[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Welcome to Sacramento, California.
Welcome to the ARCO Arena. Jam-packed, welcome to the Royal Rumble.
Hello, everyone. I'm Gorilla Monsoon, live here at the ARCO Arena.
Everyone waiting, Brain, for that big matchup, 30-man Royal Rumble
and then two big titles up for grabs, the Intercontinental belt
as well as the World Wrestling Entertainment title itself.
And how about Big Boss Man taking on Bam Bam Bigelow?
And what about that opening tag match with the Steiner Brothers?
What about the unveiling of Narcissist?
-Who cares? -[bell ringing]
-["Beverly Brothers" playing] -[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen,
the following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall.
[crowd booing]
[Howard] Coming down the aisle from Shaker Heights, Ohio,
at a total combined weight of 527 pounds,
Beau, Blake, the Beverly Brothers.
[crowd clamoring]
[song concludes]
-["The Steiner Brothers" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Oh, listen to this tremendous ovation.
[Howard] And their opponents, from Detroit, Michigan,
at a total combined weight of 507 pounds, Rick and Scott.
[Heenan] The Steiner Brothers make-- Oh…
[Gorilla] Rick and Scott receiving a standing ovation.
And why not? Two All-Americans, Brain.
[Heenan] Whoopee.
[Gorilla] Look at the physical condition of each team.
[song concludes]
[Heenan] Oh, they're all four in great shape.
-[bell ringing] -[crowd cheering]
-[Heenan] You know that. -[Gorilla] Bells gone,
we're underway here at the Royal Rumble.
-[Heenan] Why is he wearing earmuffs? -[Gorilla] That's a headgear, Brain.
[Heenan] Why does he wear that?
-That could be a weapon. -[Gorilla] Well, to protect your ears.
-[Heenan] He's the only with bad ears? -[Gorilla] Obviously,
you've never had a cauliflower ear, have you?
[Heenan] No, I haven't.
[Gorilla] No, you don't know what that kind of pain is all about.
Oh, nice single leg pick right off the bat.
[Heenan] Only thing a cauliflower ear proves to me is
that somebody kicked your butt.
[Gorilla] No, that's not exactly true.
[Heenan] Well, then all it proves to me is he got the short end of the stick.
-He got the worst end of the fight. -[Gorilla] You're going to get
the short end of the stick if you don't stop.
Beau and Blake have enjoyed some tremendous success here
in the World Wrestling Entertainment.
However, it could all come to an abrupt end
right here at the Royal Rumble.
Oh, what a nice move, ending up with a standing wristlock.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] And control.
Referee, he pulled my hair.
[Heenan] Yes, yes. He pulled your hair, he certainly did.
[Gorilla] What a hot ticket this was here, Brain, Royal Rumble.
Got a ride over and the taxicab driver said,
"He could've sold his ticket for 50 times what he paid for it for about 40 times."
[Heenan] Wish I'd had a few of those, I'd have been out front.
[Gorilla] Well, I know you would've.
-A peel, out of the corner. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Complaining about pulling on the tights,
but we couldn't see that from our vantage point.
Boy, have we got a blockbuster going here in Sacramento, California.
Two big belts up for grabs.
Intercontinental Championship on the line.
Shawn Michaels taking on former partner Marty Jannetty
and Sherri will be somewhere there in the mix, Brain.
[Heenan] She'll be in Shawn's corner. She is in love with him.
[Gorilla] No, she didn't say that.
[Heenan] I imagine she will be. She wouldn't be in Jannetty's.
[Gorilla] Well, we'll just have to wait and see.
[Heenan] And the unveiling of the Narcissist.
[Gorilla] World Wrestling Entertainment Champion Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
And the unveiling of Narcissist.
Probably with his toughest title defense to date,
as he faces the dangerous Razor Ramon.
-[Heenan] Oh, wow. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] University of Michigan are really proud of the Steiners
and while attending school there,
of course they both were All-American wrestlers.
[Heenan] Anybody could wrestle for the University of Michigan.
[Gorilla] I beg your pardon.
I know he's cheating. He's cheating.
[Gorilla] Beverly is complaining there's some cheating going on.
[indistinct chatter]
How about, Brain, the ramifications of the Royal Rumble itself.
The winner to go on to WrestleMania IX and get a crack at the champion
at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on April 4th.
[crowd booing]
Whoever wins that match here today between The Hitman and Razor
will obviously be that person.
[Heenan] Well, is this not another Sunday afternoon?
There is so much at stake here.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Quick tags, continuity, that's what the Steiners are all about.
-[crowd cheering] -[Gorilla] Whoa.
Well, that'll teach him to pay attention.
Action galore.
Whoa.
Referee taking his life in his hands there, Brain.
Sends him in for the ride, look at this, oh, beautiful, powerslam well-executed.
Well, Beverly is coming up with some offensive moves here.
A duck underneath quickly down in front, look out.
Whoa! He got caught right in the middle of a leapfrog.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Now, that takes a lot, a lot of power
to catch a 260-pound man in midair and slam him.
[Gorilla] We are live here at the ARCO Arena
in Sacramento, California.
This is Royal Rumble 1993 style.
Sending him in for the ride once more, and look out.
-Belly-to-belly, yes. -[Heenan] Oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Boy, am I glad I retired.
[Heenan] I'll tell you something, the Steiners is showing me something.
I've heard a lot of hype about them. I heard a lot of publicity about them.
Well, like, they're impressive.
They really are fast, quick, strong, and impressive.
[Gorilla] I tell you, Beverly is showing me something here, Brain.
[Heenan] Oh, yeah. It's a heck of a match.
[Gorilla] What a way to kick off the Royal Rumble.
Backbreaker. I don't think he got all of that, Brain.
[Heenan] He got enough of it.
-Wow, work on him. -[Gorilla] Bombs away
right in that lower shoulder rib area.
-[Heenan] I didn't see any tag made there. -[Gorilla] They made a tag, I saw it.
[Heenan] Oh, I didn't see it.
[Gorilla] You don't have to see it, I saw it.
[Heenan] Do you have to see everything?
[Gorilla] What about this unveiling, Brain?
-[Heenan] Oh, I can't wait. -[Gorilla] Is this another one
-of your scams? -[Heenan] No scam, no scam, Monsoon.
This is the proudest day of my life and my whole career.
Look at this great tag team wrestling. They're keeping him in the corner.
Well, I hope you don't spoil the Royal Rumble.
[Gorilla] Headbutt finds the mark.
And still they continue to work on that lower shoulder rib area.
And now, continuity being shown by the Beverlys.
Uppercut and a beauty.
How much punishment can one guy take, Brain?
[Heenan] Does it matter? Give them as much as they want.
-If they were smart, they'd give up. -[Gorilla] Oh, look that.
-Tag rope right around the neck. -[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Oh, the way I look at it, Scott Steiner is just hanging around.
-[Gorilla] Just hanging around? -[Heenan] Yeah.
[Gorilla] Double underhook here.
Oh, you're not going to beat the Steiners that way, forget about it.
-[Heenan] You got to hook the tights. -[Gorilla] What? What?
[Heenan] They won't pull on the tights, if you don't get caught.
[Gorilla] Ramming him into that top turnbuckle.
[crowd cheering]
This capacity crowd getting a little restless here.
[Heenan] Watch this, watch this.
[Gorilla] Boston crab coming up. Can he get him over?
-[Heenan] He's got him. He's got him. -[Gorilla] Now, he's got to sit back.
He's got to get his behind down.
[Heenan] Whoa.
What a smart team. What a great move.
They know what they're doing, and I like it.
-[Gorilla] They cheated. -[Heenan] They got away with it though.
-That's the important thing. -[Gorilla] Yeah.
Take a look, live here at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California,
for the Royal Rumble.
[crowd cheer]
[Heenan] Got to make that tag. They both have to make the tag.
[Gorilla] There's a tag by the Beverlys.
[Heenan] I don't think Rick Steiner wanted in there either.
[Gorilla] He certainly did. His partner didn't make it.
-[Heenan] He's a known coward, you know. -[Gorilla] He is not.
[Heenan] It's the rumor I hear.
[Gorilla] You're lying and some of your cohorts swear to it.
[Heenan] I'm a broadcast journalist. I do nothing but tell the truth
-and you know that. -[Gorilla] That's what I'm afraid of.
Very unusual to find tag team competition
where both teams are comprised of brothers. Oh, beautiful.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Took a lot out of Scott Steiner too though.
-Come on, you got to make that tag, Beau. -[Gorilla] Now's the chance
for Scott to make that tag.
[Heenan] He don't know where he's at, he's going on the wrong direction.
[Gorilla] He's heading for a neutral corner.
[Heenan] Well, they're not a real bright team.
-They maybe powerful and quick and fast. -[Gorilla] What do you mean
-they're not bright? -[Heenan] They're not bright.
-[Gorilla] There's a tag. -[Heenan] Uh-oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Oh, look at that. Wow, he just catapulted him.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Where's he taking him now?
[Gorilla] Oh, he's gonna perch him up there on the top turnbuckle.
The Beverlys bought a little time there. Double clothesline didn't work. Look out.
Referee having a heck of a time.
We need to bring in some resemblance of order.
[Heenan] Whip his earmuffs off.
[crowd] One, two…
[Gorilla] And still, two Beverlys inside the ring.
-Uh-oh, look out. -[Heenan] The end of the Steiner Brothers.
[Gorilla] Oh, he was too far away, Brain.
-[Heenan] No, no, he didn't get him. -[Gorilla] He only got a two-count.
Oh, right on his head, the Frankensteiner.
-[Heenan] He got him. -[Gorilla] He got him.
-[bell ringing] -["The Steiner Brothers" playing]
[Gorilla] It's pandemonium here in the Royal Rumble.
[Howard] Here are your winners, The Steiner Brothers.
[Gorilla] What an impressive win here for the Steiner Brothers.
-Let's go back and take a look. -[Heenan] Now, watch my Brain Scan here.
Could you see?
One of the Beverlys here is going to go right like this
and he's gonna nail Scott Steiner, but he's a little too far back.
What eventually happens is, as he jumps, this man right here,
I'm pointing it over here, well,
you see what I'm doing right here-- right here.
He's gonna nail him, clothesline him on this man's shoulder,
but he's a little too far back.
He can't get a good shot at him.
-See that one. -[Gorilla] See that--
Oh, he was too far away.
[Heenan] That's what I said. Something wrong in the truck,
my drawing machine is broke, my Brain Scan, I want a new one.
I want it right now.
[Gorilla] Here it comes, take a look at this move, the Frankensteiner coming
right at you, oh, he just buried him.
[Heenan] You don't get up from that.
[song concludes]
We got a big match coming up, Intercontinental title on the line.
Shawn Michaels facing his former partner Marty Jannetty.
Let's take a look at what brought this all to the surface.
This vendetta that Marty Jannetty is gonna finish here today.
Oh, he is not.
[Howard] They were tag team specialists.
They were one of the most popular tag teams
in the World Wrestling Entertainment.
They were The Rockers.
And Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty thrive on team work
with incredible precision moves like this.
The Rockers worked collectively at the top of their game.
Now, admittedly, they were having some problems,
but in the barber shop, Marty Jannetty had the chance
to show the world he could put their differences aside,
shaking hands with Shawn Michaels.
As a team, they could strive for greatness when all of a sudden, this happened.
[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 off and on.
[Gorilla] Are you kidding? What a despicable act that was.
[indistinct chatter]
-No. -[Heenan] Oh, my God.
[Gorilla] Right through the glass window of the barber shop.
[Heenan] Look at the confidence in this guy.
[Gorilla] Of course, one of the highly skilled,
-one of the most-- What is this? -[Heenan] Hey, that's Marty Jannetty.
[Gorilla] No-- Yes, it is. That's exactly who it is.
Marty Jannetty's in the ring with Shawn Michaels.
Michaels can't believe what he sees. Yes, turn around.
Marty Jannetty…
[Heenan] After what Shawn Michaels did to Jannetty,
I didn't think we'd ever seen Jannetty again.
[Gorilla] Jannetty with Michaels flipped him in the air.
Jannetty has returned to the WWE.
[Heenan] He's outraged.
[Gorilla] Jannetty whipping Michaels, look at this.
What's gonna happen-- Oh, what a clothesline.
Jannetty's got no business being in the ring.
He wasn't assigned to wrestle Shawn Michaels.
We recall Shawn Michaels throwing Marty Jannetty
through the barber shop window.
He was lacerated, you recall that. Now, he's chosen this time to return.
-[Heenan] Look at this. -[Gorilla] Wait.
Marty Jannetty snatches that mirror away from Sensational Sherri
-and I think I know where it's going. -[Heenan] No, no.
[Gorilla] Yes, I know-- I know exactly where it's going.
[Heenan] Where's Sgt. Slaughter at?
[overlapping chatter]
-Get somebody down there. -[Gorilla] Here it goes. Oh, no.
[Heenan] Oh, my-- he deliberately hit Sherri.
Wait, wait, he deliberately hit Sherri with the mirror right in the head.
[Gorilla] He did not.
[crowd cheering]
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest
scheduled for one fall is for the World Wrestling Entertainment
-Intercontinental Championship. -[crowd cheering]
[Howard] First of all, allow me to introduce,
making her return to the WWE, the Sensational Sherri.
[Heenan] She's going right to Shawn Michaels' corner,
is she a looker. Whoo.
[Gorilla] Sensational Sherri going down to the ring side.
Well, I don't think that's etched in stone anywhere yet, Brain.
She could very easily go to Marty Jannetty's corner.
[Heenan] She is in love with the Intercontinental Champion.
You know it, I know it. And above all, she knows it.
[Gorilla] Do you realize that Shawn Michaels never even called
or sent a card while she was in the hospital?
-["Rockin Rockers" playing] -[Gorilla] Well, you don't, do you?
[Heenan] He was busy.
[Gorilla] Now, there's a guy right there, Marty Jannetty…
[Howard] Introducing the challenger
from Columbus, Georgia, weighing 234 pounds,
Marty Jannetty.
[Gorilla] Marty Jannetty made a lot of doctors look foolish
who said he would never ever again grace the squared circle.
[Heenan] Now, if she was gonna be in Jannetty's corner,
she'd be there right now.
[song concludes]
[Heenan] They haven't even had eye contact.
-[Gorilla] Watch this. -["Sexy Boy" playing]
[Howard] His opponent, from San Antonio, Texas,
weighing 249 pounds,
the World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Champion,
Shawn Michaels.
[Gorilla] Now, look at that look. That was the look of disdain
on Sensational Sherri's kisser just a moment ago.
Marty Jannetty getting all checked for this confrontation,
golden opportunity for him to become the Intercontinental Champion
after everyone thought that his career was down the tube.
[Heenan] He is something, isn't he?
[Gorilla] Shawn Michaels, the wrestler of the '90s, Brain.
Got a great shape and he's packing the gold,
not only wearing the beautiful gold outfit,
he's got that gold around that waist.
