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Royal Rumble (1993)

December 15, 2023

The 1993 Royal Rumble was the sixth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on January 24, 1993, at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California. It centered on the Royal Rumble match, a modified battle royal in which participants enter at timed intervals instead of all beginning in the ring at the same time.

Royal Rumble
Promotional poster featuring Bret Hart and Razor Ramon among various WWF wrestlers
PromotionWorld Wrestling Federation
DateJanuary 24, 1993
CitySacramento, California
VenueARCO Arena
Attendance16,000[1]
Pay-per-view chronology
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Six matches were contested at the event, including one dark match. The main event was the 1993 Royal Rumble match. It was won by Yokozuna, who was awarded a match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania IX. This was the first time that the Rumble winner earned a world championship match at WrestleMania, which is now standard for the annual event. In other prominent matches, Bret Hart defeated Razor Ramon to retain the WWF World Heavyweight Championship, and Shawn Michaels defeated Marty Jannetty to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship.

Production edit

Background edit

The Royal Rumble is an annual gimmick pay-per-view (PPV). It has been produced every January by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) since 1988, and has been broadcast on PPV since 1989.[2] It is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, later dubbed the "Big Four".[3] It is named after the Royal Rumble match, a modified battle royal in which the participants enter at timed intervals instead of all beginning in the ring at the same time. The 1993 event was the sixth event in the Royal Rumble chronology and was scheduled to be held on January 24, 1993, at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California.[4][5]

The Royal Rumble match generally features 30 wrestlers. Prior to 1992, there was no prize for winning the match. At the 1992 event, as the WWF World Heavyweight Championship had been vacated, it was decided that the prize for the 1992 Royal Rumble match would be the vacant title. For the 1993 match, it was decided that the winner would receive a match for the championship at WrestleMania IX.[4][5]

Storylines edit

The primary feud leading up to Royal Rumble 1993 was between WWF World Heavyweight Champion Bret Hart and challenger Razor Ramon (a replacement for The Ultimate Warrior, who had left the previous November).[6] Ramon formed an alliance in late 1992 with Ric Flair, who Hart defeated to win the title belt. During an interview in which Hart was talking about the upcoming match, Ramon and Flair came to the ring and attacked Hart.[7] Ramon later escalated the feud by attacking Owen Hart, Bret's brother.[8][9]

 
Bret Hart was the WWF World Heavyweight Champion going into the event.

Another major feud featured at the event was between Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty, who had teamed for several years as The Rockers. The team split up in December 1991, when Michaels attacked Jannetty during an episode of Brutus Beefcake's interview segment, "The Barber Shop".[10] Michaels became a singles wrestler and won the WWF Intercontinental Championship on October 27, 1992, from Davey Boy Smith.[11] On the October 31, 1992, episode of WWF Superstars of Wrestling, Jannetty returned to the WWF after a lengthy absence and confronted Michaels. He attempted to hit Michaels with a mirror, but Michaels pulled his valet, Sensational Sherri in front of him. Sherri was hit with the mirror, which caused friction between her and Michaels.[12] Michaels and Jannetty were scheduled to face each other for the Intercontinental Championship at Royal Rumble 1993. Leading up to the match, Sherri announced that she would be in the corner of one of the men, but she refused to say which one.[9]

In an undercard match, The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner), who made their WWF debut in late 1992, were scheduled to face the Beverly Brothers (Beau Beverly and Blake Beverly). There was little buildup for the match, but the Steiners and Beverlys had a rivalry over which was the best team of brothers in the WWF (although the Beverly Brothers are not related in real life).[9]

Several feuds also formed the background for the Royal Rumble match. Virgil had served as Ted DiBiase's servant and bodyguard for several years. DiBiase treated Virgil poorly, which eventually led Virgil to turn against his employer. At Royal Rumble 1991, he attacked DiBiase after a match by hitting him with the Million Dollar Championship, a title that DiBiase had awarded himself.[13] Virgil defeated DiBiase for the belt at SummerSlam 1991,[14] although DiBiase later regained the title.[15] The Undertaker was feuding with manager Harvey Wippleman. He had a series of matches against Kamala in 1992 that included a bout at SummerSlam.[16] The rivalry culminated in a coffin match at Survivor Series 1992. The Undertaker won the match,[17] but Wippleman vowed revenge.[18] Tito Santana and Rick Martel had formed a tag team known as Strike Force in 1987, and they held the World Tag Team Championship together for five months.[19] Martel walked away during a match against the Brain Busters at WrestleMania V, leaving Santana to face both opponents alone.[20] The team split up as a result and the former partners had a lengthy feud.[21]

Mr. Perfect served as "executive consultant" to Ric Flair in 1992,[22] but the relationship broke down toward the end of the year. The partnership split up when Perfect teamed with Randy Savage to face Flair and Razor Ramon at Survivor Series 1992.[17] Flair legitimately requested a release from his contract, as he felt he would be more successful if he returned to World Championship Wrestling (WCW). WWF owner Vince McMahon agreed and set up a feud between Flair and Perfect to create a storyline for Flair's departure from the company.[23] Many wrestlers were scheduled to compete at the 1993 Royal Rumble but were either replaced or had left the company before the event. Those who were scheduled to compete were Doink the Clown, Crush, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, The Mountie, and Kamala.[24]

