[dramatic music playing]
[narrator] The World Wrestling Entertainment,
what the world is watching.
[announcer] Hulk Hogan, Bad News Brown, Ax and Smash, Demolition,
Akeem the African Dream,
The Red Rooster, and Jake "The Snake" Roberts,
Luke and Butch, The Bushwhackers, Greg "The Hammer" Valentine,
André the Giant, Rick Martel,
The Rockers, Big John Studd,
and The Honky Tonk Man, Rugged Ronnie Garvin…
and The Brain Busters, Tito Santana, and the Powers of Pain,
The Big Boss Man, and Koko B. Ware, Hercules…
Outlaw Ron Bass, Mr. Perfect, Brutus the Barber,
The Million Dollar Man, The Macho Man, Randy Savage
all participating in the Royal Rumble.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Royal Rumble.
We're live here in the summit in Houston, Texas.
Jesse, you saw it. You saw the 30 guys.
The only time of the year that you could see 30 of the top stars,
everyone out for themselves.
That's right, Gorilla, but one thing I wanna point out,
the extreme importance of the luck of the draw
in the Royal Rumble.
It's gonna play a big bearing on the outcome of this match.
It certainly is.
Women's title on the line as well, Rockin' Robin taking on Judy Martin.
[Jesse] Yeah, and that should be a tremendous matchup.
Rockin' Robin in a big title defense for her.
[Gorilla] Six-man tag team action, intercontinental rules, Jesse.
That means two out of three falls.
[Jesse] And two out of three falls causes you to have
different patterns in mind when you're in that ring.
[Gorilla] No point in me asking you to pick a winner
-in the Posedown, I guess. -No doubt about it, my man,
"Ravishing" Rick Rude, the winner of the Jesse "The Body" award
-will walk away with it. -Oh, please.
We're also gonna see perhaps a crowning once again,
as Haku the King meets the former king.
And you know who the winner of the whole thing is gonna be?
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan.
You know, because he's gonna go with whoever is the winner, Jesse.
Certainly.
[Gorilla] It is gonna be a happening. It's gonna be excitement.
-I can-- Oh, listen to that, Jesse. -[patriotic music playing]
[Gorilla] We're about to get underway. The Royal Rumble is gonna start.
-Let's go to ringside. -[bell ringing]
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen,
this is our opening contest, a six-man tag team match
scheduled for the best two out of three falls.
Approaching to the ring area led by their respective managers,
Frenchy Martin, and the Mouth of the South, Jimmy Hart,
at a total combined weight of 722 pounds.
Introducing from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Canada's strongest man,
Dino Bravo…
and his partners from Memphis, Tennessee,
Jacques and Raymond, The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers.
[Gorilla] Now making their home in Memphis, Jesse.
[Jesse] That's right.
-[upbeat rock music playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Uh-oh. Listen to that.
[Howard] And their opponents at a total combined weight
of 791 pounds,
introducing first, Bret "Hitman" Hart, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart,
the Hart Foundation.
[Gorilla] A lot of scores to be settled in this one.
And their partner from Glen Falls, New York,
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan.
[Gorilla] Take a look at this capacity crowd on its feet
to welcome Hacksaw, along with the Hitman and the Anvil.
[Jesse] Well, I'll tell you what, you know,
the Rougeaus, Monsoon, and Dino Bravo
may have a slight advantage in this matchup. You know why?
[Gorilla] Why? Because they got that piece of garbage out there, Frenchy?
[Jesse] No, no, no, no, no. Because they can all speak French…
-[Gorilla] Oh, of course. -…so they'll be able to communicate
in that ring,
and the Harts and Duggan aren't gonna know what they're talking about.
[Gorilla] It's too many egomaniacs out there, Jess,
for them to have any continuity in my book.
Listen to the chant, "USA."
[crowd chanting] USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!
[Gorilla] Well, the Colonel and the Mouth got a little meeting going on
over there in the corner.
And Hacksaw wants to get the action going.
[Jesse] Well, you know, you talked about foreign objects.
What about Hacksaw Jim Duggan and that two-by-four?
-[Gorilla] Well, that's his mascot, Jesse. -[Jesse] Oh, that's okay to carry around.
[Gorilla] Well, I remember when you used to go in the ring,
you had all kinds of things.
Take a look, jam-packed here
-at the Summit for this Royal Rumble. -[bell ringing]
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] You used to wear those shiny metal belts,
those long earrings, I remember all that stuff, Jesse.
[Jesse] Yeah, but I always took it off before the match started, Gorilla.
-[Gorilla] Well… -[Jesse] Hey, I remember you carrying
-a banana or two around. -[Gorilla] Oh, come on.
[cheering continues]
[Gorilla] Six-man tag team action, two out of three falls,
international rules.
[Jesse] And, you know, the key to a two out of three falls,
I think, Gorilla, is winning that first fall.
[Gorilla] Absolutely.
[Jesse] Because if you get that one fall ahead,
-then you could take some chances. -[crowd chanting] USA! USA!
-[Jesse] You can gamble then. -[Gorilla] Sure can.
[Jesse] If you fall behind one fall, then you've gotta watch yourself,
because all it takes is one more, and you're done.
[Gorilla] Changes your whole game plan, Jesse.
[Jesse] Exactly. The first fall is, to me,
the important fall of a two out of three fall match,
and look at these two guys. You're talking about muscle in the ring.
[Gorilla] Bravo starting out with the Anvil,
two powerhouses.
I'll tell you what, the Anvil in my book, he can match power with anybody.
[Jesse] Well, Dino Bravo, as you know,
bench presses well over 700 pounds, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] Only when you're helping him, Jesse.
[Jesse] Oh, get off of that.
-I'm tired of hearing about that. -[Gorilla] Oh, okay.
Side headlock by Dino.
Anvil, a real tough customer.
We're gonna see a lot of continuity on that team.
Look out.
-[wrestlers grunt] -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] The irresistible force meeting the immovable object.
-And Dino didn't like it. -[Jesse] Look at this.
Second time, and there's Bravo giving it right back to the Anvil.
-[Gorilla] Oh, nice clothesline. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Well, he sort of telegraphed that elbow.
And so did Dino, two misses.
Listen to this place erupt for Hacksaw.
Thumbs up.
[Jesse] While Hacksaw is worried too much about his reception,
he better concentrate on Mr. Bravo and there's a tag-out.
[crowd jeering]
[Gorilla] Yeah, Dino got out of there in a hurry.
-[crowd chanting] USA! -[Hacksaw] USA!
[Jesse] Well, that's part of the six-man tag strategy.
You can bet Frenchy Martin and Jimmy Hart went into this match with a game plan.
[Gorilla] I'm sure they did.
Raymond Rougeau in there now with Hacksaw.
He's just waltzing him around there, outpowered him easily.
Rougeau to a wristlock, won't be able to hold onto this one very long.
Look out.
Ducked under two nice blows.
Oh, he didn't duck underneath that one.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jesse] Big scoop slam right there. Wow. -[Gorilla] Oh, right in the sternum.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] He's got this place going bananas.
Makes a tag to the Hitman.
And Raymond didn't get a chance to get out of there.
[Jesse] Well, that's another key to six-man,
keep the opposing wrestler in your corner, so you can make quick and frequent tags.
[Gorilla] Small package right in the center!
Oh, only got two.
-[Jesse] Sunset flip. -[Gorilla] Right over the top.
High crossbody. A little bit too close to the ropes there.
[Jesse] And you can see how the Harts and Duggan are going hard
after that first fall.
Like I said, that's an important fall to take,
-it's the first one. -[Gorilla] And how well they know.
Former World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Champions,
when they were under the tutelage of the Colonel.
[Jesse] That's right.
They have not seen that success since they dumped Jimmy Hart,
-which I've always maintain was a mistake. -[Gorilla] It's possible.
Only time will tell that.
Nice move by Jacques, and then he got caught.
[Jesse] Well, Jacques was so pleased with what he did.
You can't do that with a guy like Bret "The Hitman" Hart,
'cause mechanically,
there's probably not a more sound wrestler in the game today.
[Gorilla] Absolute fact.
I call him the man who has excellence of execution.
-[Jesse] Look at this. -[crowd cheering]
-[Gorilla] Oh, smart move. -[Jesse] They got both Rougeaus
trapped in the corner.
[Gorilla] Look out. It's mayhem right now. All six men inside, a battering ram…
with the Anvil doing most of it.
And it comes once again…
[Jesse] That last move had to be right down the Anvil's alley,
-because he used to be a nose tackle. -[Gorilla] Absolutely.
Look at this.
Hitman saw him coming with that peripheral vision,
and caught him.
Jacques manages to turn him around.
Oh, look at that move by Raymond, pulled that top rope down.
[Jesse] Very intelligent move by Raymond Rougeau,
and now, the Hitman is in trouble,
because he took a hard spill outside the ring.
[Gorilla] He's lucky he didn't get clobbered
with that megaphone over there in the corner.
Oh! Side suplex.
[Jesse] The Rougeaus and Bravo need to set up the Hitman now.
They need to win that first fall.
[Gorilla] Well, they could have put the coup de grâce on him
right there, Jess. That was his patented maneuver.
-Look at this. -[Jesse] He put it on them right there.
-You're gonna see it. -[Gorilla] One, two. It's over.
-[bell ringing] -[Gorilla] First fall.
[Jesse] And that like I said, Gorilla, is a big, big fall to take.
[Gorilla] Just like that, Dino Bravo and the Rougeaus
take a fall on the Hitman.
[Howard] The winners of the first fall,
the team of Dino Bravo and the Fabulous Rougeau Brothers.
[Gorilla] Let's go back and take a look. Here it comes, Jess.
[Jesse] There you see Jacques Rougeau coming off the top
after the set up by Raymond Rougeau, rolls out of the way,
Raymond puts the cover on the Hitman,
and referee, Joey Marella, counts to three,
and that's one to nothing for Bravo and the Rougeaus.
[Gorilla] Well, the worst part of it all, Jesse,
is that the Hitman has got to start the next fall.
[Jesse] That's right.
In tag team wrestling, the winner and the loser of the fall
must start the next fall.
[Gorilla] Jam-packed here in the Summit in Houston
for this Royal Rumble,
literally hanging off the rafters, Jesse.
[Jesse] Well, you know, Gorilla, this is my first chance
to come to Houston. I've never been here before.
[Gorilla] Oh, that's why they're all here, right?
[Jesse] Sure, certainly, that's why the building is sold-out.
-They found out the Body was coming. -[Gorilla] See that.
We're on our way here in fall number two.
It's imperative that the Harts along with Hacksaw
take this fall, or this one is over.
Two count-- Whoa, was that close.
[Jesse] Now, what Bravo and the Rougeaus need to do
-is get the Hitman into their corner. -[Gorilla] Cut the ring in half.
[Jesse] That's right, because Hitman is in trouble right now.
Wow. Look at that elbow.
[Gorilla] Nice maneuver by Jacques.
Could be all over-- No.
Frenchy was waving the flag already, but a little bit premature.
[Jesse] Well, like Yogi Berra says, "It ain't over till it's over," Gorilla.
[Gorilla] Right.
-[Jesse] Wow. Whoa! -[Gorilla] Wow. What impact!
[Jesse] This could be it.
[Gorilla] Big guy in there now for the cover.
[Jesse] I don't know how the Hitman managed to kick-out.
That had to be two and three quarters right there.
[Gorilla] Well, Jesse, why would Dino Bravo come in with all his power
and just go in there, and cover the guy? Why didn't he do something first?
[Jesse] Well, he probably saw how hard the Hitman hit that turnbuckle,
and thought he could get it.
Hey, they're ahead one to nothing, Gorilla.
-They could go after falls. -[Gorilla] I got news for you.
The Hitman could take a lot of punishment.
I've seen him do it before, and he's doing it right now.
[Jesse] Well, after all he grew up in Stu Hart's basement, didn't he?
[Gorilla] That's for sure. Look at this double team action.
Scoops both legs. Whoa, is that close.
[Jesse] The Hitman needs to make a tag though
because there's no way that he could keep kicking out
of situations like that. He's got to get out of that ring.
[Gorilla] Rougeaus and Bravo pulling out all the stops.
Look at this bear hug.
[Jesse] This could be a submission right here.
[crowd chanting] USA! USA!
[Gorilla] Chant going off from this capacity crowd, "USA,"
here at the Royal Rumble, and the Hitman suffering.
[Jesse] I don't understand it.
Why are they chanting "USA" when the Hitman comes
from Calgary, Canada?
[Gorilla] Well, because he's part of the team
that Hacksaw Jim Duggan's on,
-that's why. -[Jesse] Oh.
[Gorilla] Tremendous power display by Dino Bravo.
And Hitman still got some fight left in him.
[crowd cheering]
[Jesse] Look at how smart Bravo was though.
-He dropped down-- -[Gorilla] He hooked the leg.
[Jesse] Yep, he hooked that leg, and made a tag.
[Gorilla] Jacques Rougeau in there once again.
Oh, he could have tagged right there.
Putting a hold on, Hitman's got the shoulders down-- No.
[Jesse] No, Jacques Rougeau hasn't been set up.
He's not gonna get pinned that quick. Hitman better make a tag.
[Gorilla] Hitman missed an opportunity there
to get out of there, Jesse. He didn't take it.
[Jesse] Well, lots of times, you know as well as I do, Gorilla,
it's very easy to get disoriented in there and not know where your corner is.
[Gorilla] Absolutely.
Especially when you got somebody with a megaphone,
like that piece of garbage out there.
[Jesse] And with whom are you calling "a piece of garbage," Monsoon?
[Gorilla] Well, the Colonel, the Mouth of the South, Jimmy Hart.
[Jesse] Well, I'll relay that message, and you'll be living in fear.
[Gorilla] You certainly can.
Check the hair out there, ref.
[Jesse] That might be a great matchup someday.
You come out of retirement and take on Jimmy Hart.
[Gorilla] Take on Jimmy Hart? Please.
Hitman needs desperately to get to his corner, make the tag,
get out of there, get somebody fresh in, or this match will be terminated.
[Jesse] Well, the Rougeaus and Dino Bravo are doing the right thing right now.
They're keeping the Hitman in their corner,
they're making frequent tags, and look at Bret Hart,
he doesn't know where he's at right now.
[Gorilla] Caught that one, a glancing blow on the side of the head,
but still manages to kick out.
As Dino makes another tag to Jacques.
[Jimmy Hart] There you go.
[Gorilla] Well, I'll tell you what, if I were the Anvil or if I were Hacksaw,
-I'd be in there now. -[Jesse] But that's illegal, Gorilla.
I thought you'd never get…
[Gorilla] You got five seconds to get in there, and get out.
-[Gorilla] Boston crab. -[crowd chanting] USA! USA! USA!
[Gorilla] It's deafening here in the Summit
-as Hacksaw has got this place erupting. -[crowd chanting] USA! USA! USA!
[Gorilla] Look at the Hitman fighting this Boston crab.
He's maneuvering around towards his own corner, Jess.
[Jesse] You know, he looks like one of those sand crabs
down on Sanibel Island, Florida, the way he's moving on that mat.
[Gorilla] He's trying to get to his own corner,
and he's not too far from it.
[Jesse] Now, right now-- Ah, there's the smart move, see?
-Raymond Rougeau… -[Gorilla] There's a tag made.
[Jesse] Ref didn't see it, ref didn't see it.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Referee did not see the tag. He will now allow it.
If you don't see it, you can't call it. In the meantime, there's no tag there.
Raymond came in. He just came in, and Jacques disappeared.
[Jesse] Well, they look so much alike, you know,
-it's hard to distinguish them, Gorilla. -[Gorilla] Yeah, well…
Six-man tag team matches, Jesse, I always advocate more than one referee.
-How are you gonna see everything? -[Jesse] Yeah.
But if that were the case, Gorilla, how would you ever have been successful?
[Gorilla] Oh, dear God.
Once again, referee being distracted
as the abdominal stretch takes even more effect
when you got somebody pulling from the outside.
-[Jesse] Well, now, it's looking-- -Never!
[Jesse] It's looking real bad right now for the Hart Foundation and Duggan
because they are one fall behind, and they are in serious trouble.
[Jimmy Hart] That's it, Jacques. That's it, baby.
[Gorilla] Adding insult to injury.
[Jimmy Hart] All right. Ask him, ref,
ask him, ask him, ask him.
Come on, ref.
[Gorilla] He's not getting everything he wants out of that hold, Jesse.
He don't have that toe hooked around that calf muscle.
[Jesse] Yeah, but it's still painful. Look at Bret Hart, he's hurting.
[Gorilla] Referee saying there is a tag made.
Well, get one up out of there then.
[Jimmy] Beautiful move, daddy, beautiful.
-That's it. Come on, Raymond! -[Gorilla] Look at the Hitman, wide open.
[Jesse] And the Rougeaus and Bravo with a lot of confidence
right now, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] One, two count. Whoa, two and a half.
Boy, how close that was.
Frenchy Martin upset that it wasn't a three-count.
Anvil just waiting patiently. Hacksaw waiting.
[Jimmy Hart] Stay with him, baby, stay with him.
[Gorilla] No opportunity for them to come in.
[Jesse] They better not be too patient. They should be pretty concerned right now.
[Gorilla] Well, if I were either one of them,
I'd have been in there a long time ago, Jesse.
[Jesse] Certainly.
A rule breaker like you, Gorilla, I'd expect nothing less.
[Gorilla] Well, everything is on the line here.
[Jesse] And look at the Hitman, he's blocking this monkey flip.
-[Gorilla] Look out. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Inverted atomic drop. He nailed that one there.
[Jesse] Now, Bret Hart must make a tag.
He must make a tag. He's got Jacques Rougeau hurt badly.
He better get to his corner somehow, and make a tag.