[Heenan] What is he saying? He said something to her.
[Gorilla] He's inviting her in, but she's not moving.
[Heenan] Playing hard to get like all women do.
[Gorilla] Look at that look. Do you see any love in that look?
[Heenan] You don't see her running to Jannetty, do you?
[Gorilla] I don't see her going anywhere.
[inaudible]
Now, you can still see some of the marks on her face, Brain,
that that mirror left when it crashed on her head.
Right there, see it right on her lips there, Brain.
-[Heenan] Oh, yeah. -[Gorilla] A little bit of a scar.
[Heenan] But Shawn Michaels doesn't look worried,
he looks very, very confident.
Look at that.
He's taking his time, making Jannetty wait,
that's the way to do it, Mr. Michaels. You're the champion.
You dictate what's gonna happen in that ring.
[Gorilla] You don't see Jannetty getting upset, do you?
[Heenan] He doesn't have a choice, he realized he's now--
he's bitten off more than he can chew, he's gonna have to take a butt-kicking.
[Gorilla] I don't think anyone could know each other
better than these two individuals know each other.
Former tag team partners, almost as close as brothers, Brain.
[Heenan] Almost as close as you and I, huh, Monsoon?
-[Gorilla] Oh, boy. -[bell ringing]
[Gorilla] Bells gone, we're underway. Intercontinental title on the line.
Live here at the ARCO Arena
-for the Royal Rumble. -[Heenan] Here we go. Here we go.
-[Gorilla] Big right hand by Jannetty. -[Heenan] Take a walk. Take a walk.
[Gorilla] And Shawn walks out of there in a hurry.
Oh, look at that, nice maneuver.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] A very uncharacteristic move by the champion,
put his head down, cardinal mistake.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Well, Sherri hasn't shown her alliance anywhere, has she?
[Heenan] I'm not concerned with Sherri.
[Gorilla] Oh, what a knee lift.
Shawn Michaels' out of there.
[Heenan] Okay. Jannetty was good for the first two or three minutes.
But anything can happen, you know that.
He's the champion. He doesn't have to beat Jannetty.
Jannetty has to beat him to become champion.
-[Gorilla] We understand that. -[Heenan] Well, I was making it
clear to the humanoids out there, Monsoon.
[Gorilla] Oh, nice clothesline and Shawn out of there once--
Don't you think now, Brain, if Sherri were to side with Shawn Michaels
that she'd be over there trying to help her?
[Heenan] There she is. Look at her, she's giving encouragement.
She's saying, "Come on, boy, go ahead and get up."
Look, she's praying. She doesn't want anything to happen to him.
That's her man. She is standing by her man.
-[Gorilla] She's standing quite a ways. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Marty Jannetty with a vengeance.
-This is a real… -[Heenan] Look at the concern on her face.
She is concerned for her man.
Has any woman ever been in love with you, Monsoon?
-Because it happens to me all the time. -[Gorilla] Are you kidding?
[Heenan] Look at her, she's telling him, "Come on, Shawn get back."
[Gorilla] She didn't say a word.
A big right hand out of midair by Marty Jannetty.
[Heenan] You see how dumb he is. He can't win the title
with Shawn Michaels on the floor.
He's gotta beat him in the ring, is that dummy aware of that?
[Gorilla] I'm sure he is and he's not a dummy.
[Heenan] I think he is, that's good enough for me.
I'm a broadcast journalist, I can say and do whatever I want.
-[Gorilla] That's what I'm afraid of. -[Heenan] Now, where is he going?
[Gorilla] Perched up there the top turn buckle,
Jannetty with another, he got caught right in the middle of that move.
[Heenan chuckles] I told you. It's just a matter of time,
try one high risk move too many and it's gonna back fire.
[Gorilla] Just when he thought he had Shawn Michaels
in a compromised position, the champion proved otherwise.
Well, now, she's looking around the corner to see if Marty's all right.
Uh-oh. Look out.
Powerslam, no. Oh, rammed him, shoulder first right into the steel post.
[Heenan] That will make your shirt fit funny.
[Gorilla] What an awesome move by the champion.
[Heenan] I bet he separated his shoulder.
I hope so.
[Gorilla] Shawn not wasting any time,
-goes right out there at the man. -[Heenan] Oh.
[Gorilla] And now rams his shoulder in once more.
[Heenan] Now, I bet his coat will fit funny.
-Look at the crybaby. Look at the crybaby. -[Gorilla] Excruciating pain
on the face of Marty Jannetty.
[Heenan] Well, what did he think was gonna happen to him?
[Gorilla] Look at her. She looked concerned.
Is that a look of concern?
[Heenan] She winked-- She winked at Shawn Michaels.
[Gorilla] Well, he dumps him back inside to stop that count.
[Heenan] Now, he's gonna have some fun. Now, he's gonna play with him a bit.
[Gorilla] Obviously, to do more damage here.
Yes, another shoulder breaker.
[Heenan] You can't put on a hold
and you can't punch a man when you can't raise your arms.
What a beautiful, beautiful intelligent move by Shawn Michaels.
[Gorilla] Well, Marty Jannetty to the best of my knowledge, Brain,
is not a southpaw,
why wouldn't he work on the right shoulder?
-[Heenan] I believe he is left-handed. -[Gorilla] I don't think so.
-[Heenan] Calling me a liar? -[Gorilla] Yes.
And once again and-- Whoa.
[Heenan] This is embarrassing.
[Gorilla] Action's gone to the concrete here at the Royal Rumble.
[Heenan] This is embarrassing,
Marty Jannetty crawling back to the dressing room.
[Gorilla] He was not.
[Heenan] Shawn Michaels had to go bring him back.
A grown man wincing in pain, crying.
[Gorilla] He was shot out of there like a cannon.
Looking to see if that bone is sticking out,
if that clavicle has been dislocated, it certainly appears that way.
[Heenan] Oh, you can see the bump.
[Gorilla] Chant going out for Marty by this capacity crowd…
and referee laying the count on.
This is for all the marbles.
[Heenan] You know, I never thought I'd see them fight each other
when they were The Rockers.
They seemed like they were-- Well, Marty Jannetty
looked up to him and idolized Shawn Michaels.
-[Gorilla] He did not. -[Heenan] Shawn told me so.
[Gorilla] They were equals.
[Heenan] No, Shawn taught him everything, taught him how to dress,
-taught him how to wrestle. -[Gorilla] He did not!
[Heenan] Shawn told me. The guy doesn't lie to me.
[Gorilla] Well, obviously, Brain, at this point, Sensational Sherri
has shown alliance to neither one, yet seems concerned about both.
[Heenan] I saw her wink a couple of times at Shawn.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Wow. Once again right on that already severely injured left shoulder.
Ah, God.
[Heenan] You see, what I would do right now is throw him out
and I'd piledriver him on the steps.
That way you'd crack his head open
and you break both shoulders at the same time.
Good amateur move.
[Gorilla] Real concerned look now…
as Shawn is just ripping away with this armbar.
[Heenan] Look at the tears in his eyes.
Does it hurt?
[Gorilla] We might have a submission here?
[Heenan] Does it hurt, Marty?
[Gorilla] She might've had a tear in her eye too, Brain.
I saw that mascara was running a little bit.
[Heenan] I believe those are tears of joy for Shawn Michaels.
[Gorilla] Capacity crowd here at the ARCO getting relentless.
[Heenan] What a noisy group of people.
[Gorilla] Trying to give a little bit of encouragement to Marty Jannetty.
[Heenan] Oh.
That's why he's Intercontinental Champion. The man can wrestle.
[Gorilla] Hooks the leg, could be all over, no.
[Heenan] Come on, Marella, you can count faster than that.
[Gorilla] Jannetty came right out the back door at the last split second.
[Heenan] He's got some fight left in him, but it's not gonna do him any good.
He's crippled. The man is useless.
[Gorilla] How many guys, Brain, do you know would have this kind of guts?
-[Heenan] I know… -[Gorilla] A lot of guys would've quit
a long time ago.
[Heenan] I know I used to have to gut it out when I was in the ring.
-[Gorilla] Are you kidding? -[Heenan] What?
[Gorilla] They called you the original gutless wonder.
[Heenan] You've been talking to the wrong people.
[Gorilla] Nice arm wringer, but Jannetty answers with the right hand,
not a whole lot behind it, and another one, this one finds the mark.
[Heenan] Well, he's hopeless
without the use of his shoulders, you know that. Look at that smile.
-Look at her starting to smile at Shawn. -[Gorilla] Smile? She wasn't smiling.
[Heenan] Yeah, it's a smile.
[Gorilla] Oh, we must be watching two different things.
[Heenan] I don't know what you're watching on Sherri.
I'm watching the smile.
[Gorilla] Look at this, second turnbuckle on the inside.
[Heenan] Finish him off.
[Gorilla] She's crying right now. Oh, he brought the foot up.
He caught the champion midair.
[Heenan] But Shawn Michaels still has more fight
than Jannetty has in him right now.
-[Gorilla] How about that… -[Heenan] Shawn wants to punish him.
He wants to play with him a little more.
He's not ready to finish him off or he would have.
[Gorilla] That move will buy him a little bit of time though, Brain.
Hard into the corner.
Caught a reverse knife edge on the way in.
-Desperation mode. -[Heenan] Oh.
[Gorilla] Oh, no, it's the champ
who gets his shoulder rammed into the steel post.
[counts]
I'd say he's up for grabs now, Brain.
Take a look, jam-packed to the rafters here in the ARCO Arena.
We're live here for the Royal Rumble.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] And now both men exchanging right hands.
Oh, that was a nice block by Marty.
That adrenaline is flowing through that body.
-[Heenan] Come on, Shawn. Stop him. -[Gorilla] He's impervious
-to pain right now. -[Heenan] You got to slow him down.
[Gorilla] Oh, look at that. What a leverage move by the champion.
[Heenan] That's why he's the champion.
Come on now. Bring him back in. Pull that hair out of the top of his head.
Show him who's boss. Show him who's champion.
[Gorilla] Suplex from the outside coming up by the champ.
Oh, he couldn't get the leverage there. See?
-[Heenan] That's because of his shoulder. -[Gorilla] He didn't get it once more.
Oh, look at this.
Oh, on the outside, came right down on that tailbone.
[Heenan] I've never seen a move like that,
but he can't lose the title if he's counted out, correct?
-[Gorilla] Absolutely. -[Heenan] Then that dummy made a bad move.
-Well, I keep telling you… -[Gorilla] Look at this,
Sherri getting close now to both combatants.
-Is she gonna help him? Oh, no! -[Heenan] Oh, no.
[Gorilla] What a shot! What a shot she just gave Shawn.
[Heenan] What a backstabbing, no-good, blind cheat she's turned out to be.
[Gorilla] Well, Brain, no sense wondering anymore,
we know whose side Sherri's on, don't we?
[Heenan] Oh, no, no, no, two.
You ungrateful, she's just like Mr. Perfect
except she's a bimbo, he's a male bimbo.
[Gorilla] Oh, wow. Right up and over the top
and out of there goes the champ.
[Heenan] You get your hands on her, Shawn Michaels.
Slap her teeth right out her mouth too.
[Gorilla] And ramming right into the top of the steel steps.
What a match this is.
[Heenan] This is a great match.
[Gorilla] Talk about tough battle of defenses.
This is one right here.
-[crowd cheering] -[Gorilla] Powerslam by Marty Jannetty.
-He's got that feeling. -[Heenan] I think he's-- it's too far.
He'll never reach him, he's too far.
[Gorilla] Shawn Michaels is a long way away.
[Heenan] He won't reach him.
-Told you. -[Gorilla] Well, he landed on his feet.
Wow. There it is.
-Two, no. -[Heenan] No, no, no, no.
A heartbeat, a heartbeat away from becoming Intercontinental Champion.
-Two against one. -[Gorilla] Boy, how close that was.
Oh, he went for that-- oh, Jannetty leveled him.
[Heenan] No, no.
He's going on instinct. I don't think Shawn Michaels
really knows where he's at right now. He's just going on sheer adrenaline.
[Gorilla] Reverse crescent kick did the job.
[Heenan] He doesn't have it-- he doesn't have it in him.
[Gorilla] Oh, hooks both shoulders.
Look out. Slingshot city coming up.
[Heenan] Oh.
[Gorilla] He might have hit the steel post.
[Heenan] No, no, no, no.
What a match. What a match.
[Gorilla] Oh, referee caught an elbow
as Shawn Michaels was trying to throw a big right hand.
[Heenan] I think Jannetty punched the ref, didn't he?
[Gorilla] Well, he caught an elbow from somebody.
It was Shawn Michaels inadvertently.
And look at this now.
-Uh-oh. Look out. -[Heenan] Uh-oh. Oh, no.
-[Gorilla] Here comes Sherri. -[Heenan] Oh, no.
[Gorilla] And she's taking her shoe off. She's gonna do a number on him. Oh, no.
Shawn ducks out of the way. Sherri nails Marty Jannetty.
[Heenan] Give it to her, Shawn, give it to her. Piledrive her.
[Gorilla] It certainly was an accident on Sherri's part. She meant to hit Shawn.
[Heenan] I don't know. I don't know.
Now, it's Shawn's turn.
Tell her what you think of her and lay into it.
[Gorilla] What's he gonna do, hit her?
[Heenan] Oh, he's not asking her for a date, I'll tell you that.
[Gorilla] She doesn't know what to do.
[Heenan] Look at her beg, "I'm sorry, honey. Please take me back."
"I made a mistake. I'm just a dumb harlot. Please, honey."
[Gorilla] She's crying, in the meantime, Marty Jannetty is down and out.
Patented crescent kick by the champion, hooks the leg. The referee's there.
-He got him. -[Heenan] It's over.
-[bell ringing] -[Heenan] He got him.
-["Sexy Boy" playing] -[Gorilla] What a miscarriage of justice.
[Howard] The winner of this bout
and still Intercontinental Champion, Shawn Michaels.
[Gorilla] Obviously an accident by Sensational Sherri.
She certainly did not mean to hit Marty Jannetty.
She meant to hit the champion, Shawn Michaels.
[Heenan] Looked like Okerlund's having a little trouble trying to talk to her.
[Gorilla] Boy, could he consider himself lucky?
Right now, Shawn is watching the video wall.
He sees what's going on back there and now he's about to make his way
back into the locker room area.
[Heenan] Oh, I bet he's got something to say to her, big time.
[song concludes]
-Come on, please. -[Gorilla] Oh, he's gone out of our sight.
-[Sherri crying] No! -[Gene] Sherri?
-Sherri? -[Heenan] There goes Jannetty. Whoa.
Sherri. Damn it. Settle down. You are hysterical.
[Shawn] Got you from the gutter, girl!
-You said you loved me-- -And that's the way you're gonna…
[crowd cheering]
[indistinct clamor]
[Heenan] This isn't over. This is not over yet.
