[narrator] WWE superstars competing in the Royal Rumble
-for the undisputed WWE Championship. -[1992 Royal Rumble theme music playing]
[narrator] Including Jake "The Snake" Roberts,
The Barbarian, "The Model" Ric Martel,
The Berzerker, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper,
Hacksaw Jim Duggan, "Nasty Boy" Sags, Repo Man,
Sgt. Slaughter, Alleged Real World Champion, Ric Flair,
Hercules, Colonel Mustafa, the "Macho Man" Randy Savage,
Skinner, "The British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith,
"The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase,
Haku, Shawn Michaels, The Warlord, El Matador,
Sid Justice, I.R.S., Nikolai Volkoff,
the Texas Tornado, Virgil, The Undertaker,
the Big Boss Man, Greg "The Hammer" Valentine,
"Superfly" Snuka, and "The Immortal" Hulk Hogan!
It's time to rumble!
It's time for the Royal Rumble!
[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Gorilla] Welcome to the state capitol, Albany, New York!
Welcome to the jam-packed Knickerbocker Arena.
-Listen to this tremendous crowd! -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Hello, everyone, I'm Gorilla Monsoon
and I'm with Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. Brain, as everyone is aware,
the most prestigious title in all of professional sports
will be decided, will be contested right here today.
I'm still banking everything on Ric Flair, coming out WWE Champion.
An undisputed World Wrestling Entertainment Champion will be crowned.
In addition, we have a new Intercontinental champion,
he is The Mountie.
He defeated Bret "The Hitman" Hart several nights ago.
He will be contested by "Rowdy" Roddy Piper,
the number one challenger.
[Heenan] Well, as far as I'm concerned,
The Mountie shows me class, he deserves the title.
Also, World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Champions,
Animal and Hawk, Legion of Doom, will defend against The Natural Disasters.
Almost a half a ton.
As far as I'm concerned, Jimmy Hart told me,
"LOD better pack their bags, it's all over."
That and a whole lot more headed our way! So, let's get things going!
Let's go to our ring announcer, The Fink.
["Orient Express" playing]
-[bell ringing] -This is our opening contest.
A Tag Team attraction scheduled for one fall.
Coming down the aisle with their manager, Mr. Fuji from Japan,
of a total combined weight of 468 pounds,
Kato, Tanaka, The Orient Express!
[Gorilla] Mr. Fuji, "The Devious One,"
leading the way down for his Orient Express.
[Heenan] They look ready, Monsoon.
[Gorilla] They're always ready.
When you work for Fuji, you better be ready.
Boy, you can feel the electricity in the air…
["New Foundation" playing]
…here in the Knickerbocker Arena. As everyone knows,
we are gonna crown an undisputed champion before this evening is over.
[Howard] Their opponents, at a total combined weight of 505 pounds,
Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, "The Rocket" Owen Hart,
-The New… -[Gorilla] The New Foundation…
-…Foundation! -…getting an isolation here.
[Heenan] Well, I think that headband is a little too tight
-around Neidhart's head. -Yeah, baby. Yeah!
-[Heenan] See, see, I'm right. -Number one.
[Gorilla] Perfect combination of speed, agility, and power.
[Heenan] Well, Rocket might be… he might--
In my opinion, I think the guy's half nuts.
Even to hang around with The Anvil, you gotta be half nuts.
[Gorilla] Will you be serious?
The Rocket and The Anvil…
undefeated so far here in World Wrestling Entertainment
since informing this…
-[bell ringing] -…duo.
And we're underway.
Everybody buzzing, Brain.
So many things happening so quickly here in World Wrestling Entertainment.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Look at The New Foundation. They… they must have just got up.
-[Gorilla] What do you mean just got up? -[Heenan] Still got their pajamas on.
[Gorilla] I'm gonna tell them you said that.
[Heenan] I don't care.
I'll tell you, my hands are sweating.
I am nervous.
I am really, really nervous, because I know in a few short minutes,
when Ric Flair walks down that aisle, he's gonna come back with the goal.
I just feel it.
[Gorilla] Well, what number did he draw, Brain?
[Heenan] Well, I'm not real sure.
I know him and Perfect have been together all day,
but I've been stuck with you all day.
-[Kato groans] -[Gorilla] Well, the…
drawing was held several hours ago.
How come you don't know what number the guy's got?
-Give me a break there. -[Heenan] Well, I've been busy.
[crowd jeering]
[Gorilla] Well, before we get too very far along,
let's tell you about the substitutions in the Royal Rumble.
Marty Jannetty, of course, everyone knows what went down there.
He ended up with a concussion, uh, some contusions.
And also, "Nasty Boy," Brian Knobbs, a dislocated shoulder, he's out.
They are replaced by Nikolai Volkoff and a friend of yours, Haku.
[Heenan] Wow, you know, now that's funny, I'll tell you why.
Nikolai Volkoff is well over 300 pounds, and Haku is around 300 pounds. This--
it… it adds a different dimension now to the, uh, Royal Rumble.
[Gorilla] It certainly does.
Well, you know, Brain, in an event like the Royal Rumble,
it's every man for himself.
And anyone, on any given day, can be beaten.
[Kato groans]
[Gorilla] So, anybody could walk out of here as the new champion.
[Heenan] That's right. Anyone could, but only one man will.
And I think we all know who I'm talking about.
[Gorilla] Well, the odds-on favorite in everyone's mind, I think, Brain,
of course, has to be the Hulkster.
Don't you think so?
-He won last year, won the year before. -[Heenan] Well, I imagine--
Well, I imagine that, uh, he is the odds-on favorite
to the humanoid…
contingent here.
[Gorilla] And of course, you've got a--
Oh, nice power move here by Owen Hart.
[crowd cheering]
-[Gorilla] Watch this. Ha! -[Heenan] Whoa, where's he going?
[Gorilla] Ha, I love it.
Tremendous agility and speed.
Ha! Over backwards, almost had it.
I'll tell you what, give Kato a lot of credit.
Most guys would've been put away with that move.
[Heenan] That's a dangerous move.
If I managed him, I'd never let him do something like that.
Too dangerous a move.
[Gorilla] And I'm glad you're not managing him at all.
-[Heenan] So am I. -[Gorilla] Here comes the powerhouse.
Well, you won't see him doing that.
I hope not.
[laughs]
[Heenan] He's the sane one of the team, isn't he?
[Gorilla] I… I would, uh, I would think that way.
[horn honking]
[Heenan] This guy's goofy as a bed bug.
[groans]
-[Gorilla] Nice block there, but look out. -[Heenan] Whoa! Whoa!
[Gorilla] What awesome power possessed by The Anvil.
[Heenan] Oh!
[Gorilla] Hard into the turnbuckle,
nice reversal by Kato, but-- Ah! Just too much upper body power.
-How are you gonna deal with that? -[Heenan] Plus he's nuts!
You gotta concern yourself with that, the guy's nuts.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Heenan] They're on their feet.
Now, Monsoon, you know as well as I,
that Tanaka is a master of all the martial arts.
[Gorilla] He is.
Learned every bit of it from Mr. Fuji, I understand.
[Heenan] Whoa!
I haven't seen a human being go down so fast.
[Gorilla] Well, you know how powerful The Anvil is,
and when that adrenaline gets flowing, how're you gonna deal with that?
[Heenan] Plus, he's nuts.
[Gorilla] He is not.
[Heenan] The man is nuts, he's got papers to prove it.
[Gorilla] Whoa!
Orient Express not having a whole lot of success here early on in this one.
The way things are going, it won't last very long.
-Oh! -[Heenan] Oh!
[Gorilla] He knocked the wind right out of him.
And The Rocket…
[Heenan] Was there a tag? Was there a tag?
[Gorilla] I believe there was.
Good, good, good, Tanaka. Good, good.
[Gorilla] Tremendous athletes, all four of them in the ring.
Of course, right now, New Foundation showing their wares.
[Heenan] But hey,
they do have good teamwork for the short time they've been together.
[Gorilla] Brain, let's bring everybody up-to-date
about what transpired last Friday in Springfield, Mass,
when Bret "The Hitman" Hart, with a temperature of 104 degrees,
against doctor's orders, entered the ring…
and tried to defend his title against The Mountie.
Took the tremendous beating-- Whoa! What a move that-- Whoa.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Not only did he lose the title,
but he took a tremendous thrashing during the match
and after the match as well.
Mountie was declared the winner and the new Intercontinental Champion.
And "Rowdy" Roddy Piper came to the assistance of The Hitman,
and he got nailed for his efforts.
[Heenan] But first of all, he had 104 temperature.
I've wrestled with 113 temperature, that's no big deal.
-[Tanaka groans] -[Heenan] That's no big deal.
First of all, I don't think The Mountie should have to defend the title here
at the Royal Rumble against "Rowdy" Roddy Piper because…
it only happened a couple days ago. He isn't even prepared yet.
[Gorilla] Well, I think he does. Double clothesline by The Anvil.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Right now, the tag is made Rocket going up to the top.
Double noggin knocker…
-Anvil's body on both of them. -[Heenan] Oh!
-[Gorilla] He's got the both of them. -[Heenan] No, he couldn't get it.
[Gorilla] And as a result of all that, Brain, with the Mountie and the Hitman,
this is the first time ever in the history of World Wrestling Entertainment,
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper has a chance to win
not only the Intercontinental belt here today,
but also the WWE title.
[Heenan] History, definitely, will be made here this afternoon,
but what kind of history?
[Gorilla] No one has ever had that opportunity before.
[Heenan] Never, never.
-And there's a guy that don't deserve it. -Tanaka, get up!
[Heenan] And that guy don't deserve it.
-[referee] One… -[Heenan] He shouldn't be allowed…
-…two-- -…in the Rumble.
[Gorilla] History will be made one way or another
here at this Royal Rumble.
How about that Mr. Fuji?
[Gorilla] Never thought for a moment, Brain,
that the Mountie, we would be, uh, talking about him today
as the Intercontinental Champion.
[Heenan] Well, like you just said, anything can happen.
-[Gorilla] But I'll tell you-- -[Heenan] I knew it all along.
I knew it was just a matter of time
until The Mountie got his hands on The Hitman.
And showed everybody really the excellence of execution.
[Gorilla] Fuji trying to tell him to settle down.
What was that, Brain? I'm sorry.
[Heenan] It's just a matter of time until The Mountie took Bret Hart out.
-[crowd applauding] -[Gorilla] Yeah.
[Heenan] You realize that Monsoon, the excellence of execution got executed.
[Gorilla] Well, you know, he went against the doctor's orders.
He used his heart instead of his head.
Didn't want to disappoint all the fans in Springfield.
And it cost him the title. What a shot by Tanaka from the outside.
Oh, look at this.
Fuji with that cane ramming it right into the throat of The Rocket.
[Neidhart] Double up, double up.
[Gorilla] Funny how the tide quickly turns, huh?
The pendulum swings…
like the pendulum do.
-Is that a tune or… -[Heenan] I… I don't hear any music.
Now you're hearing things.
[Gorilla] And just like that,
Orient Express has taken control of this one.
-[crowd applauding] -[Tanaka] You shut up!
[Heenan] The Rocket looks rather grounded, don't he?
[Gorilla] Well…
he did a couple of moves earlier on in the match
that would have put most guys away.
What an aggressive kick that was by Kato.
[Heenan] Is it possible for me to leave here?
-[Gorilla] You can leave at any time, yes. -[Heenan] And go find out…
And go find out what number Flair has?
[Gorilla] What, no, you can't leave here. You're a broadcast journalist, aren't you?
-[Heenan] Well, yes, I am. -[Gorilla] You're here for the duration.
-What are you worried about? -[Heenan] That's too.
[Gorilla] You said your guy was a shoo-in.
You said, "Take it to the bank."
[Heenan] O-- Well, of course, but I still would like to know.
I… I… I would love to let my public know.
[Gorilla] Uh-huh. Well, they'll find out soon enough.
I hope he got number one, myself.
[Heenan] Well, since he is the real World Champion,
he shouldn't even be in the Royal Rumble.
The winner of the Royal Rumble should beat him later on today.
That would be fair. If you want to be fair to Flair--
[Gorilla] Don't start with that "fair to Flair" to me.
[crowd jeering]
[Gorilla] Wanna be fair to Flair then he should've got number one.
[Heenan] Well, that wouldn't be fair to Flair.
-[Gorilla] They're always… -[Heenan] You know what would be fair
-to Flair, is if he had number 31. -[Gorilla] Thirty-one.
Irish whip-- Whoa!
-[Heenan] Whoa! -[Gorilla] Whoa!
He moved the ring about four inches.
-[referee] One, two-- -[Gorilla] Tanaka over for the cover.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Mr. Fuji won't be happy about that count.
[Gorilla] What a match this is. And this is just the beginning. Oh.
Another beautiful crescent kick, but this time by Tanaka.
-[Heenan] He's got him. -[Gorilla] Over for the cover.
-Hooks the leg. Could be all over. No. -[referee] One, two--
[Heenan] Very slow count.
[Gorilla] Well, at least he's consistent.
-[Heenan] Yeah, he does everything wrong. -[Bret groans]
[referee] Okay, outside now.
[Gorilla] I don't know where The Anvil is.
You know, in situations like this, you've got to come in.
Gotta come to the rescue of your partner.
[Heenan] See, that's why The Orient Express is such a good team.
They've kept The Rocket in their corner for about five, six, seven minutes now.
-[laughs] -[Heenan] They've cut the ring in half.
There's been no sign of The Anvil. I don't think The Anvil wants him.
[audience cheering, applauding]
[Gorilla] He's a tremendous competitor, I doubt that very much.
[Heenan] He's nuts.
[Gorilla] Record breaking crowd here at the Knickerbocker Arena for this one.
Set an all-time attendance record.
Look out. Beautiful crucifix.
-Can he get him? Yes. Shoulders are down. -[Heenan] No. No.
[Gorilla] The three count was coming down, but he couldn't get him.
-[Heenan] Orient Express is a great team. -[grunts]
[Gorilla] Momentum is all with the Orient Express right now.
[crowd jeering]
[Gorilla] Oh! Just like the Midnight Express,
the Orient Express will be tough to derail.
They're on a roll.
Oh, look at that!
-Whoo-hoo! -[Gorilla] Right into the lower abdomen.
-[laughs] -[Gorilla] And maybe,
-even a little lower than that. -[Heenan] Then it wouldn't be the abdomen.
It'd be the kneecap…
or in that area.
-give or take a… -[Gorilla] Forget it.
-Reverse chin lock now by Tanaka. -[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Heenan] Ring the bell, it's over.
-Ring the bell. -[Gorilla] It's not over!
[Heenan] Where's that guy that rings the bell?
[Gorilla] He's down there, don't worry about it.
[Heenan] I wanna know where he is at all times.
[Gorilla] Oh, Rocket come out of this now.
-[Heenan] Whoa! -[Gorilla] Just beautiful flying.
Wow! What a shot that was by Tanaka.
Reverse knife edge right underneath the throat,
took all the steam right out of The Rocket.
[Heenan] The Rocket is more like a little smart boy now, isn't he?
All frizzled out.
[Gorilla] These guys are tremendous athletes, Brain,
tremendous condition.
You can't… you can't let your guard down for a moment.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] I'm not sure who got the worst of that move.
[Heenan] Did you ever wrestle bare-footed?
[Gorilla] Never.
[Heenan] I don't think anybody can do it.
[Gorilla] Tag made, the referee did not see it.
-Let's see if he allows it. -[Heenan] Oh!
[Gorilla] No, he's not allowing it.
[Heenan] Great, brilliant move by Tanaka.
[Gorilla] Get tapped and skips on them.
Distracting the referee. A legal tag was made, but-- Uh-oh.
Ran him right into the cane.
-[Heenan] I missed that, my monitor- -[Gorilla] This could be all over here.
No, foot over the top--
over the bottom rope saves him momentarily, but he's just about out.
[Owen groans]
[Heenan] Boy, this one is mayhem.
The Orient Express is nonstop.
[Gorilla] They have taken it to The New Foundation.
Oh! An arm bar slam.
[Fuji laughing] This is very good, very good.
[Heenan] That'll give you a negative attitude.
[Gorilla] Fuji very happy now as he was very unhappy earlier on.
[overlapping chatter]
-[Tanaka grunts] -[Gorilla] Look out, oh!
Tanaka with a headbutt.
[Heenan] I would say that The New Foundation is a little shaky.
[Gorilla] A few bricks might be a little loose there in the bottom,
but, uh, when you've got power like The Anvil has,
-there's no substitute for that, Brain. -[Heenan] The guy's nuts.
[Gorilla] Well, a nice shoulder block by Tanaka, off the ropes once again.
Quickly down in front-- Woah, he's brought it.
-Oh! -[Heenan] Oh!
[Gorilla] Beautiful belly-to-belly suplex.
-[Heenan] Wow. -[Gorilla] If Kato had not come in,
this one would be history.
[Heenan] Well, you're seeing some great, great tag action.
[Gorilla] Back and forth, the pendulum has swung a number of times.
Each team taking its turn with the upper hand. And now,
it's a foursome
and our Referee's lost control of this one.
Double clothesline by The Orient Express.
[Heenan] Come on, referee, get there and count.
-One, two… -[Gorilla] Oh!
[Heenan] See, Neidhart, he should be made to wear a strait jacket when he--
-[Gorilla] What? Will you be serious? -[Heenan] He's nuts.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Gorilla] We're gonna find out very shortly…
who the better conditioned team is here.