[Gorilla] Look at Hacksaw going bananas here.
He wants a tag.
-Hacksaw got it. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] The referee saw it, they're on their feet.
[Jesse] The Summit is erupting, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] It is something, here in the Summit,
they've gone bananas.
And look at Hacksaw unloading on everybody.
Everybody down. Hacksaw scooping up Raymond.
-Look at this. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] He just catapulted the Anvil in.
-[Jesse] Was there a tag made? -[Gorilla] I don't think so.
Now, he catapults the Hitman in.
Referee is losing control of this one, Jesse.
-[crowd cheering] -[Gorilla] Hooks the leg.
-[Gorilla] One, two, three, got him! -[Jesse] Got him.
-[bell ringing] -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Let's get the official word.
[Howard] The winner of the second fall, evening this bout at one fall apiece,
Hacksaw Jim Duggan and the Hart Foundation.
-[Gorilla] It's all tied up. -[crowd cheering]
-[cheers] -[Jesse] Now you…
[Gorilla] All they needed was Hacksaw to get in there,
and he certainly did, and when he did, he cleaned house.
[Jesse] Now, you can throw out the first two falls
-because it's all down to this one. -[Gorilla] It's all down to number three.
-Take a look. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Jam packed here at the Summit in Houston.
Look at Hacksaw, he's happy.
-[bell ringing] -[Gorilla] The Hitman is still hurt.
[Jesse] And we got a bell.
[Gorilla] But the Hitman can rest now because it's Hacksaw starting out here
-with the loser of the fall… -[screams]
-[Jesse] Raymond Rougeau. -[Gorilla] …Raymond.
-[Jesse] Now, the tables are turned. -You get off my ass.
[Jesse] Now, its Raymond Rougeau's gotta get over and make a tag.
[Gorilla] Well, usually we don't see Hacksaw
-in tag team competition. -[grunts]
[Gorilla] Don't know whether he has it ready
to cut that ring in half or not.
[Jesse] I'll tell you why, because he ain't got no friends.
[Gorilla] That's not true.
[Jimmy Hart] Come on, Raymond. Beautiful!
[Gorilla] Reversal by Raymond, but whoa! What a clothesline he ran into!
[Jesse] But look at that dumb Hacksaw. He makes the mistake,
and goes right over to the opposite corner,
and now he's caught.
Now, you got to admit, Gorilla, that was a stupidity move.
[Gorilla] Well, that's what happens when you're not used
to tag team wrestling, Jesse. That's what I'm talking about.
[Jesse] That's what happens when you're Hacksaw Jim Duggan,
and you got a peanut for a brain.
[Gorilla] I'll tell you what, I'll take him for a partner any time.
-[Jesse] You're retired. -[Gorilla] Look out.
-Hacksaw in for the ride. -[Jesse] Whoa!
[Gorilla] Bravo going downstairs into the bread basket.
Hacksaw in the wrong part of town right now.
Almost got a five-count there by Joey Marella.
Look at this now, double team action.
-[Jesse] Certainly, why not? -[Gorilla] Now, triple team action.
[Jesse] The Hart Foundation has got the referee tied up.
That's the time you do that type of thing.
[Gorilla] And now, it's Hacksaw who's in trouble.
Another four count on Dino Bravo.
[Jesse] And Hacksaw brought this all on himself, Gorilla,
when he-- Instead of sticking with Raymond Rougeau,
he went over, and got caught in the wrong corner.
[Gorilla] Whoa! Look at this. Dino Bravo didn't do his homework.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] He started ramming the head of Hacksaw,
and that's not gonna hurt him. Whoa!
[Jimmy Hart] Hang onto him. There you go.
Come on, Dino. Put in to it, baby. Put in to it.
[Gorilla] Another quick tag made as Jacques steps in,
dropkick right in the kisser of Hacksaw.
[Jimmy Hart] All right. Keep a fresh man on him.
That's it, baby. That's it. Super, super. There you go.
[Gorilla] Rougeau's got that tremendous tag team ability
because they are brothers,
and all they've ever done is wrestle together, Jesse.
[Jesse] That's right.
The unique-- Oh, look at--
[Gorilla] Look at the Anvil, couldn't stand it anymore.
I don't blame him. And the Hitman as well.
[Jimmy Hart] There you go, there you go.
[Jesse] See, that's a great thing about the Rougeaus,
they got the telepathy,
each one knows what the other one is doing and thinking
without even talking.
[Gorilla] Well, if that's the case,
you would think that they would be carrying
the WWE tag team belts then, wouldn't you?
[Jesse] Hey, they might well, if somebody gives them a title shot,
they might.
[Gorilla] Elbow by Dino Bravo.
Whoa. Just came out the back door on that one.
And Bravo hooked the leg on that. I think we might have had a winner.
[Jimmy Hart] There you go. There you go.
-That's it. That's it. -[groans]
[Gorilla] Atomic drop inverted, but right into the corner,
-and he makes a tag. -[crowd cheering]
[Jesse] Now, that was a mistake by Bravo.
[Gorilla] And Bravo, a guy who's used to tag team.
Oh, look at this. I didn't see any tag there.
[crowd cheering]
-[Gorilla] And it's the Hitman unloading. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] And this capacity crowd loves every minute of it.
[Jesse] Great recuperative power by the Hitman
to be in there, to be that effective after the beating he took
early in the bout.
[Gorilla] Well, I told you about that earlier on,
and did you see the execution of that backbreaker?
-Look out. -[Jesse] Oh.
[Gorilla] Never saw Raymond come down the line.
And now, the Anvil is over there to teach him a lesson.
-A little more-- Oh. -[Jesse] Oh!
[Gorilla] He clobbered him with a two-by-four. Referee didn't see it.
[Jesse] Now, what do you call that?
-[Gorilla] It's over. -[bell ringing]
-[Jesse] What do you call that one? -[Gorilla] I call that ingenuity.
Let's get the official word.
[Howard] The winner of the six-man tag team match,
Hacksaw Jim Duggan and the Hart Foundation.
[Gorilla] I call that, once again, "body ingenuity."
[Jesse] I call that cheating.
I call that illegal use of a foreign object,
and it's the only way that idiot would have won the bout.
[Gorilla] Let's face it, Jess.
We're gonna go back, and take a look at what went down
earlier on with the Rougeaus along with Bravo
-cheating from the beginning. -[Jesse] Yeah, sure.
They didn't use no two-by-four.
Here you see the Hitman rolling up Dino Bravo,
attempting for a roll up.
Bravo hooks the ropes, down goes Bret Hart and wham!
There you see Hacksaw Jim Duggan hitting Bravo with a two-by-four,
flagrant breaking of the referee.
He should be fined, he should be suspended.
[Gorilla] Six-man tag team match in this capacity crowd here,
and the Summit loved it.
Right now, let's go to some prerecorded comments
from some of the superstars in the Royal Rumble.
[laughs] Well, time has finally arrived for the million-dollar hand
to pick the million-dollar number.
And the winning number is… [laughs]
Oh, wait a minute. Slick, Slick, Slick?
Hey, what's up, man? What's up, brother?
Slickster, Slickster, listen, I got a question for you.
When you picked your numbers for your boys today,
-were you happy with it? -[laughs]
-Brother, unbelievable. [chuckles] -That happy, huh?
-Hey, man, exac-a-tick-ly. -Well, let's go talk this over, right?
I got something to talk to you about that's really important.
-[Slick] What's up, man? -Gentlemen? Excuse me, gentlemen.
Stop it, stop it. That's plenty right there. Let me get mine.
[grunts]
-[grunts, pants] -[grunts, pants]
[laughs, grunts]
-I got a bloody beaut, mate. -Oh, mine's a bloody good one too.
-You wanna swap mate? -Let's swap, mate.
-Oh, yeah. -Yo!
Stop it, stop it, right now.
[laughs] It's good news for Bad News.
Looks good to me, huh?
Let's see how we did here, little fellow.
Oh, you wanna check this out? You want me to read it? Oh.
I just hope André is still in there when we get there.
The time is here, the time is here. Stop that rolling now. Here we go.
-[grunts] -Here, give me a good one here.
Oh.
-Good luck. -Good luck, bro.
[Gorilla] Luck of the draw is so important in the Royal Rumble, Jesse.
Looks like The Million Dollar Man was trying to buy a better number.
[Jesse] I'm not sure.
He definitely wanted a meeting with the Slickster.
-[Gorilla] Let's go to Howard Finkel. -[bell ringing]
[Howard] The following contest is scheduled for one fall, and it is
for the World Wrestling Entertainment Women's Championship.
[upbeat country music playing]
Coming down the aisle towards the ring from Charlotte, North Carolina,
weighing 138 pounds,
here is the World Wrestling Entertainment ladies' champion,
-Rockin' Robin. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Women's champion coming down to, uh,
I believe that's young Sam Houston's music.
[Howard] Her opponent and challenger from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
-weighing 152 pounds… -[Gorilla] Nothing more fitting than that,
-Jess, being we're here in Houston… -…Judy Martin.
[Gorilla] …to use Sam Houston's music.
[Howard] And now--
-Give me that microphone. -[Gorilla] What's Sherri doing
-in the ring? -They don't call me…
-[Jesse] Be quiet, you'll find out. -…Sensational Sherri for nothing.
Therefore, whoever wins this match, you or you, I challenge the winner,
and therefore, I will be the women's World Wrestling Entertainment champion
once and for all because I am more woman
than either one of you, or both put together.
[Jesse] Oh, please.
[Jesse] Well, Gorilla, Sensational Sherri putting on a challenge…
-[bell ringing] -…to the winner of this match
between Rockin' Robin and Judy Martin.
[Gorilla] Well, as a former champion, she had her opportunity.
I was in attendance in Paris, France when she lost the title to Rockin' Robin
right in the center of the ring, Jess, one, two, three,
no hanky panky.
[Jesse] Hey, upsets can take place, you know, Gorilla.
-[Gorilla] Oh. -[wrestlers grunt]
[Gorilla] Sensational Sherri is about to join us here
-in the broadcast booth. -[Jesse] Well, good.
-I'll take a break then. Go ahead, Sherri. -[Gorilla] "Take a break"? Never mind.
-[Sherri] Do something. -[Gorilla] Welcome!
[Sherri] Look at this. Will you look at this?
Judy Martin is so overrated. She has no need to be in there.
Rockin' Robin's so overrated.
She's skinny like a-- Look at her, she looks like a bird.
[Gorilla] Sherri, let me ask you,
why didn't you just send a note down and challenge the winner?
You didn't have to make a personal appearance.
[Sherri] Hey, I made a personal appearance because I thought it was very important
on my part as the former champion, soon to be champion again.
[Gorilla] Well, only time will tell that.
[Sherri] Look at Judy Martin.
-Look at her. -[Gorilla] Title on the line here.
[Sherri] Get her, come on!
[Gorilla] Judy Martin knows what it's like to have a belt around her waist.
-[Sherri] Yeah, she's not gonna-- -[Gorilla] Former co-holder of the ladies…
-[Sherri] Ladies tag team titles, yeah. -[Gorilla] Tag team championship. Yes.
[Sherri] Well, I guess, we saw what the Bomb Angels did to her, huh?
[Jesse] Sherri, make a prediction.
-[Sherri laughs] -[Jesse] Who do you think will win this?
[Sherri] I'm going to, Jesse-- There could only be one winner eventually.
Ever who wins of these two, I'll beat them no matter who it is.
[Jesse] I gotta agree with that, Gorilla.
[Sherri] What a guy. See, he has taste.
-[Gorilla] Oh, nice move by Judy Martin. -[Sherri] Look at that.
[Gorilla] The champion in trouble early on in this match.
[Sherri] Come on, get her. Come on…
[Gorilla] So, you really don't care who wins then?
[Sherri] I don't care as long as they leave
whatever is left for me, and I can beat it.
And come on, Robin, get up there, you little termite.
[Gorilla] I understand that,
but it'll have to take place within 30 days.
[Sherri] That's right. Thirty days, that's what you did to me.
-[Gorilla] I don't know. I think-- -[Sherri] Get her.
[Gorilla] I'm surprised that you're over what went down in France.
[Sherri] What are you talking about?
[Gorilla] Oh, you don't wanna talk about France.
[Sherri] What are you talking about?
[Gorilla] You don't wanna talk about France, do you?
[Jesse] Yeah, what do you expect with foreign referees, Monsoon?
-[Sherri] That's right. And, plus-- -[Jesse] You know, I don't--
And she probably don't speak French. How is she supposed to know the count?
[Gorilla] I'm sure Rockin' Robin doesn't speak French either.
[Sherri] Rockin' Robin doesn't speak much of anything.
[Gorilla] You know, it's simple.
One, two, three is one, two, three in any language.
[Jesse] Well, give it to me in French then, Gorilla.
-[Sherri] Get up. Come on. -[Gorilla] Un, deux, trois.
-How was that? [groans] -[Sherri] Come on, get up.
[Gorilla] Boston crab here by the champion.
[Sherri] Come on, look at her. Ah, look at her, she's not strong enough.
-Ah! -[Gorilla] Nice double under hook there.
Whoa, right in the kisser with the legs.
[Sherri] I guess you got what you deserve, didn't ya?
[laughs]
Now, see, that's illegal. Look at her.
See, she's hitting her in the chin with a knee.
[Gorilla] In other words, Sherri,
the powers to be of the World Wrestling Entertainment
have deemed you number one challenger,
and you in fact will have the opportunity to meet the winner.
[Sherri] That's right. And I'm gonna finish it off too.
I'm gonna show everyone for once and for all
who is the greatest women's champion of all time.
[Gorilla] Shoulders are not down there.
They were on the one count, but not on the two.
[Sherri] Come on.
[Gorilla] I don't know, Judy Martin looks a little lethargic to me, Jesse.
[Jesse] Well, you better not be lethargic, Gorilla,
when you're in for a championship of the world.
[Gorilla] Absolutely not.
-In fact, that's what I said when you met… -[Sherri] Come on.
…Sherri, Rockin' Robin in France, that's what I said
when we did that commentary, that you looked a little lethargic.
[Sherri] Yeah, you always gotta bring that up, Gorilla.
[Jesse] Well, Gorilla, why don't you bring up the fact
that she was also holding down
-a championship schedule. -[Sherri] That's right. That's right.
[Jesse] Rockin' Robin probably caught her on an off night,
and that's what happens when you're a champion.
-I told you earlier, Monsoon… -[Gorilla] That did happen.
…that upsets can happen
-in the wrestling game. -[Gorilla] Oh, absolutely.
Anybody can be beaten on any given evening.
[Jesse] Well, I noticed Rockin' Robin hasn't given Sensational Sherri
-a rematch, has she? -[Sherri] No. She hasn't.
[Gorilla] Oh, just because she hasn't been deemed
the number one challenger.
[Jesse] How can you not be the number one challenger
-when you're the former champion? -[Sherri] That's right. Answer that one.
[Gorilla] It's very simple.
You have to have the proper number of wins
in the proper places and…
[Jesse] Gorilla, that don't make no sense. That don't make no sense to me.
[Gorilla] She refused to go on the road, Jesse.
I have that from a very reliable source.
[Sherri] I didn't refuse anything.
[Gorilla] Two count. Whoa, was that close.
[Sherri] I didn't refuse anything, and quit interrupting me…
-[Gorilla] I'm sorry. -…when I start to say something to you.
[Gorilla] You have the floor.
Gorilla, why don't you quit with the hearsay,
-and ask the lady. -That's right.
She's right next to you.
That's right. Why don't you ask me?
[Gorilla] Did you refuse to go on the road?
-[Sherri] No, I never. -[Gorilla] Okay, fine.
[Jesse] There, you got your answer.
[Gorilla] Two count once again, but, oh, that's all she could get.
-That left arm came right out of there. -[Sherri] Come on.
Martin looks like she's kind of under the weather now.
So does Rockin' Robin, to be honest, don't you think?
[Gorilla] Well, yeah.
I think the tank's a little bit empty for both of them right now.
-[Sherri] What is that? -[Gorilla] That's a mistake.
Boy, that looked like a DDT there, Jess.
[Sherri] Look at her.
She's trying to impress somebody with something new maybe.
[Jesse] I think she tried to get a DDT in,
but she didn't quite get it all the way, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] She landed on her funny bone there,
and it wasn’t too funny.
Look out. Oh, nobody home.
[Sherri] Judy Martin don't look like she's quite laughing too much
right now either.
Come on, I don't care which one of you it is. I don't care.
[Gorilla] Sherri, I know you feel very comfortable up here
because you're safe here, right?
You like to be in broadcast position
as opposed to being down there in the ring.
[Sherri] I'll be anywhere. I'm not scared to be anywhere, Monsoon.
What are you talking about?
I'd rather be up there as opposed to sitting here with you.
-However I do like Jesse's company. -[Gorilla] One, two-count. Whoa.
-[Gorilla] You see that, Jesse? -[Jesse] Yeah. How do you like that?
-[Gorilla] So, I can leave now? -[Sherri] Yeah, you can leave.
-[Gorilla] Oh? -[Sherri] Go.
[Jesse] Yeah, why don't you do us both a favor?
[Gorilla] That would be disastrous, I'm afraid.
-[Jesse] Don't you have to go-- -[Gorilla] Back slide coming up.
[Sherri] Look at this.
[Gorilla] We could have a new champ right here.
-[Sherri] No way. -[Gorilla] One, two-- No.
[Sherri] I'm gonna be the new champ.
[Gorilla] Not from sitting here, you're not.
[Sherri] Get away from me.
[Gorilla] You can't win the title sitting in here, Sherri.
[Sherri] Come on.
[Gorilla] Irish whip now by Judy Martin. Look out.
[Sherri] Hey, she cheated.
Did you see that? She put a boot right to her throat.
