Royal Rumble 1993

Royal Rumble 1993
Information
Promotion	WWF
Date	January 24, 1993
Venue	Arco Arena
City	Sacramento, California, USA
Attendance	16,000
Last Event	Survivor Series
Next Event	WrestleMania IX

Royal Rumble 1993 was the sixth annual Royal Rumble event from the World Wrestling Federation. It took place on January 24, 1993 at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California.

Show events

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Dark Match: Doink The Clown vs. Jim Powers

• This match did not air on pay-per-view.
• Doink forced Powers to submit.
• Winner: Doink The Clown (5:57).

• Tag Team Match: The Beverly Brothers (Beau & Blake Beverly) vs. The Steiner Brothers (Rick & Scott Steiner)

• Scott pinned Blake after a Frankensteiner.
• Winner: The Steiner Brothers (10:34).

• WWF Intercontinental Championship Match: Shawn Michaels vs. Marty Jannetty

• Michaels pinned Jannetty after a Sweet Chin Music]
• Before the match, Sensational Sherri came out in a neutral role. She later tried to hit Michaels with her shoe but ends up hitting Jannetty with it by accident.
• Winner: Shawn Michaels (14:20).

• Single Match: Bam Bam Bigelow vs. The Big Bossman

• Bigelow pinned Boss Man after a diving headbutt.
• Winner: Bam Bam Bigelow (10:10).

• WWF Championship Match: Bret Hart vs. Razor Ramon

• Hart forced Ramon to submit with the Sharpshooter.
• Winner: Bret Hart (17:52).

• Royal Rumble Match: Bob Backlund vs. Brian Knobbs vs. Carlos Colon vs. Damien Demento vs. Earthquake vs. Fatu vs. Irwin R. Schyster vs. Jerry Lawler vs. Jerry Saggs 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. Ted DiBiase vs. Genichiro Tenryu vs. Terry Taylor vs. The Berzerker vs. The Undertaker vs. Typhoon vs. Virgil vs. Yokozuna

• The final two participants were Yokozuna and Randy Savage. Savage hit the Savage Elbow and went for a pinfall, despite pinfalls not counting in this match. Yokozuna's kicking out catapulted Savage over the top rope.
• The Royal Rumble match would feature the debut of Giant Gonzales, not as an official entrant, but to attack The Undertaker, causing him to eliminated from the Rumble. This would eventually set up their match at Wrestlemania IX.
• Before the Royal Rumble, "Julius Caesar" and "Cleopatra" came out to promote WrestleMania IX, which had an ancient Rome theme.
• Winner: Yokozuna (1:06:35)

File:Royal Rumble Ad.jpg

An advertisement for the Royal Rumble

Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

A new entrant came out approximately every 2 minutes.

Entrant		Eliminated by		Time
1	Ric Flair	4	Perfect	18:38
2	Bob Backlund	28	Yokozuna	1:01:10
3	Papa Shango	1	Flair	0:28
4	Ted DiBiase	13	Undertaker	24:55
5	Brian Knobbs	2	DiBiase	2:58
6	Virgil	7	Berzerker	17:08
7	Jerry Lawler	6	Perfect	14:35
8	Max Moon	3	Lawler	1:56
9	Genichiro Tenryu	10	Undertaker	13:17
10	Mr. Perfect	8	Lawler, Ware, & DiBiase	9:15
11	Skinner	5	Perfect	3:05
12	Koko B. Ware	11	DiBiase	8:31
13	Samu	9	Undertaker	4:49
14	The Berzerker	14	Undertaker	5:21
15	The Undertaker	15	Giant Gonzalez	4:14
16	Terry Taylor	12	DiBiase	0:24
17	Damien Demento	17	Colón	12:27
18	Irwin R. Schyster	19	Earthquake	16:00
19	Tatanka	20	Yokozuna	17:34
20	Jerry Sags	24	Hart	21:50
21	Typhoon	16	Earthquake	5:12
22	Fatu	18	Backlund	6:32
23	Earthquake	22	Yokozuna	11:00
24	Carlos Colon	21	Yokozuna	7:25
25	Tito Santana	23	Yokozuna	11:01
26	Rick Martel	27	Backlund	11:23
27	Yokozuna	-	WINNER	14:53
28	Owen Hart	25	Yokozuna	5:39
29	Repo Man	26	Savage	3:33
30	Randy Savage	29	Yokozuna	9:01

• Giant Gonzalez was not an entrant in the Rumble.

Trivia

• Before the Royal Rumble match, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan introduced "The Narcissist" Lex Luger.
• This was the first Royal Rumble to feature the stipulation where the winner got a WWF Championship shot at WrestleMania.
• Bob Backlund broke the record for longest lasting in a Royal Rumble, lasting 1:01:10. The record was previously held by Ric Flair who set the record the previous year.

External links and references

• Royal Rumble 1993 (Official Website)