The event also featured the WWF debut of Lex Luger. Luger had previously wrestled in WCW, where he held the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.[25] He had left the wrestling industry to join Vince McMahon's World Bodybuilding Federation (WBF). After the WBF failed, Luger signed with McMahon's WWF.[26]

Event edit

Five matches with pre-determined results were shown on the pay-per-view telecast. In addition, Doink the Clown defeated Jim Powers by submission in an untelevised dark match before the event.[27] In the first match shown as part of the broadcast, the Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) faced the Beverly Brothers (Beau Beverly and Blake Beverly). Scott gained the early advantage over Beau, both men quickly tagged in their partners. Rick performed a body slam on Blake and then tagged Scott back in, who threw Blake with a belly to belly suplex. The Beverlys regained the advantage and took turns attacking Scott's back. Blake performed a Boston crab hold to put more pressure on Scott's back and attempt to force him to submit. Scott escaped the hold and threw Blake to the mat by performing a Tiger driver. The Steiners capitalized on their advantage by keeping Blake in the ring and unable to tag his partner. Scott won the match for his team by pinning Blake after executing a Frankensteiner.[9][28]

 
The Big Boss Man faced Bam Bam Bigelow.

In the next match, Sensational Sherri stood at ringside as Shawn Michaels defended his Intercontinental Championship against Marty Jannetty. She did not reveal her allegiance to either man. Jannetty gained the early advantage, knocking Michaels out of the ring and diving onto him through the ropes. He then attacked Michaels by jumping off the top rope, but Michaels countering this move by hitting him on the way down. Michaels hit Jannetty's shoulder against the ring post and focused on wearing down the shoulder once both men had re-entered the ring. Michaels missed an attack from the top rope, which allowed Jannetty to punch him repeatedly. Michaels recovered and threw Jannetty out of the ring, but Jannetty then suplexed Michaels over the rope and onto the arena floor. Sherri turned on Michaels by slapping him in the face, and Jannetty threw Michaels back into the ring with a belly-to-back suplex. Jannetty performed a powerslam and a DDT on Michaels. Michaels attempted to punch Jannetty but knocked the referee unconscious instead. Sherri came into the ring and tried to hit Michaels with her shoe. Michaels moved out of the way, and Sherri hit Jannetty instead. When the referee recovered, Michaels performed a superkick on Jannetty and pinned him to retain the championship.[9][28]

The third televised match featured the Big Boss Man facing Bam Bam Bigelow. Bigelow attacked Boss Man before the match and controlled the match's beginning by using power moves to wear Boss Man down. Boss Man performed two clotheslines on Bigelow to gain the advantage. Bigelow responded by throwing Boss Man with a belly to back suplex, and then threw him out of the ring. He wore Boss Man down with a bear hug. Boss Man briefly regained the advantage by suplexing Bigelow but eventually tried to run at Bigelow to crush him in the corner of the ring. As Boss Man approached, Bigelow kicked him in the face and followed this up by performing a diving headbutt from the top rope to win the match by pinfall.[9][28]

The next match was for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship, as Bret Hart defended the title against Razor Ramon. Ramon got the early advantage by punching Hart repeatedly but accidentally hit his knee against a turnbuckle while running at Hart. Hart applied a figure-four leglock to apply pressure to Ramon's knee. Ramon escaped the hold and threw Hart against a ring post; he capitalized on this advantage by attacking Hart's back. Ramon threw Hart with a fallaway slam and applied a bear hug. Hart escaped the hold by biting Ramon. He threw Ramon out of the ring and performed several of his signature moves, including a Russian legsweep and an elbow drop from the second rope. Hart applied the Sharpshooter, his signature hold, but Ramon grabbed the ropes, which forced the referee to instruct Hart to break the hold. Hart threw Ramon with a belly-to-back suplex, but Ramon responded by attempting to perform the Razor's Edge, his signature move. Hart reversed this into an unsuccessful pin attempt. With both men exhausted, Hart applied the Sharpshooter and won the match by forcing Ramon to submit.[9][28]

Before the final match, Bobby Heenan, a manager and commentator, unveiled his newest wrestler, "The Narcissist" Lex Luger. Heenan pointed out Luger's muscles and announced that Luger would carry on Heenan's rivalry with Mr. Perfect.[9][28]

 
The Undertaker was eliminated from the Royal Rumble by Giant González.