I'm afraid that's gonna… that's gonna determine our winner.
[Heenan] Or who's craftier.
[Gorilla] And who want to win more, Brain.
[Heenan] How bad do you want it?
[Gorilla] That's what it's all about.
That's what it'll be all about in the Royal Rumble
-where it's every man for himself. -[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] See, I wonder-- Oh!
I wonder, is The New Foundation thinking about The Beverly Brothers?
Have they underestimated the Orient Express?
-Maybe. -[Gorilla] I don't think so.
These guys are highly intelligent. They know how to prepare for every match.
Look at this setup. Banzai move by Tanaka.
[Heenan] I'm so proud of Mr. Fuji, what a team, great teamwork.
And look, The Rocket is still grounded in the corner.
[Gorilla] But he's still hanging in there, isn't he?
Still on his feet after all this carnage.
Ducks underneath the double clothesline. A double dropkick.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] And finally, The Anvil wanted to make a tag,
he better do it now.
[Gorilla] And referee looking right at him, there's a tag.
The referee saw it. Slingshot! Holy mackerel!
Three hundred pounds plus propelled over that top rope.
He's on fire.
[Heenan] The Anvil has gone nuts.
Whoa!
[Gorilla] Anvil been waiting for this moment for quite some time.
He's like a bull in china closet.
-[Kato groans] -[Gorilla] Ah!
Kato outside, the legal man, of course, is Tanaka.
[Kato groans]
-[Gorilla] Oh! -[Heenan] Oh!
[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Gorilla] I don't believe we'll see Kato again.
The Rocket on the top turnbuckle.
[Heenan] And there's The Rocket launcher.
Oh!
-[Gorilla] Sayonara, baby, it's over. -[bell ringing]
[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Howard] Here are your winners. The New Foundation.
[Heenan] Well, they showed me something.
["New Foundation" playing]
[Gorilla] What a tremendous match-up.
What a tremendous win for The New Foundation.
Holy mackerel, this place has gone crazy.
Let's go back and take a look at some of the action
that went down earlier on.
[Heenan] Now, look at Rocket.
He's about to get whipped into the corner here.
Obviously, Mr. Fuji's cane got hooked on that top turnbuckle.
-[Gorilla] Oh! -[Heenan] Right into the shoulder,
break-- it broke the cane!
And look at this, The Rocket and the Rocket Launcher.
[Gorilla] Whoa!
One, two, three.
And now, let's join his lordship, Alfred Hayes.
As you probably already know,
Bret Hart recently put up his Intercontinental title
against The Mountie. This match took place in Springfield.
Now, in this match,
Bret Hart went into the ring against his doctor's advice.
and unfortunately for Bret Hart, he lost this match.
Well, losing to The Mountie,
now sets up The Mountie for a match against Rowdy Piper.
[crowd cheering]
[announcer] The Mountie!
[Alfred] And here,
we see The Mountie really pummeled Bret Hart with that belt.
Bret Hart, don't forget, was incapacitated by a very high fever,
a very weakened Bret Hart who lost the Intercontinental Championship
to The Mountie. but the Mountie not satisfied
with just taking that championship, uh, title away from Bret Hart,
he had to belabor him with these brutal kicks.
And now, suddenly his attention was diverted
because here comes "The Hot Scot" Roddy Piper
to the assistance of his friend.
Quite empathically he says to The Mountie, "Get out or pay the consequences."
And now we see the treachery of The Mountie.
Watch him, he walks out of the ring, he steps there,
now for all purposes Piper thinks that he's gone.
So, he turns round to tend to Bret Hart.
He's trying to revive Bret Hart
and here comes, the sneak attack from behind by The Mountie.
He pummels him with that Championship belt
and feels quite happy about the situation here.
He shows the belt to everybody but Piper's not satisfied with this.
Piper really wants to get to him.
And all these action here setup a situation
whereby Piper is now challenging The Mountie for that title.
[crowd cheering]
Standing by my colleague, Sean Mooney, is with Jimmy "Mouth of South" Hart,
and the new Intercontinental Champion, The Mountie.
The events that took place this past Friday
evening in Springfield, Massachusetts,
definitely turned out to be a shocking experience.
Let me reiterate the fact
that Bret "The Hitman" Hart went to the ring
-against the advice of his doctors… -[chuckles]
…with a 104-degree temperature. -[laughs] Oh, please.
I guess, he's in general hospital somewhere
and I guess, me and The Mounty, I guess, we better get him a goodwill card.
But let me tell you something, baby. He's not sick with a flu.
You know what he's sick from? He's sick from losing! [laughs]
Stop making comments--
Hey, I want to know something Jack Tunney. What's the win and loss record of Piper?
What gives him the right to step in today on two days’ notice?
I should've won this match today by forfeit.
But don't worry about it, Piper, because the man that I am,
the champion that I am,
I'm gonna do to you what I did to Bret Hart.
I took his pride, his integrity, and the belt away from him.
You, I'm gonna take your skirt, your manhood, and whatever's left,
because The Mountie always gets his man.
Let's go over to Gene Okerlund standing by, with a challenger.
[kisses]
Roddy Piper, I can't believe a man, The Mountie,
who has held the Intercontinental title for less than 48 hours,
can be quite so cocky, quite so arrogant.
Well, you know… [chuckles] …what we're dealing with
is one of the original village people here.
With his mate, Jimmy Hart, who keeps kissing the belt,
leaving all that lipstick on it. [breathes sharply]
I heard The Mountie out here saying, "First thing I'm going to do--"
pounds his chest. I don't know hit me something.
"First thing I'm gonna do." Says, "I'm gonna take Piper's integrity!"
It's like Jacques Cousteau trying to find a dry spot in the ocean.
I ain't got no damn integrity! [breathes sharply]
How do you think I got so far?
"Second thing I'm gonna do, I'm gonna take Roddy Piper's manhood!"
-Right? -[Gene] Yeah.
Yeah, I come here to fight.
I don't know what you come here to do! [breathes sharply]
I come here to win two titles, I can't do that till I win the first one.
I think you've been dreaming. I think it's been all wet too.
Oop. On that note, let's get back to ringside.
First time ever in the history of World Wrestling Entertainment,
an individual right hand to Ronnie Rodney
Piper has a chance to win one title, Shane.
[Heenan] I can't wait to see this one.
["Eat Your Heart Out" playing]
[Howard] Coming down the aisle with his manager,
"The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart, from Canada, weighing in at 236 pounds,
here is the Intercontinental Champion…
The Mountie!
[Gorilla] Boy, what a poor representative for the Intercontinental Championship,
-The Mountie. -[Heenan] That's your opinion.
[Gorilla] The guy has got an identity crisis.
[Heenan] He's the Mountie! Do you understand?
Ah, you know as well as I, how Jimmy Hart operates.
He's not gonna let The Mountie… lose that title
after it took him this long to capture Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
He's not gonna let it slip through his fingers this afternoon.
[Howard] His opponent and challenger…
[Heenan] And when this part in a quest--
[Howard] Weighing 237 pounds, Rowdy
-"Rowdy" Roddy Piper! -[Gorilla] Standing ovation here
for "Rowdy" Roddy Piper!
[Heenan] What a disgrace that would be to have that person represent
World Wrestling Entertainment as the Intercontinental Champion wearing a skirt.
as the Intercontinental Champion wearing a skirt.
[Gorilla] He's got more integrity in his one finger than that guy,
The Mounty, has it in his whole body.
[Heenan] He's got more poison than a skunk.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] On their feet as one here in the Knickerbocker Arena
for "Hot Rod, Rowdy" Roddy Piper.
[Heenan] Well, Piper, you better quit smiling at the humanoids
and concern yourself with The Mighty.
[Gorilla] The hot rod with a lot of things going through his mind,
a chance to make history here in World Wrestling Entertainment.
By number one, right now, beating for the Intercontinental belt,
The Mountie, and then, later on, possibly, becoming the WWE Champion.
-[Heenan] If he could still walk. -[Gorilla] Well…
-[Heenan] Hey! -[Gorilla] Easier said than done.
[Heenan] You know, he could blow both opportunities, Monsoon.
[Gorilla] Well, that's possible.
[Heenan] I mean, you're making this guy out
to be some kind of a King Kong giant killer.
[Gorilla] No. I didn't say he was gonna do it.
I just said no one has ever been given that opportunity before, Brain.
No one has ever had the chance before
to become both title holders on the same day.
-Not even you. -[Heenan] No, no.
I knew that.
[crowd cheering]
[Roddy] Pick that.
[Heenan] Doesn't look much like a contender, does he?
Standing on the apron, scared to death of Jimmy Hart.
[Gorilla] That little runt.
I'm telling… obviously, I wasn't there, but you can bet.
[bell ringing]
[Gorilla] Look at this, Hot Rod not wasting any time.
And Mountie trying to get out of there.
[shouts]
[Gorilla] He wanted out of there in the worst way but Hot Rod says, "No."
Now, he got out.
You know, I wasn't there in Springfield-- Whoa.
I would assume and, uh, wouldn't surprise me
if that little run was instrumental in The Mounty
becoming the champion to begin with.
[Heenan] It doesn't matter.
[Gorilla] Just like he is now, get it involved in this match.
[Heenan] What's he doing? He's standing there.
He never touched Piper.
He never jumped in the ring. He's done nothing wrong.
And you're picking on him.
[Gorilla] Look at it. He's got that megaphone antagonizing everyone.
[Heenan] First amendment, Monsoon, freedom of speech.
-[Gorilla] Yeah. -[over megaphone] Beautiful.
[Heenan] I have that right, you know, being a broadcast journalist.
[Gorilla] You have what right?
I can say whatever I want, to whoever I want,
whenever I want, as often as I want.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Hot Rod, a little bit too smart for The Mountie on that one.
Rams him into that top turnbuckle.
[Heenan] Well, he's taking it to The Mountie.
But I'd pace myself if I was him. He's gonna be out of gas soon.
-[Gorilla] Are you kidding? -[Heenan] The Mountie's in great shape.
[Gorilla] Hot Rod is in tremendous condition.
[Heenan] Well, you're right about that, but still.
[Gorilla] A bulldog finds the mark.
[Heenan] He's gotta be nervous. He's gotta be nervous.
I mean, with all this on his mind, being able to capture two titles
or blow two titles in one day.
[Gorilla] He can't blow two titles, he doesn't have any, Brain.
[Heenan] Well, then he can't win two titles in a row.
[Gorilla] Yes, he can.
[Heenan] Well, maybe he won't-- Will you quit confusing me?
[Gorilla] Well, as long as you're sitting here
next to me, you don't have any rights.
[Heenan] I'm gonna have to ask you to leave. Thank you.
-Could I run back and find- -[Gorilla] You're not going anywhere.
[Heenan] I'd like to find out what number Ric got.
[Gorilla] I think it's number one, I'm not sure.
[Heenan] No, don't say that.
[Gorilla] No, that's what I heard. I heard a rumor to that effect.
Look at this.
[Heenan] Hey, how would you like a diet drink or something?
Let me run out and I'll get you something.
Hot dog, huh? Extra mustard?
No, heavy on the onion, just the way you like it.
[Gorilla] Double Axe Handle right to the back of the neck of Piper.
This one's turned into a slugfest.
[Heenan] Well, you don't want to slug it out with Piper, he will fight you.
[Gorilla] Absolutely not. Whoa, nice move by The Mountie.
That showed me a little something there.
[Heenan] What do you think he was drop kicking?
Cask with the ghost?
[Gorilla] Hooks the leg, you're not gonna beat Piper like that,
forget about it.
[Heenan] Come on, referee.
He shouldn't even be wrestling Piper to begin with.
-He should've won this match by forfeit. -[Gorilla] How do you know?
Were you there in Springfield, Mass? Did you see what went down?
-[Heenan] No, but I-- -[Gorilla] You know why
President Jack Tunney made him the number one challenger?
No, then why are you speculating?
[Heenan] Well, he stuck his nose in where he didn't belonged.
[Gorilla] How do you know that?
-[Heenan] That's what I heard. -[Gorilla] You weren't there.
-[Heenan] Piper went down. -[Gorilla] You were with me.
-[Heenan] I don't like being with you. -[Gorilla] Well, that's too bad.
[crowd jeering]
[Heenan] I've never done anything that bad
to have to spend all this time with you lately.
[Gorilla] Biggest mistake of all, of course, made by Bret.
The Hitman entering the ring with a 140-degree temperature
after the doctor pleaded with him,
"Please, don't go out there, you're a sick person."
-[Heenan] What a wuss. -[Gorilla] Huh!
[Gorilla] You imagine a guy putting his heart in front of his head
and just thinking about the fans
and how they spent their hard-earned money
to come down there and see him, see The Hitman.
[Heenan] What a competitor! -[Gorilla] Yeah.
[Heenan] What a gutsy guy.
[Gorilla] But he made a big mistake.
-[Jimmy Hart] Come on. Come on. -[Heenan] What an idiot.
[Heenan] If you take the easy way, take it, pal.
[Gorilla] Oh! Sunset from the outside by Hot Rod, not gonna get him.
[Heenan] No, like I said,
-I've had 113 temperature. -[Gorilla] What?
[Heenan] I ached a little bit, but I still went rough, you know?
-Felt a little under the weather. -[Gorilla] Get a life, will you, Brain?
A hundred and thirteen, you'd be dead.
[Heenan] I took a half of one of those St. Joseph aspirin for children.
Knocked it right out of me.
The orange flavored one.
[crowd jeering]
[Gorilla] Children's beer, is that what you're saying?
-[Heenan] Yeah. -[Gorilla] Whoa, right alongside the jaw.
What a shot that was.
[Heenan] What a flimsy excuse to make that he had 104 temperature.
What's Piper's excuse today? Three-hundred-degree temperature?
Piper will make some excuse why he didn't capture the title.
-Whoa. -[Gorilla] Oh, nice go behind.
Atomic Drop.
Mountie hold-- He held on to that top rope.
A power move here.
Nice move by The Mountie.
-[Heenan] Oh! No! -[Gorilla] Oh!
Oh, a sleeper, sleeper by Hot Rod.
-Right in the center of the ring. -[Heenan] He's choking him, Monsoon.
He's choking him. He's got him across the Adam's apple.
[Gorilla] Referee looking right there. Look out.
Jimmy Hart's got the shock stick.
[crowd chanting] Mountie!
[Gorilla] In the meantime, The Mountie is fading.
[Heenan] Jimmy, do something.
[Heenan] Oh, in the middle! Hot Rod did it.
We've got a new Intercontinental Champion.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Heenan] Whoa! Well done! One to go, huh? Piper?
[Gorilla] Hot Rod, that was a shocker.
[Heenan] He choked the man unconscious.
[Gorilla] He did not use the sleeper.
[Heenan] I could see from my vantage point,
he choked him unconscious.
[Gorilla] One half of the puzzle is solved.
Oh, yes!
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of this bout,
and new Intercontinental Champion,
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper.
[Gorilla] One half of the formula now complete,
we have a new Intercontinental Champion.
-"Hot Rod, Rowdy" Roddy Piper. -[Heenan] I can't hear you.
[Gorilla] And this place has come to explode.
[Heenan] I can't hear you. What?
[Gorilla] You realize Piper has never owned a title
in World Wrestling Entertainment.
One down, one to go.
["Rowdy" playing]
[Heenan] What do you think the odds are
that Piper can walk away with two titles this afternoon?
What do you think the odds were?
How many people even get a shot at one title in a lifetime, in a career?
[Gorilla] And now, back to his lordship, Alfred Hayes.
I'm standing outside "The Immortal One's" dressing room, Hulk Hogan.
And this is a Coliseum Video exclusive.
We're going to go in and see if we can get a word with the great Hulkster.
-Hulk Hogan, do you mind? -Yo, Alfred. Awful Alfred, how you doing?
Fine, thank you. A word about the Rumble, if you could.
Yeah, I'll give you a word about the Rumble if I could.
You know, you're lucky that you and Coliseum Video
are friends of the Hulksters, brother,
because later this afternoon, in just a little teeny while,
I'm not gonna have any friends.
I'm going to the Royal Rumble to defeat 29 other superstars.
I'm going to the Royal Rumble to get the WWE title
back around the Hulkster's waist. And now, that Coliseum Video,
all my fans out there, now you know you won't be my friends
if you get in the ring with me.
I'm glad you came by to see me now, Alfred.
You know, this is my cup of tea, and you know a lot about tea, my friend.
But we're not gonna be sipping tea.
I'm gonna throw all those dudes out, get the WWE title back.
And you better get out of here, I'm getting ready.
I got the feeling I better get out now before I'm thrown out.
Back to the ringside.
[Gorilla] Let's join right now, "Mean" Gene Okerlund.
Right around the corner, Tag Team action involving the Beverly Brothers,
with The Genius in their corner.
Facing the Bushwhackers, Jamison of their corner.
And I gotta tell you, Luke,
I have never seen the three of you so ready in my life.
"Mean" Gene have never been excited in all my life!
Beverly sisters, this is your final fling!
And Genius! [laughs]
We have a surprise for you, don't we, Cousin Butch?
Oh, yeah! And that surprise is in front
of millions and millions of all our Bushwhackaroos, "Mean" Gene!
And when we get finished with those Beverly sisters and The Genius,
we're gonna feed them all to our mate, "Bloody" Jameson!
-Yeah! -Yeah, that's me. [chuckles]
Just give me one minute alone with that Genius,
I'm gonna thrash him.
[Luke] Whoa! You got him, Jamison!
Do you have Mr. Blackwell's telephone number?