[Gorilla] It's pandemonium back there in the locker room area.
Marty Jannetty came flying out of nowhere to the aid of Sensational Sherri,
who was about to get clobbered by Shawn Michaels.
But she should get clobbered for clobbering Shawn Michaels.
-Are you kidding? -No, I'm not kidding.
She slapped him right in the face. You saw it.
Shawn Michaels saved the title because Sensational Sherri
made a mistake and inadvertently hit Marty Jannetty.
What are you watching here?
-Well, I'm watching this right here. -Oh, you're nuts.
-Can you believe that? -Yes, I know exactly what's going on here.
-Why don't you be serious? -[bell ringing]
["Bam Bam" playing]
[Howard] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Coming down the aisle from Asbury Park, New Jersey,
weighing 390 pounds, Bam Bam Bigelow.
[Heenan] There's the bad boy. There is one tough customer.
[Gorilla] I suppose, Brain, you will be in attendance this Friday
-at Madison Square Garden. -[Heenan] I will be
at Madison Square Garden this Friday, you can bet.
[Gorilla] And Bam Bam will indeed be there as well.
♪ Bam Bam ♪
[Gorilla] What a nasty person.
What would possess someone to get their head tattooed like that?
-[song concludes] -[Heenan] You got me. Why don't you do it?
-Shave your head. I'll do it for you. -["Hard Times" playing]
[Gorilla] Well, do you hear this ovation?
[Howard] From the department of corrections
in Cobb County, Georgia,
weighing 337 pounds, the Big Boss Man.
[Gorilla] They're on their feet here in Sacramento.
♪ Walk the line ♪
♪ Ya better watch that truck You'll be serving hard time ♪
♪ He carries a big stick ♪
[Heenan] Pretty good with that stick, isn't he?
[Gorilla] He certainly is.
Good with those handcuffs too.
I see you still got a couple of scars.
Boss Man! Go, go!
[song concludes]
[Heenan] This is gonna be a good match.
-They're both about the same size. -[bell ringing]
[Heenan] But I think-- see, this man here, the Big Boss Man, he's yellow,
-he takes advantage of-- -[Gorilla] What? He is not.
[Heenan] He takes advantage of people. This is one tough customer right here.
He's gonna take it right through the Big Boss Man.
[Gorilla] The big guy from Asbury Park, New Jersey, not wasting any time
unloading here on the Big Boss Man.
[Heenan] Oh, yeah.
Tell me when was the last time you saw the Big Boss Man
manhandled this early in a match. Usually he dictates the pace.
[Gorilla] Well, he didn't even wait for the bell to ring, Brain.
-[Heenan] I like it. -[Gorilla] The guy had his back turned.
[groans]
[Heenan] Calm down.
[Gorilla] How many times have you seen
the Big Boss Man taken advantage of and then come back
and show you what that intestinal fortitude is all about?
[Heenan] Yeah, if he can get-- if he can get a hold of his nightstick,
he's a real tough customer.
He's just another
-dumb meter maid from… -[Gorilla] Well, I'm gonna--
I'm gonna tell him what you said.
[Heenan] You go tell him that, I don't care.
[Gorilla] You made some derogatory statements about his mother, too.
-That's right. -[crowd booing]
[Heenan] Big deal, her goatee is a little bit thicker than his.
[Gorilla] Oh, boy.
Boss Man hard into the corner and now out and down to the concrete
here at the ARCO Arena.
[Heenan] I wonder if Mean Gene Okerlund is conscious.
[Gorilla] Boy, that was rough back there, wasn't it?
-It was pandemonium. -[Heenan] Yep.
You know, this is Sunday afternoon on All American Wrestling,
I'll be in Las Vegas with Mean Gene Okerlund.
Wouldn't it be fitting,
here I am a winner bringing a loser to Las Vegas?
-[crowd booing] -[Gorilla] A loser? Mean Gene Okerlund?
-[Heenan] Yes. -[Gorilla] Please.
Las Vegas, of course, the spot for WrestleMania IX,
Caesars Palace, April 4th.
The winner right here of the Royal Rumble will get a crack
at the championship.
It could be Bret "The Hitman" Hart. It could be Razor Ramon.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Well, there's a clothesline for you.
I told you this guy could take punishment, Brain.
[Heenan] Well, he's a big guy, there's no doubt about that.
[crowd] Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
[Gorilla] He's reading him his rights now.
[Heenan] And his hand is taped. Who knows what's in that hand.
[Gorilla] He was saying, "Bam Bam, do you know Miranda?"
[crowd cheering]
[crowd] One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
[Gorilla] Got him perched up in the corner there
and not a whole lot of places he can go.
[Heenan] Seemed to me he was favoring that hand a little bit.
[Gorilla] He certainly was.
[Heenan] Obviously someone caught him with his hand in the cash register.
[Gorilla] He might have a broken knuckle or two there
as we take a look at the ominous nightstick.
-[crowd cheering] -[Heenan] Whoa.
Maybe when he was writing one of his parking tickets,
-somebody slammed his paw on the car door. -[Gorilla] Will you stop?
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] It was a nice side suplex there moments ago
by Bam Bam, but he couldn't follow it up.
[Heenan] Whoa.
[Gorilla] Boy, these guys are unloading with the heavy shots.
[Heenan] But I don't think you're gonna hurt Bam Bam
-by hitting him in the head. -[Gorilla] I don't think so either.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] I think you got to go to the bread basket.
Oh, he just dipped his shoulder, lifted him right out of there.
And he might have just wrenched his back on the ring apron on the way down.
Look at the pain on the kisser of the Big Boss Man.
[Heenan] You know, if this was a Royal Rumble match,
he'd be eliminated by now
because he went over the top rope to the floor.
He hurt his back. This big dummy here hurt his back.
He's got an achy breaky back right now.
[Gorilla chuckles]
[referee counting]
Oh, still to come,
the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion,
Bret "The Hitman" Hart
defending against probably his toughest competition
since becoming champion, the dangerous Razor Ramon.
[Heenan] Who is oozing machismo at this moment.
[Gorilla] He certainly is.
What a match that's gonna be.
[Heenan] He's taking it right to him, working on that back.
It's a smart move,
instead of grabbing a holder or picking him up
or slamming him, he's working on that back.
[Gorilla] I'm surprised because Bam Bam
-is really not a bright guy, Brain. -[Heenan] He isn't?
I'm gonna write that down, I'm telling him that.
[Gorilla] Well, I hope so.
Double axe handle right to the kidney area.
[Heenan] Wow.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Get on him. Get on him. Work him over.
You see, Bam Bam is a kind of a guy, you can't give him anything.
You give him a break, he's gonna take advantage of it.
Boss Man made a mistake signing for this match.
He's still working on that lower back. Very huge calling the guy dumb.
Boy, wait until he finds out.
Cut off his air, that's right.
[Gorilla] Look at this, he's trying to squeeze,
but his arms almost don't reach all the way around.
Sort of an amateur ride here.
[Heenan] I don't think--
for that to be effective, he's got to be able lock his hands.
I don't think he can.
[Gorilla] No.
-Oh, look at that. -[crowd cheering]
-[yells] -[Gorilla] Leverage clothesline move
-by Bam Bam. -Get out of my face!
-[Heenan] Now, he's mad. -[Gorilla] As he clotheslined
the Big Boss Man right on the top rope.
[Heenan] Now, he's mad.
Still a little fight left in the meter maid.
[Gorilla] Don't worry about the meter maid,
a lot of fight left in him yet.
This is your Boss Man?
[Heenan] Come on, Bam, work him over.
Headbutts to the back, that's what I like to see.
Good forearm to the back. Show me how aggressive you can get.
Come on, Bam Bam. Bam Bam is back.
You know, if you can't stand this excitement,
maybe you should get another job. Maybe collect tropical fish or something.
[Gorilla] I'm gonna have you knocked out or I'll do it myself.
[Heenan] Hey, watch the match and leave me alone.
-You big ape. -[Gorilla] Why don't you go down,
go in the back and do whatever it is you got to do?
-[Heenan] I'm doing what I got to do. -[Gorilla] How about your unveiling?
[Heenan] It will be seen, don't worry,
coming up, pretty soon when the time is right.
[groans]
[crowd member] Come on, Boss Man!
[groans] Oh, God!
[Gorilla] In a lot of pain.
-Big Boss Man… -[Heenan] He's taking his time though.
[Gorilla] Well, you know, the longer this match goes, Brain,
the easier the pickings become. One of these guys is gonna run out of gas.
[Heenan] Well, Bam Bam is in control. The Big Boss Man is hurt.
He's been hurt for about seven to eight minutes now.
[Gorilla] But look at this. Oh, he was almost out of there.
[Heenan] And that back just don't get better like that.
[Gorilla] Oh, look at that, a nice block of the attempted suplex
by the Boss Man.
Bam Bam is going after it again.
-Oh, he got turned around. -[Heenan] He didn't have it.
His back gave out on him. He couldn't get Bam Bam up in the air,
straight up in the air to fall back with him.
[Gorilla] Only got him turned sideways.
-Flying headbutt. -[Heenan] It's over. He is hurt.
[Gorilla] Right to the kidney area.
-[Heenan] The winner of this match, Bam-- -[Gorilla] Will you stop?
-[Heenan] What? -[Gorilla] This match is not over.
[Heenan] Might as well be.
[Gorilla] You wanna be a ring announcer now?
-I can arrange that, you know. -[Heenan] I can do it all.
[Gorilla] I'm sure.
Either man ripe for the pickings right now.
[Heenan] Wow.
[Gorilla] Take a look, Brain, jam-packed to the rafters
here at the ARCO Arena for this 1993 edition of the Royal Rumble.
How about that? Still fight left in the Big Boss Man.
Backdrop and a beauty.
[Heenan] Well, that hurt his back.
That hurt the Boss Man's back, that maneuver.
Whoa.
[Gorilla] Well, that didn't hurt the Boss Man.
Ride him, cowboy.
[Heenan] What is in that hand? I bet that-- I bet that hand is loaded.
[Gorilla] Oh, another big roundhouse right finds the mark, Bam Bam in deep trouble.
[Heenan] I don't think so. I think he's playing possum.
-See? -[Heenan] Oh.
[Heenan] I've been-- I'm right again.
[Gorilla] Right in the kisser with the size 16.
[Heenan] At least.
-Where's Bam Bam going? -[Gorilla] Third floor.
[Heenan] Uh-oh, here we go.
[Gorilla] Bam Bam, going all the way up to the top.
[Heenan] Great balls of fire. Oh!
-[Gorilla] Goodnight. -[Heenan] One, two, three.
[Gorilla] Nobody is gonna get up from that.
-[bell ringing] -[Heenan] I told you. The winner, Bam Bam.
["Bam Bam" playing]
[Gorilla] No way, shape or form…
[Howard] Here is your winner, Bam Bam Bigelow.
[Gorilla] Bam Bam Bigelow with a very impressive win here
over the Big Boss Man.
Right now, we're gonna take you to some footage
that appeared on Mania showing you how low Razor Ramon will stoop.
Obviously, your father was a big influence on you and on Bret.
Hey, Rocket, did daddy teach you that one, mate?
[groans]
All right. Knock, knock. Did daddy teach you that one, mate?
Well, that was the Rocket Owen Hart
who literally got creamed and he is the brother,
the little brother I might add, of WWE Champion, Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
-So, what? -This guy, Razor Ramon
will stoop at nothing, Brain, to get any kind of an edge.
Well, of course, he wants that belt. He wants that title. He wants that money.
He's got gold on his fingers, gold around his neck,
he wants it around his waist, simple.
Last night, right here in the ARCO Arena, who did we find in one of the big boxes?
-Razor Ramon. This is how he got ready. -Yes.
Tomorrow, Chico, when I leave this arena,
I'm going to have gold on my fingers, gold around my neck,
and Hitman, I'm going to have your gold
around my waist.
So, Rougeau, take your camera crew and beat it, man.
-Well, that-- -Hey, yo, Hitman.
Get some sleep, Chico. I'll see you tomorrow, man.
Now, beat it, Rougeau.
[bell ringing]
The following contest scheduled for one fall
is for the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship.
[crowd cheering]
["Bad Boy" playing]
[Gorilla] Challenger about to make his way.
And he is, like the Brain said, oozing with confidence and machismo.
-[Heenan] There is the bad guy. -[Howard] From Miami, Florida,
weighing 287 pounds, Razor Ramon.
[Heenan] Looking good, baby. Looking good.
[Gorilla] Right now, let's take you to Mean Gene Okerlund
who's standing by with Bret "The Hitman."
All right. Razor Ramon is in the ring,
World Wrestling Entertainment Champion, Bret "The Hitman" Hart,
as a fighting champion,
many title defenses for you since Saskatoon.
However, I know this confrontation here at the Royal Rumble
with Razor Ramon has gotten personal.
Personal, this is way beyond the title match now.
He's crossed something,
he's crossed the line that he's never gonna forget.
This is a personal thing, it's a family thing, and it's blood.
You know something? Razor Ramon is gonna pay.
This isn't just an average title match, he is gonna pay for everything.
And I am gonna defend my family's honor and defend I'm gonna do.
All right, very good.
World Wrestling Entertainment Champion, Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
You got a big crowd standing by to greet you.
[Bret] Okay.
[Gorilla] Boy, as if he didn't need some kind of provocation.
He's got it right here,
and wait until you hear the tremendous ovation when he is introduced.
[Heenan] You see, he's got to go into this match, Bret Hart,
thinking he's the champion
-and conducting himself like the champion. -[song concludes]
[Heenan] He can't let personal things
-get in the way. -["Hart Beat" playing]
-[crowd cheering] -[Gorilla] Oh, listen to it.
Here it comes.
[Howard] His opponent from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, weighing 235 pounds,
the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion,
Bret "Hitman" Hart.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Well, there is Stu Hart, the father of Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
Stu and Helen Hart in attendance here
to see this title defense by their son, Bret.
And the winner of this one, Brain, will meet the winner
of the Royal Rumble match itself.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] What an ovation.
Are they gonna cheer like that
when they strap the belt around Razor's waist?
[Gorilla] What a tremendous sign that said,
"Bret walks the Razor's Edge."
[Heenan] Very carefully, I might add.
-[song concludes] -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] We're live here in the ARCO Arena
here at Sacramento, California,
as we're looking at the challenger and the champion.
The Excellence of Execution, Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
-[Heenan] And the bad guy, Razor Ramon. -[Gorilla] Razor Ramon.
What? Is there an echo in here?
[Heenan] I wanna ask you a question.
Was that his mother and father?
-[Gorilla] Yes. -[Heenan] All right.
[bell ringing]
[Gorilla] Oh, come on.
He just took his toothpick and threw it at the youngster
who was the recipient of The Hitman's sunglasses.
And I might add he's paying for it right now.
-[Heenan] This Razor is tough. -[Gorilla] What a heavy right hand.
You know, you might win a slugfest with The Hitman,
but that doesn't mean he's finished.