The main event of the broadcast, the Royal Rumble match, came next. For the first time, a stipulation was added that the winner of the match would receive a match for the WWF Championship at that year's WrestleMania (a provision that has remained since).[29] The match began with two former WWF Champions, as Ric Flair and Bob Backlund entered the ring first. Every two minutes, one of the remaining twenty-eight contestants entered the match according to the number they drew prior to the event. Papa Shango was the third wrestler to enter but was thrown over the top rope and onto the arena floor by Ric Flair, causing Shango to be eliminated. Virgil entered sixth and immediately attacked Ted DiBiase because of their long-standing grudge. When Mr. Perfect entered in the number ten spot, he and Flair fought each other until Perfect eliminated Flair by performing a clothesline to knock Flair onto the floor. Virgil was eliminated by The Berzerker, while Perfect was thrown out of the ring by Jerry Lawler, Koko B. Ware, and Ted DiBiase.[9][28]

The Undertaker was the fifteenth wrestler to enter; he eliminated four men before Harvey Wippleman appeared, accompanying a large man (who was later revealed to be Giant González, billed at eight feet tall). González attacked The Undertaker and threw him out of the ring; as a result, The Undertaker was eliminated from the match. Several referees tried to get González to return to the locker room; he eventually left, and Paul Bearer, The Undertaker's manager, came to the ring. He helped The Undertaker revive, and The Undertaker returned to the locker room to find González. Several minutes later, Typhoon entered the match, followed shortly by his tag team partner in The Natural Disasters, Earthquake. Earthquake immediately targeted Typhoon and eliminated him from the match. Earthquake tried to console his partner, who ignored him and left ringside. Later, Tito Santana and Rick Martel were in the ring at the same time; they fought each other immediately as a result of their five-year-old feud. Yokozuna, weighing over 500 pounds (227 kilograms), entered in the number twenty-seven spot; at one point, almost every wrestler worked together in an attempt to eliminate him, but they were unable to lift him.[9][28]

Former WWF Champion Randy Savage was the last wrestler to enter the match. The wrestlers fought and several men were eliminated in quick succession, leaving Backlund, Martel, Yokozuna, and Savage. Backlund eliminated Martel but was then eliminated by Yokozuna.[9][28] Backlund was in the ring for one hour, one minute, and ten seconds, which set a new record for time spent in a Royal Rumble match.[30] Savage gained the advantage over Yokozuna; he knocked him down and performed a diving elbow drop from the top rope. He tried to pin Yokozuna, although pinfalls are not counted during a Royal Rumble. Yokozuna pushed Savage off of him so hard that Savage flew over the top rope and onto the arena floor. As a result, Yokozuna was named the winner of the 1993 Royal Rumble match.[9][28]

Reception edit

Writing for Online Onslaught, columnist Adam Gutschmidt stated that the first half of the event is worth watching. He enjoyed the tag team match and the bout between Jannetty and Michaels. He also found the WWF World Heavyweight Championship match surprisingly good. He did not feel that the match between Big Boss Man and Bam Bam Bigelow was interesting. He also disliked the Royal Rumble match because too many tag team wrestlers were included, there were few exciting moments, and Giant González did not help the match.[28] Scott Keith reviewed the event for 411mania. He found the opening match between the Steiners and Beverlys to be boring. He enjoyed much of the match between Jannetty and Michaels but found the ending disappointing. He rated the match between Boss Man and Bigelow as a "dud" but enjoyed the WWF World Heavyweight Championship bout. He called the Royal Rumble match one of the worst in history, as he found much of the match boring and did not enjoy the debut of González. Overall, he rated the event as "mildly recommended".[31]

The event drew 16,000 spectators, who paid $187,000 in admission fees. This was down from the previous year's 17,000 fans but higher than the attendance for any of the following three Royal Rumble events. The pay-per-view buyrate of 1.25 was also lower than that of Royal Rumble 1992, which had a 1.8 buyrate. It was higher than the buyrates for all of the Royal Rumble events from 1994 to 1998.[1]

Royal Rumble 1993 was released on VHS by Coliseum Video on February 11, 1993, in North America.[32] It was released on DVD in North America as part of WWE's Complete Royal Rumble Anthology on November 27, 2007.[33] In the United Kingdom, it was released on VHS in 1993.[34] On June 6, 2005, it was packaged together with Royal Rumble 1994 as part of WWE's Tagged Classics line for its United Kingdom DVD release.[35] This was followed by the Complete Royal Rumble Anthology DVD set, which was released on October 15, 2007.[36]

Aftermath edit

At WrestleMania IX, Yokozuna defeated Bret Hart to win the WWF World Heavyweight Championship.[37] His title reign only lasted several minutes, as he dropped the belt to Hulk Hogan in an impromptu match.[38] Yokozuna regained the title but dropped it to Hart the following year.[39] The 1993 Royal Rumble in turn began a tradition, in which the winner of the titular match now earns a world championship match at WrestleMania.[4][5]

 
Shawn Michaels continued his feud with Marty Jannetty.