Who?
Maybe he's got yours. Thank you very much.
Let's get back to Gorilla Monsoon at the ringside.
-Whoa! -Well, please.
[bell ringing]
[Gorilla] In the corner of the Bushwhackers
will be Jamison, how about that, Brain?
[Heenan] He walked by me in the hall about an hour ago.
-He reeked with a stench of sardines. -[Gorilla] He did not.
[Howard] With his manager, The Genius, from Chester Heights, Ohio.
[Gorilla] Beverly brothers, Beau and Blake.
["Livin' on the Edge" playing]
[Heenan] Jamison wants one minute with The Genius.
He wouldn't last five seconds.
[Howard] The Beverly Brothers!
[Gorilla] Oh! On the eighth day, God did what?
What did that say, Brain?
[scoffing] On the eighth day, well, that's okay.
Nothing wrong with that.
I would assume that The Genius is going to, uh--
-[Heenan] Yes, he is. -[Gorilla] I hope so.
[Heenan] This guy…
-this guy needs psychiatry. -[Gorilla] Right.
Ladies and gentlemen, at this time, The Genius has a poem for us all.
[Heenan] This is an educating experience, you might learn something.
[Gorilla] He needs a haircut.
[Genius] Rejoice in all the splendor of the Brothers Beverly,
as they fulfill my genius master plan.
And I, The Genius, must defile that waste of human tissue.
That Jamison who calls himself a man.
["The Bushwhackers' Theme" playing]
-[Heenan] Uh-oh. Here they come. -[Gorilla] Here they come!
-Locking and go. -[Howard] Their opponents
coming down the aisle
accompanied by Jamison from New Zealand.
At a total combined weight of 499 pounds,
Luke, Butch, The Bushwhackers.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Don't touch them, Joe, you don't know where they've been.
[Gorilla] What a run these guys have had here
in World Wrestling Entertainment. Ever since their inception
they've been licking and whacking their way through all the competition.
And now, there's no telling how far they can go.
[Heenan] They've got Jamison.
You know, the state of New York could legally have them condemned.
[Gorilla] Let's take a look on that picture.
[Heenan] A look of concern.
It looks like Jamison hasn't washed his hair in about six years.
-Who dresses him, the state? -[Gorilla] Oh!
[Heenan] Go wash yourself, Kyle.
[Gorilla] And Youngster's gonna remember that for the rest of his life.
[Heenan] Probably smell for six months like sardines.
Look at the grease, look at the guts in his hair.
Disgusting.
[Gorilla] Talk about winners,
talk about guys that wanna find somebody and put under their wing.
Bushwhackers have done just that.
-I think they have… -[bell ringing]
legitimately adopted Jamison.
[Heenan] Well, what happened? Did their dog die?
[Gorilla scoffing]
[crowd booing]
[Heenan] You know, Jamison's mother and father,
-never got a divorce. -[Gorilla] What do you mean they never?
[Heenan] Nobody wanted custody of that moron.
[Gorilla] Will you be serious?
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] They just-- They ran away from home.
I Understand he was left at Grand Central Station.
With no note or anything.
[Gorilla] Look at this. Luke and Butch staying about here in the Knickerbocker!
[Heenan] Jamison used to come home from school every day
and find out that his parents had moved.
[Gorilla] Will you stop?
[Heenan] They used to wrap his lunch in a road map.
[Gorilla] Well, they could take him out of here in a second.
-[Heenan] Could I run to the back? -[Gorilla] I know where you'd go.
You'd run right back there and try to find out
-because you're getting a little paranoid. -[Heenan] I give you my word.
[Gorilla] About what number Ric Flair has got.
[Heenan] I give you my word, I won't go back there.
[Gorilla] Your word isn't any good.
[Heenan] Let me just go get a diet drink for you.
[Heenan] No, I've got-- I can get--
I can have something brought right up here.
[Heenan] I know just how you like your dog.
[Gorilla] Yeah.
Extra bun.
You told me it didn't matter, Brain, no matter what number.
How the luck of the draw went, you weren't concerned.
Now, you're becoming paranoid as the hour approaches.
[Heenan] I'm not concerned.
No. I would just like to know. I'm kind of nosy.
[Gorilla] Hey, I'd be concerned if I was gonna lose my meal ticket.
[Heenan] Well, what do you mean lose my meal ticket?
[Gorilla] I guess that other piece of garbage that you deal with,
that executive consultant, I guess he's trying to--
He doesn't care too much about what you think.
Didn't even have the common courtesy to come and tell you.
Say, "Hey, look, this is the number we got."
Well, see, I told him, "Don't concern yourself with that."
He said, "I'm not gonna worry about it."
So obviously, he's not concerned about it,
-or he would have mentioned it to me. -[Gorilla] Huh!
[Heenan] That's the only reason he hasn't approached me with it yet.
[Gorilla] Well, that's the first time I've ever heard of a couple of leeches
not being concerned.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Leeches, oh, you realize it, you resemble that remark.
I'd just like to know.
[Gorilla] Has the bell rung to start this match yet?
[Heenan] Yes, the bell has rung?
[Gorilla] I get so wound up when these guys come out here.
The man's down there, the bell ringer.
Here's the work at Notre Dame.
Just to ring the big one.
[Blake shouting indistinctly]
[Heenan] The only bad thing about The Bushwhackers
is win, lose, or draw.
You have to have everything you got on, fumigate.
[Gorilla] You don't know.
[Gorilla] Tremendous Tag Team combination here of The Beverly Brothers.
They've been doing tremendously well here in World Wrestling Entertainment.
With their eyes set, of course, on the title.
Currently in the hands of Animal and the Hawk, The Legion of Doom,
who will be defending it later on against The Natural Disaster.
[Heenan] Well, that's gonna change.
Like I said, you're not gonna see what you're gonna do.
Look at this.
Great cripple Roman biting.
[The Bushwhackers groan]
[Gorilla] Hey, work and then-- Look at this.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] They have cleaned the ring out.
They love them.
[Heenan] Jamison doesn't know which way to go.
He needs some… he needs some assistance out there.
Munching on his sock.
What's he eating? He found something under the ring.
[Gorilla] Jamison, he can't hurt you with words.
[Heenan] Yeah, what could he say to you that hasn't been said, you moron?
[Gorilla] Will you be serious?
-[screams] -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Better be careful what you say here, you know.
Everything you say is gonna be scrutinized and magnified,
and you could be in deep trouble.
-I'll tell you-- -[Heenan] I'm more troubled
than you're in right now. President, what kind of trouble am I in?
Huh?
President Tunney's haven't been throwing his weight around lately, hasn't he?
[Gorilla] Well, he's finally making some decisions,
and at least, he came out of that clamshell he was in.
[Heenan] You know, I could make it a lot easier for him.
I could make it real easy for him.
All he'd have to do is step down, move me right in,
as president of World Wrestling Entertainment, bingo.
[Gorilla] That would be the end of the presidency of the WWE.
If you, uh, got your hands on it in any way, shape or form.
[Heenan] I'd be, uh, I'd be a president you can respect.
[Gorilla] Yeah.
[Heenan] Look at that pig.
Oh, he looks-- Oh, come on.
[Gorilla] Hey, at least he didn't wipe it on his sleeve, did he?
-He wipes it on his sock. -[Gorilla] What's the difference?
-How could you tell? -Yeah!
Yeah!
[Heenan] You can always tell when The Bushwhackers
are in a major arena around the country.
'Cause there's usually 400 to 500 cats around the building.
[Gorilla] Somewhere close to, I would assume, Brain, uh,
haven't gotten a figure yet, but hovering around that 20,000 mark,
record attendance here at the Knickerbocker Arena
for this most prestigious event.
[Heenan] They're standing in the back too.
Is that an empty seat in the place?
[grunts]
[Heenan] Well, Monsoon, it is indeed a day of titles
here in World Wrestling Entertainment.
An undisputed WWE champion will be crowned.
We've already seen the Intercontinental belt change hands
and still the come the Tag Team Championship belts up for grabs.
And then the big one.
The big momma of them all, a World Wrestling Entertainment title.
[Gorilla] Oh, look at that, what a beautiful move,
double clothesline, and another one.
They've cleared the ring again.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Are those tattoos or do they just draw on themselves?
[Gorilla] They do.
[Luke shouts]
Yeah!
[Gorilla] What is that?
One of the Beverlys went underneath the ring.
[Heenan] Well, take a look. Look.
And they're all gonna be standing at the end of the Royal Rumble.
You're gonna hear them all go, "Whoo!"
[Gorilla] Oh, man, New York will never be the same.
Is the governor gonna be here, Governor Cuomo?
[Heenan] I don't know, I'll introduce you to his brother, Perry.
[Gorilla] Will you stop?
Things sort of backfiring here.
Whoa, these guys are quick.
They're anticipating moves that the Beverlys are gonna do.
[Heenan] I'll tell you, how do you prepare to wrestle The Bushwhackers?
You've got that human trashcan at ringside.
Guy's got scum in his hair, he's filthy, he's ignorant, he's rude, he's vulgar
as Jamison. Then you got both The Bushwhackers
who are living proof that the Three Stooges did have children.
How do you prepare wrestle--
[Gorilla] I'm gonna have you taken out of here in a second.
[Heenan] Good, right now, have me taken out.
[Gorilla] And locked up somewhere,
where you can't find out what the number is.
-[Heenan] We're telling the truth? -[Gorilla] Please.
You're just unhappy because you retired as a manager,
and now you can't manage The Bushwhackers.
[Heenan] You're-- What? Manage The Bushwhackers?
We're not supposed to do that.
-[Heenan] Only thing I can-- -[Gorilla] Shut up, Jamison.
You have to manage them to an electric chair.
[Heenan] Imagine the… the smell of sardines frying an old sparking?
[groans]
[Gorilla] Well, this is a first here, first time ever that
first time ever that Jamison has been down at ringside…
as the-- I don't know whether to call him a mascot or a manager.
I can call him a nuisance. He's a nuisance.
[Jamison] Stop cheating!
[Heenan] The health department should come here and have him put away.
[Gorilla] I think he needs one of those Bushwhacker outfits.
[Heenan] I'll tell you what he needs, he needs to be put to sleep.
Oh, stop.
[Gorilla] Back and forth, this match has been going.
[Heenan] He needs to be vacuumed is what he really needs or sleep holds.
[Gorilla] Nice backbreaker.
Chew on your tie.
When you get excited, Brain,
I'm sure you have your little idiosyncrasies.
[Heenan] I get excited, I start thinking about dollar signs.
That's what happens to me when I get excited.
[Gorilla] Two-count only.
Another quick tag made but not the referee.
[Gorilla] You know, by looking at Jamison, I can tell. Look at this move.
[Heenan] Small event, right in the kidney.
Jamison wears all designer clothes. Did you know that?
-[Gorilla] Designer clothes? -[Heenan] Yes.
Marquis de Slum of Newark.
[indistinct chatter]
[Gorilla] Always ready to make fun of someone, Brain.
-Take advantage of a helpless individual. -Hey, Butch. Help him, Butch!
[Heenan] Look at that. Look at that pig.
[Gorilla] O… obviously had a blowout there on the right shoe.
Had a… had a repair kit with him though.
[Heenan] Yeah, he is smart. You gotta give him credit for that.
He… he put the white tape right around his shoe.
That's a move I would have done, Monsoon.
[Gorilla] If you don't have the money to buy another pair,
you do whatever you can do in these hard times.
[Heenan] Well, how come he doesn't have money?
Had he gone to school and got an education,
he could have got 'em, he could have had himself a good job, but no.
He wants to leech off the government and my good tax money.
-I'll tell you, almost $200 last year-- -[Gorilla] Will you stop?
[Heenan] Uh, take care of that scumbag.
[Gorilla] Things not going too well at the moment for The Bushwhackers,
as they've fallen apart hard… hard times here.
[Heenan] He went to… he went to the beach last year over Coney Island.
They wouldn't let him go in the water. He left a ring around it.
You know how hard it is to leave the ring around-- a ring around the Atlantic Ocean?
[Gorilla] I'm gonna leave a ring around your neck in a minute.
Look out, clothesline and a beauty.
[Heenan] I don't think Jim Palmer's in any danger
of losing his-- his job modeling the underwear to Jamison.
I bet he wore some trash bags, the big green ones,
just ties him off the hip.
[Gorilla] Oh, went not too long for the count, and couldn't get it.
Almost got beat in return by a nice move there.
Look, there's a guy with a sign, "Be Fair to Flair."
-[Gorilla] Don't start. -[Heenan] What the sign says.
I mean, the guy's showing that he's fair to flair.
He brought the sign that says, "Be Fair to Flair."
[indistinct chatter]
[Gorilla] Oh, look at this.
[both] Oh!
[Gorilla] Slapped him right across the face.
-What a despicable act. -[Heenan] Wash your hands, Genius.
He hit at me!
-[Heenan] He's giving him an education. -He hit at me hard.
[Heenan] He didn't hit you hard enough, you're still breathing.
[Gorilla] What right did the Genius have to do that for?
[Heenan] What a gutsy guy, huh, the Genius?
To slap--
[overlapping chatter]
[Gorilla] Gee, look at the redness on his check.
-Is it bleeding? -[Gorilla] No, it's not bleeding, Jamison.
You'll be all right.
[Heenan] All we need for him is start bleeding here.
[Gorilla] That's about all the Genius could do is slap somebody.
It was a-- it was well oiled slap though, wasn't it?
[chuckles, groans]
[Gorilla] Come on, get him out, ref.
Matt's continuing at a furious pace here.
Bushwhackers, uh, really deceiving--
-[Heenan] Oh! -[Gorilla] Neckbreaker!
-[Heenan] Here we go, it's over. -[Gorilla] Well executed.
Boy, that one comes right down on the back of your neck.
Right on an external occipital protuberance.
[Heenan] A what?
Say the back of the neck, keep it simple--
[Gorilla] Just forget about it. Occipital protuberance.
People don't understand what you're talking about.
-[Heenan] You wouldn't understand. -[Gorilla] I understand.
[groans]
[Heenan] Well, ring the bell, pal. Just about over.
[Gorilla] Oh, what a--- what a clothesline right out of the corner.
-[sniffles] -[Gorilla] Jamison still concerned.
He's wiping his cheek with the same sock he blew his nose in.
[Heenan] That surprises you?
[indistinct chatter]
[crowd cheering]
-[grunts] -[groans]
[Gorilla] Genius static a moment ago, but now once again,
this thing is turned around, a beautiful 360.
[Gorilla] Well, he nailed him.
[screams]
[Gorilla] Bushwhackers on the warpath.
Here comes the battering ram.
-Oh! -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Could be all over here, hooks the leg.
No, no, no. Oh, it would have been all over.
[Heenan] It's two against one. Come on, referee, get him out.
[Gorilla] Referee Danny Davis, uh, rapidly losing control this one
From the outside-- Oh, come on.
[Heenan] Well, you know what, will his knee give out?
-He pulled his leg from outside the ring. -[Gorilla] No big deal.
[Heenan] You didn't see that.
[Gorilla] It's just The Bushwhackers, it's not important.
Get out of here!
[Gorilla] Glad it didn't end with that move.
What a miscarriage of justice that would have been.
[Gorilla] Oh! Double axe handle from the illegal man from outside.
-Oh, come on. -[bell ringing]
["Livin' in the USA" playing]
[Howard] Here are the winners, the Beverly Brothers.
[Jamison] No!
[Heenan] Well, Jamison,
you're gonna go back and share a can of sardines now?
You miserable misfit.
[Gorilla] Yeah, Beverly, you should really be proud of yourselves.
Never turn your back on anyone.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Bushwhackers saying this one's not over yet.
The battering ram.
-And another one. -[Heenan] I don't--
I don't think they're aware the match is over.
[Gorilla] Get that, Genius, get him.
Genius looking for somewhere to hide, but nowhere to go.
[Heenan] Come on, referee!
[Gorilla] Come on, Jamison.
[Heenan] They're gonna turn Jameson loose on him.
The Genius is gonna catch something,
he's gonna be contaminated, I'm telling you.
[Gorilla] Now's your chance for payback, a chance to get even. He's winding up.
-Go ahead. -[Heenan] Come on, referee.
[crowd cheering]
-[Heenan] He can't even make a fist. -[Gorilla] Will you keep quiet?
He can't hurt you, what's the difference?
-[Heenan] I-- I don't-- -[Gorilla] All he can do is infect you.
-He kicked him in the shins. -[Gorilla] Kicked him in the shins
because I don't think it's in him to hit anybody.
["Walkabout" playing]
-[Heenan] Well, there goes that hat. -[Gorilla] Oh, hey, there is your Genius.
[Heenan] There goes that hat. Hat's ruined.
[Gorilla] Jamison off and running with The Bushwhackers.
[Heenan] Got the IQ of a doorknob, but he's wearing the Genius' hat.
Tell me this world is upside down.
Oh, no. Well, I guess y'all deserve each other.
Lick to your heart's content. He's got his pants tucked into his socks.
[Gorilla] Well, he's gonna treasure that mortarboard forever.
And remember what it was like here at the Royal Rumble.
[Heenan] Probably turn it upside down and make underwear out of it.
[Gorilla scoffs]
Can't take it away from The Bushwhackers.
Right now, let's take it to "Mean Gene" Okerlund.
All right, thank you, Gorilla Monsoon.
We have seen one title match here tonight, and another one right around the corner.
The Natural Disasters challenging Hawk and Animal,
the Legion of Doom, for the World Tag Team Championship belt.