[Heenan] This Razor has come prepared.
He's come in to this ring looking like a champion.
I bet you that's the way he leaves it.
[Gorilla] Well…
it took Bret "The Hitman" Hart eight-and-a-half years here
in the World Wrestling Entertainment to become the champion.
And look at Razor Ramon, what has he been here, Brain?
Eight months? Eight-and-a-half months?
[Heenan] And he's got a World Wrestling Entertainment Championship match.
That tells you something about the kind of guy he is and the credentials he holds.
-[Gorilla] Whoa! -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] There's a little damage to that left knee…
as Bret comes out of that corner in a hurry.
You don't wanna make a mistake
when you're in there with The Hitman. He'll make you pay right off the bat.
[Heenan] See, that's a smart move on Hitman's part.
Because he knows he can't stand there toe-to-toe with Ramon.
'Cause Ramon's a lot bigger than him, so he's getting him down,
-slapping in the figure-four. -[Gorilla] Oh, look at this.
Figure-four leglock by The Hitman.
Razor with that long body
-trying to make it to the ropes. -[Heenan] He'll make it. He'll make it.
-[Gorilla] And he does. -[Heenan] He made it. He made it.
[Gorilla] Referee forced to break it as the Razor reached the bottom rope.
[Heenan] Are you sure that's his parents there at ringside?
-[Gorilla] Yes. -[Heenan] Look like the Mertzes.
[Gorilla] Will you stop?
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] See, I believe his legs are too long for Bret to use the Sharpshooter.
-He'll never get the Sharpshooter… -[Gorilla] Oh, we'll just have to wait
-and see that. -…on Razor Ramon, that's my prediction.
[Gorilla] Well, you've been wrong before, haven't you?
-[Heenan] Never. -[Gorilla] Plenty of times.
Oh, what a leverage move that was.
-Boy, Razor having trouble putting… -[Heenan] Whoa!
…any kind of weight on that left foot.
He may have dislocated his patella, Brain.
[Heenan] Could have.
It's connected to the shinbone though, isn't it?
[crowd cheering]
-[Gorilla] Look at this. Whoa! -[Heenan] Whoa!
[Gorilla] Few words of encouragement from Stu Hart.
[Heenan] Yeah, I heard him go, "Hey, uh, uh, uh."
[Gorilla] Will you stop?
I'll tell you, the Excellence of Execution doesn't need
a whole lot of help out there.
[Heenan] He's gonna need something.
He's gonna have to dig down deep if he wants to retain his title.
Come on! He's outside. What do you want? One…
[Gorilla] He has defended his title more times in the past several months
than a lot of champions in the past have defended in a year, Brain.
[Heenan] And he's ready to be picked. He's ripe.
[Gorilla] Well, a golden chance for Razor to do just that.
-[groans] -[Gorilla] Whoa.
-[Heenan] Whoa! -[Gorilla] Whoa!
-[Heenan] Right in the ribcage. -[crowd chattering]
[Heenan] This could be the turning point.
Those ribs are bruised badly. It could even be broken.
If that's the case, it's just a matter of time.
[Gorilla] What a tremendous shot…
[referee counting]
…on the right side of that ribcage. And now some further damage by Razor.
[referee] One, two…
-[grunts] -[Gorilla] And into the steel post!
Razor may be setting him up here for some kind of submission,
the title will in fact change hands on a submission or a pinfall.
[Heenan] That's right. And you know, having rib damage,
awful hard to breath.
And you've got to able to get your wind because you got to reach down,
suck it up to defend that title.
You got to come up with something extra, and if you don't have any air,
well, it's simple, you don't have any air.
[Gorilla] Bret "The Hitman" Hart in all kinds of trouble
here in Sacramento at the Royal Rumble.
And Razor just keeps dishing it out.
[Heenan] Bret is hurt. He's hurt bad, Monsoon.
[Bret groans]
[Gorilla] It's time to suck it up, Brain.
[Heenan] Bret, do yourself a favor. Tell the referee you've had it.
-You'll get a return match, so what? -[Gorilla] He'll never do that.
-[Heenan] He's a quitter. -[Gorilla] He is not.
-[Heenan] His dad was a quitter. -[Gorilla] What?
[Heenan] Yes. Maybe it was his mom, one of them.
[Gorilla] Bret just being pummeled here by Razor Ramon.
[Heenan] He's having trouble getting his breath.
[Gorilla] Completely at his mercy.
[Heenan] Watch this. Watch this. Watch this.
-[crowd cheering] -[Gorilla] Whoa!
Helen, obviously in pain, along with her son.
-[crowd cheering] -Two!
[Heenan] Can you imagine the tension in the back?
Everyone watching this match because the winner of that Royal Rumble
is gonna meet the winner of this match in Las Vegas at WrestleMania IX,
April 4th!
There's not an eye in the back that isn't watching this match.
[Gorilla] You can bet on that.
Caesars Palace, the location, Home of Champions.
-It could be all over! -[Heenan] Yes!
-[Gorilla] Hell, no. -[Heenan] Whoa!
Was he lucky there?
[Gorilla] Close but no cigar.
We could be seeing the beginning of a new reign.
[Heenan] What a hold when you have bad ribs, the abdominal stretch.
He can't get his breath. He cannot get his breath.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Hitman with a lot of things to be thinking about here,
thinking about Owen Hart, his brother, who got clobbered by Razor Ramon,
some payback to be dished out for that, and, of course,
when Mom and Dad are sitting at ringside,
you get an awful lot of good feelings, Brain,
that adrenaline starts pumping and flowing to that body.
[Heenan] That's great. The adrenaline can pump all at once.
If you can't breathe, it doesn't mean anything.
He is out of gas. He can't get his breath, and thank God his mom and dad are here.
-They can carry his bags home for him. -[Gorilla] Will you stop?
[Heenan] Because his luggage will be a lot lighter
-because there won't be any gold in it. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Razor sometimes, with that abdominal stretch,
will pick up that loose right leg and add even more pressure.
-[crowd cheering] -[Gorilla] Oh, look at this.
-Hitman turns it around. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Oh, but he just couldn't hold it.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Bought himself a little time right there.
You're not gonna win that battle.
-Two count once again. -[Heenan] Boy, that's close.
Razor, forget the referee. Stay on him. Stay on those ribs.
He's favoring them, you see? He's favoring his ribs.
[Gorilla] Naturally, his ribs are hurt!
-[Heenan] Don't yell at me! -[Gorilla] Probably cracked.
[Heenan] Well, don't yell at me!
-Big ape. -[Gorilla] I'm gonna knock you out.
-And Razor continues… -[Heenan] Monkey.
…with the kicks, with the punches.
-Just humiliating him now. -[Heenan] And still to come, Monsoon,
still to come, my big moment and the biggest treat for everyone
all over the world, the unveiling of Narcissist.
-[Gorilla] What don't you leave now? -[Heenan] I'll leave when I'm ready.
I wanna watch Razor win the title.
[Gorilla] Hart ducked underneath, look out. High crossbody,
Razor down, but no, Razor too fresh.
He's long since recuperated from the knee injury,
-but Bret, still in a lot of trouble. -[crowd cheering]
-[Heenan] Whoa. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] And he turns it over once again.
-That was close. -[Heenan] And look at The Hitman.
See, his schedule, everything is too hard on him.
He's taking a beating. I've never seen him take a beating like this.
[Gorilla] He's always thinking.
Well, to add insult to injury,
Razor now just sitting on the lower back area,
which is causing even more pain
to that side where those floating ribs are,
but obviously, well, Brain, you know, sometimes you don't
have to crack a rib, just tear some of that intercostal cartilage
and that's even more painful.
[Heenan] What are you, Quincy?
Squeeze, squeeze him.
[Gorilla] Big bear hug here.
[Heenan] See, a ham-and-egger would go for other moves.
Razor is aware that this man's ribs are in bad, bad shape,
and he's taking advantage of it. That's championship material.
-One. -[crowd cheering]
-[Gorilla] The right hand dropped twice. -[referee] Two!
[Gorilla] If that hand drops one more time…
it will be over. Oh, almost, halfway down it went.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Oh, that's nice for a champion to do, real nice.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Are you proud of him, Mom and Dad?
-He knows how to bite. -[Gorilla] I condone that.
-When the title is on the line… -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Oh, look at that.
-What a lift out over the top. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Look out.
Hitman flying through the ropes, a flying tackle out on the concrete.
[Heenan] What a foolish move,
in the shape he's in to risk something like that, that's stupid. That is stupid.
[Gorilla] You got to fight fire with fire and Razor Ramon is indeed fire.
But just like that, the pendulum has swung once again in this match.
And Bret…
obviously not feeling that pain in the ribs anymore.
-[Heenan] Oh, he feels it, all right. -[crowd counting]
[Gorilla] Well, if he does, he's just ignoring it, Brain.
-What a right hand. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] "There's one for my brother, Owen."
Razor now getting pummeled here.
[Heenan] Come on, Razor, get up. Get out.
Roll up. Take your time. Regroup.
-[Gorilla] Not the place he wants to be. -[Heenan] Get back to your battle plan.
I know you got a plan, get to it.
[Gorilla] Razor expecting to leave this ARCO Arena
with the World Wrestling Entertainment title
secured around his waist, but he's got a tiger by the tail.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Come on, Razor, get up.
I think he's taking his time.
-He's pacing himself. -[Gorilla] I think he's in trouble.
Inverted atomic drop and a clothesline.
-[Heenan] No, no. -[Gorilla] Razor's right arm came…
[Heenan] It came up quick. It came up real quick.
[Gorilla] Came shooting out of there.
[Heenan] There's a lot of fight left in him yet.
He's not even close to beating him. Look at this. Oh.
[Gorilla] Beautiful backbreaker, well executed.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Bret, second turnbuckle on the inside.
-Clothesline and a beauty. -[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Nope. Nope. I'm telling you.
And Bret has thrown everything at him.
He has really thrown everything, including the kitchen sink at him
and he's still fighting.
-He's still there. -[Gorilla] Hold on, coming up.
Why doesn't he go for the Sharpshooter?
[Heenan] I told you why. His legs are too long.
Bret must be aware that he can't slap the hold on him.
-He's like a… -[Gorilla] How do you know unless you try?
-[Heenan] Well, he's dumb, simple. -[Gorilla] He is not.
Oh, beautiful neckbreaker.
That took its toll on the ribs once again.
Bret over for the cover, but a nonchalant one at that.
[Heenan] Well, you see the way he took him down?
-Very fast. -[Gorilla] He's hurting once again.
[Heenan] Just like a very fast car.
[Gorilla] Oh, wait a minute.
-We may have an attempt here. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] And Razor realizing it, immediately to the ropes.
[Heenan] See, he was sizing him up, Bret The Hitman.
He knew he couldn't get it on him or he would've tried to put it on.
[Gorilla] And Bret drags him back in once again.
-And now pulls the legs over. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] All he's got to do is turn him.
He's got it locked in. Can he get him around?
And the referee gets all tied up.
[Heenan] His legs are too long.
[Gorilla] Referee inadvertently getting all tied up there.
[Heenan] He had it on him, but he couldn't turn him.
That's the secret of it. He's going back to the ribs.
-[Gorilla] Oh. Wow. -[Heenan] Good, good wrestling.
Good wrestling.
[Gorilla] Continues to go to work on that ribcage.
Well, he sort of got away from that, Brain, now he's going back to it.
[Heenan] Boy, I bet you wish you never got involved in this match, Hitman.
[Gorilla] Uh-oh.
-Hitman precariously perched up there. -[Heenan] The beginning of the end.
[Gorilla] On the top turnbuckle. Oh, elbow finds the mark.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Oh, look at that move by Hitman.
-Back suplex, a beauty! -[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Why didn't he try to cover?
[Gorilla] Oh, no.
[Heenan] Like I said, the beginning of the end.
I can smell the machismo oozing out of Razor.
-What a champion he's gonna be, Monsoon. -[Gorilla] Both men
ripe for the pickings right now, the bad man, Razor,
-thinks he's got it all sold out. -[Heenan] The bad guy.
-[Gorilla] That's it. -[Heenan] The Razor's Edge.
[crowd jeering]
[Heenan] Can you imagine what must be going on in the back?
All 30 of those wrestlers watching,
thinking they're gonna have to meet Razor Ramon?
[Gorilla] Here comes the patented Razor's Edge…
by Razor Ramon. If he completes this move, you can just about forget about it,
but no, look, Hitman slid down the back side.
[Heenan] It's a…
-[Gorilla] Oh! Oh, my goodness. -[Heenan] Whoa.
[Gorilla] He almost got him, Brain, but more important,
he bought himself a little time.
[Heenan] Well, his watch has just stopped.
[Gorilla] It looked, for all intents and purposes, like it was all over.
[Heenan] I thought so.
Now, he's got him in a position where he can really work on those ribs.
He's got his hands tied up.
-Oh, what a smart wrestler. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Winding him up real hard into the corner.
[Heenan] The ring must've moved six or seven inches.
[Gorilla] What a tremendous beating
being taken here by Champion Bret "The Hitman" Hart
at the hands of Razor Ramon.
[Heenan] Monsoon, he can't help that he looks like ten movie stars.
-[Gorilla] Who? -[Heenan] Razor can't help it.
-[Gorilla] Oh, please. -[Heenan] Look at him.
What a champion he's gonna make. He can't help it.
[Gorilla] Obviously, a lot of anxious moments here
for Stu and Helen Hart.
-[Heenan] Sure. -[Gorilla] As they watch at ringside.
[Heenan] Sure, if their pumpkin loses the belt,
-they're gonna have to buy their own meal. -[Gorilla] Oh, why don't you stop?
Oh, look at this move.
[crowd cheering]
-[Gorilla] It's a pinning combination. -[Heenan] No. No.
[Gorilla] A bow and arrow turned the big guy over,
-but Bret couldn't hold him. -[Heenan] Wait, wait.
-He's slapping on the Sharpshooter. -[Gorilla] He's got the Sharpshooter.
He's got that leg twisted around.
[Heenan] No, no, no.
[Gorilla] All he's got to do is stand up here…
-[Heenan] Oh, no. -…and get that momentum.
[Heenan] He's got him.
-He's got him hooked on! -[Gorilla] He's got him!
-Yes, it's over! -[Heenan] No! No!
-[bell ringing] -[crowd cheering]
-[Heenan] Unbelievable. -["Hart Beat" playing]
[Heenan] I don't believe it.
[Gorilla] Right now, let's go to Howard Finkel.
[Howard] The winner of this bout and still
World Wrestling Entertainment Champion,
Bret "Hitman" Hart.
[Gorilla] What a title defense by Bret The Hitman.
A standing ovation…
here in the ARCO Arena at the Royal Rumble.
It is deafening.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Championship belt raised in a token of victory.
What a battle. What a match.
[Heenan] Razor took it to him though. He took it to him.