That's cheating. That was cheating.
[Jesse] That was a classical mistake though by Judy Martin.
-She dropped her head, Gorilla. Yup. -[Gorilla] Put her head down.
[Jesse] You cannot do that.
-[Gorilla] Look at this small package. -[Sherri] Look at this.
[Gorilla] Right in the center of the ring. One, two-- No.
[Sherri] Somebody win. Come on. One of you win.
[Gorilla] Somebody's gonna win.
[Sherri] Come on, one of you win, so I can have what's left.
Come on.
Come on, one of you.
[Gorilla] Rockin' Robin setting her up here.
Look out, nice reversal by Judy.
Second turnbuckle on the inside, she faked her out…
-[Sherri laughing] -…with that move.
[Sherri] Come on. Whoa. She cheated, that's not right.
-[bell ringing] -[Sherri] That's not right. No!
[Gorilla] You're gonna get another chance with Robin.
-[upbeat music playing] -[Howard] The winner of this bout,
and still World Wrestling Entertainment Women's Champion,
-Rockin' Robin! -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Successfully defending her women's title here at the Summit
at the Royal Rumble in Houston,
Rockin' Robin was pushed all the way to the wall, Jesse.
[Jesse] Well, she kept her championship, Gorilla,
but I got a feeling Sensational Sherri is waiting in the wings now.
[Gorilla] Let's go back and take a look
at some of the action that went down earlier on.
-Watch this fake out. -[Jesse] Yeah, there it is right there.
Rockin' Robin didn't come off the ropes, got Judy Martin down.
Judy Martin turning around right here.
Off comes the big crossbody block, reaches up,
hooks the leg, one, two, and three, and she retains her title.
[Gorilla] Well, you can bet that Sensational Sherri will be happy
to meet Rockin' Robin once again
and perhaps, get her championship belt back.
[Jesse] Look there's The Body pinning The Macho Man.
[dramatic music playing]
[Gorilla] Write down on your calendar, Sunday, April 2nd,
WrestleMania V, Jess.
[Jesse] I can't believe we're all the way to five, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] Well, we've been here for all five, haven't we?
-[Jesse] That's right. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Right now, let's go out to Sean Mooney, who's with the Slickster,
and those two big guys, The Twin Towers.
Well, joining me now, The Doctor of Style, Slick,
and I would say two very big opportunities
for The Doctor of Style, The Twin Towers, here in the Royal Rumble.
Well, what you will say, brother,
would be a gross understatement, because these two men
have more than just excellent chances.
Brother, you can believe that all the marbles are hittin'
on these two fine physical specimens right here.
Okay. Well, Slick, I'd like to talk about the drawing that took place
-earlier this afternoon. -[chuckles]
Some very disturbing accusations have come out of this,
concerning yourself, and The Million Dollar Man.
-Who? -The Million Dollar Man.
Man, what Million Dollar Man? I haven't seen him in over a month.
Okay. With those comments, Slick, right now, I'd like for you gentlemen
to look at this footage.
-The event that took place-- -Wait a minute.
What footage?
Well, in an event that took place,
an incident that took place during the drawing this afternoon.
-Wait a minute-- -I'm sure you gentlemen
would like to look at it too. Let's roll it.
What you talking about, man?
And the winning number is… [laughs]
Oh, wait a minute. Slick, Slick, Slick!
Hey, what's up, man? What's up, brother?
Slickster, Slickster, listen, I got a question for you.
When you picked your numbers for your boys today,
-were you happy with it? -[laughs]
-Brother, unbelievable. -That happy, huh?
-Hey, man, exac-a-tick-ly. -Well, let's go talk this over, right?
I got something to talk to you about that's really important
-[Slick] What's up, man? -Gentlemen? Excuse…
Now, Slick, can you explain that?
[laughs] Oh, yeah, brother, why certainly!
You see, I misunderstood what you said, homes.
You mean that Ted DiBiase.
I thought you were talking about my homeboy, Ted,
where I get my shoes shined.
But it's none of your business anyway, and you stay out of my business,
and anyway, look at these two men right here, brother.
I've got the greatest commodity in professional wrestling.
That's it, The Twin Towers! [laughs]
There you have it from The Doctor of Style, Slick,
-and the Twin Towers. -Exac-a-tick-ly. [chuckles]
-Back to you, Gorilla and Jesse. -[laughs]
[Gorilla] Boy, what a short memory on the Slickster, Jess.
-[Jesse] Well, what can I say, Gorilla? -[Gorilla] Some shady things going on
with the Million Dollar Man around, you can bet on that!
Everybody looking for a better number.
Well, it looks like, right now, we're all set for the Super Posedown.
[Howard] And now, ladies and gentlemen,
-Mean Gene Okerlund! -[crowd cheering]
-[Gorilla] Would you get a load of that? -All right, Houston,
here's the one that you and the world has been waiting for.
Get ready for the Super Posedown!
[crowd cheering]
[Gene] Here is an opportunity for you to determine the winner
by your response, by your approval or disapproval.
The winner in the Super Posedown will be the people's choice.
And first of all, let me introduce the man
who made this challenge, led down the aisle
by his manager, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan.
Here is "Ravishing" Rick Rude!
[Gorilla] The winner of the Jesse "The Body" Ventura Award.
[Jesse] Yeah, did you see Okerlund is already sliding the crowd?
He's already trying to tip the scales up there.
[Gorilla] Well, what are you talking about, Jess?
[Jesse] Just the way he--
[Gorilla] Because he introduced the guy first?
[Jesse] Well, you heard the tone of voice he did it in.
[Gorilla] I guess, that sort of his prerogative, isn't it?
How would you have introduced the guy?
The winner of the Jesse "The Body" Ventura Award, right?
Guy's got a great body, don't deny that, Jess.
I don't think he's quite put together
like The Ultimate Warrior is though.
[Jesse] Gorilla, what would you know about a physique contest?
[Gorilla] Hey, I saw some great looking guys over the years, Jess.
Cut the music.
-[music concludes] -[crowd cheering]
[Jesse] Look at, they're biased already, Monsoon.
[Gorilla] They don't like the guy, simple.
[Jesse] This isn't personalities, you know, it's bodies.
I sent a challenge to The Ultimate Warrior
for this Super Posedown to prove one thing.
Not only am I the best built man in the WWE…
but "Ravishing" Rick Rude will show you why
he is the sexiest man alive! [smooches]
[Gorilla] Well, that's also debatable.
[Jesse] Yeah, ask somebody that's had the rude awakening,
-he'll tell you. -All right, gentlemen,
how about his opponent in the Super Posedown,
welcome to The Summit, The Ultimate Warrior!
-[crowd cheering] -[upbeat music playing]
[Gorilla] Oh, listen to this place go crazy, Jess!
They're on their feet here!
[Jesse] Yeah, but can this guy even pose? You know, there's techniques to posing.
[Gorilla] There's a little warrior right there!
[cheers]
-[Gorilla] Here he comes full speed ahead! -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] The reigning Intercontinental Champion!
Look at him, he is something else!
Look at Heenan, got out of there in a hurry.
What were they doing, working out in a corner, Jess?
He was pumping something there.
[Jesse] Certainly, he's getting pumped up, Monsoon.
It's a posedown, it's not a wrestling match.
[Gorilla] Well, this guy doesn't have to get pumped up,
he's pumped up all the time!
[Jesse] He's an idiot.
[Gorilla exclaims]
-[music concludes] -[crowd cheering]
[Jesse] You see, the first thing they should do,
is make him wipe that facial paint off.
-[Gorilla] Why is that? -[Jesse] Why is that?
Because your face is part of your body.
-[Gorilla] Yeah, but they're… -[Gene] I think we're ready.
…not gonna flex any cheekbones or anything.
Please, let's get the Super Posedown underway
with four-- Do we have a problem?
-Do I have a problem? -[Gene] Yes.
That's my problem!
This is a posedown!
I want somebody to be able to control him!
It's very simple.
All he's got to do,
is try to make these lovely fans…
vote for him. It's that simple.
But, we know Houston is a very intelligent town,
and there's only gonna be one choice.
-[Gorilla] Boy. -[Gene] All right with that…
[Gorilla] Heenan lies through his teeth, Jess.
…will go through four distinctive and different poses.
And let's get on the way with the man who challenged
The Ultimate Warrior.
Come on in, "Ravishing" Rick Rude. What is gonna be your first pose?
The first pose, little man…
will simply be a double bicep pose.
Now, what you wanna look for, is the peak in the bicep,
the definition and the all-around symmetry of the sexiest man alive.
-All right, let's see it… -[Gorilla] Oh, just do the pose,
we don't need any lengthy dissertation--
[Gene] …from "Ravishing" Rick Rude. Hit the music!
[Jesse] You got to explain to these hired hands
in the audience what to look for.
[Gorilla] He's got to take his robe off first.
[Jesse] Look at that.
I mean, this guy's ripped to shreds.
You find me a weakness there, Monsoon.
[Gorilla] I'm not saying anything, Jess. I think the guy looks great!
He's not, you know, he's not cut up quite as good
at the biceps, is he?
[Jesse] He looks tremendous to me, Monsoon.
No weakness whatsoever in that body.
[Gorilla] I see the bicep.
Really, it doesn't have a peak on it, Jess.
-Of course, yours never did either. -[Jesse] Not that I remember.
-[Gorilla] Did it? -[Jesse] At least I had a bicep.
Yeah!
You know, they should have made me the judge.
All right, Houston, what did ya think?
[Gorilla] We did that once before, remember?
-[crowd booing] -[Jesse] I was not the judge of that.
[Gorilla] You were the judge and the jury. You gave this guy the award, didn't you?
[Gene] Let's see the double bicep…
[Jesse] I was just the presenter of the award, excuse me.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] What's he-- Why does he keep pumping up
over there in the corner, Jess?
[Jesse] Between poses.
[Gorilla] You don't see this guy having to do that, do you?
Look at that.
Look at the peak on those biceps!
I think it's hands down for that one, Jess.
[Jesse] No way, his posing technique was horrible.
Jumping up and down and pounding on his chest.
[Gorilla] I think it's kind of unique, and the crowd certainly loves him.
[Jesse] Hey, you never saw Arnold Schwarzenegger pound his chest
and jump up and down when he won Olympia!
In four different poses. What are we gonna do this time?
[Heenan] Well, yeah, I'd like these people to understand.
I don't care if they like him or not,
but they've got to be fair and vote for the best body.
You know, explain it to them.
Well, if anybody would know about fair play,
Bobby Heenan, you would.
Rick Rude…
Gentlemen, please let's try to move this along in an orderly fashion.
What are we gonna see this time?
My next pose, little man, happens to be my specialty.
The pose that sets me apart from every other man
on the face of the Earth, and it's called Best Abs.
-[Jesse] Yeah! -All right, "Best Abdominals!"
-[Gorilla] "Best abs." -[Jesse] "Best abs."
Best abdominals, that's your stomach, Gorilla…
-[Gorilla] I understand that. -…that's where the bananas go.
-[Gorilla] I understand that. -[upbeat music playing]
Oh, a little oil… Music. …on the abdominal.
[Gorilla] Why does he have to have music when he does his pose?
[Jesse] Everybody poses with music today, Monsoon.
-You see that-- -[Gorilla] Ultimate Warrior
didn't pose with music.
[Jesse] That just goes to show you that the only bodybuilders you saw
were people like Sam Loprinzi and Carl Grimek…
-[Gorilla] What? Please. -…back in 1930.
-Look at those abs? -[Gorilla] Yeah, he's cut up there,
that's for sure.
[Jesse] Look at that hip movement.
[Gorilla] Well, that's not part of it, is it?
[Jesse] It sure is, that way you see the abdominal muscles gyrating.
Look at her.
[Gorilla] Oh, she's certainly a little excited.
[Jesse] You know who she's voting for…
and she's hoping for a rude awakening.
[Gorilla] Perhaps we'll have one!
[Jesse] Certainly cut up in that area of the body, "Ravishing" Rick.
Houston, I'm gonna ask you, "What did you think?"
[crowd booing]
-[Gorilla] Well, that's not quite fair. -[Jesse] You're darn right, it's not fair!
Ultimate Warrior, be my guest with the abdominals.
[Jesse] Okerlund is out there priming 'em.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Abdominals now, by the reigning Intercontinental Champion.
Oh, look at that, Jess.
[Jesse] Too smooth, Monsoon, there's no definition. Too smooth!
He's not crunching down far enough.
Too smooth, much too smooth.
Look, there's not that fine line
-of definition. -[Gorilla] But he's five times thicker
than "Ravishing" Rick.
[Jesse] But in abdominals, the thickness works against you.
[Gene] …from the Ultimate Warrior.
[Gorilla] Listen to the ovation!
Oh, they love the guy, Jess. Let's be realistic.
[Jesse] Yeah, but they're not being fair.
[Gene] Let's continue on with the Super Posedown.
[Gorilla] "Ravishing" Rick continues.
What is that thing he's got, Jess? The bullworker of some kind?
[Jesse] Yeah, I don't know what it is, but it pumps him up.
See, he's pumping up with it.
-[Gene] Bobby Heenan, what now? -[Heenan] I'ma need about 15 minutes.
[Gorilla] Fifteen minutes?
[Heenan] I need 15 minutes to get him ready for this one.
[Gene] Oh, you can't have that.
We'll have you disqualified.
The people are making the choice, they won't stand for that.
[Gorilla] What other poses
are they gonna be giving us here now, Jess?
-The back one or… -[Jesse] I got a feeling it could be back
or Most Muscular.
-[Gorilla] Uh-huh. -All right, Rick Rude,
step on up front and center of the Super Posedown.
What are we gonna see for your third posedown move?
For my third move, divot head,
I'm gonna call this, the Most Muscular Pose.
-The Most Muscular? -The Most Muscular.
Remember, Houston, we love you!
[Gorilla] Never heard of that one, Jess, Most Muscular.
-Did you? -[Jesse] Yeah.
Also called, The Classic Physique.
There, you'll see it, you've seen it before.
-Look at that. -[Gorilla] Oh, yeah.
[Gene] Most Muscular!
[Gorilla] I'll tell you what, he's got some definition there.
-He's cut up pretty good. -[Jesse] And like I told you,
his abs were far superior than The Ultimate Warrior's.
[Gorilla] Well, I'm not too sure about that.
I saw scapular development that wasn't very good,
I saw a moment ago.
Certainly takes a lot out of him, doesn't it?
-[Gene] All right, The Ultimate Warrior… -[Jesse] Hey, it much more tiring
-than people think. -…his middle name, Most Muscular.
[Gorilla] Most Muscular, by the reigning intercontinental title holder--
Oh, look at that!
No comment, Jess?
[Jesse] My comment is,
"His hair is too long, you can't see his traps."
-[Gorilla] His hair is too long. -[Jesse] You can't see his trapezius.
-[crowd cheering] -[screams]
[Jesse] Rude all the way.
-[Gorilla] You think so? -[Jesse] Certainly.
[Gorilla] Don't forget, it's this capacity crowd that's gonna judge.
[Jesse] Yeah, but for everybody at home, it's me that judges.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Heenan looks upset.
[Gene] All right, here we go with the fourth,
to put the finishing touches on the Super Posedown.
Rick Rude, this is your final opportunity
to win over the great folks here at the Houston Summit.
What is gonna be your fourth and final maneuver in the Super Posedown?
[Gorilla] Maneuver. [scoffs]
-[Heenan] I'm not ready yet. -[Gorilla] He's not ready yet.
[Gene] If you're not ready by now,
I don't know what all of this is gonna accomplish.
[Gorilla] Oh, it's obvious that he's already lost.
[Jesse] Listen, why did they get some ignorant fool like Okerlund out there?
Wait a minute.
[Gorilla] Yes, they coulda got you out there, right?
[Jesse] Certainly.
[Gorilla] Sure, would've made it complete unbiased.
Doing a few push ups.
I don't know what kind of pose are we gonna see?
He didn't say it, did he?
-[Gene] Here's that bar again. -[crowd cheering]
Enough is enough.
-[Ultimate Warrior yelling] -[Gene] What?
[Ultimate Warrior grunts] Come on!
[Gorilla] Warrior getting a little upset
with the delay here, and I don't blame him.
[Jesse] Why?
You don't interrupt, posing is a personal thing.
[Gorilla] I remember, Jess,
when I went to some of these weightlifting contests,
they never gave guys a chance to work out between poses.
[Jesse] First of all, Gorilla,
-it's not weightlifting. -[Gorilla] Oh, bodybuilding.
[Jesse] It's physique bodybuilding.
My last exhibition, little man, I'm gonna call, "A medley of poses."
We're gonna see how The Warrior can put everything together.
-A muscular montage, so to speak? -You got it, Gene!
All right, "Ravishing" Rick Rude with his fourth and final move
in this Super Posedown!
[Gorilla] I'll tell you, if it were hip action
that we're voting on, he'd be the winner.
He's got that hip act--
[Jesse] Look at his fine chest, look at his fine chest.
[Gorilla] Got great abdominals, no discounting that.
Look, he's got The Ultimate Warrior right on his hind there.
[Gorilla] Well…
[Gorilla] They both got great bodies, Jess,
but don't forget the folks here in The Summit are gonna pick the winner.
And it's obvious who that's gonna be.
[Jesse] And how do you know?
[Gorilla] How do I know? Are you deaf? Didn't you hear?
[Jesse] They haven't done the final decision.
You could change minds, Monsoon.
[Gorilla] It's all over, but to shout it, Jess.
Rude didn't win any friends.
[Jesse] Look at the thunderous ovation he's getting.
-[Gene] Remember folks… -[Gorilla] Yeah, deafening, isn't it?
…you make the decision, what did you think?
