Royal Rumble (1992)

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Royal Rumble (1992)
Details
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	January 19, 1992
Venue	Knickerbocker Arena
City	Albany, New York
Attendance	17,000
Pay-per-view chronology
This Tuesday in Texas	Royal Rumble (1992)	WrestleMania VIII
Royal Rumble chronology
Royal Rumble (1991)	Royal Rumble (1992)	Royal Rumble (1993)

Royal Rumble (1992) was the fifth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on January 19, 1992 at the Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, New York. The tagline for the event was "Every Man for Himself."

Contents 1 Results 2 Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations 3 Other on-screen talent 4 Notes 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Results

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Dark match: Chris Walker defeated The Brooklyn Brawler by disqualification
  • Brawler was disqualified on a reversed decision.
• The New Foundation (Owen Hart and Jim Neidhart) defeated The Orient Express (Tanaka and Kato) (w/Mr. Fuji) (17:18)
  • Hart pinned Tanaka after a Rocket Launcher.
• Roddy Piper defeated The Mountie (w/Jimmy Hart) to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship (5:22)
  • Piper won by TKO when he applied the sleeper hold on Mountie.
  • After the match, Piper took the cattle prod from Jimmy Hart and shocked Mountie with it.
  • Piper was a substitute for Bret Hart, who was originally scheduled to face the Mountie for the belt. 2 days prior to the pay-per-view, the Mountie pinned Bret at a house show to win the title. This was explained by claiming Bret competed with a 104ºF fever. In reality Bret had yet to sign a new contract with the WWF.
• The Beverly Brothers (Blake and Beau) (w/The Genius) defeated The Bushwhackers (Luke and Butch) (w/Jamison) (14:56)
  • Blake pinned Butch after a Double Axe Handle from Beau.
  • After the match, The Bushwhackers held down The Genius while Jamison kicked him.
• The Natural Disasters (Earthquake and Typhoon) (w/Jimmy Hart) defeated WWF Tag Team Champions The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal) by count-out (9:24)
  • The Natural Disasters won the match by count out. Because of this, the Legion of Doom retained their titles.
• Ric Flair won the 1992 Royal Rumble and the WWF Championship (1:02:02)
  • The final two participants were Ric Flair and Sid Justice. Hulk Hogan, who was just eliminated by Sid, was not pleased over the result and grabbed Sid's arm. This help from Hogan assists Flair's elimination of Sid to become the new WWF Champion.
  • Randy Savage momentarily forgot about the rules of the match when he jumped over the top rope after the just-eliminated Jake Roberts, as this would usually mean an elimination. The Undertaker went after Savage and threw him back into the ring. This was covered up with explanation that Savage was not eliminated because he wasn't eliminated by any particular person.
  • Following the match, Hulk Hogan and Sid had a brawl in the ring while Ric Flair was interviewed backstage (along with Mr. Perfect and Bobby Heenan) over his win.

[edit] Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

A new entrant came out approximately every 2 minutes.

Draw	Entrant	Order	Eliminated by	Time
01 1	British Bulldog The British Bulldog	07 7	Flair	23:33
02 2	Ted DiBiase	01 1	British Bulldog	01:18 1:18
03 3	Ric Flair	-	WINNER	59:26
04 4	Jerry Sags	02 2	British Bulldog	01:06 1:06
05 5	Haku	03 3	British Bulldog	01:51 1:51
06 6	Shawn Michaels	09 9	Santana	15:46
07 7	Tito Santana	10	Michaels	13:55
08 8	The Barbarian	11	Hercules	12:55
09 9	The Texas Tornado	08 8	Flair	09:20 9:20
10	Repo Man	06 6	Big Boss Man	06:23 6:23
11	Greg Valentine	05 5	Repo Man	04:12 4:12
12	Nikolai Volkoff	04 4	Repo Man	01:03 1:03
13	Big Boss Man The Big Boss Man	13	Flair	03:38 3:38
14	Hercules	12	Big Boss Man	00:56 0:56
15	Roddy Piper	26	Justice	34:06
16	Jake Roberts	15	Savage	10:55
17	Jim Duggan	19	Virgil	20:45
18	Irwin R. Schyster	23	Piper	27:01
19	Jimmy Snuka	14	Undertaker	02:27 2:27
20	Undertaker The Undertaker	17	Hogan	13:51
21	Randy Savage	27	Justice	22:26
22	berzerker The Berzerker	18	Hogan	09:00 9:00
23	Virgil	20	Duggan	07:29 7:29
24	Col. Mustafa	16	Savage	02:36 2:36
25	Rick Martel	25	Justice	12:39
26	Hulk Hogan	28	Justice	11:29
27	Skinner	21	Martel	02:13 2:13
28	Sgt. Slaughter	22	Justice	04:37 4:37
29	Sid Justice	29	Flair and Hogan	05:55 5:55
30	Warlord The Warlord	24	Hogan and Justice	01:43 1:43

[edit] Other on-screen talent

Commentators Bobby "The Brain" Heenan Gorilla Monsoon Interviewers Lord Alfred Hayes Sean Mooney Gene Okerlund

Referees John Binella Danny Davis Earl Hebner Joey Marella Other Howard Finkel - ring announcer

[edit] Notes

• Ric Flair broke the record for longest lasting participant in a Royal Rumble, lasting 59:26, beating the previous record, held by Rick Martel.
• According to the storyline resulting from the title controversy at This Tuesday in Texas, The Undertaker and Hulk Hogan were given "preferential treatment" for the Royal Rumble, as they both got to choose from the numbers 20 through 30 only.
• This was the first and only time the WWF/E Championship (or any other championship) was contested in the Royal Rumble. The championship was vacated in December 1991 after the controversial finish to the Hulk Hogan vs. The Undertaker match at the This Tuesday in Texas PPV event.
• Nikolai Volkoff and Haku replaced Marty Jannetty and Brian Knobbs.

[edit] References

• "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts", Wrestling’s Historical Cards, Kappa Publishing, 2007, pp. 90. 
• onlineworldofwrestling.com - Royal Rumble '92 results
• twnpnews.com - Royal Rumble
• hoofco-inc.com - Royal Rumble '92 review
• 1992 Royal Rumble Review

[edit] External links

• Official 1992 Royal Rumble website