He's gonna know he was in the ring with Razor Ramon, I guarantee you that.
[Gorilla] Toughest bout to date for that man, Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
-Where are you going? -[Heenan] I'm going to unveil Narcissist.
[Gorilla] Oh, please. He's out of here.
The Brain has just thrown down his headset and walked out.
You know, he hasn't been the same.
There he goes making his way out of here.
Since Mr. Perfect said adios to Bobby "The Brain" Heenan,
-Bobby has been a little bit paranoid. -[crowd cheering]
["Hart Beat" concludes]
[Gorilla] Well, I see that The Brain has made it down to the arena floor,
so let's go down and see what's going on.
-Are you ready? -[crowd cheering]
The moment you've been waiting for, the moment the world has been waiting for.
For the last four weeks,
I’ve been talking about this man, Narcissist,
the greatest specimen walking on earth.
Words cannot describe how this man looks.
Right now, it is my pleasure,
it is my-- it's an honor to introduce and to unveil
-Narcissist Lex Luger! -[crowd cheering]
[ethereal music playing]
[Heenan] Yes. Yes. He is here.
Don't tease us, Lex. Don't tease us.
Show us.
Show us what the world's waiting to see.
[rhythmic music playing]
Oh, yes. Look at that. Look at that.
You have a reason to love yourself. You have a reason.
You are truly the Narcissist.
Let me get this. Let me do this.
-[crowd cheering] -Oh, ladies and gentlemen,
feast your eyes, feast your eyes on that man.
Look at the muscle mass.
Look at the biceps. Look at the chest.
Look at the abdominal region. Look at the thighs.
Oh, yes.
You are in love with yourself and you have every right to be.
You are the Narcissist.
You are the greatest creature gifted. You are gifted.
That's the only thing I can say.
Eat your heart out, people.
Everybody here wishes they looked like Lex Luger, but you don't.
Oh, yes.
Oh, look at the definition.
Look at that. Lex, please turn around, show the world.
I know how you feel about yourself. Oh, yes.
Look at that. Look at that. Look at that.
Oh, my God. Most muscular.
Oh, eat your heart out, ladies. Ladies, do you like what you see?
Do you like what you see?
Zoom it. Zoom it. Oh, look at this. Look at this. Look at this.
Oh, look at the definition here. Look at the thighs. Look at that.
You'll never see another set of legs like that.
Oh, yes.
Look at those biceps. Look at the size of them,
perfectly proportioned.
There's not a person here, Lex,
there's not a humanoid in this building that don't wish they were in your shoes.
Oh, look at those arms. Look at the veins.
You are something.
Oh, you do love yourself, don't you? And you have every right to.
Are you ever put together?
Fans, eat your heart out.
That is the man, "The Narcissist" Lex Luger.
Look at that. Like a washboard, like a washboard.
Look at the muscular… Oh, words can't describe him.
Lex, please, could you turn yourself away from the mirror
just for a minute or two?
I got something very important… Let the people…
They've seen this great body. Now, let the world
hear those beautiful, melodious tones out of your mouth.
You know, everyone here is watching with their mouth wide open
and believe me, there's a goofball in the back,
he's watching very carefully because he's anything but perfect.
You know, Bobby Heenan,
I truly am incredible.
This is history in the making.
I will be…
mark my words, beyond a shadow of a doubt,
the most dominant force that the WWE has ever seen.
All other wrestlers will bow down at their knees before me
because I am the most mesomorphically magnificent
physical specimen beyond…
perfection. And speaking, Bobby, of perfection,
-I know you're impressed. -Oh, oh, oh.
I know everybody out here
is impressed with me, Lex Luger.
But I know somebody else who's back there watching
who I know is impressed,
but the most impressive thing of all is when I step in the ring
and Mr. Perfect, that's when you will find how truly great
"The Narcissist" Lex Luger is.
If… [chuckles]
That's if you've got the guts to take the challenge.
Ladies and gentlemen, you have been part of history.
Forget the inauguration, forget the Elvis Presley stamp.
This is what it's all about. This is a highlight of my career.
It's an honor. It's a pleasure
to have been able to stand here and unveil you to the millions of people.
And now as the curtain comes down, let's see some more, just a little more.
Look at the back. Look at the size of this man.
Look at the legs.
Please, let's see some more legs, one more shot of the legs.
Please, one more time,
-"The Narcissist" Lex Luger. -[Gorilla] Well, you won't have any
trouble finding Mr. Perfect, I can guarantee you that.
-I'll give the guy credit. He looks great. -[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen,
may I present to you,
-Caesar and Cleopatra. -[regal music playing]
[Gorilla] Direct from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada,
the home of WrestleMania IX.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] A special proclamation about to be delivered here
by Caesar and Cleopatra.
Caesars Palace, of course, the Home of Champions
and Las Vegas, Nevada
rapidly becoming the family entertainment capital of the world.
And April 4th will kick it all off.
The pageantry, the splendor…
and this is just the beginning.
Queen of the Nile, the lovely Cleopatra,
and Julius Caesar, the emperor.
Friends, Romans, and countrymen,
lend me your ears.
Let it be known that I, Caesar,
ruler of the Roman Empire residing at Caesars Palace
in Las Vegas, Nevada,
along with the Cleopatra, the Queen of the Nile…
personally invite each and every one of you
to WrestleMania IX
where the superstars of the World Wrestling Entertainment
will compete on Sunday, April 4th, 1993.
All roads will not lead to Rome, but rather to the sumptuous,
splendiferous, lavish Home of the Champions,
Caesars Palace.
Cleopatra and I, Caesar, will cordially greet you
as you enter our domain where your every whim
is waiting to be satisfied,
where your desires will be fulfilled,
where you will feast on succulent food,
and be royally entertained.
All this and more awaits you, your friends, and your family.
Furthermore, let it be known that the winner of today's next match
the 30-man over the top rope Royal Rumble
will meet the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion
at WrestleMania in the famed Caesars Palace Stadium.
-And now, let the games begin. -[crowd cheering]
[regal music playing]
Coming up right now in mere moments,
30-man over the top Royal Rumble. Earlier on today,
each one of these participants selected a number,
a number from one to 30. That's the way they will enter the ring.
We will start out with one and two in the ring to kick things off
and every two minutes another… what?
-Did I unveil him? Was that something? -You did unveil him.
-Yes, yes. -No. As I said,
you probably didn't hear me because you were down there,
you won't have any trouble finding Mr. Perfect.
-Oh, is that so? -The elimination is over the top rope
and down to the arena floor,
once a person does that, he's out of there.
He cannot go back in.
So, let's get this underway.
-Let's get going. -Did I do it?
-Let's go down to Howard Finkel. -I did it. I did it.
-Will you stop? -[bell ringing]
And now, ladies and gentlemen,
let us all find out who drew number one
-to participate in the Royal Rumble. -[crowd cheering]
-["Early Sprach" playing] -[Heenan] Oh, no.
[Gorilla] Oh, look at this, number one!
-[Howard] Here is the man who drew… -[Gorilla] It's Bob Backlund,
-…number two… -…another former champion.
…from Princeton, Minnesota, Bob Backlund.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Bob Backlund making a tremendous comeback…
-[bell ringing] -…at age 43
has drawn number two here in the Royal Rumble.
[Heenan] What do you think the odds are, Monsoon,
of two former champions starting out the Royal Rumble?
[Gorilla] Highly unlikely.
[Heenan] And there are four former champions.
And they're both wearing red.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] I think I can say without any fear of contradiction, Brain,
neither one of these men will be there at the end.
-[Heenan] How much do you wanna bet? -[Gorilla] Well, you know,
I'm gonna be in Las Vegas.
Bret "The Hitman" Hart is gonna be in Las Vegas.
-[Heenan] We know that. -[Gorilla] And the winner
of this Royal Rumble will also be in Las Vegas.
Golden opportunity for former champ, Bob Backlund,
his first in fact, Brain, chance to get a crack at the title.
[Heenan] Wouldn't that be something? Forty-three years old,
been out if it for nine, ten years,
could come back and make it to the championship match?
Wouldn't that be something?
[Gorilla] He'll have to face Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
[Heenan] What a match that would be.
[Gorilla] Couple of beautiful reverse knife edges there by the former champion.
Oh, look at that.
I'll tell you what. Neither one of these gentlemen
has to take a backseat to anybody regardless of the outcome of this one.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] But the luck of the draw is so very important
here in the Royal Rumble.
[Heenan] Now every two minutes,
another superstar comes in the ring, right?
[Gorilla] That's correct.
Well, right now, we're into our ten-second countdown…
-[Heenan] Six! -…'til we get to number three
-and we'll see who that is. -[crowd counting]
[buzzer ringing]
-[Heenan] Uh-oh. -[Gorilla] Oh, it's him,
-Papa Shango. -[Heenan] Papa Shango.
-He might make them both disappear. -[Gorilla] He might.
[Heenan] Remember, it's every man for himself.
[Gorilla] No friends, only foes, only enemies.
[Heenan] What the-- what-- can you imagine what's at stake here?
-[Gorilla] Chance of a lifetime. -[Heenan] Boy, you bet, the biggest payday
in probably their careers,
and the prestige of winning the Royal Rumble.
-[Gorilla] Oh, look at this! -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Backlund with the help of Ric Flair
gets Papa Shango out of there.
[Heenan] Good move, Ric, very good move.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] That's good enough. He went over.
Does he have to touch the ground?
[Gorilla] You have to go to the arena floor, Brain.
[Heenan] Well, it's close enough.
[Gorilla] You know, in the past when Bob Backlund was champion
here in the World Wrestling Entertainment,
he did some tremendous feats of strength, Brain,
and intestinal fortitude and conditioning.
If anybody could go the distance, he could.
[Heenan] Oh, he's got a lot of fight in him
and he's a determined athlete.
His whole life is wrestling.
-[Gorilla] And we know what Flair can do. -Whoo!
[Heenan] Yes, we do.
Flair proved it last year, dummy.
[Gorilla] You know, Brain, since Mr. Perfect dumped you,
the guys with the white coats and the net are gonna be looking for you.
-You've lost it. -[Heenan] Nobody's looking for me
-with the nets and the white coat. -[Gorilla] You've lost it.
[Heenan] I'm just-- I'm just-- I'm just concerned. I'm just-- Wow.
[Gorilla] Flair in the corner trying to buy a little time here.
Tough to buy time when there's only two of you out there.
We're coming up in five seconds
-to number four. -[Heenan] I hope it's Perfect.
[crowd counting]
-[Heenan] Who is it? -[buzzer ringing]
[Gorilla] Oh, Million Dollar Man, Ted DiBiase.
-[Heenan] Oh. -[crowd clamoring]
[Heenan] When awhile back at one of the Royal Rumbles,
he lasted in there for over an hour too.
[Gorilla] Yeah, and I can remember at one Royal Rumble,
he tried to buy somebody's higher number.
[Heenan] No, that was, uh… that was propaganda.
[Gorilla] DiBiase, one-half of the reigning Tag Team Champions,
along with Irwin R. Schyster and now he and Ric Flair are doubling up
on the former champion, Bob Backlund.
[Heenan] Can you get arrested for beating up the elderly?
[Gorilla] Will you stop?
Backlund in trouble here as it's two against one,
-holding on for dear life. -[Heenan] Call for your pa, Opie.
[Gorilla] Keep it up, I'm gonna knock you out.
[Heenan] Boy, he is taking a beating.
[Gorilla] These two minutes must seem like an eternity for Bob Backlund.
[Heenan] What prestige in that ring,
two-time World Wrestling Entertainment Champion, Ric Flair,
one-time champion, Backlund.
Oh, the Million Dollar Man, two times tag champion, I mean…
[Gorilla] And almost got his hands on the title as well.
[Heenan] Yeah, if it wasn't for dummy.
[Gorilla] Backlund feeling the brunt of this onslaught.
-[Heenan] Oh. -[Gorilla] Double elbow finds the mark.
[Heenan] Bet he wished he was back in retirement,
sitting on that rocking chair, eating soft food.
[Gorilla] They tried to get him out over the top, but he just dropped down.
-[Heenan] Look at the determination. -[crowd counting]
[Heenan] He's fighting for his life.
[Gorilla] Well, this capacity crowd helping Backlund with the count here.
-Let's see who's next. -[buzzer ringing]
-[Heenan] Uh-oh. -[Gorilla] Oh!
One half of The Nastys.
[Heenan] The biggest, big mouth of them all.
And you know, he's gonna go right for DiBiase.
[Gorilla] Well, Nasty Boys have a thing going
-with Money Incorporated. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] And look at this, buying a little time for Bob Backlund.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Whoa, is he on fire!
[Heenan] Yeah, but he'll run out of gas soon, got a history of it.
[Gorilla] Double noggin knocker.
-And Flair over the top. -[Heenan] No, no, no, no, no.
-[Gorilla] Almost out of there. -[Heenan] Oh.
Ric, I got money invested.
[Gorilla] Flair's holding on.
Once again let us state that you have to go over the top rope
down to the arena floor to be eliminated.
And now Backlund back in this thing
thanks to the Nasty Boy who bought him a little time.
[Heenan] You see, Backlund should've just laid in the weeds,
act cool about it. Not let anybody know he's around.
Why he's even up on his feet fighting is beyond me.
I know, he's a competitor,
-that's the way Bob Backlund is. -[Gorilla] Well, you don't know much
about that, do you?
[Heenan] I know about cash, I know all the presidents
that are on the money.
[Gorilla] Somewhere down the line in the very near future,
we're gonna see a big title defense by the reigning tag team champions,
Ted DiBiase and Irwin
against these Nasty Boys and what a match that's gonna be.
[Heenan] What time is it? How much time is it?
-[Gorilla] What's the difference? -[Heenan] Oh, no, don't do that.
[Gorilla] Don't you have any patience?
[Heenan] Oh, he's giving him the pit stop.
How low, how filthy.
[Gorilla] Well, we're underneath that ten second mark once again.
And another combatant will be making his way down.
-[buzzer ringing] -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Virgil, no love lost there between him and DiBiase.
-[Gorilla] Absolutely not. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Virgil, of course, once the henchman for the Million Dollar Man
and then saw the light.
Oh, look at that, inverted atomic drop finds the mark by Virg.
[Heenan] Look at Backlund just laying in the weeds.
That's smart, that's very smart.
[Gorilla] Hey, he took a lot of punishment, Brain.
[Heenan] At 43 years of age too.
[Gorilla] Well, so far the only one eliminated, Papa Shango.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] I hope I'm in that good of shape when I hit 40.
-[Gorilla] Backlund, 43 years old. -[Heenan] That's what I said.
[Gorilla] You'll never see 40 again, I got news for you.
[Heenan] Call the action, just call the action.
[Gorilla] Oh, over the top!
-Right out over the top. -[Heenan] He's out.
You see, all he cared about was doing damage to DiBiase,
his personal vendetta cost him
the Royal Rumble match and he's out of it.