That's right, Mean Gene.
As we said before, the Legion of Doom will never be closet champions.
We will face all challengers like we've done in the past.
And now, we got the biggest team in World Wrestling Entertainment history.
The Natural Disasters, almost a half a ton between them.
Well, that's okay with us, because we're the champs.
And we ain't gonna start losing now, right, Hawk?
Well, Mean Gene,
you know what makes us sick besides everything?
Typhoon and Earthquake, they make us real sick.
You see, they want to throw their weight around.
Well, that's okay. We want to throw your weight around too.
And when we're done with you, and we still got the belts,
your tongues will be hanging out like dead deers.
Well, I thank you very much, let's get back to ringside.
[Gorilla] Talk about a couple of determined guys.
The champions are just out.
[Howard] …is for the World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Championship.
-[Heenan] The building is shaking. -[Gorilla] It certainly is.
[Howard] Coming down the aisle with their manager,
"The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart.
And our challenger at a total combined weight of--
You're looking at 'em, brother, the next champs!
…Earthquake, Typhoon,
the Natural Disasters.
[Gorilla] Natural Disasters with a 200-- perhaps 300 pound weight advantage
over the champions.
[Heenan] You're not gonna see LOD pick these two up in the air
and toss them around like some cabbage patch dolls.
Uh-uh, there's your new champions.
[Gorilla] Brain, the edge always lies with the champions for one simple reason.
The title can only change hands on pinfall or submission.
And the other result, Legion of Doom could lose the match,
but still walk out of here as the champions.
[Heenan] Well, they're gonna have to pin,
'cause I don't see Legion of Doom giving up.
[Howard] Their opponents from Chicago, Illinois--
[Gorilla] But they can be beaten.
…at a total combined weight of 586 pounds,
here are the World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team champions,
the Legion of Doom.
[Gorilla] What an ovation.
["What a Rush" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Jack Tunney oughta make a ruling on them.
[Heenan] Those spikes are lethal, Monsoon. You poke somebody's eye out with that,
you can do some permanent damage to a person with those spikes.
And they'll use them if they get a chance. You know it, they don't care.
It's obvious with those haircuts, they don't care.
[Gorilla] Will you be quiet?
On their feet in unison as one here in the Knickerbocker Arena
to salute the WWE Tag Champions, Animal and Hawk.
[Gorilla] The time for the talking is over.
[Heenan] Put up or shut up.
Come on, out! Out!
[Gorilla] What a golden opportunity for that little runt, Jimmy Hart.
You can do it. Come… come on.
[Gorilla] Well, he's gonna have to regroup to once again
have the WWE Tag Team Championship belts in his stable.
[Heenan] I hope he's put what happened to the Mountie behind him
for the time being and concentrate solely
on the Natural Disasters winning that tag championship.
He can't worry about what happened with Piper and the Mountie.
[indistinct chatter]
[Gorilla] He was, uh, mainly responsible
for probably the Mountie winning and also the Mountie losing.
-[Heenan] Jimmy's a pro. He's a pro. -[Gorilla] Yeah, he's a pro.
[Heenan] He knows what he's doing.
[Gorilla] Come on, Hawk, pick him up in the air and throw him around a little.
Tough guy. Whoa, what a rush!
Come on, tough guy, move him around a little bit.
Come on, Hawk, the bird of prey.
You'll be praying-- you'll be praying for help when they get done with you.
Swing shot in. Oh, shoulder block, doesn't even budge.
Typhoon. And another one, and the same result.
Oh, nailed him that time with a forearm to the side of the head,
and now he's up there on the top turnbuckle.
[Heenan] That'll take you down.
-He got him down. -[Gorilla] He sure did.
[indistinct shouting]
[Gorilla] More than one way to skin a cat.
A gutsy guy.
[Heenan] They're both gutsy guys, all four gutsy guys.
[Gorilla] Those who have the gold and those who want it.
[Earthquake] You want them? Yeah, you want him.
[Gorilla] Earthquake says, "I want them, let me have them."
[Heenan] I'll say one thing, LOD isn't backing off.
Get out of my face.
[Gorilla] Dropkick, didn't faze the big guy.
Come on, Animal, come on, Hawk, think twice.
Maybe you bit off a little more than you can chew.
You can chew on-- Chew-- Oh.
Oh, a dropkick attack by Earthquake. That was disastrous.
-What a foolish mistake. -[Heenan] You can chew on him all day.
[Gorilla] He wouldn't have hit Sky Low Low with that one.
[indistinct chatter]
[Gorilla] Sizing each other up and down.
We're not gonna see too many flying head scissors
or short arm scissors in this one.
That's a nice…
that's a nice haircut if you're going to the chair.
-[groans] -[Gorilla] Oh!
Downstairs in the bread basket, goes Earthquake.
But look at the speed here.
[both] Oh!
[Gorilla] Both guys with the same idea,
double clothesline, who got the worst of it?
[Heenan] I think Earthquake hurt his elbow.
Three!
[Heenan] He's favoring it.
Animal gets to his feet first, I'm surprised at that.
[Gorilla] If I were Animal-- Oh, look at this.
[Heenan] Whoa!
[Gorilla] He got him up, but he couldn't hold him,
-we could have it right-- -[Heenan] No.
Inches-- inches, and moments. He almost had it.
Oh, God.
[Gorilla] Foolish mistake by Animal,
almost crushed by that humongous weight of Earthquake.
Look at this, Avalanche in the corner by Typhoon.
[indistinct chatter]
[Gorilla] They've got some kind of a signal worked out here.
[grunts]
-[Gorilla] Whoa. -[Heenan] Uh-oh.
[Gorilla] There once in a while, won too many times there.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] You see the momentum behind that, Brain?
-[Heenan] Yeah, I saw that. -[Gorilla] Behind that clothesline.
That's what it takes to put the big guy down.
[Heenan] Somebody told me once, I forget who it was,
that when you run into Animal and Hawk, it feels like they ran into you.
-[Gorilla] Whoa! -[Heenan] Do you understand that?
[Gorilla] Yeah, I… I can understand that.
[grunts]
[Gorilla] Tag was made, and it's Hawk in there now and--
[Heenan] Whoa, excuse me.
[Gorilla] Obviously, these guys got that adrenaline flowing
through their bodies right now,
as they seem just to be impervious to pain.
Oh, look at this power display.
Whoa!
-[Heenan] The hawk has been grounded, huh? -[Gorilla] Little assault on his tail.
Whoa! Flew right into that corner.
Top turnbuckle just wrapped him right in the back of the head.
[Heenan] Now, they gotta use their weight,
they gotta get him back to the corner.
They have to make fast tags, they gotta lean on him.
Every time Hawk moves, he's gotta move their weight.
They've gotta sap all the strength out of him.
[Gorilla] Oh! Right in the kidney area.
-[Heenan] We got it right here, one, two-- -[Gorilla] Could be all over.
-No. -Two.
-[Gorilla] How did he get out of that? -[Heenan] Instinct.
He's… he's just going on fumes.
[Gorilla] Picks him up like a little child.
[Heenan] See, they gotta lean on him.
You gotta take away all his strength, sap his energy.
[Gorilla] Things not looking good here for Legion of Doom.
[Heenan] That's right, lean on him now. Almost a half a ton.
Pound on him, pound on him, pound on him. Work on that lower back.
Look at this.
-[grunts] -[Gorilla] Whoa!
Blow after blow in that short rib area, that kidney area.
[Heenan] I've fallen, and I can't get up.
[Gorilla] And now it's a bear hug by Typhoon still…
putting more and more punishment,
more and more hurt on that lower back area.
Gotta get out of there, Hawk.
[Heenan] Why don't you fly out, Hawk?
[Gorilla] He got out, he found a way. Second turn buckle on the inside. Oh!
Caught him in mid-air.
What kind of power does it take to do that?
[Heenan] Good thinking, Hawk.
Now, they got a lean on him here.
You know how you sometimes get the lean on people in life.
They got a lean on him now.
[Heenan] And I mean with a capital L.
[grunts]
[Gorilla] All the marbles up for grabs in this one.
-[crowd cheering] -[grunts]
[Heenan] I don't see the Animal making an effort to get in.
[Gorilla] He'd like to be in there.
[Heenan] Oh! That will make you cough up your Thanksgiving dinner.
[Gorilla] Whoa! [chuckling]
All 400 pounds plus right on that sternum and once again.
Oh.
[Heenan] Let me tell you, it's not like the Olympics.
You're not gonna see any bronze or silver here today.
Nothing but gold.
[Gorilla] Well, we know where the gold lies right now, where it's gonna lie.
Perhaps, a half an hour from now, could be a different ball game.
[Heenan] Psst, psst. Come here, come here, you.
Go in the back, and ask for Miss what?
[Gorilla] Get… get this guy out of here, he has no business here.
[Heenan] No, he works for me, he works for me.
[Gorilla] That's it, take him out of here.
[Heenan] I'll give you three bucks, come here.
[Gorilla] Three bucks? Boy, are you paranoid?
And a bear hug once again.
[Heenan] See, now they're--
they got him in this bear hug and they're leaning on him.
They're bending him backwards, they gotta do that.
All that weight.
[Gorilla] I… I think it's a mistake, Brain.
I think that the Natural Disasters are wasting a great deal of their time
because Animal and Hawk are not gonna give up.
[Heenan] No, but you beat them down enough, you can't pin 'em.
-[Gorilla] Well, they're not gonna quit. -[Heenan] No, they won't quit.
I'll give you that.
And you beat him down enough and then get on top of them,
they're not gonna be able to to push out with a bad back.
[Gorilla] That's possible.
[Heenan] Of course, it's possible, I'm the Brain.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Stop him, stop him, cut him off.
[Gorilla] There you go.
[Heenan] Whoa!
[Gorilla] Oh, nice flying shoulder block by Animal.
[crowd jeering]
[Gorilla] Oh, it only bought him a little bit of time.
-Look at that double team. -[Heenan] Whoa!
[Gorilla] Luckily, he came down on his feet.
But look at the quickness here, that's what pays off.
[Heenan] He's a powerhouse.
[Gorilla] Imagine the impact force needed
to get that ton of humanity down onto the canvas.
[crowd jeering]
[Gorilla] And now it's spilled out into the ringside area.
[Heenan] The referee's lost control of this one.
[Gorilla] Ah! Slam on the concrete.
[Heenan] Squeeze him! Squeeze him!
-Squeeze him like a zit! -[bell ringing]
[Gorilla] Typhoon obviously the legal man still in the ring.
I believe we've had a count out here.
[Heenan] No, no, wait a minute, they might have given up.
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen, the referee awards the decision
as a result of a countdown…
[Heenan] Count out, they don't get the belt.
…to the Natural Disasters.
[Gorilla] They don't get the belts, Brain. You can forget about that.
-[Heenan] Well, they got the belts. -[Gorilla] They do not. Uh-oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Oh! Did you hear that?
-[Gorilla] What a shot. -[Heenan] Quite a shot been going off.
[Gorilla] Well…
[Howard] The winners are the Natural Disasters--
[Gorilla] That's where the bets belong, right there.
…however, the only way the championship can change hands
is on a pinfall or a submission,
therefore, still WWE Champions--
[Gorilla] They're lucky. Oh, they're darn lucky.
["What a Rush" playing]
♪ What a rush ♪
[Gorilla] Still World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Champions,
Animal and Hawk, successful here, what a hard-fought battle, obviously.
Referee lost control of that one, Brain.
[Heenan] I'll tell you, they're really lucky
because another 30 seconds to a minute, the Natural Disasters had them.
They had taken almost all the fight out of Hawk.
Almost over.
[Gorilla] Well, two of the title matches have been decided.
Right now, let's take you right to Sean Mooney.
[Heenan] Who?
We just witnessed an incredible matchup
involving the Legion of Doom and the Natural Disasters.
Hawk and Animal retained the belts, but obviously,
Earthquake and Typhoon are not going to be pleased.
And they are going to demand a rematch, I'm sure, sometime soon.
Now, I'm hoping to get a word with the, uh, challengers,
but, uh, they are at this point here-- Wait a minute.
Jimmy Hart coming in and, uh, obviously they're not very pleased with…
[breathes heavily]
We should be the World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Champions.
I am going to call my lawyer. I'm going to get my attorney.
I am fed up with this. I am fed up to here with this.
They should be the champions.
[indistinct shouting]
We won the titles. What happened?
How come they were taken away?
Well, you know it's-- you have to-- it must be a pinfall to take--
Millions of people see what happened there.
We're the champions. We're the WWE Tag Team Champions.
We beat them fair and square. They were counting on the ring.
We had our hands held high. We're the champions.
Jack Tunney, you'll see our attorneys. We don't put up with this stuff.
We kick their butts. And look what happens.
They pull it away from us. It ain't gonna happen no more.
They're not re-awarding us the match.
These guys are the champions.
I'm calling an attorney, I'm getting a lawyer
because we're not gonna let these guys get away with that.
No way, baby, we're fed up, this is it, baby, this is it--
-[grunts] -I'm sorry, uh, that is the official word.
If we get our hands on you again, we will be the champions.
Hawk and Animal still the reigning tag team champions right now.
Let's go back out to ringside.
Well, that little runt certainly has those guys brainwashed.
-The rules are very explicit, Brain. -I know the rules.
The only way the title can change hands is pinfall or submission.
Everything else doesn't count.
You can be declared the winner, but you don't go home with the marbles.
Hey, if he needs a good lawyer, I got a couple of them in Beverly Hills,
working a good price too. I'll help Jimmy out.
-I'm sure you do. -They were that close
from taking those titles. They were that close, Monsoon.
Two big titles here in the WWE have already been decided.
Of course, as we just saw, these guys retaining their gold.
-Right now, let's take you to Mean Gene. -[chuckles]
All right, thank you Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan,
congratulations are in order for you
Rowdy Roddy Piper, the new Intercontinental Champion.
One more time, baby, only in America,
where else can a skinny 15-year-old kid come on down and become champion
and have a chance at the world champion now.
I'm gonna go in there next, Mean Gene,
they're going to be 30 guys, I'm going to have them falling down
like President Bush, thank the good lord, the Prez got up.
Them? They ain't gonna be so lucky, because I got a dream,
and I do have a dream, and I got my eye on the prize.
[kisses] Dedicate this one to Colt. [grunts]
All right, Rowdy Roddy Piper, one down, one to go.
Indeed, if he were to win the Royal Rumble,
he would be making World Wrestling Entertainment history.
Folks, it is exciting.
Once again I hope there is, uh, some kind of order with Sean Mooney.
Let's go to you.
Well, thank you, Gene. The second half of the Royal Rumble still to come.
For the first time in World Wrestling Entertainment history,
30 superstars will be involved in the championship bout.
And as you can see there is a great deal of tension
here in the locker room.
Understandably so as each participant has the chance
to become the next World Wrestling Entertainment champion.
Now, there are some favorites, there are also some underdogs.
Excuse me, Shawn Michaels?
Big opportunity coming your way this afternoon.
Unfortunately, I cannot say the same for your--
should I say now former tag team partner.
Uh, folks you heard some of the details earlier,
for those of you who missed that appalling incident
that knocked Jannetty out of the Royal Rumble.
Let's take a look back
and see what happened just one week ago on the barbershop
[crowd cheering]
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen, the Rockers.
[Gorilla] Told you.
-[Heenan] Yeah. -[Gorilla] Told you.
["Rock Out" playing]
[Gorilla] Tag team specialist.
[Heenan] See, one without the other isn't any good.
[both] Oh!
[Heenan] Oh, I knew he was gonna do that,
I just knew he was gonna do that.
He don't need Jannetty, I told you that all tonight.
[Gorilla] Are you kidding?
What a despicable act that was.
[indistinct chatter]
[Gorilla] No! Oh, my God.
Shawn Michaels, I have to say that was one of the most heinous acts
I have ever witnessed.
You know, I don't know what the big deal is.
Think about it, Jannetty, I saved you 29 other beatings.
I mean, sure, you know, not as bad as the one I gave you,
but 29 beatings nonetheless.
And you know, is there any doubt in my mind
that I'm gonna be walking home
with the World Wrestling Entertainment Heavyweight Championship?
[chuckles] I don't think so.
Now, everybody is gonna find out what Shawn Michaels has known all along,
that he is without a doubt, the hottest thing
World Wrestling Entertainment has ever, ever laid eyes on. [chuckles]
Clearly the only thing on the mind of Shawn Michaels
is the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship.
-Let's go back out to ringside. -[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] And now, let's join his lordship, Alfred Hayes.
I've managed to get myself into the dressing room of Ric Flair
for this Coliseum Video exclusive.
Tell me, Mr. Flair, how did you fare in the Royal Rumble draw?
Lord Alfred, I drew number three. To a lot of people out there, they'd say,
"My God, what a disadvantage you go in at."
But look at it like this, when your name is Ric Flair,
when you're the claimant to the real World's Heavyweight Championship,
you know that to make everybody a believer that I've got to beat 29 other men.
So, I'll go in at number three,
that means I'll be in there close to an hour.
It makes no difference when I walk out,
I will be the World Wrestling Entertainment champion against all odds
and that's the bottom line.
That is the bottom line from Ric Flair, so now back to the ringside.
-[crowd cheering] -[1992 Royal Rumble theme playing]
[Heenan] And now, back to "Mean Gene" Okerlund.
The winner of the Royal Rumble
as the undisputed World Wrestling Entertainment champ,
undoubtedly will be defending that title at WrestleMania VIII
in Indianapolis at the Hoosier Dome on Sunday, April the 5th.