[crowd booing]
[Jesse] Listen to that, look at that response, Monsoon.
[Gene] We're not gonna leave anything to chance.
Remember the winner of this one is the people's choice.
Finally, his fourth maneuver,
in the Super Posedown, The Ultimate Warrior!
[Gorilla] I know what Ravish is gonna say when he loses,
he didn't get enough chance to pump up and work out.
I know that. It's gonna be his cop out.
Oh, look at that!
Oh, is this guy put together?
[screams]
[Gorilla] Hands down winner, you're looking at him right here--
[Jesse] Shut up, Monsoon! Nobody won nothing yet.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] It's kind of obvious to me, Jess.
[Gene] It's the muscular montage!
[Jesse] Look, he almost fell over trying to do that twist and back pose.
[Gorilla] There's his favorite move right there-- Look out!
Oh, Ravishing, with that steel bar just nailed him!
[Jesse] There's your winner right there, Monsoon!
[Gorilla] Look at-- This is crazy! Let's get somebody in there.
Warrior just about out!
[Jesse] Look at that Most Muscular on Rude right there.
-Look at that definition! -[Gorilla] He's choking him out!
[Jesse] There's your winner right there, Gorilla!
[Gorilla] That was disgusting!
[Jesse] He took the decision right out of these idiots' hands
and made it himself. Good for him!
[Gorilla] What a despicable display…
by Ravishing.
Who knows how serious this guy is hurt?
He got clobbered right on the back of the head
by that steel workout bar, and he's still down!
Let's get some medical people down there.
Oh, wait a minute-- He's shaking his head now, Jess.
Boy, did he got clobbered.
-Oh, look at him! -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] He's gone crazy.
[Jesse] Look at that.
This guy should be suspended.
[Gorilla] He's attacking everything in sight!
I'm not sure he really knows what happened to him.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Warrior just cleaned house here!
And now he's looking for "Ravishing" Rick.
[Jesse] It wasn't that impressive, he beat up ring attendants,
he beat up referees.
Pretty impressive.
[Gorilla] Where is he? Right now, let's go back
and take a look at that horrible display.
[Jesse] There you see The Warrior posing out.
Heenan comes up and shot something into his face, and wham!
[Gorilla] Oh, right in the back of the head!
[Jesse] "Ravishing" Rick Rude taking matters into his own hands,
declaring himself the winner.
I love a guy that controls his own destiny, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] Yeah. Yeah.
A guy that can't stand defeat.
[Jesse] He-- Rude realized-- Here he is choking out The Warrior.
He realized that these imbeciles in Houston
didn't know nothing about posing.
[Gorilla] There's what did the damage, the steel bar.
I'll tell you something, he made an enemy for life, Jess.
[Jesse scoffs]
[intriguing music playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] It's gonna be something else, Jess, WrestleMania V.
Right now, we're gonna take you to some special prerecorded interviews
with managers and some of the participants in the Royal Rumble,
Mr. Fuji, the Colonel, and Elizabeth.
[laughs]
In just a little while, the Royal Rumble
you'll see the Powers of Pain, The Barbarian and The Warlord,
the two largest in the Royal Rumble.
And let me tell you, I feel sorry for you, Demolition, Ax and Smash,
because you will be our number one victims.
And let me tell you, there will be only one winner!
And you happen to be looking at the winner, Mr. Fuji. [laughs]
All right, as we continue to talk
to the managers, manager of The Mega Power.
She is the first lady of wrestling, the lovely Elizabeth.
Who are you gonna be rooting for in the Royal Rumble?
Oh, I'll be cheering for both of them.
Hulk Hogan and of course, the "Macho Man" Randy Savage,
the undisputed World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
-That's right. [chuckles] -[Gene] You know I'm very curious.
During the course of the competition, Elizabeth,
hypothetically, it's very possible
that Hulk Hogan could be matched up against the "Macho Man,"
then who would you root for?
Oh, Gene, I have been trying not to think about that. I just--
Oh, wait a minute you've got to root for one or the other, don't you?
I hope it doesn't come down to that.
All right, apparently, we're not gonna get a clear-cut statement
or answer on that one.
As we continue to talk to the managers, here's Jimmy Hart.
Wow! What a way to start the year, baby, with the Royal Rumble!
That's right, man!
Double Trouble, Greg "The Hammer" Valentine,
master of that figure-four leglock, along with the man who can sing,
he can dance, he can do it all, baby, that's right!
The man himself, the Honky Tonk Man, Mr. Shake Rattle and Roll.
Together, I call them Double Trouble.
Whatever it takes to win, baby, you can bank on it, we're gonna do it.
The Honky Tonk Man, Greg "The Hammer" Valentine,
like we said before, baby,
"When you mess with the bull, you might get the horn!"
[Gorilla] Well, anything and everything will happen in the Royal Rumble.
You can bet you're gonna see some things you don't really particularly care to see.
Jesse "The Body" Ventura has left the broadcast position.
And over the years in his career inside that squared circle,
you can bet he's been crowned plenty of times.
And it's only fitting that he should be on the throne.
[crowd cheering]
You know this chair feels pretty good, you know,
and only one man will occupy it as king.
Either Haku, the reigning king, or Harley Race.
But, you know, now that I sit in, and as comfortable as it is,
maybe I ought to run for king.
Maybe I'm the true king of the World Wrestling Entertainment.
But after Royal Rumble,
either Haku or Harley Race will be crowned the king,
and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan stands to be the total winner!
He manages both.
Let's go ringside, up to Howard Finkel.
[bell ringing]
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest
is scheduled for one fall!
Coming down the aisle, towards the ring,
led by Bobby "The Brain" Heenan
from the isle of Tonga, weighing 273 pounds,
here is the reigning king of the World Wrestling Entertainment,
King Haku!
[Gorilla] Boy, he really loves that title, "King Haku!"
Look at the look on his face. Is he happy with himself?
He certainly is.
Perched high above on his thrown…
being carried down to ringside.
I think it would be appropriate if everybody got up
and show proper respect and bow
to the King of the World Wrestling Entertainment.
[Gorilla] Oh, you liked it up there on the throne, didn't you?
[Jesse] Well, I'll tell you, Gorilla, it felt pretty good.
I think maybe I oughta run for King, what do you think?
[Gorilla] I don't know. You'd have to go in the ring
and face somebody like this perhaps, Jess.
[Jesse] Nah, what if they get rid of each other?
[Gorilla] Well, that's possible.
[Jesse] And then abdicates the throne and I'll take over.
And the first thing I'll do is have you polish my boots.
[Gorilla] Well, that probably figures.
"The Brain…"
really proud of Haku and what he's done since being crowned.
Except he could have went out and bought the guy a new robe, Jess.
Yeah, he oughta have that one dry cleaned and burned.
That horrible-smelling thing.
I'm talking about the robe that Haku is wearing.
[Jesse] You're telling me that with your gorilla nostrils,
you could smell that from 20 feet away.
[Gorilla] No, but I've been up closer to it than that, Jess. It's horrible.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] The former King is on his way down.
[Howard] His opponent from Kansas City, Missouri,
weighing 255 pounds,
the former king, Harley Race.
[Gorilla] We're gonna see a tremendous match-up here.
What's this? Where's Harley going? Look out!
Harley trying to dunk the chair over,
and the King is down!
This one's underway already.
[Jesse] Now, is that any way for a king to act, Monsoon?
[Gorilla] I think it's a pretty good way especially if you had your crown stolen.
[Jesse] He didn't have it stolen.
[Gorilla] Certainly did.
That was gone and this one is underway.
[Jesse] I think it was a smart move though on the part of Harley Race
because I personally don't think he could match-up to Haku,
man against man, eye-to-eye.
He had to do something and sneak attack from behind.
[Gorilla] I thought it was pretty clever myself.
How come when it's your favorites, Monsoon,
it's clever, and when I like--
[Gorilla] Harley Race is no favorite of mine, Jesse.
Neither is Haku. I just said I thought it was clever.
Decided-- Weight advantage here for Haku, you gotta fight fire with fire, I guess.
[Jesse] You know what I love though? Bobby "The Brain." He wins either way.
[Gorilla] Sure, that snake?
[crowd cheering]
[Jesse] No, no, no, Jake has the snake.
[Gorilla] Yeah, well, that weasel then, all right?
[Jesse] You know, why is it you never call him that face to face?
[Gorilla] Oh, all the time. Do all the time.
Oh, what a reverse knife edge by Haku!
And look at Heenan cheering on Haku. A minute ago he was cheering on Race.
-[Jesse] Well… -[Gorilla] What a fence rider.
[Jesse] It's like the Tale of Two Cities.
What's he supposed to do, Monsoon?
[Gorilla] Well, he's doing what he wants to do.
Sit on a fence and wait to see who the winner is,
and then run in there and embrace him.
His usual modus operandi.
[Heenan] Cover him, cover him.
[Gorilla] Now, he's shouting for Harley to cover him.
[Jesse] Certainly.
I told you, Heenan is the ultimate winner of this thing.
[Gorilla] Yeah.
Why would anybody wanna be under this guy's stable?
The guy that takes 85 percent of your earnings from you.
[Jesse] Eighty-five percent.
[Gorilla] That's what I heard from Hercules.
[Jesse] Well, let me put it to you this way,
if you're stupid enough to assign a manager for 85 percent, you deserve it.
[Gorilla] Oh, upside down and out and-- Whoa!
Right down to the concrete goes the former king.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Haku looking for some accolades, not getting any.
This one could go either way at any time.
Both of these guys have the experience and capability to punch away in a hurry.
Oh! 360 done by the former king.
[Jesse] I'll say this, Haku has the advantage on strength,
but I have to give it to Harley Race on experience.
[Gorilla] I might tend to agree with that.
Master of the martial arts, Haku.
He could terminate your career for you.
[Jesse] That's right.
And you know, Race did suffer an extremely bad injury
at the hands of Hulk Hogan,
which is what caused him to lose his crown.
Maybe he's trying to come back too soon.
[Gorilla] Maybe.
[Heenan] Come on, Harley.
[Gorilla] It's hard though, you know that, Jess.
Once you step outside that squared circle--
-[Jesse] Look at this. Head-to-head. -[Gorilla] Oh, look at this.
Head-to-head, both with extremely hard heads.
Oh, that one caught him in the face!
And that one on the chin.
As we were saying, Jess, you know how hard it is
once you step out of there, that urge to get back in there
to hear the accolades and the crowd.
-[Jesse] I don't know that, Monsoon. -[Gorilla] Oh, yes, you do.
-[Jesse] I never had that problem. -[Gorilla] Oh, yes, you did.
-[Jesse] No, I didn't. -Come on, Harley.
[Jesse] If I needed the accolades, I'd be in there.
-[Gorilla] Oh, look out! Piledriver! -[Jesse] Whoo!
[Jesse] Not even Haku's head could take a piledriver.
We could see it right here.
[Gorilla] He didn't bother to hook anything,
so he didn't get the big guy!
Complaining at a referee on a slow count.
It wasn't a slow count.
"The Brain" runs back and forth, from one corner to the other.
Whoever's doing well at that particular point in the match,
he goes that way. Whoa!
[Jesse] Monsoon, he hasn't moved in the last three minutes.
[Gorilla] Oh, please. Are you watching?
They hit face to face that time.
Former king on the floor, reigning king inside.
Haku, I'm for you, you know that, buddy.
-[Gorilla] Look at him. -[Jesse] He said, "I'm for you, Haku."
Now watch. He'll probably go over to Harley,
and telling him something.
-[Gorilla] He's just inspiring both men. -[Jesse] Yeah.
[Jesse] Clearly knows he's in a no-lose situation here.
-[Gorilla] And you're jealous. -[Jesse] No, I'm not jealous.
Not jealous of that piece of garbage.
-[Gorilla] Oh, beautiful suplex… -[Jesse] Textbook suplex.
…by Haku over for the cover, one, two-- Whoa!
Race just came out the back door the last split second.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] There's that ring experience right there.
[Jesse] Harley Race trying to set King Haku up, the reigning King,
the battle for the crown.
Vicious left-hand right on the chin.
[Gorilla] You could sort of sense a hush is falling over The Summit, Jess.
And anticipation of what's coming.
[Jesse] You know, I suppose if you get a suplex,
you should give a suplex.
[Gorilla] Well, two-count once again.
Former king used to use that cradle suplex, Jess.
That's what he put everybody away with.
I don't think you could hold on to those big legs of Haku.
[Jesse] I think somewhere during the bout,
you'll see Race trying to do that cradle suplex.
[Gorilla] Maybe you saw both men now, out on the floor here on The Summit.
Gonna piledriver him on the floor. He's trying.
-[Jesse] He can't get him-- Uh-oh. -[Gorilla] Oh, Haku turned it around!
Turned it into a backdrop with that tremendous leg strength of his.
[Jesse] Both of these guys are hurt. You know what?
You know what I bet, Monsoon? I bet if both guys got counted out,
Heenan would declare himself the king.
[Gorilla] Probably.
You're probably right, Jess.
Both men are ripe for the pickings here. It could go either way right now.
[Jesse] Can you imagine how hard it must be, though, for Heenan?
[Gorilla] Oh!
Bobby Heenan has great respect for both of these competitors,
and one of them has got to lose.
-It's gonna break Heenan's heart, I bet. -[Jesse] Yeah, but…
he's clearly worried more about himself than anybody else.
[Gorilla] Piledriver!
Didn't get the full brunt of the blow there, Jess.
[Jesse] He got enough of it, though.
[Gorilla] I don't know, with that hard head of Haku's,
Harley didn't have enough energy left, he sort of fell back with that
instead of dropping with it…
or this one would've been over right now.
[Jesse] Haku is gonna make it back in, in time.
[Gorilla] Crown and cape on the line--
Oh, nice reverse neckbreaker…
by the former king, but look at--
[Jesse] He needs to hook the leg, Gorilla,
and you'd think a man with his experience would do that.
[Gorilla] Now, he's saying, "Harley, I'm behind you."
[Jesse] Yeah, that's the mistake I saw you make
many, many times when I was a little child.
-[Gorilla] You were a little child? -[Jesse] Yeah.
[Gorilla] Give me a break, Jess!
[Jesse] I used to watch you when I was in kindergarten.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Harley in control. Whoa! Nice short clothesline.
I don't think Race has enough weight to hold this guy down,
he's gonna have to try to go to something else.
Some kind of a submission hold or something.
[Jesse] Either that, or he's gonna have to get something he can cinch up,
like a small package, or something like that
where you can lock him up and cinch up real tight.
[Gorilla] Because if he decides just to stand here and trade blows
with this guy, forget about it.
Sooner or later, he's gonna come up with the short end of the stick.
There's those martial arts coming into play.
Haku in control once again.
[Jesse] Oh, just planted him there.
[Gorilla] Tried to make him part of the ring.
[Jesse] And Haku is going up the ropes.
[Gorilla] As we look over the shoulder of the weasel-- Look out!
He's going all the way to the top.
Look at the agility, the balance.
Oh, nobody home!
[Jesse] But all that agility and balance does you no good
if your opponent's not there when you land.
Now, Race is going up.
[Gorilla] Bombs away!
And the king out of the way.
Get him now!
-We got him. -[Jesse] "We got him"?
Who is he talking to?
[Gorilla] What does he mean, "We got him?"
[Jesse] "We got him."
[Gorilla] Referee laying a count on both men.
What a battle this is!
The crown at stake.
The kingdom at stake for that matter.
Haku in for the ride, ducks underneath-- Look out!
Oh, reverse thrust kick, right in the kisser.
-[Jesse] That's it. -[Gorilla] Forget about it.
[bell ringing]
-[Gorilla] Jess, I'm glad it's over. -[epic music playing]
[Howard] The winner of this contest, King Haku!
[Gorilla] Haku with that patented reverse thrust kick of his,
and look at Heenan. Take a look at that.
What a battle, Jess!
[Jesse] It was a battle, Gorilla, and Race got caught.
He came off those ropes,
and Haku got him with that reverse thrust kick.
[Gorilla] Referee-- Look at Harley, doesn't have a clue where he is.
Boy, did he get clobbered and clobbered good.
Let's go back and take a look as "The Brain" collects the crown,
and some of the action that went down earlier on.
[Jesse] There you see, Race has got Haku swinging on air,
fires him into the ropes,
Harley Race going for the clothesline, misses it, bounces off and wham!
[Gorilla] Oh, right there!
[Jesse] Haku caught him straight in the face with that,
lights out, cradles him up, hooks the legs,
one, two, three, and the king remains king.
[Gorilla] Still with the crown, King Haku!
Wow! And is he happy? Yes.
Big smile on his face and Heenan leading him out of there.
He was gonna lead out whoever won anyway.
[intriguing music playing]
[Gorilla] Right now, we're gonna take you to more interviews
from Royal Rumble participants.
Everybody's got something exciting to say, Jess.
This is the big event. It's gonna be something else.
-[Jesse] It's a rumble. -[Gorilla] Here they come.
Mr. Barber, he always carries the tools of his trade.
Well, in this case, the Royal Rumble, baby,
I've got the only tools I need right here!
These two fists is just what I need
to make my way through all those wrestlers,
through all those men,
to make my way to the top,
so that I am the last man… [laughs]
…to survive, the sole survivor, the last man.
That's what it's all about.
There's not gonna be anyone in there who's gonna be watching my back.
It's me against everyone else.
[chuckles] That's right, baby. And the tools I need
are right here on the end of these two meat slabs, baby.
So, the rest of you boys, you better beware
because, maybe, I might have a pair of scissors in my shoe somewhere
and I might still do a little bit of strutting,
and a little bit of cutting when I'm done!
Thirty top stars from the World Wrestling Entertainment
and I am one of them. And I also know,
you know, I've been around the World Wrestling Entertainment
for a long, long time.