He's gonna have to get him down the road.
[Gorilla] Well, sooner or later you let your emotions get the best of you,
-and you have to pay for it. -[Heenan] That's what's good about me,
I don't care for anybody. I hate everybody,
-regardless of who they are. -[Gorilla] The feeling I think is mutual.
-Nobody likes you either. -[Heenan] Oh, you like me and you know it.
[Gorilla] Dangerous move here by Backlund, perched up there.
In the meantime DiBiase literally cleaning the clock of Virgil.
Backlund just teetering up there.
[Heenan] Shove him over, Ric, shove him over.
-[crowd counting] -[Gorilla] Oh, we're six seconds away
from another combatant as this capacity crowd counts it down.
-[Heenan] Who now, who now? -[buzzer ringing]
-[Heenan] It's the King, Jerry Lawler! -[Gorilla] Oh! It's King Jerry Lawler!
[Heenan] Host of Superstars.
-[Gorilla] Well… -[Heenan] You know something, Monsoon?
-[Gorilla] What? -[Heenan] He wins the Royal Rumble
and defeats Bret Hart at WrestleMania,
he will truly be the king of the World Wrestling Entertainment
and the king of everything there is to do.
[Gorilla] Well, you can say that again. Right now,
he's going toe to toe with Ric Flair.
Oh, look at Flair just bailed out.
He has not been eliminated, he did not go over the top rope.
Referee telling him to get back in there.
[Heenan] Is he smart? Is he something? Yes. Yes, he is.
[Jerry grunts]
[Gorilla] And now, it's every man for himself.
This knockdown, drag out affair.
Royal Rumble the most dangerous match you could ever dream of.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] All those arms and legs flailing around.
[Heenan] You know, Jerry "the King" Lawler is the host of Superstars.
[Gorilla] I thought Vince McMahon was the host of it.
[Heenan] No, he goes and gets the coffee and stuff.
[Gorilla] Will you be serious?
[Heenan] And cashews and stuff.
[grunts]
[Gorilla] Look at this, King perched up there,
-not a very healthy place to be… -[crowd counting]
-…as we reach once again… -[Heenan] Who now? Who now?
[Gorilla] The big countdown.
[Heenan] Who's coming out now?
[buzzer ringing]
-[Heenan] Max Moon. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Max Moon comes shooting in!
[grunts]
[Gorilla] Unloads with a couple of big roundhouse rights
right in the kisser of the King.
Dropkick and a beauty!
[Heenan] Oh, that's dangerous to dropkick in a match like this.
[Gorilla] Max Moon just got a real education
-from a former champ. -[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] This is really a rumble, Monsoon.
[Gorilla] Starting to get very interesting, Brain,
and the prize, the big one,
a chance at the World Wrestling Entertainment title
against Bret "The Hitman" Hart at WrestleMania IX, April 4th,
Las Vegas, Nevada, Caesars Palace, the Home of Champions.
[Heenan] I'll be there.
Come on, come on. Get up. Come on, Ric.
You know, that's assuming by the time WrestleMania comes around
and Bret "The Hitman" is still packing the gold,
and still the champion.
A lot could happen. Anything can happen here.
[Gorilla] Well, let's just put it this way, Brain.
Whoever wins this Royal Rumble will meet whomever
is the champion at WrestleMania IX.
Does that make you happy?
[crowd counting]
-[Gorilla] Whoa, look out. -[Heenan] Who's coming now?
[crowd counting]
[Gorilla] He hasn't come through the curtain yet.
[Heenan] I can't hear you, talk to somebody else.
-I'm too excited. -[buzzer ringing]
-[Heenan] Tenryu, the Japanese champion. -[Gorilla] Take a look
at the Japanese star, Tenryu!
Immediately going after Ric Flair.
With those vicious chops. And Max Moon got bombed out of there.
-[groans] -[Gorilla] Whoa.
And Ric Flair with a few chops of his own.
I think there was a little bit more sting
on the reverse knife edges of Tenryu.
[Heenan] Now, where do you think they got the word chop suey?
-[Gorilla] Not from that. -[Heenan] Are you talking to me?
[Gorilla] Forget about it.
It's deafening in here, you can hardly hear yourself think.
[Heenan] What?
[Gorilla] World Wrestling Entertainment has done it again
here in Sacramento, California, here in the ARCO Arena,
we are live 1993 with this Royal Rumble.
Oh, look at this, Virgil…
Well, Virgil got helped out there.
-He got helped back in. -[Heenan] Backlund's still in there.
[Gorilla] Oh, I wish I had a running clock,
so I could tell how many minutes Bob Backlund
and Ric Flair have been out there.
I've just been informed that it's 20 minutes now
that Flair and Backlund have been out there.
That's an eternity in a Royal Rumble.
[Heenan] And this thing could go all night.
Who knows how long this Royal Rumble will last?
[Gorilla] Absolutely, there is no time limit.
[Heenan] Backlund is literally fighting for his life in there.
[Gorilla] Fighting for his career.
And we've reached that ten-second countdown once again.
-[Heenan] Now who? Now who? -[crowd counting]
[buzzer ringing]
-[Heenan] Oh, no. Oh, my God! No! -[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Oh, oh, no, no, no!
[crowd cheering]
-[Gorilla] Mr. Perfect… -[Heenan] Give it to him! Give it to him!
Come on, Ric! Come on, Ric!
[Gorilla] Immediately went after Ric Flair.
[crowd cheering]
-[Gorilla] What a vendetta here! -[Heenan] Get up, Ric!
[Heenan] Get out. Go under the bottom rope.
Flair, take a walk, yes.
Don't go up there, no.
Oh, no.
-[Gorilla] Big slam by Mr. Perfect. -[Heenan] Oh, my God!
Perfect doesn't want to win the Royal Rumble.
He wants to put Flair in the hospital.
[Gorilla] Flair bought himself a little time with that move.
[Heenan] Somebody get me some water. I need water.
[Gorilla] A true vendetta between these two individuals,
incidentally, Brain,
career ending match will take place tomorrow night
on Monday Night Raw as Mr. Perfect
matches up against Ric Flair.
[Heenan] The losers out of the WWE…
Only one man… only one person can survive in the WWE.
-It's not big enough for both of them. -[crowd counting]
[Heenan] And Flair has no plans on moving.
[crowd counting] …nine, ten.
[Heenan] Come on, we need help.
[Gorilla] Well, think of the ramifications of that, Brain.
If either one of these individuals was to win
this Royal Rumble and then lose the career match,
they wouldn't get a shot at the title.
[Heenan] Don't confuse me, I can't think about that now.
-[Gorilla] Sorry. -[crowd] Two, one!
-[Heenan] Now, who is it, who is it now? -[buzzer ringing]
[Gorilla] Here we go.
-[Heenan] Skinner. -[Gorilla] It is Skinner.
Big smile on his face. Happy to be here.
Happy to get this tremendous golden opportunity otherwise.
[Heenan] Oh, Mr. Perfect.
He don't look perfect now, does he? Bye-bye, Perfect.
I'll get you some tickets out of town on the house.
-[crowd cheering] -[Gorilla] Oh, look at that.
-Oh, there goes Flair. -[Heenan] No, no, no.
-Flair is out of there. -[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] No.
Oh, damn it.
[Gorilla] Now, that was perfect.
[Heenan] That's not fair to Flair. That's not fair to Flair.
He was the first one in the ring. He won it last year.
He won it all.
-Oh, my God. -[Gorilla] It is pandemonium
here at the ARCO Arena.
Can you imagine what's going through
Ric Flair's mind right now?
I believe you owe me something.
Your guy is gone.
-[Heenan sobbing] -[Gorilla] And after tomorrow night,
he could be gone permanently.
[grunts]
[Gorilla] Skinner going to work on Mr. Perfect.
[Heenan] I can't believe this.
[Gorilla] Ric Flair who last year ended up the winner and by doing so
became World Wrestling Entertainment Champion
-has been eliminated here at 1993. -[crowd counting]
[Gorilla] Another occupant, participant about to enter.
-[buzzer ringing] -[crowd cheering]
-[Gorilla] It's Koko B. Ware. -[Heenan] Somebody call a cab?
[Gorilla] One half of High Energy.
Oh, it's fun to see these guys come in, they're fresh.
[Heenan] You know, the bad thing about the Royal Rumble is
anyone could win it. Koko B. Ware could be champion.
He could wrestle Bret Hart, anything can happen.
-[Gorilla] What's wrong with that? -[Heenan] Ric Flair should be there.
-[crowd counting] -[Gorilla] Ric Flair is history.
Look at Koko unload on the King.
And Backlund still hanging in there.
[Heenan] There's a lot of people who wanna unload on the King.
[Gorilla] And now Mr. Perfect going to work on that filthy pig Skinner.
-And there he goes. -[Heenan] Oh, no, he's not out yet.
[Gorilla] He hung on.
Oh, but the dropkick got him. Skinner is out of there.
[Heenan] I guess, you think that was perfect?
[Gorilla] It certainly appeared that way to me.
[Heenan] Take your headset off, you and I are gonna go at it.
[Gorilla] Boy, I hope so.
-[Heenan] If it wasn't for my bad back. -[Gorilla] And your bad attitude.
Tenryu is still hanging on in there
along with the Million Dollar Man and of course the King.
-[Heenan] What-- I'm talking to you. -[Gorilla] I'm sorry.
[Heenan] What could be going through Bret Hart's mind right now?
You know he's watching this.
He's gotta have a favorite.
There has to be somebody in there he wants to fight.
There's gotta be somebody in there he doesn't wanna fight.
-[Gorilla] Oh, absolutely, I'm sure. -[crowd counting]
[Gorilla] We're about to get another entry.
[Heenan] Oh, I'll tell you, he's glad Flair is gone.
[buzzer ringing]
-[Gorilla] Oh, it's Samu! -[Heenan] Samu!
[Gorilla] One half of the Headshrinkers.
[Heenan] Afa just throws him into the ring.
Is he his manager or is he his trainer? Is he his feeder?
[Gorilla] He's a manager, trainer, and feeder.
[Heenan] Oh, my goodness.
[Gorilla] He's all those good things rolled up in one.
[Heenan] Backlund is still in there.
[Gorilla] Backlund showing us what kind of, uh, fiber he's made out of.
What kind of conditioning program he's on.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Look at this, King, oh!
With a right hand finds the mark on Mr. Perfect.
-And Backlund from behind. -[Heenan] Oh.
-[Gorilla] Whoa. -[Heenan] Whoa.
[Gorilla] Excuse me.
[Heenan] That shot was heard around the world.
[Gorilla] Samu now with a vicious headbutt on the King.
And Backlund and Perfect, no friends, only enemies here in this Royal Rumble.
Everyone wanting the prize.
Everyone wanting a crack at the champion Bret "The Hitman" Hart,
or whomever it may be on April 4th, at Caesars Palace
at WrestleMania IX in Las Vegas.
[Heenan] It won't be Ric Flair.
-You're happy about that, aren't you? -[Gorilla] April 4th,
mark the date down on your calendar.
"It won't be Ric Flair," is right.
And it won't be Papa Shango.
Or anyone else who has already been eliminated.
-[Heenan] Is Backlund still in there? -[Gorilla] He's still there.
Coming up, I understand, on 26 minutes
for former WWE champ, Bob Backlund.
-[Heenan] Who now, who now? -[Gorilla] There comes somebody.
[buzzer ringing]
[Heenan] Oh, this is his kind of match.
-[Gorilla] It certainly is. -[Heenan] If anyone can pick you up,
and throw you over that top rope.
[Gorilla] The Berzerker.
[Heenan] Huss, huss, give him a huss for me, big boy.
[Gorilla] Million Dollar Man, Ted DiBiase,
I've been informed has been in there for 22 minutes.
[Heenan] Why do you get informed these things? I got to know too.
No one tells me anything.
[Gorilla] Why don't you pay attention?
[Heenan] Look at The Berzerker. He don't care,
he's just going around hitting everybody, he's having a good time.
[Gorilla] No way, shape, or form under any other conditions, Brain,
would a guy like The Berzerker or Koko B. Ware get an opportunity--
-[Heenan] Whoa! -[Gorilla] Whoa!
-King is gone, he's not the king anymore. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] DiBiase trying to get Perfect out of there.
[Heenan] Come on, Ted. Come on, Ted.
[Gorilla] Oh, look at this. He got some help from the outside.
[Heenan] Perfect is fighting, he's fighting.
That won't do him any good. Come on, Ware. Come on, King.
[Gorilla] No way those referees should allow the King to be part of this.
He's been eliminated.
-[Heenan] He's gone, he's gone. -[Gorilla] But that--
-[Heenan] That's Perfect. -[Gorilla] That's not fair.
[Heenan] That's fair, that's Perfect.
Oh, you won't be wrestling for the title will you, Perfect?
[indistinct chatter]
[Gorilla] Well, there's three guys right there that won't.
And Virgil has also been eliminated.
And now the King has made an enemy for life of Mr. Perfect.
[Heenan] Tough, big deal.
[Gorilla] And Bob Backlund is still in there.
[Heenan] You know, I feel better.
I feel better, I don't care who wins that championship
as long as it's not Mr. Perfect.
I am not gonna rest until he's finished in this great sport.
-[buzzer ringing] -[Gorilla] He's comes another one.
Oh, it's The Undertaker.
[crowd cheering]
Odds-on favorite here in the Royal Rumble to walk out of here victorious
-and he's here to a standing ovation. -[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] By the time he gets to the ring, it will be time for WrestleMania.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] There's nothing worse than a fresh Undertaker.
[Gorilla] Samu not wasting any time attacking The Undertaker.
[Heenan] Is Backlund still in there?
[Gorilla] Yeah, Backlund did not go over the top.
He went through the ropes. He's still in there.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Well, he might be knocked unconscious.
[Heenan] Berzerker is having a good time.
-He will-- Oh, my goodness. -[Gorilla] Whoa, there goes Samu.
Undertaker just eliminated Samu.
And Tenryu now going to work on the big guy.
[Heenan] Berzerker has just slammed Backlund on the cement floor
after pulling up one of those pads.
[Gorilla] There's so much action going on here.
I can't keep up with it.
-Oh, there goes Tenryu. -[crowd cheering]
-[Gorilla] Eliminated by The Undertaker. -[Heenan] Sayonara.
-Well, it's down to four. -[Gorilla] DiBiase now--
[Heenan] It's down to just four now.
[Gorilla] Well, Bob Backlund is still in this ring.
-[crowd cheering] -[Heenan] I don't see him.
[Gorilla] He may not be in the ring, but he has not been eliminated.
-[Heenan] I don't see him. -[Gorilla] He's right there.
[Heenan] It looks like he's out to me, pal.
[Gorilla] I'm telling you, the guy has not been eliminated.
[Heenan] Don't yell at me.
[Gorilla] That's the only way you pay attention.
Well, we've reached the ten-second countdown once again,
and the ring is almost empty thanks to The Undertaker.