Now, we had occasion to talk to some of the participants
in the Royal Rumble, even now at the eleventh hour,
let's get their thoughts.
Oh, yeah, the Royal Rumble, the single greatest wrestling event
and match ever in the history of World Wrestling Entertainment.
Competition, yeah, against 29 of the greatest wrestlers in the world.
And only one man can win the prestigious
World Wrestling Entertainment Championship belt.
I've won it before. I've been there before.
I've been to the top of the mountain. And I'm going back.
I'm going back this afternoon.
Two things I want to accomplish this afternoon, yeah. Number one,
sometime, I want to get my hands on the snake man.
And the other thing is, yeah, I want to, once again,
be the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
Oh, yeah. Dig it!
See, it is this simple.
The man who is standing last in the Royal Rumble
will be the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
So, all I ask you to do is open your eyes,
it will hit you in the head like a shot.
For you are looking at the man that is superior to all.
You are looking at the next World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
[breathes heavily] You are looking at Sid Justice.
Hey, psst, come here. No, closer.
You know, one of the biggest thrills in my life
is when I get to take something.
And today, I got the opportunity to take the biggest prize ever
from 29 of the best wrestlers in World Wrestling Entertainment.
And you know something, wouldn't it be just great,
the World Wrestling title right around my waist?
The Repo Man. [chuckles] Oh, what a thrill.
Because remember, what's mine is mine.
And what's yours is mine too. [laughs]
The last time the British Bulldog was in a match like this
was in the Royal Albert Hall in London, England.
My hometown.
And what a thrill it was for me to dispose of 19 other opponents over the top rope.
And stand victorious in the hallowed halls of the Royal Albert Hall.
But what a bigger thrill it's gonna be this afternoon
when the British Bulldog steps in the Royal Rumble
and disposes of 29 other opponents
and gets the World Wrestling Entertainment Heavyweight Championship belt
around my waist. That will truly be a Royal Rumble.
They say you can't always get what you want,
but I've always been able to get what I need.
This afternoon,
the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship belt is on the line.
For 29 other men, it's gonna be a big disappointment.
And I would never disappoint myself, you, I don't mind.
And Savage, believe me when I tell you, I'll be waiting for you.
Yeah, I'll save some for you,
and I'll have just enough left to walk out with that title around my waist, trust me.
You're looking at the next World Wrestling Entertainment champion,
you're looking at the man who rocks the cradle.
Mirror, mirror on the wall,
today we find out who's the fairest of them all.
We're at the Royal Rumble and 30 of the greatest
World Wrestling Entertainment superstars gathered today to find out
who is the man. For four months,
I've called myself the real world champion.
So, for me, there's no back door,
but remember, boys, and that's to all 29 of you,
I've lived one way and one way only
and that's with the belief to be the man you have to beat the man.
And today, at the Royal Rumble, I am the man.
Whoo!
Oh, what a busy afternoon it's going to be at my funeral parlor.
Twenty-nine hearses have already been prepared.
Twenty-nine bodies, 29 caskets!
And standing atop this mass carnage…
will be the Undertaker, crowned once more,
World Wrestling Entertainment Heavyweight Champion.
You know something, Hulkamaniacs, later on this afternoon,
we get to prove a point that no one else could prove except us, man.
In one given afternoon,
we're gonna prove to the whole world the power of Hulkamania.
We're gonna prove that we can beat all 29 other superstars
in World Wrestling Entertainment to get our WWE title back.
Oh, yeah, winning the Royal Rumble is one thing,
the most prestigious event in the WWE.
But when you add the WWE title on top of that,
that changes the whole picture, man.
But Hulkamaniacs, this is our cup of tea.
They're going to be coming from all different directions,
friend or foe, they're all the same in the Rumble.
But it's just like always,
we're always getting cheap shotted by one of our so-called friends,
or we're always getting cheap shotted by that no good Jack Tunney,
but this is our cup of tea.
And in the Royal Rumble, we're gonna prove that Hulkamania reigns supreme.
But to all those people in Titan Tower, in the WWE offices,
don't worry about the Undertaker or Jake The Snake stealing that belt, man.
Me and my little Hulksters
have a special battle plan for the Royal Rumble.
And what you're gonna do when Hulk Hogan
and his little Hulksters rumble all over you. [sighs]
[bell ringing]
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen,
it is now time for the Royal Rumble.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] This is what we've all been waiting for.
In just a few moments, the individuals who drew number one
and number two
-will begin the Royal Rumble. -[Gorilla] Oh, my goodness. Oh, my God.
-And every two minutes thereafter… -[Gorilla] Ah.
-…another individual will enter the ring… -[Gorilla] Paranoid, huh?
-…according to the number that he pulled. -[Gorilla] This is the big one.
-This is it. -Remember, in the Royal Rumble…
-…it is every man for himself. -And Ric Flair is not either one two.
Oh, no.
And elimination occurs when a wrestler is thrown out
over the top and onto the floor.
Now, the man who will win the Royal Rumble
and the one man remaining after all 30 participants have entered,
will be crowned the Undisputed World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Very simple.
It's over the top and down to the concrete to be eliminated.
…beginning, it gives me a great deal of pleasure to introduce to you
the esteemed president of World Wrestling Entertainment,
Mr. Jack Tunney!
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Oh, there's Jack-on-the-take-Tunney.
-[Gorilla] Quiet. -Thank you very much, Howard.
I would like to take this opportunity to officially welcome everyone
who is watching this spectacular event with us.
The winner of this event of the-- th-- this will not only have the prestige
of beating 29 other men, but will also be declared
the Undisputed World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
[Heenan] Come on, let's go.
[Gorilla] I think we'd pass that.
I would like to say in closing, may the best man win.
-[Heenan] Yeah, yeah, yeah. -Thank you, Mr. President.
[Heenan] He's been the best president since Noriega.
[Gorilla] Will you be serious?
And now, ladies and gentlemen, let us all find out…
[Heenan] Oh, come on, come on.
…who drew number one for the Royal Rumble.
-[Heenan] Oh, come on. -[Gorilla] Well, President Jack Tunney
-is certainly-- Oh, it's Davey Boy. -[Heenan] Oh!
[Gorilla] The British Bulldog.
[Howard] Coming down the aisle from Leeds, England,
the British Bulldog.
["Rule, Britannia" playing]
[Heenan] He won the big Battle Royal in London a couple months ago.
[Gorilla] The winner of the coveted Samovar trophy at the Royal Albert Hall.
-[Heenan] We were there. -[Gorilla] We certainly were.
Of course, there was only 19 men involved in that one.
This one here is 29 guys
-he's gonna have to go through. -[Heenan] Shut up, shut up.
Who's number two?
-[Howard] And now, here is the individual… -[Gorilla] Oh, Ric Flair. No.
-…who drew number two. -[Gorilla] Come on!
["It's All About The Money" playing]
♪ Money, money, money, money, money… ♪
[Gorilla] Oh, Million Dollar Man, Ted DiBiase.
-[Heenan] Who is she? That knockout! -[Howard] Accompanied down the aisle
by the Sensational Sherri,
here is the million-dollar champion, Ted DiBiase.
[Heenan] Boy, look at them.
[Gorilla] Well, he didn't buy a number this time, did he?
♪ Always gets his way ♪
There's a couple that should be on the cover of GQ.
♪ Money, money, money, money, money… ♪
-[bell ringing] -[Gorilla] The Royal Rumble is underway.
[The British Bulldog groans]
[Gorilla] Every two minutes, the next participant will appear.
[groans]
[Gorilla] DiBiase has done very well in the Royal Rumbles of late.
[The British Bulldog groans]
[Heenan] See my strategy would be right now,
you can't get counted out.
Go between the ropes, take a walk, kill some time.
I mean, you're the first and second out here.
You could be in there for a long time.
[Gorilla] Well, I believe it was last year, Brain,
uh, last year's Royal Rumble,
where Million Dollar Man was in there for in excess of, uh, 30 minutes.
[Heenan] Oh, yeah.
[Gorilla] Well, let's set the record straight.
It is "The Model" Rick Martel, who has the record, 53 minutes,
and I believe 14 seconds.
[Ted grunts]
[Gorilla] Of course, that was for the one that was in there the longest.
The one that was in there the shortest,
a very dubious honor, goes to Bushwhacker Luke,
I believe it was 4.8 seconds.
He whacked his way in and immediately got whacked out.
[Heenan] Well, he was in there probably too long.
-[crowd cheering] -[Heenan] Oh, no!
[Gorilla] No! DiBiase's out of there.
[Heenan] Okay, who's number three?
-Who's number three now? -[Gorilla] Just like that.
-[Heenan] How much more time do we have? -[Gorilla] Davey Boy.
Look at him, he is upset. An opportunity wasted down the drain here.
[Heenan] Nine seconds, eight seconds, seven, six, five, four, three.
[Gorilla] Listen to this tremendous crowd counting down here.
-[buzzer blaring] -[Gorilla] There goes a buzzer.
-[Heenan] No. -[Gorilla] Oh, yes.
-[Heenan] Damn it. -[Gorilla] It's Ric Flair.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Oh, you can kiss him goodbye, Brain.
Never before in the history of the Royal Rumble
has anyone who has drawn numbers one through five
been there at the end.
[Heenan] Watch your language.
[Gorilla] Sit down before you have a heart attack.
[Heenan] That's okay. I know Perfect's got him ready.
-He's confident. -[Gorilla] Did you hear what I just said?
-[Heenan] What? You're talking to me? -[Gorilla] Yes.
[Heenan] What'd you say?
[Gorilla] No one ever in the history of the Royal Rumble
has drawn numbers one through five, and been there at the end.
[Heenan] Oh, shut up.
Take your time, champ. Pace yourself.
I'm gonna have to apologize to the people. I don't think I can really be objective.
I'm gonna have to make--
[Gorilla] When have you ever been objective?
-[crowd cheering] -[Heenan] Oh, no.
[Gorilla] Oh, look at this power press slam.
[Heenan] Oh!
[groans]
[Heenan] Take a walk, take a walk.
Go under the rope.
-[grunts] -[The British Bulldog groans]
[Gorilla] Flair looks to be a tremendous condition,
he'll have to be if he wants to get very far on this one.
[Heenan] Take it easy, Rick.
-Take a walk. -[groans]
[Heenan] See, he's too much of a competitor to do that.
He's gonna fight you right up until the end.
[Gorilla] How unfortunate--
[Heenan] Which I hope is after 20 other men have been eliminated.
-[Gorilla] How unfortunate… -[grunts]
-[crowd cheering] -…for the executive consultant…
-Whoa! -…and the financial advisor…
-[Heenan] Oh. Shut up. -…to lose their jobs,
because this guy, with the luck of the draw,
went for number three.
-[Heenan] Who's coming up next? -[Gorilla] You can hear him counting down.
The next competitor is on his way.
-[buzzer blaring] -[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] It's Sags of The Nasty Boys.
-A 300-pound guy. -[Gorilla] One half of the Nasty Boys.
Sags making his way down.
[Heenan] What tremendous camera work.
I got to get my mind off this, I gotta talk about something else.
[grunts]
[Gorilla] Yeah, your career is in jeopardy, Brain.
Oh, this should buy a little time for Ric Flair here.
Because now it's a double team on Davey Boy.
[Heenan] Flair, let Sags do all the work.
Over the corner and rest.
-You got, well, over two minutes. -[Gorilla] I… I'm assuming
you're supposed to be a broadcast journalist.
Be objective here.
-[Heenan] I told you to shut up. -[groans]
[Heenan] Leave me alone. I stand a chance to make a fortune here.
[Gorilla] Or losing one.
-Whoo! -[Heenan] I can't look at it that way.
I'm gonna be on easy street.
[Gorilla] One man has been eliminated already,
the "Million Dollar Man," Ted DiBiase,
-much to his chagrin. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Oh, nice counter move by Davey Boy.
Incidentally, President Jack Tunney certainly was…
-[Heenan] No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. -…Royal Rumble going all over the world.
-Drop kick, and he's out. -[Heenan] Oh, no.
-[crowd cheering] -[Heenan] It's back to Bulldog and Flair.
[Gorilla] Davey said it's you and me, Flair.
[Heenan] This isn't fair to Flair.
-This is not fair to Flair! -[Gorilla] It certainly is!
All's fair in the Royal Rumble.
-[Davey Boy groans] -[Heenan] Whoa.
-It's like a 357 magnum. -[crowd] Ten, nine…
[Gorilla] Well, the countdown is there, we're down to seven now.
-[Heenan] Six. -…five, four, three…
[Gorilla] Let's see who's gonna be coming out…
as Flair's in trouble.
-[buzzer blaring] -[Heenan] Who's coming out now?
-Haku! -[Gorilla] It's Haku.
[Heenan] But you know, you can't really depend on anybody to help you,
'cause it's every man for themselves.
-[Gorilla] Absolutely. -[Heenan] Everyone wants the gold.
-Haku immediately attacking Davey Boy. -[Davey Boy groans]
[Gorilla] A nice opportunity for Flair to catch a breather here.
He certainly needs it.
-[groans] -[Gorilla] But, oh, he's attacking.
[groans]
[Heenan] Back off, Ric.
Let Haku do the… [stammering] …the kicking.
-Oh, see? -[Gorilla] Oh, there it is!
[Heenan] What the heck are you doing, Haku?
You've gone nuts.
[Gorilla] Just to show you "It's every man for himself."
-Flair having a good time with… -[Heenan] No, no, no, no, no.
…every guy that comes out here.
[Heenan] This isn't fair to Flair, I'm telling you.
There are no friends, Monsoon, only enemies, dirty enemies.
[Gorilla] Flair's gotta get back in there…
-[Heenan] You know what? -…that's what the referees are there for.
[Heenan] You know what it's all about? The World Wrestling Entertainment title.
-[yells] -[Gorilla] Oh, look at this,
-piledriver by Haku. -[screams]
[Gorilla] And now, Flair taking advantage of the situation,
goes to work on Haku.
[Gorilla] What a competitor, I agree with that, Brain.
[Heenan] Take it easy, Ric.
-[groans] -[Gorilla] Whoa.
[Heenan] You're not gonna hurt him doing that to his head.
Take a breather.
Where is Perfect?
[Davey Boy groans]
[Gorilla] They're not allowed at ringside, Brain, you know that.
[Heenan] He's not a manager, he's an executive consultant.
[Gorilla] Same thing, a pest.
[Ric groans]
[Gorilla] Oh, nice reverse by Flair and a headbutt by Haku.
-[Heenan] Come on, Davey boy, hit Haku. -[Gorilla] Why on earth
would you wanna raise the ire of this big guy?
-[Ric groans] -[Heenan] Stay down, Ric, stay down.
-Take your time to be up. -[crowd] Ten, nine…
[Gorilla] The clock is down to eight seconds.
We're gonna have another competitor out here in just a moment.
-[crowd] …three, two, one. -[Heenan] It's back to Bulldog and Flair.
This isn't fair to Flair, I keep telling you.
-Who is it? -[buzzer blaring]
[Gorilla grunting]
-Shawn Michaels, Shawn Michaels! -[Heenan] Shawn Michaels.
It doesn't matter who comes out, really, it's every man for themselves.
[groans]
[Gorilla] It does matter, some guys hate Flair more than others.
-[Shawn grunts] -[Heenan] They're jealous.
-That's what it is. -[Gorilla] Look at this.
[Heenan] There's no way you can hate that man.
[Gorilla] Shawn Michaels going to work on Ric Flair.
-Big backdrop. Oh! -[Heenan] No!
[Gorilla] Crescent kick!
Look at Michaels, he's going after everybody.
-Oh, powerslam again, by Davey Boy. -[grunts]
[Heenan] That's right, Ric, stay down, take it easy. Let them fight it out.
-[Gorilla] Oh, 360! -[Heenan] No, he's not out.
-He didn't go to the floor. -[Heenan] Not out, not out.
[Gorilla] He only went to the apron.
[Heenan] Back off, Ric, back off!
[Ric grunts]
[Heenan] The roof's starting to spin, I'm getting dizzy.
[Gorilla] Look at this.
[Heenan] Can you get me something to drink?
[Gorilla] Flair trying to get Michaels out of there.
Well, finger right in the eye.
[Heenan] Give me some water, get me something to drink.
[Gorilla] Davey Boy taking a whole lot of punishment so far.
[Heenan] I mean, something with a kick.
[Gorilla] Not forgetting, he was the first one out there.
-[shouts] -[Gorilla] Oh!
-[groans] -[commentators] Oh!
[crowd jeering]
[Gorilla] But don't give him the negative attitude.
[Heenan] Flair might have lost. Flair's been in over ten minutes already.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] So has Davey Boy, been in over twelve, probably.
-[crowd] …Nine, eight, seven, six… -[Heenan] Who could it be?
[Gorilla] Another entry about to emerge through the curtains here.
-[Heenan] He's not out. -[buzzer blaring]
[crowd cheering]
-[Heenan] El Matador! -[Gorilla] It's El Matador, Tito Santana!
Well, this won't buy anytime for Flair.
[Heenan] Former Intercontinental Champion, former Tag Team Champion.
He'd love to be World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
And he's got as good a chance as anybody.
-[Ric exclaims] -[Gorilla] Immediately goes the work
on Ric Flair, trying to dump him out.
-Ric upside down in the corner! -[Heenan] No! Perfect. Get out of here.
[Gorilla] Kiss your meal ticket, goodbye.