And I know I can't trust anybody.
I've had a lot of partners in the past,
and I know that for a fact, I cannot trust anybody, but myself.
And I'm talking about Jimmy Hart, too.
And I'm also talking about The Honky Tonk Man.
If I have to fight him, I will do that.
A Royal Rumble, 30 top stars of World Wrestling Entertainment,
and the winner is going to be,
as far as I'm concerned, Greg "The Hammer" Valentine.
I don't need to bring anything in like an axe or scissors.
All I need is my two bare fists. That's how I got the name "The Hammer,"
that's how I became the legend, Greg "The Hammer" Valentine,
an individual who's only caring about himself,
and I'm going all the way to the top to be the winner!
Okay, look at my puzzle pieces.
Show how much endurance they got.
They ran 20 miles around Houston, in less than one hour.
They did a thousand push ups. And look how big they are.
Look at their arms, their chest, their size.
Anybody in the Royal Rumble, beware, especially you guys, the Demolition
because the Royal Rumble is coming in, and because what happens
if they should face each other in a match.
Let me tell you,
there will only be one winner and that winner will be me!
Mr. Fuji will be the big winner. I will take home everything.
[laughs] Me, the winner!
-[laughs] -[both growl]
It's been a long time since I've stepped over the top rope in a wrestling ring.
But in a few short minutes, you're gonna find out
whether the two years of hard lifting, the two years of hard training paid off.
While things have changed for John Studd in the World Wrestling Entertainment,
one thing is for certain, Heenan will not be in my corner.
Another thing for certain, when I step over that top rope,
I don't know who my friends are, and I don't know who my enemies are.
But I know one thing, I'm gonna give it everything I have.
And when the smoke clears
and it comes down to one man, it will be John Studd.
1989, a brand-new year, and Mr. Perfect is declaring this
the year of perfection.
And I could think of no other way to prove to the wrestling world,
all over the world, that I am Mr. Perfect.
The Royal Rumble,
30 of the World Wrestling Entertainment superstars
could all be in the ring at the same time.
And you've got tall men, and you've got short men,
and you've got perfect-sized men.
So, what I'm gonna do is tip the big men over,
throw the little men out,
and Mr. Perfect will stand and remain the number one man
in the World Wrestling Entertainment.
See, I have no friends. I'm not looking for any friends.
And when it's all said and done, Mr. Perfect is where it's at.
So, whether you like it or don't like it, it's the way it is.
Freak out, freak out, oh, yeah!
Zillions of people all around the world are gonna be watching, yeah!
And at The Summit in Houston, Texas, it's the Royal Rumble, yeah!
Thirty big time wrestlers, yeah, with reputations to match.
No partners, every man for himself, yeah.
Uh-huh.
I'm on top of the mountain, and I feel like I'm alone now, yeah.
And I'm warning each and every person that comes into the squared circle,
that I am the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion, yeah.
And I'm used to being number one, and Macho Madness will be felt
in The Summit in Houston, Texas, and all around the world.
Zillions of people will witness, yeah.
And the people that come into the ring will feel the pain, yeah.
They'll feel the intensity of the "Macho Man" Randy Savage
because I didn't become the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion
by, yeah, letting big time things slide by.
I'm the champion now.
And I'm gonna be the Champion of the Royal Rumble.
Oh, yeah!
[Gorilla] Yes, indeed, everyone knowing how important it is
to have that feather in your cap to be the winner of the Royal Rumble.
Yet, at the same note, everyone knowing how difficult it will be to survive
-inside that 30 men over the top. -[Jesse] That's right.
The Royal Rumble, the preliminaries are over.
Now, it's time for the main event, Gorilla.
I would like to-- Do you have any insight as to who got the luck of the draw?
No, I certainly don't. I didn't wanna know who got the luck of the draw.
I'm waiting as well as you.
That plays such an important part in this match that it's gonna be
unreal to find out who got those big, high numbers.
Right now, let's go to Mean Gene,
who's with the Million Dollar Man, Ted DiBiase in this last-minute interview.
All right, Virgil, along with the Million Dollar Man
and you've got a smile on your face of sorts.
You got to be happy about something, Ted DiBiase.
[laughs] Just a few minutes away from the Royal Rumble.
Thirty of the top stars in the World Wrestling Entertainment
and topping off that list, the top star in all of the wrestling world today,
yours truly, the Million Dollar Man.
And when you're as wealthy as I am, Okerlund,
-you can be as lucky as you wanna be-- -Wait a minute.
On the subject of luck, what was going on between you
and the Doctor of Style, Slick?
-Was there some business transaction? -[chuckles]
What are you insinuating, little man?
I wouldn't question your integrity. You know me better than that.
Well, like I said, placement at this event is by luck of the draw.
And like I said before, when you've got my kind of money,
you can be as lucky as you want.
Well, joining me now, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan
members of the Heenan Family.
And Mr. Heenan, I'm sure you're well aware,
only one man wins the Royal Rumble.
We'll, I'm not sure how the other managers prepare their men.
But believe me, the Heenan Family is ready.
We know what we're up against and we're ready for anything.
-You can bet on that. -Okay.
Also, the Brain Busters involved, Tully Blanchard.
You know, it's just an honor to be in the Royal Rumble,
to be one of the finest 30 in all of professional wrestling.
But, you know, I think we're standing here with the winner.
Okay, and Arn Anderson.
Sean Mooney, if you wanna win the Rumble, you gotta be a loner,
you got to go right for the jugular.
All people, 30 men, just 30 numbers, that's the way we're gonna view 'em.
-Thirty men, 30 numbers. -Okay.
And many, many believe the odds-on favorite André the Giant.
I don't know what time I'll be coming to the ring,
but I'm gonna tell you one thing, I know when I'm going out the ring.
I will be the last one. I never lost a match so far.
And I come here again to win.
And neither of you guys know better than stopping in front of me
because you guys are going out just like everybody else.
And I will stay in the middle.
There you have it from the Heenan Family. Let's go back to the Gene Okerlund.
All right, Hulk Hogan, in visiting you over the past week,
you are hungry but what if in the Royal Rumble,
the Big Boss Man should track you down?
Well, you know, Mean Gene, I'm worried about a lot of things, man,
in the Royal Rumble. You know, yeah, the Boss Man's one.
But first off, me and all of my Hulkamaniacs,
we're looking at the Royal Rumble as the resurrection of Hulkamania, man.
Oh, yeah, Hulkamania lives. Oh, yeah, Hulkamania is running wild
and you better believe the Hulkster rules, brother.
But if somebody like the Big Boss Man gets in my way,
I'm gonna give him a lifelong sentence of Hulkamania.
Even if his partner, the bad Akeem gets in my way,
I'll press him over my head and throw him out of the ring.
We got the Heenan Family.
We got seven foot four, 565 pounds, André the Giant.
But I got a lot of things going for me, Mean Gene.
I got the three commandments for a foundation.
The training, the prayers, the vitamins, brother.
And with all my little Hulksters watching my back,
I don't care if it's dog eat dog in there.
I don't care if it's every man for himself because the deck is stacked in my favor.
And with all my little Hulksters watching my back,
I predict victory for Hulkamania.
All right, at the risk of sounding negative, Hulk Hogan,
what if you and your mega power partner the "Macho Man" Randy Savage,
in this competition where there are no partners,
what if the two of you happen to collide?
Well, you know, I thought about every given situation, Mean Gene.
I thought about what would happen if this happens
and what would happen if that happens.
But if the Macho Man, the WWE Champion, happens to end up in the ring with me,
the Hulkster, brother, I kind of feel sorry for him, Mean Gene.
Oh, he's a friend, yeah. Yes, I love him like a brother
and we're both guided by the same manager.
But when it comes down to who rules in the WWE,
who is the real champion,
I guess, if it comes down to me and the Macho Man,
he's gonna find out real quick that the Hulkster has never been beaten.
I've got the largest arms in the world. And yes, Macho Man,
I am still called the champ by all my Hulkamaniacs.
What are they gonna do
when the largest arms in the world rumble on through?
Oh, what more can you say? Gorilla Monsoon, let's go back to you.
[Gorilla] The Hulkster indeed is ready, Jesse.
No question in my mind, he's fired up.
[Jesse] Everybody is ready, Gorilla. Not just him.
[Gorilla] We're live here in The Summit in Houston, Texas
and indeed it is time for the Royal Rumble.
-Everything on the line. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] So, let's go up to our ring announcer Howard Finkel.
-[bell ringing] -[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen,
it is now time for the Royal Rumble.
[crowd cheering]
[Howard] Let me briefly explain the rules.
Earlier, all 30 participants drew a number at random
to determine when they would enter.
In a moment, numbers one and two will enter.
And every two minutes thereafter, another wrestler enters the rumble
according to the number they pulled.
A reminder, it is every man for himself.
A wrestler can be eliminated at any time during the rumble
by being thrown out of the ring over the top rope and onto the floor.
The one wrestler remaining in the ring after all 30 have entered,
will be the winner.
And now, introducing the man who pulled earlier number one.
[Howard] Co-holder of the World Wrestling Entertainment
Tag Team Championship, from Demolition…
-[Gorilla] It's Ax. Ax got number one. -…Ax.
[Jesse] Well, I'll tell you what, if anybody got number one
who could survive the 30 numbers,
this guy might be the one that could do it, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] Boy, you can say that again.
Co-holder of the World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Championship.
Tough guys.
This guy is high on my list of tough guys.
[Jesse] It will be interesting who will be number two.
[Howard] And now, the man who pulled number two at random,
from parts unknown, the co-holder…
-[Gorilla] I can't believe it! -…of the World Wrestling Entertainment
Tag Team Championship, from Demolition, Smash.
[Gorilla] I don't believe it.
[Jesse] The World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Champions
are gonna go at each other, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] They're gonna have to. This is every man for himself.
-[Jesse] Oh, look at them. -[bell ringing]
[Gorilla] And they are going at each other.
[crowd cheering]
[Jesse] It's amazing thing what will happen,
what money will do to anything.
[Gorilla] I'll tell you what, the winner of this,
the prestige is so that it is partner against partner,
perhaps brother against brother, Jesse.
[Jesse] Look at what an equal match off this is.
[Gorilla] Slugging away.
[Jesse] It's just hard to fathom this, Monsoon,
watching Ax and Smash working each other over.
[Gorilla] Ax into the turnbuckle. Look out.
Whoa. He nailed his partner and nailed him good.
And these two guys are gonna be at each other's throat
for the next what, minute and a half?
-Probably half a minute already gone by. -[Jesse] Sure.
[Gorilla] It'd be interesting to see.
I don't like whoever number three's chances are, Jesse.
[Jesse] I don't either because if these two guys survive,
if they don't eliminate each other,
you can bet they're gonna turn their hostilities
on whoever number three is to come out the chute.
[Gorilla] Smash with a slam on partner Ax.
[Jesse] You know, it's so exciting, Gorilla,
'cause you have no idea who's coming next.
[Gorilla] No, but I think that the Million Dollar Man spread
some money around, Jess.
It wouldn't surprise me.
[Jess] Well, you can-- I'm going to the bank with this,
I'll bet he didn't buy number three.
-[Gorilla] Oh, that's for sure. -[Jesse chuckles]
[Ax groans]
[Gorilla] Two referees on the outside of the ring to make sure
when a man is eliminated over that top rope
and reaches the concrete floor, then he's out of there.
[Jesse] You know, you wonder
if any hostilities could come out of this, Gorilla.
I mean, these two guys are the champions, the Tag Team Champions.
Maybe they'll be so hostile with each other when this is over
that there could be a falling out between them.
[Gorilla] It's a possibility.
It's a possibility.
Boy, they're doing a number on each other, too.
-Oh, look at that. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Oh, he's not out of there.
He went over the top, but his feet didn't go down to the floor, Jess.
So, he's allowed to come back in.
[Jesse] Well, the one thing I'll give to Ax and Smash,
they're not holding anything back on each other.
[Gorilla] Absolutely not.
-[grunts] -[Gorilla] Smash now got him set up there.
Instead of pounding away, he might-- Oh, look at this.
One second left until number three comes in.
[crowd cheering]
[Jesse] Look at the fans, looking for number three.
[Gorilla] Number three is on the way and we can't see who it is yet.
-Oh, look, it's André. -[Jesse] Whoa.
[Gorilla] André pulled number three.
It doesn't look like he's in a big hurry to get there either.
[Jesse] Well, you know,
being the number three is not a good position.
There's what, 27 more guys to come.
[Gorilla] Bobby "The Brain" Heenan leading the way down for him
and once Heenan gets there, he's gotta turn around and go back.
No managers allowed at ringside in this one.
Look at Ax and Smash. Now, look at this. Double clothesline!
-And the big guy is down. -[Jesse] Whoa.
Demolition has dropped the Giant.
Now, they can be Tag Team partners in there.
[Gorilla] I told you, I didn't like the chances of number three.
Ax and Smash unloading now on the big guy.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Oh, they're not gonna get him over the top that way, Jess.
[Jesse] Well, you know, André the Giant is the size of two men,
but I don't know if even he can stand up to Demolition, two against one.
[Gorilla] Well, André the Giant over the years has won,
what, more Battle Royals than anyone in the history of professional wrestling?
[Jesse] Yeah, I think he's up by me by one or two.
[Gorilla] Sorry, I didn't mention that fact.
[Jesse] I think he leads me by one or two.
[Gorilla] André being pummeled here and still he manages to get on his feet.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] And that's what Ax and Smash are waiting for.
So, now they can get underneath him.
[Jesse] But André-- Whoa. Did he get out of trouble in a hurry.
-[crowd cheering] -[grunts]
[Jesse] Time has got to be closing in pretty quick on number four here, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] It'd be interesting to see what the luck of the draw will be
and who's number four.
Right now, André doing quite well.
We're down to seven, six, and counting till the entrance
of participant number four.
-[buzzer blaring] -[Gorilla] And-- Oh, there's the buzzer.
[Jesse] And you can see all heads turn to see who number four is.
[Gorilla] This capacity crowd-- Oh, it's Mr. Perfect.
-[Jesse] Mr. Perfect. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Look at him take his time.
[Jesse] Well, wouldn't you, Gorilla?
I don't think I'd be sprinting down there to get in on this.
[Gorilla] Who do you think he's gonna side with, Jess?
[Jesse] I got a feeling that just about everybody's gonna side
against the Giant. You got to get rid of the Giant.
[Gorilla] I wish I knew what Jake "The Snake's" number was.
[Jesse] Whoa, Mr. Perfect is going after everybody.
[Gorilla] Well, that's the way it's supposed to be. No friends.
Everybody out for themselves.
We're gonna see just how-- Whoa, look out.
[Jesse] There goes Smash. Smash has been eliminated.
That leaves Ax and Mr. Perfect to work on André the Giant.
[Gorilla] Just like that, Smash went over that top rope
and out of there, down to the concrete, and the referees are shooing him
back towards the locker.
[grunts]
[Gorilla] And now, André's down once again
as Mr. Perfect has sort of joined forces with Ax.
[Jesse] Well, you'd have to, you know.
André the Giant is the size of three people.
[Gorilla] Well, as long as André's down on the canvas,
you don't have to worry too much about getting him out of there.
[Jesse] Now, Ax goes after Mr. Perfect, that's a mistake, I think.
-[grunts] -[Gorilla] Mr-- Oh, wow!
Face first right into that turnbuckle.
And now Ax goes-- Oh, look at André with those big ham hocks,
-right around the throat of Ax. -[grunts]
[Gorilla] André with a headbutt. Whoa, he almost went out.
[Jesse] Perfect caught the rope, we're down to eight seconds.
[Gorilla] We're under ten seconds now.
-[Jesse] We're getting number five. -[crowd counting]
[Gorilla] You can hear the countdown from this capacity crowd.
[buzzer blaring]
[Gorilla] Who will it be?
I don't see anybody yet, Jess.
-Oh, look at Ronnie Garvin. -[Jesse] Look at Ronnie Garvin.
[Gorilla] I'll tell you what-- Oh, look at this, look at Ronnie.
Now, it's three guys going to work on André.
[crowd cheering]
[Jesse] Well, that's what they got to do, they got to try to eliminate the Giant.
[Gorilla] Never gonna get him up over the top
with his arms hooked in like that, Jess.
[Jesse] It's still a good position to have him in, though,
his arms tied up, he can't do much with them.
[Gorilla] Yeah, but he still got those big size 21s.
Look at Mr. Perfect go flying there.
[Jesse] He flew perfectly, didn't he?
[Gorilla] Yeah, he flew perfectly is right.
Ax now has turned his attention to Mr. Perfect.
In the meantime, "Rugged" Ronnie--
Ronnie turned one of André's arms loose and paid for it.
[Jesse] You know, this is an amazing style of match, Gorilla,
in my career and I know yours,
I was never involved in any match like this.
[Gorilla] Neither was I, and I'm kind of glad I wasn't.
[Jesse] Me, too.
Although, I'd have probably won it, you know.
[Gorilla] We should be looking for number six here very shortly.
With anticipation and wonderment of who-- Look at this.
Sitting right on Ax, right on his chest,
he still is able to knock down Mr. Perfect and "Rugged" Ronnie.
And André's literally cleaning house in there now.
Three against one,
that about evens up in the weight department.
Look at the enormous size.
Look at the difference in size between he and "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin.
We should be getting another wrestler momentarily here.
[Jesse] The one thing these three guys are doing,
they're taking a lot of starch out on the Giant.
[Gorilla] Oh, we're down now to five seconds again.
-[crowd] …three, two, one. -[buzzer blaring]
[Gorilla] Who will it be? There goes the buzzer.
André, still three against one here. Oh, it's the Hammer.
[Jesse] Greg "the Hammer" Valentine.
