez to the back since all the refs came out yelling. While all of that was happening
DAMIEN DEMENTO ELIMINATED. We also missed
#21 Billy Gunn make his debut and enterence. As we get back to being caught up
#22 Bart Gunn is out one number after his partner. Gunns start double teaming everyone in sight. Undertaker is struggling to sit up outside.
#23 is Scott Steiner. Scott joins in with Rick and they abuse Doink. Steiners and up
ELIMINATING SMOKING GUNNS.
#24 is Jerry Lawler. Undertaker finally sits up as Lawler is heading towards the ring. Lawler tries to hide under the ring but Undertaker pulls him out and tosses him in the ring. Lawler rolls into Crush who
ELIMINATES JERRY LAWLER.
VIRGIL ELIMINATED after Backlund locks on the cross-face and Virgil tries to climb the corner but gets pushed out instead.
#25 is Tito Santana. Santana goes right for Steiners. Undertaker is looking weak in the ring after the attack as Crush is getting the better of him now. Tatanka is still in this after coming in at number 6.
#26 is 1-2-3 Kid. Monsoon still calls him the Lightning Kid and says he is entered because he won a battle royal on Superstars. Kid just looks lost in the match.
#27 is Papa Shango. Owen Hart jumps on Shango and starts attacking him. Owen charges at Shango who side steps him but he skins the cat to stay alive. Owen then hits Shango with a dropkick from behind but Shango is able to hang on and stay as well.
#28 is Ric Flair. Flair cautiously runs into the ring as Heenan is loving this position. Out of the crowd comes Mr Perfect who gets at Flair and tosses him over the top and runs him to the back.
RIC FLAIR ELIMINATED. Shango gets thrown out by Undertaker while Perfect is chasing Flair.
PAPA SHANGO ELIMINATED.
#29 is Randy Savage. Savage runs out and punches to everyone. Savage has Doink up in the corner ready to go out when a second Doink comes out from under the ring and nails him in the back of the head with a prosthetic arm. Both Doinks pick him up and toss Savage over.
RANDY SAVAGE ELIMINATED. Santana then gets tossed out by both Steiners.
TITO SANTANA ELIMINATED.
#30 is Bastion Booger. Booger comes out eating a giant turkey leg. That now leaves us with the final 10 in the ring. Booger,Kid,Steiners,Crush,Backlund, Hart, Doink, Undertaker, and Tatanka. Undertaker found some strength to slam Booger. Booger gets up and gets a double clothesline from Steiners to
ELIMINATE BATSION BOOGER. Rick turns his sights to Kid and pummels away at him in the corner. Rick then picks him up like he was nothing and
ELIMINATES 1-2-3 KID. Crush picks up Backlund like he was nothing and rams him in the corner. Crush turned around to pose and Backlund runs him to the other side and dumps Crush over the top.
CRUSH ELIMINATED. Owen Hart follows behind and throws Backlund up and over.
BOB BACKLUND ELIMINATED. Doink sends Owen into the corner and Owen does the Flair bump and lands on the apron. Doink rushes over and kicks Owen off the apron.
OWEN HART ELIMINATED. Randy Savage comes storming back out and tries to pull Doink over from the outside. Undertaker takes advantage and dumps Doink. Savage and Doink get seperated by agents,security, and refs. Final four Steiners, Undertaker, and Tatanka. They don't waste any time and Tatanka dives at Scott. Scott pulls down the top rope and out goes Tatanka.
TATANKA ELIMINATED. Steiners get Undertaker down to one knee and Scott goes up top but Undertaker throws Rick into the ropes crotching him. Undertaker then pushes Scott to the floor.
SCOTT STEINER ELIMINATED. Undertaker is taking a breather in the corner when Rick comes charging at him but missed a splash. Undertaker grabs Rick by the throat and pushes him backwards over the top and crashing to the floor.
RICK STEINER ELIMINATED.
Winner: Undertaker. @ 1 hour and 6 mins. After the match the Steiners look distraught on the outside. Undertaker celebrates as Paul Bearer gets in the ring. Undertaker does his urn pose and motions for the WWF title.
Gorilla & Heenan talk about Yokozuna & Hart's history. A video package hyping both men are then shown.
WWF Champion Bret Hart vs Yokozuna. Mr Fuji is with Yokozuna tonight. Bret gets attacked before he even gets all the way in the ring and Yokozuna has the early advantage. Yokozuna misses a big splash, buying Bret some time. Hart starts kicking away at Yoko's knees. Bret covers and Fuji pulls ref to the floor. Yokozuna is able to reclaim control and he squashes Bret with a huge leg-drop. Bret with a bulldog off the second rope but only gets a two-count. Bret takes Yokozuna off his feet with a big clothesline for two. Yoko drags him and slaps him around before Power-bombing him straight to the mat. He drags him to the corner and Banzai Drop it's over. Winner and new
WWF Champion:Yokozuna @ 14:24. After the match ref hands Yokozuna the belt and raises his arm. Yoko celebrates as the geisha's and Fuji enters the ring. He does his traditional celebration with the WWF Title as the show comes to a close.