[Heenan] Ric, go down, stay down.
[grunts]
[Gorilla] Just hanging in there.
Shawn Michaels is making guacamole out of El Matador.
[Heenan] He is not.
[Gorilla] Look at the tights, they're green.
[yells]
[Gorilla] And now, it's a Tag Team effort here,
even though it's every man for himself,
as Davey Boy and Tito working off.
What a suplex by Flair.
-[Heenan] Flair could lay back… -[Gorilla] Excuse me.
…he could take it easy, but he is a competitor.
[Gorilla] Shawn just about out of there, nope… only to the apron.
-[crowd cheering] -[Davey Boy groans]
[Gorilla] Did you see that?
-[Heenan] You know what's on the line? -[Gorilla] Talk about desperation.
[Heenan] You know what's at stake?
-[Heenan] A man will do anything. -[Gorilla] Pulling out all the stops.
Ric Flair, uh, doing whatever necessary to hang in there.
[Heenan] I'd do that to my grandmother if I had to.
-[Gorilla] I'm sure you would. -[Shawn groans]
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Davey Boy over that top rope, but not out of there yet.
Down on the apron, scoots back in underneath.
-Santana, look out, a flying jalapeño. -[Heenan] Go on Flair and found the mark.
-[Gorilla] Look at Flair. -[Heenan] Bodies all over the place.
-Look at Flair… -[crowd] …Eight, seven, six, five…
…as another entry about to emerge.
[Heenan] Who is it? Who is it?
-[buzzer blaring] -[Heenan] It's the Barbarian.
[sighing] They don't get any smaller,
they just get bigger, they just get tougher.
[Gorilla] Barbarian doesn't like Flair.
[Heenan] Barbarian doesn't like anybody.
When I managed him, he barely liked me.
[groans]
[Heenan] Why do you think they call him The Barbarian?
He's not a hairdresser on his day off, you know?
-[Gorilla] Oh, look at this. -[Heenan] This is one tough guy.
[Gorilla] Tito Santana wide open for that shot by Flair.
And look at Barbarian, he got Davey Boy up there,
but he's holding on to that top rope.
[groans]
[Gorilla] What tremendous conditioning shown here by Davey Boy Smith.
And of course…
[Heenan] He's got a death grip on that top rope.
[Gorilla] You sooner or later, Brain, you reach the point
-where the tank is empty. -[Davey Boy groans]
And then, I don't care how good an athlete you are…
-[Heenan] It's over. -…it's ripe for the pickins.
[Heenan] And you know, it's not like a regular Tag match.
It's not like a single match, he could be in there with 12 guys,
15 guys, 20 guys… I mean, and you know what's at stake?
[groans]
[Heenan] You have a chance to become a millionaire,
a millionaire, in one afternoon.
-[groans, grunts] -[groans]
[Gorilla] Tito Santana holding his own, he can with the best.
He's got some very impressive credentials, look out.
Shawn Michaels perched there on that second turnbuckle on the inside,
just waiting for the opportune moment.
[Heenan] Flair is doing the smart thing, though.
-[Gorilla] Right… -[Heenan] He's resting back.
-…taking a breather, I don't blame him. -[Heenan] It's a mark of a champion.
[Gorilla] Oh, look at this.
[Heenan] Michaels has been out about three or four times.
And back in, so has the Bulldog.
[Gorilla] But they can't get him down in a--
-[Heenan] Now, he's on his way out. -[crowd] …Seven, six, five…
[Gorilla] We're gonna have another entry here in just a moment.
…one.
-[Gorilla] And here he comes. -[buzzer blaring]
[Gorilla] There goes the horn.
-Oh, it's The Texas Tornado! -[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] They just keep getting bigger.
[Gorilla] Another former Intercontinental Champion.
[Heenan] He'd love to have that gold. No silver, no bronze today.
It's just all gold, Monsoon!
[Gorilla] Ric Flair, what a man he is.
[Heenan] I don't feel good.
[Gorilla] Immediately challenging The Texas Tornado…
where a lot of other guys would've laid low.
-Whoa! -[Heenan] Whoa, come on, Ric.
[Gorilla] It's amazing when you come through that ring
and hit that squared circle.
You've got everything going for you,
and some of these other guys are in bad shape.
-Thanks for easy pickings. -[Heenan] There are no friends.
Every man for himself.
-[Gorilla] Look at this slingshot. -[crowd jeering]
[Gorilla] Davey Boy was number one, and he's still there.
[Heenan] Hey, the best way, the best way to win this,
you come to the ring, and you carry a wrench.
-[Gorilla] What are you doing? Stop it. -[Heenan] A big crescent wrench.
[Gorilla] It has been 16 minutes… since Davey Boy entered the ring.
And he has been just beaten from pillar to post here.
[Heenan] He's been over, he's been out, he's been back and forth,
but his feet have not touched the ground.
Remember, your feet have to touch the ground
after being thrown over the top rope.
[Gorilla] I… I know rules.
[Heenan] I'll make sure you're not.
You just… you… you just call the action,
stay off my case.
[Gorilla] Flair down on the canvas once again,
not the place to be in the Royal Rumble
with that many arms and legs rallying around out there.
This is where you could sustain
-a very serious injury. -[crowd] …Seven, six, five…
[Gorilla] As the clock boils down once again… who's it gonna be?
-[Heenan] You got me. -[buzzer blaring]
[Gorilla] Oh, it's The Repo Man!
Look at him, he don't even know which direction the ring is.
[Heenan] He's taking his time, he's got a plan, he knows what to do.
[buzzer blaring]
[Gorilla] Give me a break.
He's wasting valuable time.
[Heenan] Oh, he is not. He knows what he's doing.
[Gorilla] He's gotta get in the ring. Hey, Ref, turn around.
[Heenan] Why get in there and get your clock cleaned?
Take your time…
smart guy.
[groans]
[Gorilla] Once again, Ric Flair trying to get rid of Davey Boy,
-unsuccessfully, I might add. -[Davey Boy groans]
[Heenan] Look at the grip Davey Boy has on that second rope.
[Davey Boy] Oh, God!
[Gorilla] Tito Santana ducks the clothesline.
What a high crossbody, but pinfalls do not count here.
[Heenan] Submissions do not count.
You gotta go 15 feet over to that floor.
[Gorilla] The dangerous aspect of this Royal Rumble…
-[Heenan] It boils down… -…is starting to come into focus,
because the number of men inside the ring is increasing.
[Heenan] It boils down to how bad you want it.
[Gorilla] I haven't had anyone eliminated in the last five or six minutes.
[Heenan] Who's out so far? DiBiase and Sags, right?
So that means, there is a chance
there could be 28 men filling this ring up.
-[Gorilla] Let's see, 22 for 20 to 30. -[Heenan] Yeah, 28.
[Gorilla] How about Haku?
-[Heenan] Twenty-seven. -[groans]
[Gorilla] Whoa!
Reverse knife edge by Flair, finding a mark.
What devastating shots those were.
Sixteen minutes now for Flair.
[Heenan] I know, I know, I'm keeping time of it.
[Gorilla] So that means coming close to 20 minutes for Davey Boy.
-[crowd] Ten, nine… -[Gorilla] Oh, no.
-It's gotta be over the top. -…seven…
[Heenan] We had it budgeted for 30. We didn't want him to go any more than 30.
[Gorilla] We're gonna have another participant
-coming through right now. -[buzzer blaring]
-[Gorilla] And it is the Hammer Valentine. -[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] How long was he in last year, Monsoon?
[Gorilla] Last year, in the Royal Rumble,
the Hammer was in there for 44 minutes and 20 seconds exactly.
[Heenan] Now, here's a former Intercontinental Champion,
former WWE Tag Champion, and he wants the big one.
[Gorilla] You know, it takes him that long to get warmed up.
[Heenan] And don't forget, still to come, Randy "Macho Man" Savage,
Sgt. Slaughter, The Undertaker, Hulk Hogan,
All former WWE champions.
[Gorilla] How about the reigning Intercontinental Champion?
[Heenan] I was just gonna say that.
-[groans] -[Heenan] I don't feel it.
[Gorilla] Look at the Hammer going to work on Flair.
[Heenan] Now, that's not fair.
[Gorilla] Look at Davey Boy.
You can see the fatigue setting in on this youngster.
[Heenan] We didn't want, just like what you told me,
we didn't want Flair to go any more than 30.
We figured he'd get number maybe 18 or 20, that'd be all right.
We never expected he'd be chopped like this
and be given number three.
[Gorilla] Brain, why don't you just forget about it, Brain?
I told you, no one ever has drawn at numbers one through five
-and been there at the end. -[Heenan] Will you shut up? Shut up!
[Gorilla scoffing]
If the Hammer should repeat his performance of last year
and be able to hang in there for 40 minutes or so,
now with the number he was selected.
[Heenan] Then he would be the winner, wouldn't he?
[Gorilla] That's right.
[Heenan] And Flair would be the loser, wouldn't he?
[Gorilla] Flair-- No, look. Look at this. Michaels almost gone.
That's why this Royal Rumble is so important and so difficult…
-[crowd] …Six, five… -…because anybody,
even an underdog, even a long shot,
a dark horse, could become the next champion.
-[buzzer blaring] -[Gorilla] Here we go.
It's Nikolai Volkoff!
[Heenan] 320-pound Lithuanian!
[Gorilla] Oh, things are pretty rough right now
-over there for those Russians. -[Heenan] Too bad.
[Gorilla] What a feather in the cap it would be for Nikolai
-to pick up the gold here. -[Heenan] Yeah, he could take Hogan.
[Gorilla] Davey Boy, now in there in excess of 20 minutes.
[Heenan] I'd say that's just about a luck for Flair, 17, 18.
[Gorilla] That's, uh, 16 plus for Flair.
What a testament to the conditioning of these athletes.
[Heenan] Shawn Michaels has been out there a while too.
[groans]
[Heenan] Look at-- Listen to the Hammer just pounding away at Flair.
Oh, listen to that!
[Gorilla] Shawn Michaels face down in the center of the ring,
not the place to be.
[Heenan] Davey Boy back on Flair again.
-[groans] -[Heenan] This isn't right.
-[groans] -[Gorilla] I think it's fair.
-[Heenan] Not the Flair. -[groans]
[Gorilla] Repo Man going to work.
[Heenan] Valentine, no! No!
[Gorilla] Way to go!
Leg lock being just locked on by the Hammer on Ric Flair.
[Heenan] I'll tell you, that's a brilliant move!
-I never thought of that. -[Gorilla] Oh!
-[Heenan] You take a man's leg off-- -[Gorilla] There goes Nikolai!
[Heenan] You take a man's leg off from under him,
that saps all your strength.
[Gorilla] Volkoff is out of there.
That didn't take long, did it?
[groans]
[Gorilla] You know, just when you least expect it,
when you think you're doing so great,
when you think you've got everything under control
from the blind side,
here comes somebody, and you're out of there.
[Heenan] You never know what's gonna happen.
An… any schlemiel could win this.
[crowd] …Seven, six…
[Gorilla] As we hear this capacity crowd counting it down here,
-another contestant about to enter… -[buzzer blaring]
-…oh, it's the Big Boss Man. -[Heenan] Oh, no.
He got his light stick? Does he have his handcuffs?
[Gorilla] No, he does not.
[Heenan] What a travesty if this big country bunker
would walk away the winner.
[Gorilla] Look at the Boss Man unload on everybody.
[Heenan] And don't forget, every two minutes,
a man comes out, and they're fresh.
Fresh, that means they're gonna be fighting a man
who's been in there over 20…
[Gorilla] Oh, the Hammer won't make it this year,
he's out of there.
[Heenan] The Bulldog's still in, Flair's still in.
[Gorilla] Look at the difference in the speed of the guys
-that have just come in… -[crowd jeering]
…and the guys that have been in there for a while.
That's what makes this event so fantastic. What makes it so dangerous.
Where's Flair?
[Heenan] Flair's over there in the corner with Santana.
Whoa! Repo's gone. Repo's gone.
See, the more people that get thrown out… that means the more people--
No, I said the more attention is drawn to Flair.
[Gorilla] Uh-oh, Flair now trapped in the corner there
between Davey Boy and Tito Santana.
-[Heenan] I'm a nervous wreck… -[Gorilla] He's getting hammered.
-He's getting hammered. -[Heenan] Get out of that corner.
I gotta go to ringside, Monsoon.
[Gorilla] Oh, you're not going anywhere. You stay right here. Do your job.
Twenty-two minutes for Flair and counting.
-That means 26 to-- Oh! -[Heenan] Davey Boy is gone!
[Gorilla] Davey Boy's out of there, unfortunately.
-Oh, my God! -[Heenan] Oh, my God!
[Gorilla] What a showing by-- And there goes the Tornado.
[Heenan] Ric, get out of the way of that big country hick.
Get away from Boss Man.
He outweighs you by 50 pounds. Sixty pounds maybe.
[Gorilla] And we're down under that ten-second mark once again
before we get another fresh contender.
[Heenan] Matador and Shawn are both out.
[Gorilla] They certainly are, look out.
-[Heenan] Now, the power of Hercules. -[Gorilla] Hercules!
[Heenan] That means right now,
Flair has been in there longer than anyone so far this year.
[Gorilla] That's correct.
[Heenan] Hercules goes right after Flair. What's wrong with you, Hercules?
[Gorilla] Maybe he remembers how you treated him.
[Heenan] Every man for himself!
[Gorilla] Little high-five there.
-With Flair and the Barbarian. -[Heenan] No, no.
-[Gorilla] And sucker. -[Heenan] Don't turn on him, Ric.
Don't turn on him, Ric! Ric, don't!
No!
[Gorilla] Flair trying to use a little reverse psychology,
could back fire here.
Oh, look at this power!
Whoa…
-[Heenan] Ric, please! -…you can't take too many of those.
[Heenan] Get out, get out. Crawl under.
What happens if he crawls out to the floor, that's okay, right?
[Gorilla] As long as he doesn't go over the top.
[Heenan] Take a hike, take a hike!
-[Gorilla] Oh, look at this! -[Heenan] Oh, my God!
-[Gorilla] Oh, so long Flair! -[Heenan] Oh, my God, no!
[Gorilla] Oh, look at that!
Hercules dumping Barbarian, and now, whoa!
-Hercules also eliminated. -[Heenan] Boss Man is still in.
-[Heenan] Boss Man is back! -[Gorilla] Boss Man came on the apron.
[Heenan] Oh, no!
[Gorilla] Now, he's saying, "It's you and me, Flair."
[Heenan] I need oxygen.
[Gorilla] I think it's Flair who's gonna need the oxygen.
-Oh, Clothesline by the Boss Man! -[Heenan] How long has Flair been in now?
[Gorilla] Flair in excess of 20 something minutes now.
-Coming up on 30 minutes, I do believe. -[Heenan] Oh, my goodness. Oh, no.
[Gorilla] Oh, nice move.
Boss Man-- did his feet hit the ground?
-Yes. -[Heenan] Flair wins it!
Flair's the champion of the world!
-Flair wins it! -[Gorilla] What? Are you kidding?
There's a lot more guys. A lot more still to come.
[Heenan] Take a breather.
-[Gorilla] Now is his chance to… -[Heenan] Listen to me, listen to me.
-[Gorilla] …get a little break here. -[Heenan] Take your time, take your time.
-You got seven seconds. -[Gorilla] Boy, is he hurting.
[crowd] …Four, three…
[Gorilla] Sucking, trying to get that oxygen in that body.
-And here comes… -[buzzer blaring]
-…Roddy. -[Heenan] Oh, no.
Of all the people, anyone but Piper…
[Gorilla] It's Piper!
[Heenan] Piper could become world wrestling--
This isn't fair to Flair. Of all the things I've said before…
[Gorilla] That's the Intercontinental Champion…
-[Heenan] …this is definitely… -…going Bananas.
[crowd jeering]
[Gorilla] Oh! Roddy with a backdrop.
[Heenan] Flair must have taken 25 backdrops today.
[Gorilla] And Flair scoots out underneath.
[Heenan] Great, what a move!
He's after you.
[Gorilla] Roddy is going out there to get him.
He knows he's gonna have him inside the ring.
[Heenan] They're gonna go there-- you've got a hatred here.
You know how Piper feels about that man.
I doubt if he even cares about winning that title.
He's got one, but he'd rather keep Flair from winning.
He'll do anything he can.
[Gorilla] Don't kid yourself for a moment, Brain.
Hot Rod's thinking about that title just like everybody else is.
[Heenan] Stop him, stop him.
[crowd] …Three, four, five…
[Heenan] I've never seen Ric Flair in all the years I've known him…
-[Gorilla] Oh, look at that! -…take a beating like that.
[Gorilla] What a move by Flair, but Piper,
just too much for that animal.
[Heenan chuckling] Oh, come on.
[Gorilla] Twenty-seven minutes for Flair and counting.
-Look at this… -[Heenan] Oh, no. Oh, no.
…fireman's carry into an airplane spin.
[Heenan] Oh, no, no, man.
[Gorilla] So long, Flair.
[Heenan] No, you don't know where he's at.
[Gorilla] And a sleeper.
[Heenan] That's what he wanted, the Intercontinental--
If he, here, gets him half-drug, half puts him out, he can dump him.
I know he can dump him if that happens.
[Gorilla] Hot Rod could have taken him right out of there…
with a shoulder block or a drop kick as Flair is fading.
[Heenan] He's choking the life out of him.
[Gorilla] And another contestant about to emerge,
five seconds and counting.