[Gorilla] Being led down by the Colonel.
[Jesse] This will be interesting whether Valentine sides with the Giant
or goes with Ax, Hennig, and Garvin.
[Gorilla] Oh, didn't take long to figure that one out.
Now, it's four against one.
[Jesse] Well, I don't even think André the Giant's gonna stand up
for this, Gorilla, what do you think?
[Gorilla] Pretty tough, you got four full-pledged heavyweights inside there.
And look at André, he's reaching down for something extra,
trying to survive this onslaught.
Look out, it's one against one right now.
-[grunts] -[Gorilla] Hip lock and Garvin is gone.
[Jesse] André the Giant eliminated "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin.
[Gorilla] Just like that.
Mr. Perfect with a slam on Ax who's got to be--
His tank has got to be running low.
[Jesse] It's got to be getting down there, I mean, he was the first man.
He had the undesirable position of number one.
[groans]
[Gorilla] André now with the choke on the Hammer.
[Ax grunts]
[Gorilla] As Mr. Perfect is all tangled up with Ax.
[Jesse] And André doing a number on Greg "the Hammer" Valentine.
-Literally choking Valentine down and out. -[Gorilla] What a clothesline by Ax,
and now he's right back to work on André again.
[groans]
[Gorilla] Everything's legal here, you can do anything you like.
[Jesse] All the referees do is stand outside the ring and…
tell you who's been eliminated.
-[Gorilla] Boy, am I glad I retired. -[grunts]
[Gorilla] We're under ten seconds to number seven,
-as this capacity crowd counts it down. -[crowd chanting] …three, two, one.
-[buzzer blaring] -[Gorilla] There's the buzzer.
-Who will it be? It's Jake "The Snake." -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] And he went right after André.
What a feud between these two guys.
[Jesse] Well, The Snake better move. He better do some hit and run
instead of going right after André the Giant
and trying to match strength with him.
[Gorilla] Well, he got caught as soon as he hit the ring, Jess,
he got clobbered.
He had good intentions but…
[grunts]
[Jesse] Look at Valentine trying to hammer on the Giant…
-[Gorilla] The Hammer… -…having little or no effect on him.
…with a running start.
I don't believe Mr. Perfect's big enough to get him up and over there.
Didn't have enough body weight to get Ax out of there.
In the meantime, The Snake is getting choked out.
Oh!
That size 21 right in the throat.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] The action is hot and furious inside the ring,
we'll be looking for number eight here in just a moment,
as André stepping right on the guts of Jake "The Snake" Roberts.
[Jesse] Well, you know, André waited right back then for Jake "The Snake"
and he didn't give The Snake even a chance to breathe.
[Gorilla] Absolutely not, and he's not concerned with anybody
except Jake "The Snake" Roberts.
-And Jake-- -[Jesse] Well, can you blame André
after the things Jake has done to him?
-[Gorilla] What did he do to him, Jess? -[Jesse] What did he do to him?
[Gorilla] Just because he gave the guy a partial heart attack?
I can't help it, and neither can he if the guy is deathly afraid of snakes.
We're under ten seconds to number eight.
[crowd chanting] …five, four, three, two, one.
-[buzzer blaring] -[Gorilla] Who will it be?
-[Jesse] It's "The Outlaw" Ron Bass. -[Gorilla] Oh, it's baldy.
-[Jesse] Baldy? -[Gorilla] Well, that's courtesy
of Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake.
Who's he going after? Mr. Perfect.
And there goes Jake, he's out of there.
[Jesse] And that was a quick night for Jake "The Snake" Roberts.
[Gorilla] He didn't stand a chance.
[Jesse] Came in at number seven and was eliminated by number eight.
[Gorilla] He didn't stand a chance, he got clobbered early on,
referees getting him out of there.
And André now going to work on the Hammer.
[Jesse] You know what's remarkable is Ax is still in the ring.
[Gorilla] Still in there, can't believe it.
[Jesse] He was number one,
and he's on his way all the way to number eight now.
[Gorilla] Oh, Ax put his head down and paid for it.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] The Hammer's getting clobbered by the big guy.
[grunts]
[Gorilla] How much damage do you honestly think
Mr. Perfect can do to André, Jesse?
-[Jesse] I don't know. -[Gorilla] Not a whole lot.
Even the Hammer with a run across the ring
doesn't daunt the spirits of André the Giant.
Look, he's piling him up in a corner.
[Jesse] Yup, he's got Valentine and Mr. Perfect in the corner.
Now, André's giving him a little version of Giant football style.
[wrestlers grunt]
[grunts]
[Gorilla] We're gonna be looking for number nine here,
whomever that may be,
very shortly.
Now would be a good time for André to get rid of somebody else.
He's working on the Hammer.
And I can't believe it.
I can't believe it, Jesse, Ax is still there.
We're under ten seconds to number nine.
-[crowd chanting] …five, four, three… -[Jesse] There's the countdown.
…two, one.
-[buzzer blaring] -[Gorilla] Who will it be?
-Oh, it's Shawn Michaels. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] One half of The Rockers.
[Jesse] Yeah, but that's all he is, is one half.
[Gorilla] But he's a fresh body in there, Jess,
that makes a big difference.
Look at him going to work on The Outlaw.
Hammer's in a whole lot of trouble.
-André-- Oh, look out. -[Jesse] Whoa.
-Proved you wrong, Gorilla. -[Gorilla] Well…
[Jesse] Mr. Perfect has eliminated Ax.
[Gorilla] He certainly did but I think Ax--
[Jesse] You said it couldn't be done by him.
[Gorilla] Well, I think maybe, perhaps Ax was out of gas, Jesse.
-[grunts] -[Jesse] Whoa.
Michaels almost to the floor. Hooked that top rope.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Mr. Perfect getting clobbered right now.
Dropkick and he's over, but he didn't go out.
That athletic ability saved him.
[Jesse] That's right, that's the key if you get tossed over that top rope,
if you can get your hands around it and swing yourself back in.
You're not eliminated until both feet touch that floor.
[Gorilla] Well, we're rapidly approaching the one-third mark, Jess,
as number ten will be making their-- his appearance very shortly,
whomever it might be.
[Jesse] How do you know? It could be Sensational Sherri.
[Gorilla] No, she's not in this, Jess, no.
[grunts]
[Gorilla] She's smart enough to stay out of this one.
[wrestlers grunt]
[Gorilla] Look at the Hammer pulling his neck there. Wow.
-[grunts] -[Gorilla] Wide open right on the kisser.
André's got The Outlaw trapped in a corner now.
Doing a number on-- Look at the Hammer,
a little reluctant about stepping in there.
[Jesse] Hey, that's using your head in there.
If I was in there, I'd get over to a neutral corner
and let everybody else beat each other up.
[Gorilla] I got a feeling if you were in there,
-you'd be out of there. -[crowd counting]
-[Gorilla] Why do I have that feeling? -[Jesse] I don't know.
-[Gorilla] Maybe I'm wrong. -[Jesse] Here we go, Gorilla.
[buzzer blaring]
[Gorilla] Number ten about to make his appearance.
Oh, it's one of The Bushwhackers, it's Butch.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] This place is going bananas here, they've got to their feet for Butch.
[crowd cheering]
-[Gorilla] What's this? -[Jesse] Wait a minute.
[Gorilla] Jake "The Snake" back, he can't come back.
He's got Damien with him.
Look at André, André just eliminated himself.
[crowd cheering]
[Jesse] Now, that is grossly unfair, Gorilla Monsoon.
Jake "The Snake" Roberts was eliminated,
he had no right to appear back at ringside,
and now he's caused the Giant to eliminate himself.
[Gorilla] Oh, maybe we'll get some kind of a clarification on this,
but the referees are inside the ring, they got Jake out of there,
but André just eliminated himself.
[Jesse] No, Damien did it.
[Gorilla] But I didn't see Damien touch André.
[Jesse] He don't have to touch him.
[Gorilla] André bailed out of there in a hurry
which proves only one thing, Jess, he's still deathly afraid of snakes.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Well, that sort of narrows things down.
[Jesse] Well, there went one of the major, major favorites
of this event, André the Giant.
Like I said, I still feel that was grossly unfair, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] Absolutely, one of the odds-on favorites, André the Giant
was picked to perhaps be the winner here in this Royal Rumble.
Oh, look out.
What a dangerous match,
all those arms and legs flying around in there.
I'll tell you, you could get maimed in there, Jess.
It wouldn't take too much.
Rapidly approaching the time, we're under ten seconds,
number 11 will be making his appearance…
-[crowd chanting] …four, three, two, one. -…as this capacity crowd counts it down.
-[buzzer blaring] -[Gorilla] Who will it be?
The Honky Tonk Man.
[Jesse] And listen to the crowd respond, all these fans.
[Gorilla] Yeah, they hate him with a passion.
[crowd jeering]
[Gorilla] Colonel leading the way down, now he's out of there.
And Honky going to work on the Bushwhacker Butch.
Every man for himself.
It truly is that kind of an event.
Look at Mr. Perfect unloading on The Honky Tonk Man.
Whoever thought that we'd see that, Jesse?
[Jesse] Well, like you said it, Gorilla, it's every man for himself.
There are no partners in the Royal Rumble.
[Gorilla] The Hammer is suspended up there in midair.
As we're seeing things that normally you would never see.
Shawn Michaels, for all intents and purposes, by himself in there, Jess.
But were it not for every man for-- Oh, look at that.
What a shot those took.
[Jesse] And Michaels is in trouble now.
[Gorilla] He certainly is, they got him lined up.
-[Jesse] Honky Tonk and Valentine. -[Gorilla] He's halfway over there.
[wrestlers grunt]
[Gorilla] However, someone will be coming down very shortly.
Perhaps someone who could help a guy like Michaels, perhaps not.
Perhaps someone who could only make it worse.
Honky Tonk Man about to be slammed.
No, he's gonna get out of there.
Look at him hold on to that top rope.
-[Jesse] We're down to ten-- Eight. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Mr. Perfect almost got Honky out of there.
-[buzzer blaring] -[Gorilla] And here comes number 12.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jesse] Chico Santana.
[Gorilla] Tito Santana at a full gallop.
Right after Mr. Perfect.
This place is thunderous, Jess. I can't hear myself.
[Jesse] Well, I'll tell you something, Gorilla.
This is an exciting match.
Tremendously exciting because you just don't know
who's coming down that runway next.
[Gorilla] You can't even anticipate it.
Honky is about to be out of there.
-Bushwhacker trying to eliminate him. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] And we're about to get the appearance of number lucky 13, Jess.
-[Jesse] Lucky 13 or maybe unlucky 13. -[Gorilla] Well…
If I got 13, I wouldn't be too upset about it.
That's almost halfway there. What a backdrop.
-[Jesse] I'd prefer 30 myself. -[Gorilla] Oh, I'm sure you would.
It'd be interesting to see who has number 30.
Santana three-quarters of the way out of there.
[Jesse] Whoa, a beautiful double suplex in there.
[Gorilla] Tito manages to hook that top rope and stay alive.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Talk about confrontation, you're looking at one-- Oh, look at this.
Tito Santana and the Hammer
as Shawn Michaels, upside down with no place to go but home.
[Shawn grunts]
[Gorilla] It can't be too many seconds away from number 13.
-[Jesse] He got it. -[Gorilla] Oh, I thought he was a goner.
-I thought Michaels was out of there. -[crowd chanting] Ten, night, eight…
[Gorilla] Ten seconds and counting. This capacity crowd will tell you when.
-[crowd chanting] …three, two, one. -[buzzer blaring]
[Gorilla] Who's it gonna be?
-Ooh. -[Jesse] Ooh. Bad News.
And this fist to me is custom-made for Bad News Brown.
[Gorilla] This is Bad News.
[Jesse] This is a normal Saturday night for him,
-probably -[Gorilla] Sure.
Bad News going after anybody and everybody.
[Jesse] Because you know he has no friends.
[Gorilla] Oh, absolutely not.
-[wrestlers grunt] -[Gorilla] He couldn't team up with any--
-[Jesse] Whoa! -[Gorilla] Whoa! Honky is out of there.
-[crowd cheering] -[Gorilla] Honky is gone.
[Jesse] And look at how upset the fans are that Honky is leaving.
[Gorilla] Santana continues to go to work on the Hammer.
And, whoa, headbutt after headbutt in the corner by Bad News
on "The Outlaw" Ron Bass.
-[wrestlers grunt] -[crowd jeering]
[Gorilla] There's so much action going on, it's hard to keep up with it.
Bad News got trapped now.
Oh, he got out of there in a hurry.
Tito getting double teamed by the Hammer and The Outlaw.
[Jesse] Bad News Brown going after Shawn Michaels.
[Gorilla] Well, we'll be looking for number 14 very shortly.
Look at this, Shawn Michaels going all the way up to the top.
-What a dangerous move this is. -[crowd cheering]
-[wrestlers grunt] -[Jesse] Oh, he got them both.
-[Gorilla] He nailed them both. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] What a move by Shawn Michaels, one half of The Rockers.
[groans]
[Gorilla] But look out, the Hammer caught him from behind.
Atomic drop and whoa.
-Just manages to stay in there. -[crowd chanting] …three, two, one!
-[buzzer blaring] -[crowd cheering]
-[Jesse] It's Marty Jannetty. -[Gorilla] Sure is.
The other half of The Rockers.
-And Marty goes right to work. Whoa! -[Jesse] No, he isn't.
-Bass went right to work on him. -[Gorilla] Ron Bass turned that around
-in a hurry. -[wrestlers scream]
[Gorilla] It's mayhem inside that circle.
Shawn Michaels come to the rescue of his partner.
The Big Outlaw in for the ride.
[Jesse] They dropped him with a double elbow.
-Ooh, double dropkick! -[Gorilla] Double dropkick.
-He's out of there! -[crowd cheering]
[Jesse] And "The Outlaw" Ron Bass has been eliminated.
And now The Rockers should have quite an advantage in there
because I'm certain they're not gonna turn on each other
unless they're the only two left in there.
[Gorilla] Well, it could happen, Jess. You don't know.
Mr. Perfect and the Hammer get their heads rammed together.
In the meantime, the Bushwhacker is in trouble in the corner.
And Tito is limping around.
[Jesse] You know, Gorilla, the next man that comes out is 15, halfway there.
-Whoa! -[Gorilla] Santana with a flying forearm,
-and the Hammer is down! -[crowd cheering]
[Jesse] Did Chico ever catch the Hammer with that one?
[Gorilla] Won't take much to get him over that top rope now.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] And the Bushwhacker comes over to give Santana a hand.
[Jesse] Valentine hanging on. Oh! He managed to roll back inside.
[Gorilla] Stuck a finger right in the eye of Santana.
[Jesse] Well, that'll stop just about anybody.
-[crowd chanting] …four, three, two, one. -[Gorilla] We're down to two seconds
-for the next entry. -[buzzer blaring]
-[Gorilla] Oh, it's the Macho Man. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Undisputed World Wrestling Entertainment champion.
[Jesse] He didn't even take his sunglasses off.
[Gorilla] And he went right after Bad News.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Unloading in a hurry.
This place has erupted.
They're on their feet.
-[crowd cheering] -[Bad News grunts]
-[Jesse] Macho man. -[Gorilla] It's deafening.
[Jesse] Macho man, the World Wrestling Entertainment champion.
[Gorilla] He got clobbered by the Hammer from behind.
[wrestlers grunt]
[Gorilla] Every man for himself indeed in this spectacular Royal Rumble.
[wrestlers grunt]
[Jesse] You know, Mr. Perfect has lasted a long time.
-[Gorilla] Certainly has. -[Jesse] He was number four.
[Gorilla] In trouble, Bad News with those legs up in the air.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Macho Man in trouble but he got out of there.
There's a dangerous move right there, Jesse.
-Stepping on that second turnbuckle. -[Jesse] Positively.
[Gorilla] Boy, there are ripe pickings.
[Jesse] All somebody would have to do is amend you the other direction
-and you're out of there. -[Gorilla] You're out for sure.
Elbow right between the eyes of Mr. Perfect.
[wrestlers grunt]
[Gorilla] Bushwhacker still in there, Jess.
[Jesse] Well, I think-- I think Mr. Perfect
has lasted the longest so far, hasn't he?
-[Gorilla] I think so, yes. -[Jesse] He was number four.
[Gorilla] He was the earliest guy in there that's still on in there.
[Jesse] Right.
[crowd chanting] Six, five, four, three, two, one.
[Gorilla] Capacity crowd counting down the clock once again.
-[buzzer blaring] -[Gorilla] Who will it be?
-[crowd jeering] -[Jesse] Ooh.
It's Arn Anderson of the Brain Busters.
-[Gorilla] Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. -[Jesse] And Valentine is gone.
[Gorilla] He's out of there. The Hammer's gone.
[Jesse] "Macho Man" Randy Savage eliminated Greg "the Hammer" Valentine.
And there goes Macho Man and Bad News at it again.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] The action is so fast and furious in this Royal Rumble.
It's literally impossible to describe it all to you.
[Jesse] Whoa! And Macho Man-- Look at this. Look at this.
Arn Anderson and the Macho Man double teaming and eliminating…
[Gorilla] He's gone.
-[Jesse] …Shawn Michaels. -[Gorilla] Just like that. Whoa!
Marty Jannetty off that turnbuckle right in the kisser of Arn Anderson.
-These youngsters on fire. -[Jesse] But he lost his partner.
[Gorilla] There are no partners in this match, Jess.
[Jesse] Well, that's what it says, Gorilla,
but you know better than that and so do I.
[Gorilla] Once again, Savage with his hands on Bad News,
-a lot of scores to be settled there. -[screams]
[yells]
[Gorilla] He's got half of him out of there.