-[buzzer ringing] -[Gorilla] And who's coming?
-[crowd cheering] -[Heenan] Terrific Terry Taylor.
[Gorilla] Terry Taylor…
full of all kinds of energy…
-[Heenan] We're only half-- -[Gorilla] …attacking--
[Heenan] We're only half through the competition.
[Gorilla] Still a long way to go in this one.
[Heenan] Now, remember, like Yogi Berra said,
-"It's not over 'til it's over." -[Gorilla] You got that right.
-[crowd cheering] -[Gorilla] Oh, look at this.
Terry Taylor and Koko B. Ware dumped out of there by DiBiase.
And DiBiase got caught by The Undertaker.
-[crowd cheering] -[Heenan] Oh, my goodness.
That's what so great about the Royal Rumble.
One minute there's nine, ten,
-12 guys in the ring… -[Gorilla] DiBiase is gone.
-[Heenan] …the next minute, two guys. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Berzerker trying to take advantage of the situation.
[crowd cheering]
-[Gorilla] What is that? -[Heenan] Oh, my God. What is that?
[Gorilla] Wait a minute.
-[Harvey] The Undertaker! -[Gorilla] Who is that?
[Harvey] That's the man that messed me up.
That's the man who… -[Heenan] Oh, no. What is it?
How big is that guy?
-Looks like he's 20, 30 feet tall. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] There goes The Berzerker.
-[Heenan] Who is he? -[Gorilla] I don't know.
[Heenan] Is that Harvey Wippleman with him?
[Gorilla] That is Wippleman.
[Heenan] Look at this. Look at the size of that monster.
-[Gorilla] What is it? -[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] That is the biggest man I have ever seen in my life.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Fee-fi-fo-fum, Undertaker you better run.
-[Gorilla] He is dwarfing The Undertaker. -[crowd counting]
[buzzer ringing]
[Gorilla] Another participant about to come down but…
Damien Demento, I understand is on his way,
but who is this guy, Brain?
-[Heenan] I do not know. -[Gorilla] Mr. Broadcast Journalist?
[Heenan] Look at this.
He is dwarfing The Undertaker.
The Undertaker is about six-ten, six-eleven.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Beating The Undertaker to the punch.
-[crowd cheering] -[Heenan] He is gone.
Can you imagine that? He struck The Undertaker.
Then went and took it right to him and eliminated him.
I've never seen The Undertaker mauled like this, manhandled.
[Gorilla] But who is this guy?
[Heenan] I'd like to say he can be whoever he wants.
Damien Demento won't even get in the ring.
-He wants nothing to do with him. -[Gorilla] I don't blame him.
[Heenan] Remember Wippleman-- remember Harvey Wippleman said
he was gonna drop a bomb?
-[Gorilla] Yes, he did. -[Heenan] That's the bomb.
That's the bomb.
[Gorilla] He was very upset about what The Undertaker did to Kamala
and this obviously is the bomb that he was talking about.
[Heenan] I've never seen The Undertaker being treated like a child,
like a rag doll. This is something personal here.
[Gorilla] He is being manhandled by this giant, whoever he is.
[Heenan] And Demento won't even get in the ring.
Demento-- Demento is scared to get in the ring.
What does that tell you?
[Gorilla] You know, Brain, this guy is not one of the official entries
in the Royal Rumble.
[Heenan] You go there and tell him to leave.
[crowd clamoring]
[Gorilla] He has just humiliated The Undertaker.
[crowd counting]
I've never seen anybody do that.
[buzzer ringing]
[Gorilla] Irwin R. Schyster comes through the curtain but…
look at him. He's in no hurry to get down there.
-As this giant continues… -Attack The Undertaker!
…the onslaught on The Undertaker.
Come on. We gotta get somebody.
[Heenan] They better get some help out here.
[Gorilla] And do something about this.
[Heenan] Look at The Undertaker, he's not raising up now, is he?
[indistinct clamor]
[Gorilla] Referees down there don't seem to be able to control this guy now.
I see Sgt. Slaughter, Tony Garea and a whole host of others.
-[grunting] -[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] That is a monster, Monsoon. That is a monster. He's not human.
[Gorilla] Nobody wants to come
-within arm's length… -[Heenan] How tall is he?
-…of this giant. -[Heenan] He's gotta be 20 feet tall.
[Harvey] This is the man everybody in the World Wrestling…
[Gorilla] No one dared step into that ring.
They did not want to feel the wrath of this man, whoever he is.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Oh, The Undertaker trying to sit up here to no avail.
[Heenan] I've never seen anything like this, Monsoon.
Since The Undertaker arrived in the World Wrestling Entertainment,
he has had his way with every wrestler.
I've never seen him manhandled, mauled, torn apart like that.
[Gorilla] Well, the Royal Rumble has resumed.
Harvey Wippleman obviously accomplishing exactly what he wanted to do
as you look at The Undertaker still flat on his back.
[Heenan] He said he was gonna drop a bomb and he did.
-[buzzer ringing] -[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] If he did that to-- if he did that to Hussein,
there would be no trouble in the Middle East.
[Gorilla] The undefeated Native American Tatanka.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] I understand that Paul Bearer, there he is.
Paul Bearer with the urn,
the urn that gives strength to The Undertaker.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] He's hurt. Look at him. He's badly hurt.
[Gorilla] He's trying to get up.
[Heenan] Look at that. Look at that. I've never seen anything like this.
That's not The Undertaker I know.
Now-- now for the first time, he looks mortal.
-He looks like a human being. -[Gorilla] Look at him,
limping badly, obviously in pursuit of whatever that was,
-that strange animal that attacked him. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] What a miscarriage of justice.
[Heenan] Look at the eyes. Look at the eyes.
[Gorilla] Here The Undertaker, one of odds-on favorites and eliminated
out of this Royal Rumble by someone who wasn't even a participant.
[Heenan] Something, someone? How do you know it's "someone"?
He may not even be human.
Did you see the size of him?
[Gorilla] He had to be at least eight feet tall, Brain.
You said 20, but I think eight would have been more realistic.
[Heenan] Wow.
[Gorilla] And Backlund is still out there.
[Heenan] You know, when that big beast came out,
he went right for The Undertaker.
He didn't care for anybody else. He wasn't interested in anything,
but The Undertaker.
[Gorilla] Because he was on Wippleman's journey.
[Heenan] That's right. Because of what The Undertaker did to Kamala
by putting him in that coffin. He ruined Kamala for Wippleman.
-[crowd counting] -[Heenan] Wippleman said he'd do it,
he said he'd drop a bomb and he did.
[Gorilla] We're about to get another participant.
-[buzzer ringing] -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] And it's the other half of The Nasty Boys.
Wow. Irwin R. Schyster with a beautiful inverted atomic drop
on the undefeated Native American Tatanka.
-[Heenan] Look, he's got him by his toe. -[Gorilla] That's his tie.
If Irwin is stupid enough
to wear a tie in there, then he deserves it.
[Heenan] Boy, you're gonna get audited now.
[Gorilla] I hope so.
[Heenan] How long has Backlund been in the ring?
[Gorilla] Bob Backlund right now has just passed the 36-minute mark.
-[Heenan] And he's 43 years old. -[Gorilla] Forty-three years old, yes.
Well…
[Heenan] Is he going after Flair's record or…
[Gorilla] He's reached the halfway point, Brain.
[Heenan] Or he just has no place to go, right?
[Gorilla] Well, Flair was out there for one hour and two minutes.
Backlund has already surpassed the halfway mark to that.
Wow.
Demento getting clobbered here.
[Heenan] See Backlund is smart.
He's not trying to punch people out, he's not trying to kick people.
He's trying to get him out. That's the secret to this.
Every man for himself.
[Gorilla] Tremendous Royal Rumble here in Sacramento.
And the winner, of course, Brain, gets that big opportunity.
[Heenan] How long did Backlund hold the title?
[Gorilla] Backlund held the title for five years.
-[Heenan] That's right. -[crowd counting]
[Gorilla] Well, we're five seconds away
from another participant and who is it going to be?
-[buzzer ringing] -[crowd cheering]
-[Heenan] Oh. -[Gorilla] Oh, Typhoon!
[Heenan] They're getting fresher and they're getting bigger.
[Gorilla] Some heavy-duty stuff out there now.
[Heenan] The last time I saw Tugboat, Typhoon, or Buffoon, whatever he is,
run that fast was when they opened up the lunch line at the free buffet.
[Gorilla] Typhoon comes in there,
a lot of these guys have been out there quite a while
and he's fresh and ready to go.
Gives him a big edge.
-Talk about a big edge. -[Heenan] Oh.
[Gorilla] Tatanka is just unloading with those tomahawk chops.
[Heenan] Well, that will stop your clock.
[Gorilla] We are live here at the Royal Rumble in Sacramento.
The winner could get that coveted shot at the reigning champion,
whomever it may be at WrestleMania IX,
at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 4th.
And what an event it's gonna be.
[Heenan] Backlund's still in there.
[Gorilla] Gotta be coming up or have already surpassed 40 minutes,
the former champion.
[Heenan] Now, Typhoon, why throw him to the mat?
Throw him over the rope, dummy.
[Gorilla] Irwin attacking the eyes of Typhoon.
[Heenan] You know, it could be dangerous in there for IRS.
Nastys want a piece of him, and so does Typhoon.
[crowd counting]
[Heenan] This is the fastest two minutes of television.
Just keeps on going.
[Gorilla] We got another one on the way.
[buzzer ringing]
[Gorilla] It's the other half of the Headshrinkers, Fatu.
[indistinct chatter]
[Gorilla] With last minute words of encouragement.
He got beat up before he got in there by his own manager.
[Heenan] By his trainer and feeder.
What an event this has become.
[Gorilla] A classic.
[Heenan] I knew it was gonna be good, but nothing like this.
[Gorilla] Anybody can be a winner. A lot of big guns still to come.
[Heenan] One of the men in that ring right there may be the one
meeting The Hitman or whoever it may be in WrestleMania.
Bret's-- Bret The Hitman's got to be watching this.
[Gorilla] Of course he's watching this. Where do you think he is?
[Heenan] I don't know.
[Gorilla] Demento almost out of there.
Oh Bret "The Hitman" Hart, eight-and-a-half years it took him
to become World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
What a hard, long road that is, Brain.
[Heenan] Look at Fatu, is he opening up on Tato here.
-[Gorilla] You mean Tatanka? -[Heenan] T… T… T… Tatanka, I'm sorry.
[Gorilla] Double team is the name of the game.
And that's what they've done to Typhoon to get him down.
And look at Backlund.
Seeing the little bit of miscarriage of justice there,
-comes over to Typhoon's aid. -[crowd counting]
[Heenan] Okay. Who's coming now?
[Gorilla] Oh, why don't you just wait a minute and we'll find out.
[Heenan] I'm sorry, I'm excited. So what?
-[crowd counting] -[buzzer ringing]
[Heenan] Is that you blowing your nose or is that the horn?
-[Gorilla] Oh, it's Earthquake. -[Heenan] Oh, poor IRS.
[Gorilla] The other half of The Natural Disasters.
Not wasting any time.
[Heenan] He's turned on his own partner.
-Look at that. -[Gorilla] Went right in there.
It's every man for himself in this Royal Rumble.
And that is obvious right here.
Partners going at each other.
[Heenan] What did you say, Monsoon? I didn't hear you.
[Gorilla] It's the irresistible force meeting the immovable object.
[Heenan] Well, the Earthquake and Typhoon, this is probably a picnic for them,
they enjoy this, they love pounding on each other.
What if there's something personal going on here we don't know about?
[Gorilla] They liked it so much, almost as much as a smorgasbord.
Tatanka is still hanging on in there.
-Whoa, look out. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Typhoon is out of there.
At the hands of Earthquake.
Now, let's see who he turns his attention to.
[Heenan] Are they gonna shake hands?
Every man for himself, don't be a sissy.
Remember that when a man sticks his hands out
and shakes hands with you, shake it, but then kick him real hard
-when he's not looking. -[Gorilla] Oh, boy.
Another one of the odds-on favorites at this point
now that The Undertaker has been eliminated
and Typhoon's been eliminated.
Earthquake could be the opposition…
[Heenan] Do you realize?
[Gorilla] …at Caesars Palace for the champion.
[Heenan] That's right. And Yokozuna has not made it to the ring yet.
-Is he in the building? -[Gorilla] Well, that's true. Yes, he is.
-[Heena] Yokozuna? -[crowd counting]
[Heenan] What would happen if him and Earthquake collide? Whoa.
[Gorilla] We're under the ten-second mark.
-Once again. -[crowd counting]
-[buzzer ringing] -[Gorilla] Who will it be?
-[crowd cheering] -[Gorilla] It's-- It is Carlos Colón,
the Caribbean champion.
A lot of fire in this youngster.
Carlos Colón has been in a lot of these type matches, Brain.
[Heenan] Oh, he's a tough customer, there's no doubt about that.
Now, did Demento go over the top rope?
[Gorilla] He did, but he landed on the apron.
If he gets pushed out here, he will be eliminated.
But looks like he's coming in under that bottom rope.
-[Heenan] Is Bob Backlund still in there? -[Gorilla] Backlund is still out there.
Getting clobbered right now, but still there.
Look at those big right hands
by Carlos Colón right into the kisser of Demento.
Oh, dips his shoulder and Demento is eliminated
at the hands of Carlos Colón.
[Heenan] And how crazy do you have to be to go right after Fatu?
Carlos Colón went right over and went after him.
-It shows you how bad everybody wants it. -[crowd cheering]
-[Gorilla] I'll tell you what, Brain. -[Heenan] Here goes Backlund.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Earthquake has got Backlund up there.
-How long has he been in now? -[Gorilla] Forty-six minutes and counting.
[Heenan] How come you know this stuff and not me?
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Come on.
[Gorilla] Well, Backlund bought himself a little time once again.
[Heenan] Come on IRS. I'm pulling for IRS.
[Gorilla] Do you want Irwin to be the winner?
-[Heenan] Who? -[Gorilla] Irwin.
-[Heenan] Yes. -[crowd counting]
[Gorilla] Another participant about to come through.
-[buzzer ringing] -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Oh, look at this. El Matador, Tito Santana.
[Heenan] You know, on the conditioning that man goes through,
and the frame of mind he's in, he could win it all.
[Gorilla] Former Intercontinental Champion,
former co-holder of the WWE Tag Team titles.
-[crowd cheering] -[Gorilla] Former Mr. Everything.
[Heenan] Fatu is bye-bye.
[Gorilla] Who eliminated him, Brain? There's so much going on.
[Heenan] I think he threw himself off, I don't know.
[Gorilla] Threw himself off? Nobody would do that.
[Heenan] Backlund, he looks whiffed.
[Gorilla] Well, I don't care how good of shape you are in,
-after guys been pounding on you. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Tito almost got him over that top rope.