[Heenan] He's gotta get him up on his feet to throw him out, though.
-[Gorilla] Who's it gonna be? -[buzzer blaring]
-Jake "The Snake" Roberts. -[Heenan] The Snake Roberts.
Trust me,
maybe one of the most dangerous men walking the face of this earth.
He knows what he's doing.
You don't wanna get involved. He's too smart for that.
[Gorilla] He's inviting Piper over.
[Heenan] Piper could be doing permanent damage.
[Gorilla] Piper's got the right idea.
-[Heenan] Jake, please, go get him. -[Gorilla] He's holding on to Flair.
-[Heenan] Thank you, Jake, thank you. -[Gorilla] Wow!
Jake broke that up in a hurry.
Look at Flair, he is faint. He's out of it.
[Heenan] But you can't trust Jake either.
-We all know that. -[Gorilla] You can't trust anyone
in the Royal Rumble.
[Heenan] Well, especially this man. Flair starting to move.
[crowd chanting] Roddy! Roddy!
[Gorilla] Listen to the chant from this capacity crowd.
-It's Roddy. -[Heenan] Wants the attention
of all the people.
-[Gorilla] Look at Flair. -[Heenan] He's glassy eyed,
he's glassy eyed!
[Gorilla] Oh, look at this. Short Clothesline!
-[Heenan] You no good-- -[Gorilla] You just said, "Thanks, Jake."
[Heenan] "You can't trust a snake," I've always said that.
It's definitely not fair to Flair.
-[Gorilla] What a tremendous Royal Rumble. -[Heenan] Oh, how long he's been--
How long has he been in now?
[Gorilla] Thirty minutes and counting.
[Heenan] No! No!
[Gorilla] Almost a DDT!
[Heenan] I never thought I'd say this, but thank you, Roddy.
It's a kilt, it's not a skirt, it's a kilt.
[Gorilla] Oh, it's a figure four by Ric Flair on Jake "The Snake."
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] And look at Roddy, he's giving it to both of them.
[Heenan] Roddy, you no good creep, you skirt-wearing freak.
-It's not a kilt, it's a skirt. -[Gorilla] I can't believe
Flair's still on his feet.
[Heenan] I'm soaking wet.
-My shirt, I'm soaking wet. -[groans]
[Gorilla] Look at Flair pulling out all the stops here.
[Heenan] I tell you, I bet you Ric Flair's lost six or seven pounds already.
[crowd] …Eight, seven, six…
[Gorilla] Almost over the top, Roddy was.
[crowd] …three, two, one.
[Gorilla] And there's another man on his way.
[buzzer blaring]
-[Gorilla] Oh, it's Hacksaw! -[Heenan] Oh, no.
[Gorilla] "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan!
Two by four and all.
Of course, he'll have to leave that outside the ring.
But he's fresh, and he's ready to go.
And going right after Flair.
-[yells] -[Gorilla] Arm into the turnbuckle.
[Duggan shouts]
[crowd jeering]
-[Heenan coughing] -[Gorilla] I… I got a…
-[Heenan] What happened to my voice? -[Gorilla] I gotta say this, Brain,
Ric Flair has really shown me something.
Even if he doesn't win this, which is highly unlikely that he would,
he has shown me some intentional fortitude,
some tremendous conditioning.
[Heenan] This guy is a great athlete.
I mean, he's taken a beating. He has taken a beating.
[Gorilla] Just too bad, he got number three.
[Heenan] We were jocked, Monsoon, we were jocked.
[Gorilla] It's a conspiracy.
[Heenan] Hulk Hogan has something to do with this.
-[Gorilla] And look at… look at this… -[Heenan] Wow!
…Flair had an opportunity there to step aside as the other guys were
mixing it up, but no,
walked right in there, continued the battle.
[Heenan] He's a real world champion, as far as I'm concerned.
No matter what happens here, you gotta admit that.
Look at him, he's still on his feet, he's still going.
He's been slammed, he's been full slammed.
He's been backdropped, he's been put to sleep.
And he's still fighting, why? 'Cause he wants it, he's a champion!
He's what a champion is made of. There he is, man, a champion to the end.
-Look at him, he's still… -[Gorilla] Reverse high punch
by Roddy Piper, and now they're just duking it out,
-Piper and Flair. -[grunts]
[Heenan] Oh, this isn't fair. This isn't fair to Flair.
[Gorilla] Well, we're underneath that ten-second mark once again,
which means another entry will be coming into the arena
in just a moment. And here he comes.
-[buzzer blaring] -[Gorilla] There's the punitive buzzer.
-[Heenan] I.R.S. I.R.S. -[Gorilla] It is Irwin R. Schyster,
and in no great hurry to get there.
[Heenan] He's got a plan, he's a smart man.
The dumb ones are the ones that run to the ring, they waste energy.
Look at Piper, he's down.
Look at Flair, he's coming, he keeps coming.
[groans]
[Heenan] I know I.R.S., I know what he's doing.
He's calculated exactly how many deductions
he's gonna have to make. Who's going to be audited?
Who's gonna have to pay?
[Gorilla] Everybody has to pay sooner or later.
-And right now… -[Heenan] He's gonna bite his tongue.
…it's I.R.S. who's playing these--
Finally, somebody reached out and grabbed that tie
and made him pay the price for wearing it.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Look at Flair, he's still fighting.
[Gorilla] Flair just teetering along with Hot Rod on that top rope.
Look at this, double noggin knocker by Hacksaw.
-[crowd cheering] -[Gorilla] He broke that up in a hurry.
You notice that every time that buzzer goes off,
Jake "The Snake" turns around, gets more paranoid.
-[Heenan] I know why. -[Gorilla] He doesn't know
when the Macho Man is coming.
[Heenan] And he's worried, he's-- That's in the back of his mind.
As much as he wants that WWE gold,
he doesn't want any part of "Macho Man" Savage.
Remember, he's the man that slapped Elizabeth in the face,
and he knows how Savage feels.
How long has Flair been in there?
[Gorilla] Thirty-six minutes
-and counting for Ric Flair. -[Heenan] Oh, my God!
And he's still fighting. He's still fighting.
[Gorilla] Oh, Roddy almost had him going there, but Flair put the brakes on.
-Now, we're under ten seconds. -[Heenan] No.
[Gorilla] Once again…
-[Heenan] No. -…as we will get a fresh entry.
Let's take a peak-sky and see who it is.
-There goes the buzzer. -[buzzer blaring]
-[Gorilla] Superfly… -[Heenan] Superfly…
-…a phenom, Jimmy Snuka. -…Jimmy Snooki.
Jimmy Snuka, I mean.
See, he's jogging. He's wasting time, he's wasting energy.
He's not conserving his strength or his time.
[Gorilla] He's not wasting time.
[Heenan] I don't know what I'm saying anymore.
[Gorilla] I know you don't.
Uh-oh, look at this, Flair perched up there.
Hacksaw almost had him.
-Oh, headbutt, and a beauty. -[Heenan] I don't know…
I don't know how Flair can take much more, Monsoon,
I really don't.
[Gorilla] I know you can't take much more.
[Heenan] I'm not sure if that WWE title's worth it.
This could be career ending, you know that.
[Gorilla] What a job Flair is doing in this one.
And still, some of the heavy hitters yet to come.
-[Heenan] Undertaker, Hogan… -[Gorilla] We haven't seen Undertaker,
Sid Justice, the Hulkster,
who's won it for the past two years in a row.
Sgt. Slaughter, and the "Macho Man," Randy Savage.
[grunts]
[Gorilla] Well, we reached that point
where the Hulkster along with the Undertaker
were given that preferential treatment.
Their numbers could be coming up at any time, Brain, big trouble for you.
[Heenan] What a beating Flair has taken.
-[groans] -[Heenan] He's got him by the beak.
[Gorilla] Oh, look at the eyes of Ric Flair.
-[Heenan] No, no, no. -[Gorilla] Almost got him there.
Almost got him there.
[Heenan] How could he take a beating like this?
Look at the welts on his back from the backdrop,
from the body slam, from the pounding.
Like I said, "I don't know if it's worth it."
[Gorilla] Uh-oh, we're down under that ten-second mark once again.
[crowd] …Five, four…
[Gorilla] And this tremendous crowd is counting.
[Heenan] This is the greatest…
-[Gorilla] Who is it? -[buzzer blaring]
-[Heenan]…Royal Rumble I've ever seen. -[Gorilla] Oh, it's The Undertaker.
[Heenan] Uh-oh, death takes a holiday.
[Gorilla] Former WWE Champion.
[Heenan] Break out the body bag, this bag's for you.
[Gorilla] Actually, he got one of the, uh, you might say, got a bad break, Brain?
I thought he'd be farther down the line than this.
[Heenan] Who knows? It's the luck of the draw.
Uh-oh.
Of course, it doesn't matter to him if he's number one or number 30.
He's ice-cold.
[Gorilla] He's just gonna go in there and annihilate people.
-He's a monster. -[Heenan] Well, he's the-- Look at him.
Believe me, here's a man who has no…
-[Gorilla] Whoa! One shot! -[Heenan] Here's a man who has--
-And Superfly is out of there. -[Gorilla] And Flair goes right after him.
[Heenan] What is wrong with you, Ric?
What is wrong with you? He's got a death grip around his neck.
[Gorilla] Right around the throat of Ric Flair.
[Heenan] It's over, it's over.
Everything down the toilet.
[Gorilla] Why don't you show some mercy, go down there and throw the towel in.
[Heenan] Down the pipes…
everything. Um…
Thank you, Duggan, get him off him.
Whoa, two points!
[Gorilla] Whoa!
[grunts]
[Gorilla] Amazing, what you can do when you're fresh, and you come in there.
And some of these guys already half-spent, and in the case of Flair…
I would say three-quarters-spent.
[Heenan] How long has he been in now?
[Gorilla] Flair's been in there over 32 minutes now.
[Heenan] Oh, God.
[Gorilla] And still on his feet. Can you believe it?
[grunts]
[Gorilla] Probably got The Undertaker's attention
-if that's what he wanted. -[crowd] …Seven, six, five…
[Heenan] Don't wake him up. Whoa!
-[Gorilla] Here comes our next entry. -[buzzer blaring]
-Oh, it's the Macho Man! -[crowd cheering]
-[Heenan] Look out, Jake! -[Gorilla] Look out Jake "The Snake!"
[Heenan] Look at Jake, he's looking for Jake.
[Gorilla] He's got him, did he find him? No.
[Heenan] He got blindsided by The Undertaker.
He didn't even know who hit him, or what hit him.
[Gorilla] Look at Jake, Brain, he ran out of there like a snake.
But now we see Savage in trouble, he wants back in there.
[Heenan] Look at Flair, he's still fighting.
Back off, will you, Ric?
-[Gorilla] Fighting… -[Heenan] Take a breather.
[Gorilla] I can't believe he's still standing.
[Heenan] Over 40 minutes.
[Gorilla] Short clothesline misses.
-Look out. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Macho Man throwing bananas on Jake "The Snake."
[Heenan] Macho Man's gonna tear him apart.
[Gorilla] What a Royal Rumble!
Double Axe Handle.
Savage with a high knee! Jake, he's out of there!
[Heenan] Savage is out too.
Savage is out. He went over the top to get him.
He made a mistake of a lifetime.
[Gorilla] Undertaker went underneath that bottom rope,
but I think the Macho Man has eliminated himself.
-What a mistake. -[Heenan] I think he did. I think he did.
[Gorilla] That's what happens when your heart takes over your mind.
[Heenan] You can't let your…
your loved ones control your pocketbook.
[Gorilla] Oh, Undertaker threw him back in, but…
I don't think that's gonna help him.
-[crowd cheering] -[Heenan] Oh, I know what it is, Monsoon.
Savage…
Savage wasn't thrown over the top rope, so that means he can go back in.
No one threw him over the rope.
I believe that's one of the rules of the Royal Rumble.
[Gorilla] I'll have to check that out, Brain,
I'll take your word for it right now.
[Heenan] Well, see, the referee's letting him go back in.
-[Gorilla] He certainly is. -[Heenan] Somebody has to throw him out.
[Gorilla] You have to be propelled by someone else.
[Heenan] Oh, my goodness, and Flair is still in there fighting.
Take it easy, will you?
[Gorilla] Hot Rod just inching him up higher and higher…
-[hisses] -…on that top turnbuckle.
-[continues hissing] -[Heenan] Look at the Undertaker,
just the whites of his eyes.
[Gorilla] Not the place to be, down on the canvas in the Royal Rumble.
You gotta try to stay on your feet
-whenever possible. -[Heenan] Look at this, Flair…
Flair's still moving. He still wants to fight.
-Is that a champion, Monsoon? -[Gorilla] It certainly is.
No question about it.
[Heenan] Hey, I gotta give him credit too.
Piper just won the Intercontinental title,
and he's in there, he's still in there fighting.
[Gorilla] Hot Rod giving it his all.
He could make history… right here, in the Knickerbocker Arena.
[Heenan] He has such an ego problem. I think he'd love to just make history
by winning two… by winning two titles.
[Gorilla] Can you believe this, Flair is dishing out offensive maneuvers!
[Heenan] Uh-oh, he's-- He just tried to lift The Undertaker.
[Gorilla] He did not.
-[Heenan] What will he do? -[Gorilla] Delivering low blow.
We've got another one coming out. Let's take a look here.
-[buzzer blaring] -[Gorilla] Who is it?
-[Heenan] And what's his specialty? -[Gorilla] The buzzer…
[Heenan] What's his specialty?
[Gorilla] Pick him up and throw him over the top rope right now.
[Heenan] To the floor.
Hush, hush, hush, hush, hush, hush.
[Gorilla] What a tremendous number to come up with 22.
[Heenan] And he is as fresh as a daisy, all 310 pounds of him.
[Gorilla] Goes to work immediately on The Undertaker,
and now he wants a shot at everybody.
[Heenan] Where's Ric, where's Flair?
-[Gorilla] I don't see him, where is he? -[Heenan] Oh, no.
-[Gorilla] Oh, there he is. -[Heenan] Still in there.
He's still fighting.
[Gorilla] Working on the Macho Man, Randy Savage.
[Heenan] Have you lost your mind? Are you nuts? Take it easy.
Go underneath the bottom rope, go under the ring, and lie low.
[grunts]
[Gorilla] Rapidly approaching 45 minutes…
-[Heenan] Weasel your way out. -…for Ric Flair.
[Heenan] I never thought I'd say that. But weasel your way out if you have to.
-[Gorilla] "Weasel your way out"? -[Heenan] Do anything.
This is the final hour, Monsoon.
-[groans] -[hisses]
[Heenan] Look at his eyes, look at his eyes.
Flair, Flair, is Flair on the apron?
-[Gorilla] He's on the apron. -[Heenan] Oh, are you… are you nuts?
[Gorilla] He's trying suplex Savage jumped over that top,
but the Macho Man has hooked that bottom rope.
He's gonna turn this around with a suplex of his own, it looks like.
-[Heenan] Here comes The Undertaker. -[Gorilla] Yes, he got him.
How many of those can Flair take?
[Heenan] I'm surprised he's even-- I'm surprised he's still…
he's still standing. He still can move.
[groans]
[Heenan] How long has Flair been in now?
[Gorilla] Well, Flair has been in there over 45 minutes.
He has, uh, surpassed Ric Martel's numbers.
He is… No, not Martel. He just passed Valentine.
-[Heenan] Yeah, my God. -[Gorilla] He's approaching
Ric Martel's record as we're gonna get another entry here.
Let's take a look.
-[buzzer blaring] -[Heenan] Virgil!
-[Gorilla] Oh, it's Virgil! -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Fresh and hungry.
[Heenan] Boy, is he ever-- He went right after I.R.S.
Don't forget, at one time he had that Million Dollar Championship belt.
[Gorilla] Certainly did!
[Heenan] Of course, he stole it, but he still had it.
-[Gorilla] He did not. -[Virgil groans]
[Gorilla] And look at this, Flair trying to get rid of Hacksaw.
[Heenan] Just think, Virgil, he just came out, right?
-[Gorilla] Yes. -[Heenan] Number 23, right?
Who knows how many bags he's going through in the back.
[Gorilla] Will you stop?
[Heenan] It sure looks like Hogan lucked out so far, Monsoon.
[Gorilla] Well, the title, what it's all about here,
undisputed WWE Champion will be crowned here.
Which one of these guys is gonna get it?
-How about the guys that… -[Heenan] Look at this.
-…Brain. -[Heenan] Don't take this. Look at this.
He's choking the life right out of Flair.
Don't get up, Ric, stay down! Oh, no!
[Gorilla] I believe this is the beginning of the end here for Ric Flair.
[Heenan] Look at the grip, look at Flair.
[Gorilla] He got nothing to be ashamed of.
[Heenan] You're gonna have to kill him to get him out of this ring.
How long has he been in now?
[Gorilla] Forty-seven minutes for Ric Flair.
[Heenan] And he hasn't taken one back step.
[Gorilla] Brain, he's only five minutes away from setting the record.
Virgil and Piper duking it out, no friends here at the Royal Rumble.
[Heenan] Rowdy Roddy Piper's the one that had Virgil see the light.
-Now, they're turning on each other. -[Gorilla] Here's the countdown.
We've got another one, just about to emerge!
-[buzzer blaring] -[Heenan] Oh, it is…
[Gorilla] Oh. This guy's dangerous, Mustafa.
-and now leading the way down. -[Heenan] He's very dangerous.
[Gorilla] By the time they get there, another guy will be on his way here.