Shawn Michaels continued his feud with Sensational Sherri at WrestleMania IX. Sherri accompanied Tatanka, and Michaels countered this by introducing Luna Vachon, his new valet. After the match, Vachon attacked Sherri.[40] The feud also continued between Michaels and Jannetty, as Jannetty defeated Michaels for the Intercontinental Championship on May 17, 1993.[41] Michaels regained the belt in a rematch the following month to end the feud.[42]

Razor Ramon continued to wrestle in high-profile matches but achieved little success until changing his persona to a face after losing to the underdog 1-2-3 Kid in May 1993.[43] As a fan favorite, Ramon won his first of four Intercontinental Championships in September 1993.[44]

The day after Royal Rumble on Monday Night Raw, Flair faced Perfect in a loser leaves town match, in which the loser would be forced to leave the WWF forever. Because Flair had an agreement with McMahon to lose to Mr. Perfect before leaving the promotion, Perfect won the match and Flair did not appear in the WWF again until 2001 on the episode of Raw that was the day after Survivor Series when he appeared as a co-owner of the promotion.[45][46] With Flair gone from the promotion, Luger continued Heenan's feud and defeated Mr. Perfect at WrestleMania IX.[47]

The Beverly Brothers were unable to win the World Tag Team Championship, but the Steiners won the belts on two occasions in 1993. They feuded with Money Inc. (DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster), who had held the belts since the previous October, before winning their first championship on June 14.[48]

Earthquake and Typhoon stopped teaming after their confrontation during the Royal Rumble match. No feud ever materialized, as Earthquake was released by the WWF and left to compete in Japan.[49] The rivalry between Virgil and DiBiase was not mentioned again until the following year, when Virgil had a brief feud with Nikolai Volkoff, who was managed by DiBiase.[50][51] DiBiase was reunited with Virgil, who had been renamed Vincent, when both men were members of WCW's New World Order in 1996.[13]

Luger's status as a heel (villain) was short-lived. Yokozuna issued a challenge for any American athlete to try to bodyslam him on the deck of the USS Intrepid on Independence Day that year. Several athletes made the attempt, but nobody was able to lift Yokozuna until Luger arrived in a helicopter and bodyslammed Yokozuna.[52] Luger received a push and was given a match for Yokozuna's WWF World Heavyweight Championship at SummerSlam 1993, but he was unable to win the belt.[53]

The Undertaker's feud with Harvey Wippleman escalated in the following months and was featured at two more pay-per-view events in 1993. The Undertaker faced Giant González at WrestleMania IX; González was disqualified after attacking The Undertaker with a chloroform-soaked rag provided by Wippleman.[54] Wippleman and González recruited Mr. Hughes, and the three men attacked The Undertaker and Paul Bearer. They stole The Undertaker's urn,[55] which was said to be the source of his power.[56] The feud culminated in a Rest in Peace match at SummerSlam 1993, which The Undertaker won to end the feud.[57]

Results edit

No.Results[27][58]StipulationsTimes[1]
1DDoink the Clown defeated Jim Powers by submissionSingles match5:57
2The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) defeated The Beverly Brothers (Beau and Blake) by pinfallTag team match10:34
3Shawn Michaels (c) defeated Marty Jannetty by pinfallSingles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship14:20
4Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Big Boss Man by pinfallSingles match10:10
5Bret Hart (c) defeated Razor Ramon by submissionSingles match for the WWF Championship17:52
6Yokozuna won by last eliminating Randy Savage30-man Royal Rumble match for a WWF Championship match at WrestleMania IX1:06:35
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
D – this was a dark match

^ Sensational Sherri was in a neutral corner in the third match.

Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations edit

A new entrant came out approximately every two minutes.

Draw[58] Entrant[58] Order[58] Eliminated by[58] Time[59] Eliminations
1 Ric Flair 4 Mr. Perfect 18:38 1
2 Bob Backlund 28 Yokozuna 1:01:10^ 2
3 Papa Shango 1 Ric Flair 00:28 0
4 Ted DiBiase 13 The Undertaker 24:55 4
5 Brian Knobbs 2 Ted DiBiase 02:58 0
6 Virgil 7 The Berzerker 17:08 0
7 Jerry Lawler 6 Mr. Perfect 14:35 2
8 Max Moon 3 Jerry Lawler 01:56 0
9 Genichiro Tenryu 10 The Undertaker 13:17 0
10 Mr. Perfect 8 Jerry Lawler, Koko B. Ware and Ted DiBiase^ 09:15 3
11 Skinner 5 Mr. Perfect 03:05 0
12 Koko B. Ware 12 Ted DiBiase 08:31 1
13 Samu 9 The Undertaker 04:49 0
14 The Berzerker 14 05:21 1
15 The Undertaker 15 Giant González^ 04:14 4
16 Terry Taylor 11 Ted DiBiase 00:24 0
17 Damien Demento 17 Carlos Colón 12:27 0
18 Irwin R. Schyster 19 Earthquake 16:00 0
19 Tatanka 20 Yokozuna 17:34 0
20 Jerry Sags 24 Owen Hart 21:50 0
21 Typhoon 16 Earthquake 05:12 0
22 Fatu 18 Bob Backlund 06:32 0
23 Earthquake 22 Yokozuna 11:00 2
24 Carlos Colón 21 07:25 1
25 Tito Santana 23 11:01 0
26 Rick Martel 27 Bob Backlund 11:23 0
27 Yokozuna - Winner 14:53 7
28 Owen Hart 25 Yokozuna 05:39 1
29 Repo Man 26 Randy Savage 03:33 0
30 Randy Savage 29 Yokozuna 09:01 1
  • ^ Bob Backlund takes the record of longevity lasting 1:01:10 in a Royal Rumble, beating the previous time held by Ric Flair from Royal Rumble (1992). This record will stand for 11 years, until Chris Benoit breaks it at Royal Rumble (2004).
  • ^ Giant González was not an entrant in the Rumble. This was his WWF debut.
  • ^ Jerry Lawler was already eliminated when he helped eliminate Mr. Perfect.