Backlund holding on for dear life.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Backlund has been in there so long,
when he entered the ring, his shoes were up to his knees.
[Gorilla] Will you stop?
Irwin now going to work on Tito. And look at Backlund, is he spent? Yes.
[Heenan] Forty-three years old.
[Gorilla] That left eye was almost closed.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Hey, you gotta give it to him though.
-He's staying in there with them all. -[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Might be bye-bye, Mr. Colón.
Nope, not yet.
[Gorilla] Just been informed
Backlund is approaching the 50-minute mark here,
in the Royal Rumble, IRS out there, about 20.
[crowd counting]
[Heenan] Look at Backlund, he's still moving,
instead of laying low in the corner, getting your wind back.
[Gorilla] And here comes another participant.
[buzzer ringing]
-[Heenan] The Model. -[Gorilla] The Model, Rick Martel.
[Heenan] He's gonna go right to Santana. Yes.
-[Gorilla] Boy, can he do some damage. -[Heenan] Oh, he sure can.
There's so many personal issues involved here.
[Gorilla] But just like that, tables got turned around by Tito.
And look at Rick.
[Heenan] Boy, you got to be in great shape to participate in anything like this.
-[Gorilla] Look out. Oh, there goes Irwin. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] There goes your meal ticket.
[Heenan] Boy, you know, the later you come in,
the better advantage you have.
Like you get to sit back there, you get to pace yourself mentally,
you get to watch what everybody else is doing,
and you're fresh, what an advantage you have.
[Gorilla] Well, naturally, Brain, we've talked about the luck of the draw,
how important that was as far as the outcome is concerned,
the higher the number, the greater your chance of victory.
[Heenan] There goes Backlund, there goes Backlund.
[Gorilla] Tito Santana, trying to get him out of there.
And Backlund came down on the apron, and scurried underneath the bottom rope.
[Heenan] That guy is like a spider monkey, he just hooks onto things,
you can't get him off.
[Gorilla] And he got one hell of a reaction
from this capacity crowd for that move.
[Heenan] That was just totally out of respect. He's like a leech.
I had an aunt once like that.
[Gorilla] Well, you resemble that remark.
[Heenan] Always had her hand out, wanted a hand out here,
"loan me money for this," "buy me this."
[Gorilla] Carlos Colón exchanging blows…
with Earthquake, that's a losing proposition.
[Heenan] Well, we had to put her in a home.
[Gorilla] Oh, look at this, Earthquake got him up there.
[crowd counting]
[Gorilla] Throws him down but not out.
[Heenan] Oh, they want it bad, don't they?
-[buzzer ringing] -[Gorilla] Here's another one.
-Uh-oh. -[Heenan] Uh-oh.
[Gorilla] Yokozuna.
-All 500 pounds plus. -[Heenan] I bet he's more than that now.
Fuji's had him ready for this.
Fuji's been stuffing him with rice and sushi for a month now.
[Gorilla] He has got to be right now, Brain, at this point in time,
the odds-on favorite.
Drawing a number this high
-puts him in a very good position. -[Heenan] Look at that. Look at that.
[Gorilla] He is awesome.
[Heenan] I don't see anybody in there, Monsoon, that can throw him out.
-[Gorilla] Well, I don't-- -[Heenan] Do you?
[Gorilla] Nobody has even knocked this guy off his feet yet.
[Heenan] Look at this, look at this. Oh!
[Gorilla] Well, Tatanka, certainly taking a shot at it.
Oh, and there goes Tatanka.
[Heenan] See, Tatanka, you got more guts than brains.
Look at Carlos, he's gonna try him out for size.
[Gorilla] Yokozuna just unloading with a heavy artillery
-and there goes Colón. No. He hung on. -[Heenan] Whoa!
[Gorilla] He didn't survive that move,
-he's out of there. -[Heenan] He didn't hang on too long.
Look at this, look at this, it's like the two Sears Towers meeting.
[Gorilla] Earthquake says, "Let's get it on."
[Heenan] And look at Yokozuna. Come on, big boy.
-Try to make me shake. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] It is deafening here in the ARCO Arena
as we are live here at the Royal Rumble.
[Heenan] I see your lips move, but I can't hear you.
-[crowd cheering] -[Gorilla] Whoa.
[Heenan] What a Royal Rumble this has been.
-[buzzer ringing] -[Heenan] Watch this, watch this.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] The Rocket, Owen Hart,
younger brother of champion, Bret The Hitman.
[Heenan] He's still on his feet, he's still on his feet.
-[Gorilla] Hasn't gone down yet. -[Heenan] He's still on his feet.
-He looks like a draft horse. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Avalanche by Earthquake.
-Yokozuna is getting an education. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Whoa, look at that.
-Look out, belly to belly. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] He got Quake out of there, I don't believe it.
[Heenan] Belly to belly on Earthquake, to the floor.
That's your winner.
I predict that man will win the Royal Rumble
and go on to WrestleMania and defeat whoever it is.
[Gorilla] That took a lot out of Yokozuna.
[Heenan] Boy…
-am I impressed. -[Gorilla] Earthquake
really gave a run for the money and look at, Backlund is still out there.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] How many minutes now for Backlund?
[Gorilla] I'll get that for you in just a minute, Brain.
I like Owen Hart's chances right now, Brain.
[Heenan] I don't know.
[Gorilla] You know he'd need a lot of help to get Yokozuna out of there,
but there's still enough guys out there.
If they all collectively got together to get the big guy out.
[Heenan] That's what they should do, exactly what they should do.
He's still on his feet.
[Gorilla] Santana hit him with everything but the kitchen sink.
Wow.
Tito Santana about to feel the wrath…
-of Yokozuna. -[crowd counting]
[Gorilla] He did not go out over the top,
he did not go out, he came in underneath the bottom
-and one more participant on his way. -[buzzer ringing]
[Heenan] Repo Man out, and he's fresh, he's as fresh as they come.
I like his chances.
[Gorilla] Repo immediately going after Yokozuna.
[Heenan] Just dropped him like a bad habit.
[Gorilla] Oh, look at this, Carlos Colón got the Rocket, Owen Hart,
perched up there. No.
-[Heenan] That's Martel. -[Gorilla] It's Martel, I'm sorry.
[Heenan] You should be. If you can't do it right, take a hike.
[Gorilla] I'm out of here.
[Heenan] Don't go yet, wait a minute, I got to ask you another question.
[Gorilla] Backlund is still out there.
Got to be coming up on close to one hour now,
for the former champion, Bob Backlund.
[Heenan] Think if Owen Hart were to win this,
there's a chance he can meet his brother at WrestleMania.
[Gorilla] There's a good possibility of that.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Wow, look at this now, they're all ganging up
-on Yokozuna. -[Heenan] That's the only way to do it.
-[crowd cheering] -[Gorilla] Trying to get him out
as this capacity crowd comes to its feet.
-I hope the ring doesn't tip over. -[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] It looks like 12 puppies at feeding time.
Everybody lined up there.
[Gorilla] Yokozuna just fought his way out of there.
[Heenan] Oh, he's a tough customer, Mr. Fuji has a winner here.
But he's got Backlund, but Backlund…
[Gorilla] Well, I understand we got one more participant
-and he's about to make his way down. -[Heenan] Five, four, three,
-two, one. Who is it? -[buzzer ringing]
-[Gorilla] Macho Man. -[Heenan] Macho Man, Randy Savage.
[Gorilla] Randy Savage to a standing ovation.
[Heenan] And you know what kind of shape he keeps himself in,
you know how determined he is,
two-time World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
If anybody can do it, it's Savage.
[Gorilla] And, boy, would he love to be champion again.
[Heenan] He thrives on something like this, the competition.
He thrives on the fight, the battle… He could do it all.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Macho Man, a golden opportunity here
with the luck of the draw to be the last entry
into this Royal Rumble.
What an edge that gives him.
And there goes Santana.
At the hands of Yokozuna.
-[Heenan] Is Backlund still in there? -[Gorilla] Backlund is still there.
Owen Hart is still there.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Well, Sags isn't.
[Gorilla] Sags is history.
Tremendous dropkick by Owen. Brother of Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
He's trying to pull himself back in, he made it.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] And Backlund now being smothered
by the Japanese superstar.
Look at this, Owen Hart.
-[Heenan] Oh, my God. -[Gorilla] Owen Hart out.
[Heenan] Bye-bye, Owen.
[Gorilla] I think he just blew his knee out.
-There goes the Repo Man. -[Heenan] It's Backlund, Yokozuna,
The Model, Rick Martel, and the Macho Man, Randy Savage.
Savage a two-time World Wrestling Entertainment Champion,
Backlund, former WWE Champion.
[Gorilla] Now, there were four former champions involved in the beginning,
now we're down to four participants left and two of them are former champions.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] A nice lift there or try for a lift by The Model, Rick Martel,
but Backlund saying, "No way."
[Heenan] Even if all three of them teamed up on Yokozuna,
I don’t think they could get him out.
The only way Yokozuna is going out of this ring
-is he's gonna have to make a mistake. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Bob Backlund perched high up now in jeopardy here as Martel has him.
-Bye-bye, Opie. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Backlund now 61 minutes.
One minute away from the mark set by Ric Flair.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] If anyone does, Bob Backlund deserves to win this.
[Heenan] Forty-three years old.
[Gorilla] Uh-oh. Watch out. Both men trying for the suplex.
Look at the strength left in Backlund. I don't believe it.
[Heenan] I don't either.
-[Gorilla] Martel is out of there. -[crowd cheering]
-[Heenan] Unbelievable. Unbelievable. -[Gorilla] What a stunt by Bob Backlund.
-And listen to the ovation. -[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] I gotta stand for this one. I gotta stand for seeing the end of this.
[Gorilla] Macho Man being hammered there by Yokozuna,
who now turns his attention to Bob Backlund.
[Heenan] You better be afraid, Backlund.
[Gorilla] Dropkick doesn't budge the big guy.
[Heenan] He's game though. He keeps coming.
[Gorilla] Another dropkick and he takes a few steps back.
Look out.
-Oh, Backlund is gone. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] We're down to two.
One of them will become the challenger at WrestleMania IX.
[Heenan] What an ovation they're giving Bob Backlund.
And Fuji is at ringside, he's waving the Japanese flag.
-[crowd cheering] -[Heenan] Banzai, Macho Man.
[Gorilla] Fuji with the flag from the land of the rising sun.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] And everyone is on their feet here.
[Heenan] Nobody's leaving. Can you imagine Bret "The Hitman"
in the back area watching this?
Can you imagine what must be going through his mind?
[indistinct chatter]
[Gorilla] Boy, Fuji can literally taste it, the victory here.
A chance that will bring him the championship here
-in the World Wrestling Entertainment. -[Heenan] Savage is hurt.
Savage is hurt. He's a competitor, and he's tough but he's hurt.
And Yokozuna is gonna take advantage. Yokozuna hasn't been off his feet yet.
[Gorilla] Yokozuna one on one now with the Macho Man, Randy Savage.
-I don't like Savage's chances. -[Heenan] I don't either.
I don't really care one way or the other.
I'd sure like to see it for Mr. Fuji.
[grunts]
[Gorilla] But one of these two men will face the reigning WWE Champion,
be it Bret "The Hitman" Hart or whomever on April 4th
is the champion at WrestleMania IX at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.
[Heenan] Look at this. Look at this.
Choking the life and the fight right out of Savage.
-Fuji wants it. -Yes.
[Heenan] That man is mean. He is cool.
[Gorilla] Those instructions, but look at the Macho Man fighting back.
-[crowd cheering] -[Heenan] I can't believe it.
[Gorilla] Savage cannot find the word "quick"
in his vocabulary as he's unloading now.
He's got the big guy staggered.
[Heenan] He's staggering. He's staggering.
-Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh. -[Gorilla] Almost. Uh-oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] If anybody can do it, it's gotta be done now, Savage.
[Gorilla] Macho Man going to the outside. All the way up, top turnbuckle.
-[crowd cheering] -[Gorilla] He did not go down.
[Heenan] He's still standing.
-Fuji is beside himself. -[Gorilla] Savage going up once again.
Yokozuna doesn't see him.
-Oh, the big guy down… -[Heenan] He's down to one knee.
-Just one knee. -[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] I'd never thought he'd come back like this.
[Gorilla] Out of nowhere, a reverse thrust kick finds the mark.
-I think he knocked Savage out. -[Heenan] Savage is out.
He's moving but he's out.
Believe me, he doesn't know where he's at.
[Gorilla] Macho Man out on his feet.
-[Heenan] Oh. -[Gorilla] Oh.
[Heenan] I suggest you go get a wheelbarrow.
Mr. Fuji has to be proud. He's got to be happy.
[Mr. Fuji cheers]
[Gorilla] No smile on the face of Mr. Fuji.
-He knows it's not over yet. -[Heenan] Ichiban.
-Ichiban, Mr. Fuji. -[Gorilla] It's not over
until the Macho Man goes over the top rope
and hits the arena floor.
[Heenan] Yokozuna, he knows he can throw him out.
Savage is hurt. He's internally hurt.
He knows he can get rid of him. He's just toying with him now.
-He's mean. He's cruel. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] As we see the Japanese flag being waved by the master, Mr. Fuji.
[Heenan] This could be career ending for Savage.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Macho Man trying to get back to his feet,
still a lot of fight, a lot of guts.
But I'm afraid all to no avail.
[Heenan] I don't think he'll come back after this.
He won't be able to come back after this.
That man is just too big, too powerful.
[Gorilla] Having his way right now with the former champion.
Yokozuna just unloading at will on the Macho Man.
Fuji's saying, "End it. Put him away."
"Let's go to Las Vegas."
[Heenan] I'm not leaving until the Royal Rumble is over.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Hard into the turnbuckle.
-[Heenan] Uh-oh. -[Gorilla] Uh-oh.
Banzai.
[Heenan] Savage has been hung out to dry.
One more, one more.
He don't know where he's at, Monsoon, he's out.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Fuji is saying one more time, but--
Oh, look out.
And Savage out of there.
-Savage still got… -[Heenan] He's going up to the top rope.
-[Gorilla] …still got something left. -[Heenan] He's down. Yokozuna is down.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Savage with the elbow.
Pinfalls don't count.
Oh, there you go.
[Heenan] He threw him out from the floor.
[triumphant music playing]
[Gorilla] Let's go and get the official word.
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen,
-the winner of the Royal Rumble, Yokozuna. -[Gorilla] Wow! Yokozuna on his way
to WrestleMania IX.
As we see Caesar and Cleopatra,
they will be leading the way for Yokozuna to Caesars Palace
for the big one, April 4th, WrestleMania IX, Caesars Palace.
[Heenan] This man is going to become a national hero.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Who is gonna defeat this unbelievable individual?
[Heenan] Wow.
The pomp, the pageantry.
[Gorilla] What a Royal Rumble this has been!
As we leave you, let's go back and take a look
at some of the tremendous highlights of the Royal Rumble 1993.
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