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Event
Royal Rumble 1993

Date
Sun 24th January 1993 (UTC)

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Time
00:00:00 UTC

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24-11-23 16:00 (PST Los Angeles)
24-11-23 18:00 (CST Chicago)
24-11-23 19:00 (EST New York)
24-11-24 00:00 (GMT London)
24-11-24 01:00 (CET Paris)
24-11-24 04:00 (GST Dubai)
24-11-24 05:30 (IST Kolkata)
24-11-24 09:00 (JST Tokyo)
24-11-24 11:00 (AEDT Sydney)

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League
WWE

Season
1993

Round
3

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Location

(16,000 Attendance)

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Description
Royal Rumble (1993) was the sixth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on January 24, 1993 at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California. The main event was a Royal Rumble match, a battle royal in which two wrestlers started the match in the ring; every two minutes, another wrestler joined. In total, thirty wrestlers competed to eliminate their competitors by throwing them over the top rope of the wrestling ring onto the arena floor.

The primary feud leading up to Royal Rumble 1993 was between WWF Champion Bret Hart and challenger Razor Ramon (a replacement for The Ultimate Warrior, who had left the previous November). 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. Ramon later escalated the feud by attacking Owen Hart, Bret's brother.

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, however, when Michaels attacked Jannetty during an episode of Brutus Beefcake's interview segment, "The Barber Shop". Michaels became a singles wrestler and won the WWF Intercontinental Championship on October 27, 1992 from Davey Boy Smith. 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. 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.

In an undercard match, The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott), who made their WWF debut in late 1992, were scheduled to face the Beverly Brothers (Beau and Blake). 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).

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. Virgil defeated DiBiase for the belt at SummerSlam 1991, although DiBiase later regained the title. The Undertaker was feuding with manager Harvey Wippleman. He had a series of matches against Kamala in 1992 that included a bout at SummerSlam. The rivalry culminated in a coffin match at Survivor Series 1992. The Undertaker won the match, but Wippleman vowed revenge. 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. Martel walked away during a match against the Brain Busters at WrestleMania V, leaving Santana to face both opponents alone. The team split up as a result and the former partners had a lengthy feud.

Mr. Perfect served as "executive consultant" to Ric Flair in 1992, 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. 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. 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.

The event also featured the WWF debut of Lex Luger. Luger had previously wrestled in WCW, where he held the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. 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.


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Result List


Result Description
Tag Team Match
The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner) defeat The Beverly Brothers (Beau Beverly & Blake Beverly) (10:44)

WWF Intercontinental Title Match
Shawn Michaels (c) defeats Marty Jannetty (14:19)

Singles Match
Bam Bam Bigelow defeats The Big Boss Man (10:08)

WWF World Heavyweight Title Match
Bret Hart (c) defeats Razor Ramon (17:58)

Royal Rumble Match
Yokozuna (w/Mr. Fuji) defeats Bob Backlund and Brian Knobbs and Carlos Colon and Damien DeMento and Earthquake and El Matador and Fatu and Irwin R. Schyster and Jerry Lawler and Jerry Sags and Koko B. Ware and Max Moon and Mr. Perfect and Owen Hart and Papa Shango and Randy Savage and Repo Man and Ric Flair and Rick Martel and Samu and Skinner and Tatanka and Ted DiBiase and Tenryu and Terry Taylor and The Berzerker and The Undertaker and Typhoon and Virgil (66:39)
- Ric Flair eliminated Papa Shango
- Ted DiBiase eliminated Brian Knobbs
- Jerry Lawler eliminated Max Moon
- Mr. Perfect eliminated Ric Flair
- Mr. Perfect eliminated Skinner
- Mr. Perfect eliminated Jerry Lawler
- The Berzerker eliminated Virgil
- Koko B. Ware and Ted DiBiase eliminated Mr. Perfect
- The Undertaker eliminated Samu
- The Undertaker eliminated Tenryu
- Ted DiBiase eliminated Koko B. Ware und Terry Taylor
- The Undertaker eliminated Ted DiBiase
- The Undertaker eliminated The Berzerker
- Giant Gonzalez (not in the match) eliminated The Undertaker
- Earthquake eliminated Typhoon
- Carlos Colon eliminated Damien DeMento
- Bob Backlund eliminated Fatu
- Eartquake eliminated Irwin R. Schyster
- Yokozuna eliminated Tatanka
- Yokozuna eliminated Carlos Colon
- Yokozuna eliminated Earthquake
- Yokozuna eliminated El Matador
- Owen Hart eliminated Jerry Sags
- Yokozuna eliminated Owen Hart
- Randy Savage eliminated Repo Man
- Bob Backlund eliminated Rick Martel
- Yokozuna eliminated Bob Backlund
- Yokozuna eliminated Randy Savage


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