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External links edit

  • Official website
  • Results at Online World of Wrestling

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The 1993 Royal Rumble was the sixth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay per view PPV event produced by the World Wrestling Federation WWF now WWE It took place on January 24 1993 at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento California It centered on the Royal Rumble match a modified battle royal in which participants enter at timed intervals instead of all beginning in the ring at the same time Royal RumblePromotional poster featuring Bret Hart and Razor Ramon among various WWF wrestlersPromotionWorld Wrestling FederationDateJanuary 24 1993CitySacramento CaliforniaVenueARCO ArenaAttendance16 000 1 Pay per view chronology PreviousSurvivor Series Next WrestleMania IXRoyal Rumble chronology Previous1992 Next 1994Six matches were contested at the event including one dark match The main event was the 1993 Royal Rumble match It was won by Yokozuna who was awarded a match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania IX This was the first time that the Rumble winner earned a world championship match at WrestleMania which is now standard for the annual event In other prominent matches Bret Hart defeated Razor Ramon to retain the WWF World Heavyweight Championship and Shawn Michaels defeated Marty Jannetty to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship Contents 1 Production 1 1 Background 1 2 Storylines 2 Event 3 Reception 4 Aftermath 5 Results 5 1 Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations 6 References 7 External linksProduction editBackground edit The Royal Rumble is an annual gimmick pay per view PPV It has been produced every January by the World Wrestling Federation WWF now WWE since 1988 and has been broadcast on PPV since 1989 2 It is one of the promotion s original four pay per views along with WrestleMania SummerSlam and Survivor Series later dubbed the Big Four 3 It is named after the Royal Rumble match a modified battle royal in which the participants enter at timed intervals instead of all beginning in the ring at the same time The 1993 event was the sixth event in the Royal Rumble chronology and was scheduled to be held on January 24 1993 at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento California 4 5 The Royal Rumble match generally features 30 wrestlers Prior to 1992 there was no prize for winning the match At the 1992 event as the WWF World Heavyweight Championship had been vacated it was decided that the prize for the 1992 Royal Rumble match would be the vacant title For the 1993 match it was decided that the winner would receive a match for the championship at WrestleMania IX 4 5 Storylines edit The primary feud leading up to Royal Rumble 1993 was between WWF World Heavyweight Champion Bret Hart and challenger Razor Ramon a replacement for The Ultimate Warrior who had left the previous November 6 Ramon formed an alliance in late 1992 with Ric Flair who Hart defeated to win the title belt During an interview in which Hart was talking about the upcoming match Ramon and Flair came to the ring and attacked Hart 7 Ramon later escalated the feud by attacking Owen Hart Bret s brother 8 9 nbsp Bret Hart was the WWF World Heavyweight Champion going into the event Another major feud featured at the event was between Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty who had teamed for several years as The Rockers The team split up in December 1991 when Michaels attacked Jannetty during an episode of Brutus Beefcake s interview segment The Barber Shop 10 Michaels became a singles wrestler and won the WWF Intercontinental Championship on October 27 1992 from Davey Boy Smith 11 On the October 31 1992 episode of WWF Superstars of Wrestling Jannetty returned to the WWF after a lengthy absence and confronted Michaels He attempted to hit Michaels with a mirror but Michaels pulled his valet Sensational Sherri in front of him Sherri was hit with the mirror which caused friction between her and Michaels 12 Michaels and Jannetty were scheduled to face each other for the Intercontinental Championship at Royal Rumble 1993 Leading up to the match Sherri announced that she would be in the corner of one of the men but she refused to say which one 9 In an undercard match The Steiner Brothers Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner who made their WWF debut in late 1992 were scheduled to face the Beverly Brothers Beau Beverly and Blake Beverly There was little buildup for the match but the Steiners and Beverlys had a rivalry over which was the best team of brothers in the WWF although the Beverly Brothers are not related in real life 9 Several feuds also formed the background for the Royal Rumble match Virgil had served as Ted DiBiase s servant and bodyguard for several years DiBiase treated Virgil poorly which eventually led Virgil to turn against his employer At Royal Rumble 1991 he attacked DiBiase after a match by hitting him with the Million Dollar Championship a title that DiBiase had awarded himself 13 Virgil defeated DiBiase for the belt at SummerSlam 1991 14 although DiBiase later regained the title 15 The Undertaker was feuding with manager Harvey Wippleman He had a series of matches against Kamala in 1992 that included a bout at SummerSlam 16 The rivalry culminated in a coffin match at Survivor Series 1992 The Undertaker won the match 17 but Wippleman vowed revenge 18 Tito Santana and Rick Martel had formed a tag team known as