[Heenan] What a great-- what a great battle plan.
That's why Hussain made him a general.
[Gorilla] Oh, look at this, I.R.S. really hung up there.
What a dangerous position he was in.
And the Berzerker just hammering away at Virgil.
What a shot by Savage…
[Heenan] To the Undertaker doesn't faze him.
Savage has a lot of guts. He'll go right after you,
former Intercontinental Champion,
former World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
[Gorilla] The fatigue factor has got to be entering in here,
especially on Rick Martel and Rowdy Roddy Piper.
But Martel still on his feet, I can't believe it.
[groans]
[Gorilla] Take a look. They're here in numbers.
Royal Rumble is what it's all about.
[Heenan] I guarantee you there's not one person
at the concession stands. They're all…
[grunts]
[Gorilla] Worldwide audience, this is going all over the world.
A… a special hello to all our friends at Sky TV over there in England.
You know they're watching.
-Come on, Ric. -[Heenan] Look at this.
[Gorilla] Where is he?
[Heenan] He's in the corner there with Savage.
[Gorilla] Oh, there he is, still on his feet. Can you believe this?
I can't.
[Heenan] His chest is beat red.
He's got a welt in the middle of his forehead.
-[crowd] …Eight, seven… -[Gorilla] Oh!
…six, five, four…
[Gorilla] This capacity crowd is telling us
-that the next one is about to come out. -[buzzer blaring]
[Gorilla] And there he is, the current record holder, Rick Martel!
What a number he got in the draw. Holy mackerel!
[Heenan] How long did he go last year?
[Gorilla] He holds the record at…
-[Ric] How do you like that, Savage? -…52 minutes and 34 seconds…
[Ric] How do you like that?
…but he won't have to go half of that to win this.
[Heenan] No. Boy, did Hogan luck out.
And Sid Justice?
And Sgt. Slaughter?
[Gorilla] Well, he had the record for the longest,
and, of course, we told you earlier on…
that Bushwhacker Luke had the record for the shortest…
[Heenan] Who cares about Bushwhacker Luke?
[Gorilla] …4.8 seconds later he was whacked out.
[Heenan] How long has Flair been in now, Monsoon?
-[Gorilla] Fifty minutes. -[Heenan] Fifty minutes!
Almost approaching one hour!
[Gorilla] Two-and-a-half minutes away from the record.
He might not make it.
[Heenan] I tell you, I tell you, I got all the confidence in the world.
[Gorilla] Well, Mustafa, he's out of there.
It is mayhem.
[Heenan] I got all the confidence in the world…
-[Gorilla] Well, there he goes. -…in Ric Flair.
Oh, I… I-- It don't look good, it just doesn't look good.
[Gorilla] Rick Martel fresh, going to work…
on Ric Flair who has to be completely spent at this point in time.
[shouts]
[Heenan] Don't forget, Piper's already wrestled a match,
won the Intercontinental Championship.
And he's close to the 30-minute mark himself.
[Gorilla] Piper almost out there 25 minutes plus.
What a shot he's got at making history here by winning both titles.
-[crowd] Ten, nine… -[Heenan] How about Hogan?
He still has a chance of being five-time World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
…three, two, one.
[Gorilla] We're gonna get another entry as the curtains part.
-[buzzer blaring] -[Gorilla] We hear the buzzer.
-It's the Hulk! -[Heenan] Oh, my God, no!
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] …reaching the arena,
the Knickerbocker Arena, everyone's standing.
Look at that, the "Immortal" Hulk Hogan,
five times World Wrestling Entertainment Champion,
and he's having a good time.
-[Gorilla] And he goes right after Flair. -[Heenan] Goes right to Flair.
[Gorilla] Oh, luckily, The Undertaker stepped in there…
[Heenan] It don't look good, Monsoon.
[Gorilla] …or it would have been all over.
[Heenan] Please, let him win it, please.
I'm sorry for everything I've done, everything I've said.
-Please, let him win it. -[Gorilla] Will you stop begging?
-[Heenan] I'll never say anything bad. -[Gorilla] Flair still on his feet.
[Heenan] I'll never say anything bad again about anybody.
-Just let Flair win it. -[Gorilla] Still looking to dish out
some kind of punishment.
Berzerker got the Hulkster trapped in the corner.
[Heenan] Just let Flair win it.
I'll be a different person, I promise you.
[Gorilla] Whoa, boy, have I heard that before.
Hulk off the ropes, yes, clothesline, and Undertaker's gone.
-Undertaker's out of there. -[crowd cheering]
-[Heenan] Whoa! -[Gorilla] There goes Berzerker.
[Heenan] Imagine putting out The Undertaker
and The Berserker within ten seconds.
[Gorilla] Last year's winner going crazy.
And Flair still in there.
Oh, there goes Virgil.
-[Heenan] Who's out now, Monsoon, who? -[Gorilla] Somebody went with him.
[Heenan] Somebody went with him. Who is it?
[Gorilla] I couldn't tell. He had his back to me.
[Heenan] Well, I gotta know these things.
[Gorilla] Virgil and Hacksaw are history.
All you gotta know, Brain, is that Flair is still there.
[Heenan] Flair's still in, Piper is still in,
Hogan, look at him.
[Gorilla] And we're about to get another one.
-[buzzer blaring] -[Gorilla] It's Skinner.
Skinner making his way down, unorthodox style and all.
The Alligator Man, fresh, ready to go.
[Heenan] Well, all he's gonna do is spit right in your mouth.
That would take it out of you.
-[Gorilla] Look at how… -[Heenan] Look at this, look at this.
"…Rowdy" Roddy Piper, whoa.
-[Heenan] Oh, no. -[Gorilla] Goodbye Ric.
-He's holding on to the top rope but he-- -[Heenan] Oh, no, no, no, no. Help me.
[Gorilla] He seemed to be out of harm's way.
[Heenan] I'll behave. I'll never do anything wrong again.
Just let him stay.
[Gorilla] What a clever maneuver.
Flair was over that top rope, grabbed on to Hulk Hogan's leg.
[Heenan] I'm soaking wet, I need something to drink.
Hey, you stupid, give me something to drink.
Oh, what a kick.
[Gorilla] Getting down to the nitty-gritty here
in the Royal Rumble.
Should Flair hang on for 60 seconds more,
he will be the all-time record holder in the Royal Rumble.
-That in itself is a tremendous feat. -[Heenan] Hey, win, lose, or draw?
You're gonna have to recognize him as the real world champion.
'Cause for 60 minutes now, he has taken it to the greatest
of World Wrestling Entertainment. And he's still there fighting.
[Gorilla] Well, I said earlier on, Brain, nobody picks numbers one through five,
and is still there at the end.
But we're rapidly approaching the end, and Flair is still there.
[Heenan] Even lasting as long as he has, and drawing number three,
he's made history.
[Gorilla] Oh, we're down to ten seconds before we get another participant.
[Heenan] You know what's not fair to Flair? How he's still in there.
-[Gorilla] Oh, please. -[crowd] Three, two, one.
[Gorilla] A buzzer about to go off,
-there it goes. -[buzzer blaring]
It's Sgt. Slaughter, former WWE Champion.
[Heenan] Three hundred and ten pounds, and he is fresh, hand-to-hand combat.
This is his forte.
[Gorilla] Well, when he hits the ring, there will be two
former WWE Champions inside.
-Only moments ago-- -[Heenan] No, no, three.
-Savage is still in there. -[Gorilla] Macho Man's still in there.
We had four in there only moments ago.
And the Skinner, The Alligator Man Skinner, has been eliminated.
-Well, there's one long shot… -[Heenan] Look at that.
[Gorilla] …you won't have to worry about.
[Heenan] Look, you can tell how everybody fears Flair so much.
As soon as they get in, they go right after him.
That's the man you gotta get out. You gotta get Flair out.
[Gorilla] Piper and Hulk really going at it.
Showing you what it's all about. Every man for himself.
Flair perched up there on the top turnbuckle.
[Heenan] Look at his chest, Monsoon, he's beat red.
[Gorilla] He is, right now, the all-time record holder
in excess of 55 minutes.
Congratulations, earned honor for Ric Flair.
[Heenan] Give him the title, that's good enough for me.
[Gorilla] No, no. I'm not giving him the title.
[Heenan] I'm telling you, Monsoon, if he wins this,
I'll never say or do anything bad again.
[Gorilla] Martel just about to be eliminated there by the Hulkster.
And look at this, Flair is still attacking.
Out of 30, we are down to nine people who could claim the WWE title.
The seven that are in the ring, and the two yet to come.
[Heenan] Savage, former WWE Champion, Slaughter, former champion.
Hogan four times, Piper, Intercontinental Champion,
and the real champion of the world, Ric Flair.
-[Gorilla] Here comes another one. -[buzzer blaring]
-[Gorilla] Oh, Sid Justice. -[Heenan] Oh, no.
-[Gorilla] Listen to this place go crazy. -[Heenan] I forgot about him.
[crowd cheering]
-[Heenan] Whoa! -[Gorilla] Whoa!
Justice fresh, that 330 pounds plus going to work.
Picked up I.R.S.
Having a little trouble getting him over though.
[Heenan] Where's Flair, get that camera on Flair.
Director, where is he? There he is.
[Gorilla] He got him over the top but he didn't eliminate him
as I.R.S only went to the apron.
[Heenan] Keep a wide shot, keep a wide shot,
I gotta see where Flair is at all times.
[Gorilla] From the backside now, Hulkster being hooked by I.R.S.,
and Flair is just unloading.
Can you believe this? The guy's still punching.
[Heenan] What'd I tell you, Monsoon? Man's a champion.
-A lot of people say-- -[Gorilla] He's proven that to me, Brain.
[Heenan] A lot of people just say and do things,
but when he says it, he does it.
[Gorilla] I always questioned the man's integrity.
I never questioned his ability inside the ring.
[Heenan] He's never asked anybody to like him,
but all you gotta do is respect him.
[Gorilla] He has got to be physically exhausted.
That lactic acid has to be building up in his body.
Pretty soon, he's not gonna be able to move.
[Heenan] I bet you he's lost over ten pounds already.
How long has he been in there now?
[Gorilla] Oh, he's been in there for-- Forget about it.
He has the record, it's coming up on 58 minutes.
We've only got one entry left. No secret involved here.
The guy who drew number 30 is gonna be coming out in five seconds,
and there'll be no surprise, it is The Warlord.
-[Heenan] But you never know. -[buzzer blaring]
[Gorilla] What do you mean you never know?
[Heenan] You never know what Tunney and the WWE will pull on you.
[Gorilla] It can only be one guy.
[Heenan] I told you, The Warlord, I was right, I knew it, I was right.
You may be looking at the new World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
[Gorilla] Talk about the luck of the draw.
[Heenan] One of these men, Monsoon, is going to be champion.
[Gorilla] Warlord doing-- What's Flair doing outside the ring?
How did he get there?
Obviously, underneath that bottom rope, and now he's hooked.
The Hulkster dragged him out there with him.
Trying to suplex each other on the concrete.
Hulk got him over.
[Heenan] Stay down, Ric, You've proven yourself, stay down.
Stay down.
-[Gorilla] Look at this. -[Heenan] I can't sit anymore.
-[Gorilla] Oh, Slaughter is gone. -[Heenan] Slaughter is gone.
[Gorilla] Justice just propelled him into that corner and up and out.
Hulkster throwing Flair back in under that bottom rope.
[Heenan] Look at that. How can he keep going?
-Monsoon, how can he keep going? -[Gorilla] Got me.
[Heenan] I can't believe it.
[Gorilla] Hot Rod-- "Rowdy" Roddy Piper is still--
[Heenan] How long has it been now?
[Gorilla] It's been over an hour for Flair.
[Heenan] That's definitely not fair to Flair to be there that long.
No human being should have to go through this.
Shows you how bad he wants it. Shows you how bad he needs it.
[Gorilla] Oh, look at this, I.R.S being hooked by the tie here,
just teetering up there.
-[Heenan] And Flair-- -[Gorilla] He went out.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Flair still taking it to Hogan.
[Gorilla] Irwin R. Schyster eliminated at the hands of "Rowdy" Roddy Piper,
the Intercontinental Champion.
Oh, look at that, Hot Rod could hardly get to his feet.
[Heenan] Look at this, look at this.
Look at the beef.
You wanna know where the beef is, there's the beef, pal.
[Gorilla] There's the beef, he's right, and there goes the beef.
What a surprise, Warlord out of there.
[Heenan] How long has Piper been in?
[Gorilla] Hot Rod, in excess of 35 minutes.
What a tribute to him after winning the Intercontinental title
earlier on from The Mountie.
Oh, look at this.
Oh, Justice just got rid of both guys, Piper and Martel.
[Heenan] Who's left now?
[Gorilla] It's Hulk.
[Heenan] One of those men in there are gonna leave this ring.
World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
[Gorilla] It's Justice and Savage.
And look at Flair. I don't believe it.
-[Heenan] Look at him. -[Gorilla] Whoa! Savage is gone.
Oh, my God.
And look at Flair.
[Heenan] Look at him, he's still coming.
[Gorilla] He's still dishing out the punishment.
[Heenan] He's still coming at him.
[Gorilla] I don't believe it.
Upside down in the corner.
Look at Justice, just watching.
Flair wants it there, hooking that bottom rope,
and looking from behind.
Oh, Justice got rid of Hulk.
[Heenan] Uh-oh, I don't like the looks of things now.
There are no friends, there are no friends, only enemies.
[Gorilla] Why is Hulk upset?
Quit--
[Heenan] He saying, "You've stolen my belt."
[Heenan] What the…
[Gorilla] And look at this,
Hulkster holding on, trying to pull him out.
It's Flair from behind.
-[Gorilla] Oh, Yes. -[Heenan] Yes, yes.
-[bell ringing] -[Heenan] Yes, yes, yes.
-[Gorilla] Flair did it. -[Heenan] Yes, yes, yes, yes, he did it.
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen the winner of the Royal Rumble
and the undisputed World Wrestling Entertainment Champion
-Ric Flair. -[Heenan] Yes, yes, I told you.
-[Heenan] I told you. -[Gorilla] Flair did it.
I don't believe it.
[Heenan] He did it, he did it! I knew he'd do it, I knew he'd do it.
-All you humanoids, now! -[Gorilla] What a man, Ric Flair.
[Heenan] I'm gonna meet him, I'm gonna meet him.
[Gorilla] Where are you going?
The Brain has just left the broadcast position
to join the new
World Wrestling Entertainment Champion, Ric Flair.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] And two would-be champions left inside that ring.
Whoa! A lot of hatred shown here,
as we've got all kinds of referees and WWE officials,
to step between these two behemoths.
Look at Justice, look at the Hulkster.
He said "You robbed me of my title."
These guys want at each other.
Terry Garvin out there, Pat Patterson, Rene Goulet, Tony Garea.
I don't know whether there's enough guys out there to keep these two apart.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] A lot of trouble in paradise here,
as the Hulkster was about to, earlier on, get rid of Ric Flair.
And Justice was just standing by, watching.
And then, from the back, flipped the Hulkster.
There are no friends.
Right now, there's enemies. That's for sure.
Two guys who were on top favorites.
Of course, Ric Flair was a favorite as well, but drawing the number three.
Well just about said goodbye to his chances,
but he proved everybody wrong.
Everybody in the world now knows what Ric Flair can do,
what kind of man he is.
[Sid] Come on!
Right now we understand we've got it going on.
Let's go to mean, Gene.
[Sid] I'll kill you.
All right, by virtue of winning the Royal Rumble,
we have a brand new World Wrestling Entertainment Champion
as the press watches on.
At this time, to present the title belt to the new champion,
our president, the distinguished, Jack Tunney.
Congratulations, Ric Flair,
on becoming the undisputed champion of World Wrestling Entertainment.
Let me just say, after view distorting--
the belt to proclaiming the real world champion.
I'm gonna tell you all, with a tear in my eye,
this is the greatest moment in my life.
When you walk around this world and you tell everybody you're number one.
The only way you get to stay number one is to be number one.
And this is the only title in the wrestling world
that makes you number one.
When you are the king of the WWE, you rule the world.
Think about it like that, Mr. Perfect.
-[both speak indistinctly] -The Brain.
-Whoo! We did it. -Whoo!
-Let's give a big one! Whoo! -Whoo!
-You did it.
I was never so impressed with anything I've ever seen in all my life.
He went out there for over 60 minutes, never took a back step took it to Hogan,
took it to The Undertaker took it to whoever got in that ring.
That's why he is, and you can call him now,
the real World Heavyweight Champion.
We're not the kind of guys to say, we told you so, but we…
-Told you so. -…told you so.
Right. Okay, very good.
Ric Flair, you have made World-- Put that cigarette out.
You have made World Wrestling Entertainment
history here tonight.
It's the greatest moment of my life.
I wanna jump, I wanna party,
but I got to tell you like this, for the Hulk Hogans
and the Macho Mans, and the Pipers, and the Sids, now it's Ric Flair!
And y'all pay homage to the man!
-Whoo! [laughs] -Yes! Give him a hand.
-Let's party. -I love it.
All right, ladies and gentlemen, that wraps it up.
We hope you have enjoyed your Royal Rumble.
For my broadcast colleagues, Gorilla Monsoon,
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, and Sean Mooney,
Mean Gene Okerlund, saying so long
from the Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, New York.
And now ladies and gentlemen, let's revisit some of the highlights
from this year's Royal Rumble.
[1992 Royal Rumble theme music playing]
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