[grunts]
-[Gorilla] Oh, look at that. -[Jesse] Macho Man and Bad News Brown
and you know there's no love lost between those two.
[Gorilla] Well, look at where Marty Jannetty was only moments ago,
-perched up there very close. -[Jesse] And you know why, Gorilla?
'Cause Bad News saw Elizabeth for what she is.
[Gorilla] Oh, will you stop?
-Look at this from the outside. -[Jesse] Whoa.
[Gorilla] He got caught right in the middle of it.
Arn Anderson clotheslined himself on the top turnbuckle.
[Jesse] And I think Arn's gonna be singing soprano.
[Gorilla] Wow, Bad News came over and saved him or he was history.
-[crowd chanting] …three, two, one. -[buzzer blaring]
[Gorilla] We're about to get another participant.
-Oh, Tully Blanchard. -[Jesse] Tully Blanchard.
Now, you got the Brain Busters, a tag team, in there together.
[Gorilla] Let's see who Tully goes-- Whoa.
Right after Marty Jannetty immediately.
[Jesse] Right after a Bushwhacker.
[Gorilla] Oh, look at this.
-[wrestlers grunt] -[Gorilla] Tito Santana.
[Jesse] Oh, he was almost gone.
[Gorilla] Tito from the backside catching one from Arn Anderson
and once again, the "Macho Man" Randy Savage
paired off in the corner with Bad News.
[both grunt]
[Gorilla] Well, Bad News would like nothing better than the riddance
of that particular individual, the Macho Man.
[Jesse] Certainly, if he did that, it would probably get him
right what he wants, a championship shot.
[Gorilla] Yup.
[wrestlers grunt]
[Gorilla] Tito Santana came over, gave a little assistance to the Macho Man.
-[wrestlers grunt] -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] It's mayhem here in The Summit.
-Oh, look at that move by Arn Anderson. -[Jesse] Ooh!
And look at that right there,
you got the classic double teaming of the tag team.
[Gorilla] Yeah, here's the double team on the part of the Brain Busters.
And The Bushwhackers still in there.
Look out.
[Marty groans]
[Gorilla] Marty Jannetty just hanging in there for how long?
Only time will tell.
If somebody doesn't come to his rescue, he's gone.
[Jesse] Look at Tully Blanchard going underneath.
[Gorilla] Three-quarters and Anderson to pull that head down.
[Jesse] They got him going. He's hooked by his feet.
-[Gorilla] He's holding on by his toes. -[crowd chanting] …three, two, one!
-[Jesse] He's gone. -[Gorilla] He's gone.
[buzzer blaring]
-[Gorilla] He's out. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Oh, it's The Hulkster!
[Jesse] Hulk Hogan, number 18.
[Gorilla] The Hulkster comes in, and he comes in swinging.
[Jesse] And Hulk had arrived just in time
-to save Macho Man. -[Gorilla] Look out!
-[crowd cheering] -[Gorilla] Oh, Mr. Perfect is gone!
[Jesse] Hogan eliminated Mr. Perfect.
You know, Hulk Hogan saved
-Randy "Macho Man" Savage. -[Gorilla] He certainly did.
He went over there,
-otherwise Savage is gone. -[Jesse] Mr. Perfect had him--
[Jesse] Perfect had him halfway out of the ring.
[Gorilla] Now, The Hulkster doing a number on Bad News.
Well, after all, they're The Mega Powers, Jess.
Look at Bad News hanging on for dear life.
[Jesse] Whoa.
-Did Tito Santana get eliminated? -[Gorilla] It certainly appears that way.
-He's out of there. -[Jesse] Yes.
Tito Santana eliminated.
[wrestlers grunt]
[Gorilla] Arn Anderson now, taking a ride from the Bushwhacker.
As the Hulk is up--
-Whoa, look at this! -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Bad News just about-- Got The Hulkster out of there.
Getting a little help from Tully Blanchard.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Oh, I don't see Savage coming to the Hulk's aid.
[Jesse] Hey, Savage is tied up with, uh, the Bushwhacker Luke…
-or no, Butch. -[Gorilla] Looks like he's just about
got him out of there too.
Oh, the Bushwhacker didn't go.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jesse] Five seconds. -[Gorilla] Hulk got out of all trouble
-all by himself. -[crowd chanting] …two, one!
[buzzer blaring]
[Gorilla] Buzzers gone again. It means somebody else is on the way.
-Oh, it's the other Bushwhacker. -[crowd cheering]
-[wrestlers grunt] -[Gorilla] It's Luke.
Now, we got both Bushwhackers.
Both Brain Busters.
[Jesse] Macho Man and Hogan, as well as Bad News.
[Gorilla] Some heavy-duty action going on.
-[Jesse] Whoa! -[Gorilla] Whoa! There goes a Bushwhacker.
[Jesse] Bad News Brown eliminated Bushwha-- Bushwhacker Butch
and, you know, what timing,
his partner just got there not 30 seconds ago.
[Gorilla] Well, Luke's in trouble too, and so is Bad News.
Hulk's got one leg, and Randy's got the other,
but, oh, he got out of that.
Boy, that looked really bad there for Bad News.
And once again, here's Bad News…
with the Macho Man,
and they're exchanging lefts and rights.
[Jesse] You know, this is exactly what it says, Gorilla, "A Rumble."
That's what it is indeed.
[Gorilla] Champ's down! Oh, look at this press…
-by The Hulkster. -[Jesse] Whoa.
[Gorilla] He tried to throw him in the sixth row, Jesse.
[Jesse] He clotheslined Tully Blanchard on that top rope.
[grunts]
[groans]
[Jesse] Oh, and Bad News is doing a number on the Champ, the Macho Man.
[Gorilla] What a clothesline he delivered…
as Luke goes to work on The Hulkster,
now gets a little help from Tully Blanchard.
Look at this, Savage wide open.
Oh! Right in the bread basket.
[crowd chanting indistinctly]
[Gorilla] And once again.
Look at the Hulk now! He's erupted once more.
With an elbow, Arn Anderson in trouble.
That big size 16
-right in the kisser. -[buzzer blaring]
-[Jesse] Oh, who's coming now? -[Gorilla] I don't know.
-[Jesse] Koko! -[Gorilla] Koko B. Ware!
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Look at Tully up on the back of the Hulk,
and look at Savage just about out of there.
[Jesse] Bad News Brown looks like he's gonna eliminate the Macho Man.
There's Tully Blanchard working over Hulk Hogan.
[Gorilla] Koko with a couple of headbutts comes to the rescue of the Macho Man.
[groans]
[Gorilla] Boy, he got him out of trouble momentarily.
Arn Anderson now with an arm ringer, wraps up The Hulk.
-Where's he going? -[Jesse] Arn's going out to the top.
[Gorilla] Look at this, right to the outside. Look out! He got caught.
-[crowd cheering] -[Gorilla] He got caught in midair!
-[Jesse] Whoa! -[Gorilla] Oh!
What a slam by the Hulk.
[Jesse] He caught Arn Anderson and that's the danger of that, Gorilla.
You go up to that top rope, you get caught, you're in trouble.
[Gorilla] Almost certain elimination under those conditions.
Oh, look at that, Brain Busters ram together.
[grunts]
[Jesse] And look at Hulk Hogan going to the eyes, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] Oh, Hulk-- Hulk gets rid of Koko.
And immediately, he's attacked by Tully Blanchard.
Arn Anderson…
and now he's got a Bushwhacker.
-And he's out of there. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Hulk is really cleaning house.
[Jesse] But Hulk Hogan's definitely eliminating some of the competition.
Brain Busters, Bad News Brown, Macho Man, and Hogan.
[Gorilla] Boy, Savage is taking a lot of punishment here…
-as has everyone else. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] And we're under ten seconds to the next participant.
Look at the Brain Busters, double teaming on The Hulkster.
[buzzer blaring]
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Oh, look, and it's The Warlord.
[Jesse] Whoa.
And Hogan caught the Brain Busters, he eliminated both of them.
-[Gorilla] And they're both out of there! -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] And Savage looks like he's on his way.
[Jesse] And there is The Warlord.
-Steps in. Whoa! -[Gorilla] Oh, and he's met with a 360,
-and he's out of there. -[Jesse] He wasn't in there two seconds,
-Gorilla. -[Gorilla] Look at this.
And The Hulkster dumped Bad News.
-But he also dumped Savage too. -[Jesse] Look at-- Uh-oh. Savage is hot.
-[shouting inaudibly] -[Jesse] Savage is blaming Hogan.
Savage is-- But I don't blame Savage. Hogan did that on purpose.
[Gorilla] Wait a minute now, Jess, The Hulkster went over
and dumped Bad News.
In the process-- Oh, here comes Elizabeth.
-[Jesse] Now, what is she doing down here? -[Gorilla] Seems to be some dissension
in the ranks here, Jess.
Look at that, stepped right between them.
If anybody can straighten this out, she certainly can.
-[crowd jeering] -[Elizabeth shouting indistinctly]
-Stop it. What's wrong with you? Come on. -I'm gonna crush you, man.
[Gorilla] Pointing fingers.
Hulk didn't do anything deliberate.
If the Macho Man had held onto the ropes, he'd still be in there.
[Jesse] Hey, I know Hogan, and Hogan will stoop to any level
if it means Hogan comes out on top.
[Gorilla] That's not true
-and you know it. -[Jesse] Oh, it certainly is.
He'd clothesline Elizabeth if it meant winning.
[Gorilla] Look at Elizabeth pulling the hand of the Champ.
Oh, Macho Man stuck it out there, he wants to shake hands.
-[crowd cheering] -[Gorilla] Oh, I love it.
Come on, Hulk, do it.
-There it is! -[crowd cheering]
-I'm sorry. -[Gorilla] Mega Powers
are still Mega Powers, Jess.
-[buzzer blaring] -[crowd cheering]
[Jesse] Who's coming now?
-I heard the buzzer. -[Gorilla] I don't know.
-What's-- Oh, it's the Big Boss Man. -[Jesse] Oh, the Big Boss Man.
[Gorilla] Savage is gonna have to get out of there.
[crowd jeering]
[crowd shouting indistinctly]
[Gorilla] Elizabeth got out of there in a hurry.
-[speaks indistinctly, spits] -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Big Boss Man has been waiting for this for a long time.
[Jesse] And this is a one-on-one confrontation
for at least two minutes.
[Gorilla] Right to the eyes immediately.
Hulkster retaliating with those big roundhouse rights
-and a clothesline. -[Jesse] Whoa.
-[crowd cheering] -[Gorilla] And the Boss Man is down.
Is the Hulk in shape? You bet your life, he is.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] You-- you can't hear yourself think in this noise.
[Jesse] Whoa, and Hogan body slamming the near 400-pound Boss Man.
[Gorilla] Payback, it hurts.
Tried to cripple, tried to eliminate The Hulkster.
-[Jesse] Oh! -[Gorilla] Big avalanche in the corner.
-[crowd cheering] -[Hogan groans]
[Gorilla] Look at this, piledriver coming up.
Oh, he nailed him with it!
[Jesse] I love it. The Boss Man is beating Hogan
in a one-on-one confrontation, Gorilla. What do you got to say about that?
[Gorilla] Yeah, but the Boss Man just got out there, Jess.
-[Jesse] So what? -[Gorilla] The Hulkster has been out there
for a half hour.
[Jesse] Oh, he has not, he got out there about five minutes ago.
[Gorilla] Oh, he did not. Look at this, turn the tables.
Slam on the big-- Oh, he spat on him, give me a break.
Big splash.
-Oh, he telegraphed that move. -[buzzer blaring]
[Jesse] Who's coming now? There's the buzzer.
[Gorilla] And the Hulk now,
-turning the tables. Oh. -[Jesse] Is Hogan in trouble now?
Akeem. You know what, something went on with DiBiase and him.
[Gorilla] No way you can get these two numbers together,
I guarantee ya. The Twin Towers…
-And the Hulk rams them together. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Oh, look at that power display!
[groans]
[Jesse] Yeah, but it's two-on-one, and it's totally legal, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] It certainly is.
[Jesse] They don't have to tag in and out,
they don't have to-- They can double team any way they want to, it's a Rumble.
[Gorilla] Hulk in a whole lot of trouble here,
headbutt by the Big Boss Man.
As they're just doing-- Having their way with The Hulkster right now.
Scoops him up…
over the top rope, but Hulk hangs on.
[Jesse] And Hogan was within inches of elimination there.
[Gorilla] Double noggin knocker!
-Hulk with a suplex! -[Jesse] And he hurt himself with that.
[Gorilla] He certainly did.
-His weight collapsed on him. -[Jesse] He not--
He not only hurt the Boss Man, he hurt himself.
[Gorilla] That right leg just gave out on him,
collapsed with that tremendous weight.
-[Jesse] Look at this. -[Gorilla] Oh, look at this sling shot.
-[groans] -[Jesse] Whoa.
-Look at this. -[Gorilla] Oh, double avalanche.
It's over a thousand pounds trapping you.
Look at this! Hulk's out.
[Jesse] Hogan eliminated.
-The Twin Towers eliminated Hulk Hogan. -[crowd jeering]
[Gorilla] These guys don't look-- Oh, look at this!
The Hulk pulled the Boss Man out.
[Jesse] And look at what a poor sport Hogan is.
Why can't he leave? He's eliminated.
[Gorilla] You saw what it went down, Jess,
only weeks ago on national television.
-[Jesse] I don't care, Monsoon. -[buzzer blaring]
[Gorilla] You know the vendetta here, somebody else is coming.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jesse] Brutus. -[Gorilla] Full speed ahead, The Barber.
Big Boss Man went underneath that bottom rope,
he should still be legally in there, Jess.
[Jesse] Yeah, he certainly is, because Hogan pulled him out.
The poor sport that Hogan is,
he was supposed to leave after he got eliminated.
I'm going back in now.
[Gorilla] The referee is trying to straighten this out.
You heard the Hulk say, "I'm going back in."
And the referee's telling him, "No way, you're out of there."
That leaves Brutus in there along with The Twin Towers.
[Jesse] And I'll tell you what, I think The Twin Towers--
-Whoa! -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Hulk still creating mayhem with the Big Boss Man.
[Jesse] Now, that's illegal.
-Hogan was eliminated. -[Gorilla] Yes, it is. Yes, it is.
-So what? -[Jesse] So what?
If they'd have done that to Hogan, Monsoon,
-you'd have been totally irate. -[Gorilla] This is a Royal Rumble,
anything and everything that possibly can will happen.
[crowd jeering]
[Gorilla] And The Hulkster with the Big Boss Man
fighting all the way back towards the locker room area.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Look at the Boss Man, he walks out of there.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jesse] Look at this. -[Gorilla] Oh, Hulk with a steel suitcase
right over the head of the Boss Man.
[Jesse] And that-- And that's what Hulkamania is all about, huh?
-[Gorilla] You heard it. -[Jesse] Going in there
and flagrantly cheating, not leaving when you're eliminated,
causing someone else to get eliminated when you got no business up there.
[Gorilla] Are you condoning what the Big Boss Man did,
what he and the Slickster did to The Hulkster?
[Jesse] That was weeks ago.
-I'm talking here and now, Monsoon. -[Gorilla] Oh, I'm sorry. Oh, I'm sorry.
We can only go back for the last couple of minutes, then.
-[Jesse] Hey. Yesterday is gone. -[Gorilla] What happened yesterday--
-[Jesse] It's today that counts. -[yells]
-[crowd chanting] …five, four, three… -[yells]
[Gorilla] They're counting us down again as we're about to get another participant.
[buzzer blaring]
[Gorilla] Bruti in a whole lot of trouble here.
-[groans] -[crowd cheering]
-[Gorilla] It's The Red Rooster. -[crowd cheering]
[groans]
[Gorilla] Red Rooster coming to the aid of Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake.
[Akeem grunts]
[Gorilla] Oh.
[Jesse] Did you see Akeem get rid of The Red Rooster quick?
-[Gorilla] Wow. -[Akeem groans]
[Gorilla] Look at Bruti, double axe handle right between the eyes,
-made the big guy step backwards. -[crowd jeering]
[Gorilla] Beefcake and the Rooster going to work on big Akeem.
[Akeem groans]
[Gorilla] Got any idea who's left, Jess, who's not out here?
[Jesse] Well, I'm not sure.
Well, we know for one, The Million Dollar Man ain't here yet.
[Gorilla] Yeah?
You know, the other half of The Powers of Pain,
-The Barbarian. -[Jesse] That's right.
-The Barbarian is not here yet. -[Gorilla] He's not out here yet.
[Gorilla] How about Hercules? We haven't seen him.
-[grunts] -[groans]
[Gorilla] Oh, how about your friend, Big John Studd?
-[Jesse] That's right, that's right. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Still to come.
[Akeem groans]
[Gorilla] Just because of that 500 pounds, that's what saved his behind right there,
-or he'd have been eliminated. -[Rooster groans]
[Gorilla] Red Rooster is getting clobbered in there.
-Beefcake… -[Jesse] Well, we should--
We should be getting real close
-to a fourth man here. -[Akeem groans]
[Jesse] It's got to be close to two minutes.
-[crowd cheering] -[Gorilla] Uh-oh.
Akeem looks like he might be looking for the Shell Answer Man.
[Jesse laughs]
[Gorilla] He might be running out of gas here.
Plus, he doesn't have his partner in there to help him.
[Jesse] Yeah, thanks to Hogan's cheating methods.
[Gorilla] You got it, you got that right.
[Jesse] Here we go.
[Gorilla] Look at this, they're gonna try to--
-I don't think they can lift him up. -[crowd chanting] …two, one!
-[buzzer blaring] -[Akeem groans]
[Gorilla] Boy, they're trying, but that's-- It's not like lifting, uh…
-The Barber. -[Jesse] Oh, The Barbarian!