Strike Force in 1987 and they held the World Tag Team Championship together for five months 19 Martel walked away during a match against the Brain Busters at WrestleMania V leaving Santana to face both opponents alone 20 The team split up as a result and the former partners had a lengthy feud 21 Mr Perfect served as executive consultant to Ric Flair in 1992 22 but the relationship broke down toward the end of the year The partnership split up when Perfect teamed with Randy Savage to face Flair and Razor Ramon at Survivor Series 1992 17 Flair legitimately requested a release from his contract as he felt he would be more successful if he returned to World Championship Wrestling WCW WWF owner Vince McMahon agreed and set up a feud between Flair and Perfect to create a storyline for Flair s departure from the company 23 Many wrestlers were scheduled to compete at the 1993 Royal Rumble but were either replaced or had left the company before the event Those who were scheduled to compete were Doink the Clown Crush Hacksaw Jim Duggan The Mountie and Kamala 24 The event also featured the WWF debut of Lex Luger Luger had previously wrestled in WCW where he held the WCW World Heavyweight Championship 25 He had left the wrestling industry to join Vince McMahon s World Bodybuilding Federation WBF After the WBF failed Luger signed with McMahon s WWF 26 Event editOther on screen personnel 27 Role Name Commentator Gorilla MonsoonBobby HeenanInterviewers Gene OkerlundRaymond RougeauRing announcer Howard FinkelReferee John BinellaDanny DavisJack DoanEarl HebnerJoey MarellaBill AlfonsoFive matches with pre determined results were shown on the pay per view telecast In addition Doink the Clown defeated Jim Powers by submission in an untelevised dark match before the event 27 In the first match shown as part of the broadcast the Steiner Brothers Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner faced the Beverly Brothers Beau Beverly and Blake Beverly Scott gained the early advantage over Beau both men quickly tagged in their partners Rick performed a body slam on Blake and then tagged Scott back in who threw Blake with a belly to belly suplex The Beverlys regained the advantage and took turns attacking Scott s back Blake performed a Boston crab hold to put more pressure on Scott s back and attempt to force him to submit Scott escaped the hold and threw Blake to the mat by performing a Tiger driver The Steiners capitalized on their advantage by keeping Blake in the ring and unable to tag his partner Scott won the match for his team by pinning Blake after executing a Frankensteiner 9 28 nbsp The Big Boss Man faced Bam Bam Bigelow In the next match Sensational Sherri stood at ringside as Shawn Michaels defended his Intercontinental Championship against Marty Jannetty She did not reveal her allegiance to either man Jannetty gained the early advantage knocking Michaels out of the ring and diving onto him through the ropes He then attacked Michaels by jumping off the top rope but Michaels countering this move by hitting him on the way down Michaels hit Jannetty s shoulder against the ring post and focused on wearing down the shoulder once both men had re entered the ring Michaels missed an attack from the top rope which allowed Jannetty to punch him repeatedly Michaels recovered and threw Jannetty out of the ring but Jannetty then suplexed Michaels over the rope and onto the arena floor Sherri turned on Michaels by slapping him in the face and Jannetty threw Michaels back into the ring with a belly to back suplex Jannetty performed a powerslam and a DDT on Michaels Michaels attempted to punch Jannetty but knocked the referee unconscious instead Sherri came into the ring and tried to hit Michaels with her shoe Michaels moved out of the way and Sherri hit Jannetty instead When the referee recovered Michaels performed a superkick on Jannetty and pinned him to retain the championship 9 28 The third televised match featured the Big Boss Man facing Bam Bam Bigelow Bigelow attacked Boss Man before the match and controlled the match s beginning by using power moves to wear Boss Man down Boss Man performed two clotheslines on Bigelow to gain the advantage Bigelow responded by throwing Boss Man with a belly to back suplex and then threw him out of the ring He wore Boss Man down with a bear hug Boss Man briefly regained the advantage by suplexing Bigelow but eventually tried to run at Bigelow to crush him in the corner of the ring As Boss Man approached Bigelow kicked him in the face and followed this up by performing a diving headbutt from the top rope to win the match by pinfall 9 28 The next match was for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship as Bret Hart defended the title against Razor Ramon Ramon got the early advantage by punching Hart repeatedly but accidentally hit his knee against a turnbuckle while running at Hart Hart applied a figure four leglock to apply pressure to Ramon s knee Ramon escaped the hold and threw Hart against a ring post he capitalized on this advantage by attacking Hart s back Ramon threw Hart with a fallaway slam and applied a bear hug Hart escaped the hold by biting Ramon He threw Ramon out of the ring and performed several of his signature moves including a Russian legsweep and an elbow drop from the second rope Hart applied the Sharpshooter his signature hold but Ramon grabbed the ropes which forced the referee to instruct Hart to break the hold Hart threw Ramon with a belly to back suplex but Ramon responded by attempting to perform the Razor s Edge his signature move Hart reversed this