WWF Royal Rumble 1993 - Royal Rumble Match: Bob Backlund vs Brian Knobbs vs Carlos Colon vs Damien Demento vs Earthquake vs Fatu vs Genichiro Tenryu vs WWF Tag Team Champion Irwin R. Schyster vs Jerry Lawler vs Jerry Sags vs Koko B. Ware vs Max Moon vs Mr. Perfect vs Owen Hart vs Papa Shango vs Randy Savage vs Repo Man vs Ric Flair vs Rick Martel vs Samu vs Skinner vs Tatanka vs WWF Tag Team Champion Ted DiBiase vs Terry Taylor vs The Berzerker vs Tito Santana vs The Undertaker vs Virgil vs Yokozuna (with Mr. Fuji)
So this is the first Rumble where the winner gets a title shot at WrestleMania. Entry number one is Flair
this is so not fair to Flair. Out at number two is Bob Backlund
he doesn't even have theme music, this is great. Backlund offers his hand and Flair does his classic spot by faking the handshake
Papa Shango comes out at number 3, and Flair eliminates him after like 30 seconds tops
Out at number 4 is Ted DiBiase, and I guess managers aren't allowed this year because Jimmy Hart ran down with him, but then ran right back. Heenan just called Backlund "Opie"
Number 5 is Brian Knobbs of the Nasty Boys, and he goes right for Flair and DiBiase. Number 6 comes out and it's Virgil. DiBiase ducks a clothesline from Knobbs, and he ends up going over. Number 7 is Jerry Lawler, making his WWF pay-per-view debut. Max Moon is out at number 8
Another WWF pay-per-view debut. Lawler sends Moon over the top rope right as Genichiro Tenyru comes out at number 9, and gets in a chopping battle with Flair and DiBiase
Out at number 10 is Mr. Perfect and he goes right for Flair
Number 11 is Skinner, this guy still has a job? Perfect is able to eliminate Flair
That's not fair to Flair. The crowd does pop huge for that though. Virgil just held Lawler for someone to hit him, but no one no one paid him any attention
Koko B. Ware comes out at number 12 and does some weird stuff with his gigantic pants. Backlund is winded so bad right now. Skinner skins the cat
but then Perfect dropkicks him out anyway. Out at lucky number 13 is Samu and Afa pulls him out by the hair and throws him in
Number 14 is The Berzerker, and this guy still has a job too? Perfect sneds Lawler over the top, then gets sent over by DiBiase, but he holds on and it takes like 4 people to eliminate Perfect including Lawler. They start brawling outside but FUCK Perfect's out
During all of that, Virgil was eliminated too and this almost makes up for Perfect. Undertaker comes out at number 15, and he gets a huge pop. 'Taker is able to eliminate Samu. The Berzerker and Backlund are outside, and Berzerker slams him on the floor after pulling up the padding. 'Taker eliminates Tenyru as well. Terry Taylor comes out at number 16 to no reaction whatsoever
should have stayed the Rooster. DiBiase is able to eliminate Ware and Taylor at the same time, then 'Taker eliminates him after a chokeslam. Oh yay, Harvey Wippleman is leading out Giant Gonzales to the ring now as 'Taker eliminates Berzerker. Damien Demento comes out at number 17, but he's not even shown on screen because we're having this Gonzales/'Taker staredown
Gonzales eliminates 'Taker, and keeps brawling with him outside UGH FUCK THIS FEUD! Gonzales sends him back into the ring and chokeslams 'Taker as Demento still hasn't gotten into the ring
Number 18 is IRS, but Gonzales is slamming 'Taker's legs into the ring post now. Gonzales finally leaves now as IRS, Demento, and Backlund finally get into the ring to continue the match. Out at number 19 is Tatanka to a nice pop. Paul Bearer comes out now to give 'Taker the power of the urn so he can get up. Jerry Sags comes out at number 20. Out at number 21 is Typhoon. Number 22 is
Rikishi Fatu, who hits a legit Savate on Typhoon
Earthquake comes out at number 23, and he goes after Typhoon for some reason. Typhoon misses an Avalanche in the corner, and Earthquake eliminates him. Out at number 24 is Carlos Colon as Tatanko almost gets eliminated but holds on, this guy's still in WHAT! Oh yay Colon eliminates Demento. Backlund is still in this by the way, but Earthquake is taking it to him. El Matador is out at number 25. Backlund ducks and Fatu goes right over the top rope. Number 26 is Rick Martel. IRS gets eliminated as Earthquake ducks his clothesline. Yokozuna comes out at number 27. Yokozuna quickly eliminates Tatanka followed by Colon. Oh shit Earthquake/Yokozuna staredown
Number 28 is Owen Hart, but everything's focused on this Earthquake/Yokozuna exchange. Earthquake missed an Avalanche and Yokozuna just belly-to-belly's him over the top rope. Out at number 29 is Repo Man. All six guys in the ring besides Yokozuna gang up to get him out now and the crowd starts popping, but Yokozuna takes them out one by one. The last participant is Randy Savage and he comes out to an absolutely huge pop. Yokozuna eliminates Matador. Hart is able to dropkick Sags over the top rope, then gets thrown out by Martel, but he skins the cat and stays in. Hart tries to eliminate Yokozuna but he gets sent out and almost breaks his leg into his leg. Repo gets setn out as well. Backlund, Martel, Savage, and Yokozuna are left. Backlund is able to eliminate Martel and he's starting to get a nice crowd reaction as the announcers are putting him over really well. Yokozuna is able to eliminate Backlund, but not before he breaks Flair's record for most time spent in the ring. The crowd gives Backlund a standing ovation as he goes back. For some reason Fuji is allowed to stay at ringside when none of the other managers were. Savage hits Yokozuna with everything, and drops him to one knee for the first time, but then Yokozuna catches him with a savate to the fuckin' chest. Yokozuna just toys with Savage at this point. Yokozuna missed a butt bump in the corner though, and falls down. Savage hits the diving elbow, but then goes for the pin
and OH SHIT! Yokozuna throws him over the top rope from the fucking ground
Well that was an alright Rumble, but obviously doesn't compare to last year's. It was a little too jobbery for my liking, but on the other hand I did enjoy seeing some of those gimmicks. Also think they did an alright job at making Yokozuna look badass, but could have done it even better, but oh well.