[Gorilla] The Barbarian led down by Mr. Fuji.
They can-- That's an almost impossible task right there, Jess.
[Jesse] It'd be tough, Gorilla.
-[Gorilla] Maybe with The Barbarian-- -[Jesse] Oh.
[Gorilla] I thought he was gonna help out.
-[Akeem groans] -[Gorilla] Well, that was kind of stupid.
If he'd have help out, he could have got rid of Akeem.
[Jesse laughing] I got to agree with you on that one, Gorilla,
I don't understand that move at all.
[Gorilla] And tries to put him out all by himself, give me a break.
[Jesse] This definitely looks like "Every man for himself" again.
[Akeem groans]
[Gorilla] Red Rooster in there with some super heavy weights right now…
and doing quite well for himself.
-Barbarian trying to… -[groans]
[Gorilla] …hook Bruti over the top of him,
but Bruti has got a good hold
-on that top rope. -[crowd] …four, five, six, seven…
[Gorilla] One leg at a time won't do it.
[Jesse] He's going for the second one, though.
[Gorilla] Oh, he just got too much body weight.
[Jesse] Look at that. Yup, too much weight.
[groans]
[Gorilla] Rooster trying valiantly in there,
but just too much poundage for him.
In the meantime, The Barbarian really unloading on Bruti.
[grunts]
[Gorilla] The Barbarian doesn't need a haircut anyway, Jess.
[Jesse] That's true, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] Bruti perched-- Oh, big splash!
The Rooster just got the wind knocked out of him.
And look at Akeem, is he happy with himself?
[Jesse] Certainly.
[Gorilla] He knows he could eliminate the Rooster right now.
-[Jesse] Uh-oh. We're counting down again. -[crowd chanting] …six, five, four…
[Jesse] I wonder what-- What number could this be, Gorilla?
-[Gorilla] Well, I believe we're up to… -[buzzer blaring]
[Gorilla] …number 26 or seven, Jess.
-[Jesse] Somewhere in there. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Look at the Rooster-- Oh, it's Big John Studd.
One of the odds-on favorites to win it all.
[Jesse] And I'll tell you, he was in a good position.
He drew himself a good number, because he's coming out awful late.
[Gorilla] Number 27 to be precise.
He's not in a hurry to get down there either.
I don't know how the Rooster
got out of the situation he was in a minute ago, but he did.
Boy, there's so much going on, I can't keep up with it all.
[Jesse] Look at that.
Big John Studd just threw the Rooster out of the way
and went right after Akeem.
[Gorilla] Studd got one leg up.
-A lot of guys did that. -[Akeem groans]
[Jesse] Yeah, but Studd's strong enough if he can get the second leg up.
[grunts]
[Gorilla] Akeem went right to the eyes to slow the big guy down.
[Akeem groans]
[Gorilla] Boy, they're exchanging some haymakers.
-[grunts, laughs] -[Akeem groans]
[Gorilla] Big John with a big smile on his face.
Rooster is in deep trouble again.
[Jesse] Well, the Rooster is definitely in there
with some mega heavyweights.
[laughing]
[Gorilla] Wow, Brutus went over to give Big John a hand,
and Studd just got rid of him like a piece of yesterday's garbage.
If I were you Bruti, I'd go over there and help the Rooster.
[Barbarian groans]
[Gorilla] Now, he's over there.
Studd trapped in the corner. Akeem's got him.
Went down in the bread basket to do it.
[grunts]
[Gorilla] Where's Bruti, is he hanging up or down?
I can't tell-- Oh, there he is.
[Jesse] He's got The Barbarian choking him out on the ropes.
Nine, eight-- What is this, number 28 coming?
[Gorilla] Twenty-eight is about to make his appearance.
-[crowd] …two, one. -[buzzer blaring]
[crowd cheering]
-[Jesse] Hercules! -[Gorilla] It's Hercules!
Now, you're gonna get some fresh power in there.
Look at Herc go to work.
[Jesse] Well, as I've said, at the outset, Gorilla,
the luck of the draw is so important in this.
-[Gorilla] Oh, absolutely. -[Jesse] So, so important.
[Gorilla] Absolutely.
[Jesse] I mean, going back, who's been in the longest right now?
-[Gorilla] Right now? -[Jesse] The contestants we got in there.
[Gorilla] The ones that are in there right now,
the one that's been in there the longest is…
-Akeem. -[Jesse] Akeem.
-And he was what? Number 23, I believe. -[Gorilla] Yeah.
[Brutus groans]
[Jesse] Just like I said, though, the luck of a draw, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] In the meantime, Big John continues to pound away…
-[groans] -…on the 500-pounder, Akeem.
Hercules perched…
It is indeed every man for himself.
Look at Bruti, he's got that second win, that adrenalin is flowing.
-He's in a dangerous position, though. -[crowd chanting] Four, five, six,
-seven, eight, nine. -[Barbarian groans]
[groans, pants]
[Gorilla] Well, we haven't seen The Million Dollar Man yet, Jess.
-[Jesse] No. -[Gorilla] He spent a lot of money,
you can bet on that.
-[Jesse] Do you really think so, Gorilla? -[Gorilla] Absolutely.
[groans]
-[Jesse] He might have just got lucky. -[Gorilla] Oh, yeah. He got lucky.
He got lucky with the old, green bags. That's how he got lucky.
[Hercules groans]
[Gorilla] Herc jerking a couple of shots there at Big John Studd.
Studd's trying to get a bear hug, he couldn't reach around Akeem.
[Jesse] And could you imagine if John Studd can't do it?
-Five… -[Gorilla] Lucky for The Barbarian,
he fell in instead of out.
-[groans] -[buzzer blaring]
[Gorilla] Well, here comes number 29.
-I can't even thin-- It's Rick Martel. -[crowd cheering]
[Jesse] Now, I'd like to know who Rick Martel soft-soaped
to get number 29.
[Gorilla] Do you think he spread-- I doubt it.
Luck of the draw, Jess.
[Jesse] Look at that, Studd's pushing Martel away.
He wants Akeem all to himself.
[Akeem groans]
[Gorilla] Rick Martel, the Hercules, Akeem in trouble.
Big John Studd got him trapped in a corner.
The Barbarian's in trouble.
Dropkick by Rick Martel.
Rooster, he picked him up in a fireman's carry.
[Jesse] Martel trying to eliminate the Rooster.
[Gorilla] Rooster holding on.
[Jesse] Look, he's got a hold of Martel's trunk.
[groans]
[Gorilla] He's fighting it.
Look at The Barbarian, he's just about out of there.
[Jesse] And Big John Studd has got Akeem down flat…
in the corner. Look at Studd working over Akeem.
[groans]
[Gorilla] Well, Akeem a long way from being out of this
-since he's down on the canvas. -[Jesse] Martel was 29, right?
[Gorilla] Twenty-nine, yes.
[Jesse] Well, then I guess we know who 30 is.
[Gorilla] Yeah! The guy with the big bucks.
[Jesse laughing]
You don't buy that he could've drawn that number,
-Gorilla? -[Gorilla] No, I don't. Definitely.
Did you see when he made the draw, how upset he was?
You know he didn't have number 30.
[Jesse] Well, maybe he wanted to prove something,
maybe he wanted number one…
-[Gorilla] Please. -[Jesse] …so he could prove to the world.
[Gorilla] Studd said he's gonna put the big guy out.
At least, that's the pantomime that I got from him.
Well, look out, Akeem still dangerous, even when he's down on the canvas.
[Jesse] Well, I'll tell you.
The extreme punishment they've all been through
-is starting to take its toll on them. -[crowd chanting] …five, four, three, two…
[Jesse] Here we go. Let's see if we get surprised, Gorilla.
-[buzzer blaring] -[Gorilla] Oh, clothesline!
-So, what surprise? -[Jesse] Let's see.
-[Gorilla] There's only one guy left. -[crowd jeering]
[Jesse] There he is. Two guys left, Virgil too.
[Gorilla] Oh, Virgil's got to go back to the locker room.
[Jesse] Here he comes, The Million Dollar Man, Ted DiBiase.
[Gorilla] He's not exactly breaking any records to get there either.
[Gorilla] I'm surprised the Rooster's still in there.
There goes The Million Dollar Man right after Hercules.
-[Jesse] Certainly, that's his slave. -[Gorilla] Well, it's not his slave.
[Gorilla] Bobby "The Brain" Heenan sold
Herc down the river, but Herc saw the light.
Hey, he's not supposed to stay there.
Get Virgil back.
[Jesse] How do you know? Virgil might be 31.
[Gorilla] No. He's not 31, he's just--
Well, he's not really a manager, he's a bodyguard.
[Jesse] Well, that's probably why he can stay,
because the rules stipulate very precisely,
"Managers must leave."
Virgil's not a manager, like you said, Gorilla, he's a bodyguard.
[Gorilla] Well, he still doesn't belong down there.
He's a stooge is what he is, Jess.
[Jesse] Oh, Gorilla, you're just jealous 'cause you can't afford a bodyguard.
[Gorilla] I guess you're right.
-Whoa! -[Gorilla] Oh, Rooster out of there,
-right over the top and gone. -[Jesse] He's gone.
The "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase eliminating the Rooster.
[Gorilla] Million Dollar Man still working on Herc.
Well, it's easy when you're nice and fresh
when you go in there.
At least, for a few moments, it is.
Oh, Herc ducks underneath the clothesline
-and delivers one of his own. -[Jesse] Yo!
And Hercules is going to work on The Million Dollar Man.
[Gorilla] He certainly is. Whoa!
Clothesline after clothesline, he's pumped up.
Look at him beg for mercy.
[Jesse] Well, I don't think even money is gonna save
The Million Dollar Man right now.
[Gorilla] I don't think so either.
-[grunts] -[Gorilla] He's taking a shellacking.
Hey, Ref, get that guy out of there, he don't belong there.
[Jesse] I told you he's not a manager, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] Bruti comes over and takes a shot at Herc.
-[Jesse] Every man for himself. -[Gorilla] I guess so.
Barbarian just about out of there at the hands of Big John.
Well, how is he gonna eliminate him? He's got one leg between his, Jess.
How are you gonna get somebody over the top rope that way?
[Jesse] Well, that's smart on The Barbarian's part.
He probably saw that and hooked his leg in there.
'Cause he knew Studd couldn't get rid of the man.
[Gorilla] Look at Rick Martel. He's got both legs of Akeem
over the top rope…
all by himself but for naught.
-[groans] -[crowd cheering]
[groans]
[Gorilla] Sleeper on Hercules by Bruti!
Well, that won't get you over the top rope either.
-Look at this! Million Dollar Man. -[Jesse] Oh, look at this.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] And The Barbarian dumps them both.
[Jesse] Hercules and Brutus "The Barber"
eliminated together by DiBiase and The Barbarian.
We're down to five, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] Referee is right there to make sure nobody goes back in.
Whoa, what a flying tackle by The Barbarian,
right in the kisser of Rick Martel.
Look at The Million Dollar Man stalking around, picking his spot.
[Jesse] Sure, why not?
[Gorilla] Hammering away at the back of Big John Studd.
And now, it's Tito.
-[Jesse] No. Martel. -[Gorilla] No, I'm sorry. Rick Martel.
Oh, look at that!
[Jesse] Big power body slam by The Barbarian.
He's setting him up.
[Gorilla] Yeah. Tito was gone a long time ago.
[Jesse] Now, tell me this isn't a danger move in a match like this.
[Gorilla] This is a very high-risk move here.
[Jesse] And he nailed Martel,
and if you could roll Martel out of there,
-if you want to. -[Gorilla] Right in the rib damage--
You got to roll him over the top rope, Jesse.
[Jesse] I don't know. I think, if he rolled Martel under,
-he wouldn't get back in anymore. -[Gorilla] Oh, I do.
Look out. Barbarian off the ropes. Oh!
-[Jesse] Oh! -[Gorilla] Dropkick in the back!
-[crowd cheering] -[Gorilla] Barbarian's-- Oh, he's gone!
[Jesse] That'd have to be-- That's got to be
categorized a major upset.
Martel thwarting out The Barbarian, we're down to four.
[Gorilla] He kind of outsmarted himself.
[grunts]
[Gorilla] And look at Martel now, unload on DiBiase.
Big John Studd over to lend a hand, but look out.
-[grunts] -[Ted groans]
-[Gorilla] Look at Studd crushing… -[yells, groans]
[Gorilla] Oh, beautiful move by Rick Martel! Dropkick.
-Akeem's in trouble. Another dropkick. -[Jesse] Another dropkick.
-[Gorilla] He got a running start. -[Jesse] He got caught, though.
[Gorilla] A hard cross body. The guy is too big for that move.
-[Jesse] Akeem-- -[Gorilla] Martel is gone.
[Jesse] Akeem just caught him and eliminated him.
It's Akeem, The Million Dollar Man, and Big John Studd.
[Gorilla] It's all boiled down to this.
[Ted groans]
[Akeem groans]
[Gorilla] Akeem's got to be suffering, he's been in there the longest.
[Jesse] And The Million Dollar Man has got to feel pretty good.
-He's been in there the shortest. -[Gorilla] Yeah. He's more or less--
Well, they're working as a team right now, Jesse.
Double Axe handle right between the eyes of Big John Studd,
but still not enough to knock him down.
[Jesse] Yeah. But he's seeing two or three people after that one.
[Gorilla] DiBiase directing traffic in there right now, Jesse.
He's telling Akeem exactly what to do and how to do it.
-[Big John grunts] -[speaks indistinctly]
[Gorilla] Saying "Go to work on the bread basket."
Now, go upstairs. In the meantime, he's not doing anything.
[Jesse] You got to hand it to The Million Dollar Man.
He not only uses his body, Gorilla, he uses his brain in there.
[Gorilla] He's sort of orchestrating.
-[Big John groans] -Big chop.
[Gorilla] "Big chop, give another chop." Why don't you give a chop?
-Avalanche, yes! -[Jesse] Whoa!
[Gorilla] The whole ring just shifted about four inches.
[Ted speaking indistinctly]
[Gorilla] Saying, "One more time."
Oh, look at that!
-[Jesse] Whoa! -[Gorilla] Big John pulled
The Million Dollar Man right in front of him!
[Jesse] Big John Studd pr-- Oh…
[Gorilla] Oh, look at that, Akeem is gone.
[Jesse] It's Big John Studd and The Million Dollar Man.
-[crowd cheering] -[yells]
[Jesse] If I was The Million Dollar Man, I'll try to buy-off Studd right now.
[Gorilla] I don't like DiBiase's chances right now.
Wait a minute, okay.
-[Gorilla] He's saying, "Wait a minute." -[Jesse] Look at--
He's showing him the money-- Oh, Studd is not going for it.
[speaks indistinctly]
[Gorilla] DiBiase looking for some money, perhaps to bribe this--
You're not gonna bribe Big John Studd.
[Jesse] Hey, everybody has got their price, Gorilla.
-[Gorilla] Please. -[Jesse] He can throw you a 50
-to get you to go for anything. -[Gorilla] Oh, will you stop?
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] This is what it's all about!
He's suckered him in close enough to get an eye rake,
-but, oh, look at that! -[Jesse] Oh!
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Right by the throat.
-Oh! -[Jesse] Whoa!
[Gorilla] Big John Studd extremely confident right now.
[Jesse] I don't think DiBiase can hurt this guy.
[speaks indistinctly]
[Gorilla] He did well when Akeem was in there with him,
but look out now.
[Jesse] Whoa!
[Gorilla] Big John Studd just measuring The Million Dollar Man,
-scoops him up. -[Jesse] Big body slam.
[Gorilla] John's having a good time, Jess.
[Jesse] Yeah. John better not get too confident--
Double arm suplex. Look at this.
-[Gorilla] Hooked him double underneath. -[Jesse] Wow!
I've never seen Big John Studd do that before.
[Gorilla] Neither have I.
Big smile on his face.
Extremely confident, suplex…
gutwrench suplex, threw him away like a piece of garbage.
Big John Studd…
-takes him in for the ride. Whoa! -[Jesse] Hey, I'll tell you something
though, Gorilla, as bad as it looks for The Million Dollar Man right now,
don't count him out yet.
[Gorilla] Why, 'cause Virgil still out there?
[Jesse] No. Because he's darn good wrestler.
-[Gorilla] Oh, there he goes! -[Jesse] Whoa!
-[bell ringing] -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Look out! Virgil from behind!
Big John just turned around, faced him.
Didn't even acknowledge those shots he got.
-[Jesse] Virgil… is in deep trouble. -[Virgil groans]
-[Gorilla] Oh! -[Jesse] Whoa.
[Gorilla] Just like a ragdoll.
You're talking about 280 pounds of man there.
[Jesse] This is definitely a little bit of an added attraction, isn't it?
[Gorilla] Well, the Royal Rumble is over, John Studd is the winner.
He's just having-- This is some cream on the cake, Jess.
[Jesse] Well, I got to admit, Virgil kind of brought it on himself.
But you got to respect Virgil. He's a paid bodyguard,
-and he came in and tried to do his job. -[Gorilla] There goes the 31st man.
[Howard] Here is your winner of the Royal Rumble,
-Big John Studd! -[crowd cheering]
-["Studd Theme" playing] -[Gorilla] Big John Studd,
the winner of the Royal Rumble and in a classic form indeed.
They're on their feet here in The Summit…
to give the accolade so richly deserved by that guy right there.
Boy, he proved a lot of things to a lot of people, Jesse.
Look at him, stomping around, the biggest, the strongest I've ever seen.
Well, folks, that's it until WrestleMania V
on a Sunday afternoon, April 2nd.
This is Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse "The Body" Ventura
saying so long for the Royal Rumble. See you all.
[music fades]
[music continues]
[music concludes] the Royal Rumble. See you all.