into an unsuccessful pin attempt With both men exhausted Hart applied the Sharpshooter and won the match by forcing Ramon to submit 9 28 Before the final match Bobby Heenan a manager and commentator unveiled his newest wrestler The Narcissist Lex Luger Heenan pointed out Luger s muscles and announced that Luger would carry on Heenan s rivalry with Mr Perfect 9 28 nbsp The Undertaker was eliminated from the Royal Rumble by Giant Gonzalez The main event of the broadcast the Royal Rumble match came next For the first time a stipulation was added that the winner of the match would receive a match for the WWF Championship at that year s WrestleMania a provision that has remained since 29 The match began with two former WWF Champions as Ric Flair and Bob Backlund entered the ring first Every two minutes one of the remaining twenty eight contestants entered the match according to the number they drew prior to the event Papa Shango was the third wrestler to enter but was thrown over the top rope and onto the arena floor by Ric Flair causing Shango to be eliminated Virgil entered sixth and immediately attacked Ted DiBiase because of their long standing grudge When Mr Perfect entered in the number ten spot he and Flair fought each other until Perfect eliminated Flair by performing a clothesline to knock Flair onto the floor Virgil was eliminated by The Berzerker while Perfect was thrown out of the ring by Jerry Lawler Koko B Ware and Ted DiBiase 9 28 The Undertaker was the fifteenth wrestler to enter he eliminated four men before Harvey Wippleman appeared accompanying a large man who was later revealed to be Giant Gonzalez billed at eight feet tall Gonzalez attacked The Undertaker and threw him out of the ring as a result The Undertaker was eliminated from the match Several referees tried to get Gonzalez to return to the locker room he eventually left and Paul Bearer The Undertaker s manager came to the ring He helped The Undertaker revive and The Undertaker returned to the locker room to find Gonzalez Several minutes later Typhoon entered the match followed shortly by his tag team partner in The Natural Disasters Earthquake Earthquake immediately targeted Typhoon and eliminated him from the match Earthquake tried to console his partner who ignored him and left ringside Later Tito Santana and Rick Martel were in the ring at the same time they fought each other immediately as a result of their five year old feud Yokozuna weighing over 500 pounds 227 kilograms entered in the number twenty seven spot at one point almost every wrestler worked together in an attempt to eliminate him but they were unable to lift him 9 28 Former WWF Champion Randy Savage was the last wrestler to enter the match The wrestlers fought and several men were eliminated in quick succession leaving Backlund Martel Yokozuna and Savage Backlund eliminated Martel but was then eliminated by Yokozuna 9 28 Backlund was in the ring for one hour one minute and ten seconds which set a new record for time spent in a Royal Rumble match 30 Savage gained the advantage over Yokozuna he knocked him down and performed a diving elbow drop from the top rope He tried to pin Yokozuna although pinfalls are not counted during a Royal Rumble Yokozuna pushed Savage off of him so hard that Savage flew over the top rope and onto the arena floor As a result Yokozuna was named the winner of the 1993 Royal Rumble match 9 28 Reception editWriting for Online Onslaught columnist Adam Gutschmidt stated that the first half of the event is worth watching He enjoyed the tag team match and the bout between Jannetty and Michaels He also found the WWF World Heavyweight Championship match surprisingly good He did not feel that the match between Big Boss Man and Bam Bam Bigelow was interesting He also disliked the Royal Rumble match because too many tag team wrestlers were included there were few exciting moments and Giant Gonzalez did not help the match 28 Scott Keith reviewed the event for 411mania He found the opening match between the Steiners and Beverlys to be boring He enjoyed much of the match between Jannetty and Michaels but found the ending disappointing He rated the match between Boss Man and Bigelow as a dud but enjoyed the WWF World Heavyweight Championship bout He called the Royal Rumble match one of the worst in history as he found much of the match boring and did not enjoy the debut of Gonzalez Overall he rated the event as mildly recommended 31 The event drew 16 000 spectators who paid 187 000 in admission fees This was down from the previous year s 17 000 fans but higher than the attendance for any of the following three Royal Rumble events The pay per view buyrate of 1 25 was also lower than that of Royal Rumble 1992 which had a 1 8 buyrate It was higher than the buyrates for all of the Royal Rumble events from 1994 to 1998 1 Royal Rumble 1993 was released on VHS by Coliseum Video on February 11 1993 in North America 32 It was released on DVD in North America as part of WWE s Complete Royal Rumble Anthology on November 27 2007 33 In the United Kingdom it was released on VHS in 1993 34 On June 6 2005 it was packaged together with Royal Rumble 1994 as part of WWE s Tagged Classics line for its United Kingdom DVD release 35 This was followed by the Complete Royal Rumble Anthology DVD set which was released on October 15 2007 36 Aftermath editAt WrestleMania IX Yokozuna defeated Bret Hart to win the WWF World Heavyweight Championship 37 His title reign only lasted several minutes as he dropped the belt to Hulk Hogan in an impromptu match 38 Yokozuna regained the title but dropped