To be The Man, you gotta beat The
Man, WOOO!!! – Ric Flair
Prior to the 1992 Royal Rumble, the
WWE World Championship had been vacated and it had been determined that the
winner of the Royal Rumble match would become champion. For the first time in
the events history, winning the rumble actually meant something. With the
stakes higher than ever, every star in the company was now vying to win the
Royal Rumble.
The event starts with an awesome
introduction from Vince McMahon naming everyone who will be in the rumble
match. It’s very over the top and old school but I can’t help but love it. The
announcers are Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan. These two have amazing
chemistry together as announcers. Heenan in particular keeps saying hilarious
lines, playing up to Monsoon as the straight man.
Orient Express (Pat Tanaka and Kato)
with Mr. Fuji vs The New Foundation (Owen Hart and Jim the Anvil Neidhart)
Right off the bat, branding your team
as the new version of an older team is never a sure sign. Despite this, Owen
Hart manages to shine in this match. For the time, he was pulling off some
impressive aerial moves. In all this was a decent match with a good flow, great
for an opener.
Winners: The
New Foundation
Intercontinental Championship: The
Mountie (c) with Jimmy Hart vs Roddy Piper
How the hell did The Mountie ever
become Intercontinental Champion? And he beat Bret Hart for it! Obviously he
was just a transitional champion so they could get the title on Piper. The
Mountie won it 2 days earlier at a House Show. I’ve got to say, Jimmy Hart is
extremely annoying. That’s probably what they wanted, but he goes way too over
the top with it. Calm down little man. This was a very short match that was not
very good. Like I said, the point was just to get the title on Piper. At least
his pre match promo was entertaining.
Winner: Roddy
Piper (new champion)
Beverly Brothers (Blake and Beau)
with The Genius vs The Bushwackers (Butch and Luke) with Jamison
This was a very, very boring match.
It mostly consisted of The Bushwackers mugging to the crowd. It felt like the
camera spent most of the match focusing on Jamison, who I just don’t get as a
manager. He just stood there, quivering and looking dirty. This thing lasted an
eternal 15 minutes before it finally ended. Oh wait no, there was a lame
segment where they attacked The Genius after the match. Hahaha, hilarity
(actually no, it was not funny at all).
Winners: The
Beverly Brothers
Tag Team Championship: The Legion of
Doom (c) (Hawk and Animal) vs The Natural Disasters (Earthquake and Typhoon)
with Jimmy Hart
This was watchable for the most
part. The Legion of Doom could work and they made everything look like they
killed their opponents. The 2 big guys from The Natural Disasters actually
moved a lot better than I expected. The match ended in the LOD being counted
out, lame. For some reason The Natural Disasters seemed to have forgotten the
rules and got all pissed off they didn’t win the titles. I hate it when they do
this, you should know the rules at this point.
Winners:
Natural Disasters (by count out, LOD still champions)
Royal Rumble match for the WWE World
Championship
Before the match we get little
promos from some of the rumble participants. Most are fairly good but Flair
steals it. He brings so much intensity, you can’t help but believe him. Flair
entered 3rd and put on a clinic on conditioning. He spends over an
hour in the ring, getting beat up the whole time. He does all the typical Ric
Flair moves; low blow, begging, falling on his face, etc. It’s great to watch
the legend in action. The ending was strange. The final 3 men were Flair, Hulk Hogan
and Sid Justice. Sid eliminates Hogan clean. Instead of being a sportsman, Hulk
acts like a baby and tries to pull Sid out of the ring. Flair, always the
dirtiest player in the game, takes advantage and throws Sid out, becoming the
new world champion. Wasn’t Hulk Hogan supposed to be a babyface? What he did
was a very heelish move. After the match, Ric Flair cuts another amazing promo
with Bobby Heenan and Curt Henning. Just awesome, how a champion should be.
Winner: Ric
Flair (new WWE world champion)
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