it to Hart the following year 39 The 1993 Royal Rumble in turn began a tradition in which the winner of the titular match now earns a world championship match at WrestleMania 4 5 nbsp Shawn Michaels continued his feud with Marty Jannetty Shawn Michaels continued his feud with Sensational Sherri at WrestleMania IX Sherri accompanied Tatanka and Michaels countered this by introducing Luna Vachon his new valet After the match Vachon attacked Sherri 40 The feud also continued between Michaels and Jannetty as Jannetty defeated Michaels for the Intercontinental Championship on May 17 1993 41 Michaels regained the belt in a rematch the following month to end the feud 42 Razor Ramon continued to wrestle in high profile matches but achieved little success until changing his persona to a face after losing to the underdog 1 2 3 Kid in May 1993 43 As a fan favorite Ramon won his first of four Intercontinental Championships in September 1993 44 The day after Royal Rumble on Monday Night Raw Flair faced Perfect in a loser leaves town match in which the loser would be forced to leave the WWF forever Because Flair had an agreement with McMahon to lose to Mr Perfect before leaving the promotion Perfect won the match and Flair did not appear in the WWF again until 2001 on the episode of Raw that was the day after Survivor Series when he appeared as a co owner of the promotion 45 46 With Flair gone from the promotion Luger continued Heenan s feud and defeated Mr Perfect at WrestleMania IX 47 The Beverly Brothers were unable to win the World Tag Team Championship but the Steiners won the belts on two occasions in 1993 They feuded with Money Inc DiBiase and Irwin R Schyster who had held the belts since the previous October before winning their first championship on June 14 48 Earthquake and Typhoon stopped teaming after their confrontation during the Royal Rumble match No feud ever materialized as Earthquake was released by the WWF and left to compete in Japan 49 The rivalry between Virgil and DiBiase was not mentioned again until the following year when Virgil had a brief feud with Nikolai Volkoff who was managed by DiBiase 50 51 DiBiase was reunited with Virgil who had been renamed Vincent when both men were members of WCW s New World Order in 1996 13 Luger s status as a heel villain was short lived Yokozuna issued a challenge for any American athlete to try to bodyslam him on the deck of the USS Intrepid on Independence Day that year Several athletes made the attempt but nobody was able to lift Yokozuna until Luger arrived in a helicopter and bodyslammed Yokozuna 52 Luger received a push and was given a match for Yokozuna s WWF World Heavyweight Championship at SummerSlam 1993 but he was unable to win the belt 53 The Undertaker s feud with Harvey Wippleman escalated in the following months and was featured at two more pay per view events in 1993 The Undertaker faced Giant Gonzalez at WrestleMania IX Gonzalez was disqualified after attacking The Undertaker with a chloroform soaked rag provided by Wippleman 54 Wippleman and Gonzalez recruited Mr Hughes and the three men attacked The Undertaker and Paul Bearer They stole The Undertaker s urn 55 which was said to be the source of his power 56 The feud culminated in a Rest in Peace match at SummerSlam 1993 which The Undertaker won to end the feud 57 Results editNo Results 27 58 StipulationsTimes 1 1DDoink the Clown defeated Jim Powers by submissionSingles match5 572The Steiner Brothers Rick and Scott defeated The Beverly Brothers Beau and Blake by pinfallTag team match10 343Shawn Michaels c defeated Marty Jannetty by pinfallSingles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship14 204Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Big Boss Man by pinfallSingles match10 105Bret Hart c defeated Razor Ramon by submissionSingles match for the WWF Championship17 526Yokozuna won by last eliminating Randy Savage30 man Royal Rumble match for a WWF Championship match at WrestleMania IX1 06 35 c the champion s heading into the matchD this was a dark match Sensational Sherri was in a neutral corner in the third match Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations edit A new entrant came out approximately every two minutes Draw 58 Entrant 58 Order 58 Eliminated by 58 Time 59 Eliminations1 Ric Flair 4 Mr Perfect 18 38 12 Bob Backlund 28 Yokozuna 1 01 10 23 Papa Shango 1 Ric Flair 00 28 04 Ted DiBiase 13 The Undertaker 24 55 45 Brian Knobbs 2 Ted DiBiase 02 58 06 Virgil 7 The Berzerker 17 08 07 Jerry Lawler 6 Mr Perfect 14 35 28 Max Moon 3 Jerry Lawler 01 56 09 Genichiro Tenryu 10 The Undertaker 13 17 010 Mr Perfect 8 Jerry Lawler Koko B Ware and Ted DiBiase 09 15 311 Skinner 5 Mr Perfect 03 05 012 Koko B Ware 12 Ted DiBiase 08 31 113 Samu 9 The Undertaker 04 49 014 The Berzerker 14 05 21 115 The Undertaker 15 Giant Gonzalez 04 14 416 Terry Taylor 11 Ted DiBiase 00 24 017 Damien Demento 17 Carlos Colon 12 27 018 Irwin R Schyster 19 Earthquake 16 00 019 Tatanka 20 Yokozuna 17 34 020 Jerry Sags 24 Owen Hart 21 50 021 Typhoon 16 Earthquake 05 12 022 Fatu 18 Bob Backlund 06 32 023 Earthquake 22 Yokozuna 11 00 224 Carlos Colon 21 07 25 125 Tito Santana 23 11 01 026 Rick Martel 27 Bob Backlund 11 23 027 Yokozuna Winner 14 53 728 Owen Hart 25 Yokozuna 05 39 129 Repo Man 26 Randy Savage 03 33 030 Randy Savage 29 Yokozuna 09 01 1 Bob Backlund takes the record of longevity lasting 1 01 10 in a Royal Rumble beating the previous time held by Ric Flair from Royal Rumble 1992 This record will stand for 11 years until Chris Benoit 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