What a Rumble none stop action some great stories and superstars competing in this one does not lose pace like most Rumble from the moment the first two hit the ring the action never stops. Forget the surrounding matches and turn off when the rumble is done. Bobby the brain outworks everyone in the ring on fire on the mic .
16 Reviews
Very good. Excellent even.
wwfhistoryguy22 April 2004
Warning: Spoilers
*SPOILERS*
In all respects, this one was very good but not quite as good as the year before.
The opening tag team match between the New Foundation and Orient Express was exciting, but doesn't quite measure up to the Rockers and Orient Express. This was the only time the New Foundation faced the Express; the Express and the Rockers had the thing down to an art by the time of their Royal Rumble match.
As far as comparing the title changes from '91 and '92, I think everyone was more satisfied with Rowdy Roddy Piper dominating the Mountie than with the Slaughter-Warrior match. Piper was truly inspiring here, standing up for Bret Hart and becoming the first wrestler to perform in both the undercard and main event of a Royal Rumble. The end of the match is great, as he throws away his wild man persona and smiles broadly about his first WWF title win. In my opinion, he was the true star of this Rumble.
The two other tag team matches were diverting.
Now, the Rumble had only a few great performances, and for this reason, I don't put it in as high regards as the one from the year before, which had about fifteen. Still, it was one of the great ones. The set-up was perfect, letting the second-tier wrestlers (Davey Boy Smith, Shawn Michaels, Tito Santana, Big Bossman, Kerry von Erich) have their moments; then giving the stage over to the top level (Piper, Savage, Undertaker, Sid Justice, Hulk Hogan, Skinner). This was Ric Flair's WWF highlight, and it's good that they made it unique to his great WCW moments. In WCW, he had great singles matches; here, he had a great match with 28 other men.
Perhaps I'm too old school. This was, after all, part of a much different era from the year before. So it's definitely worth it to buy the video if you can find it.
In all respects, this one was very good but not quite as good as the year before.
The opening tag team match between the New Foundation and Orient Express was exciting, but doesn't quite measure up to the Rockers and Orient Express. This was the only time the New Foundation faced the Express; the Express and the Rockers had the thing down to an art by the time of their Royal Rumble match.
As far as comparing the title changes from '91 and '92, I think everyone was more satisfied with Rowdy Roddy Piper dominating the Mountie than with the Slaughter-Warrior match. Piper was truly inspiring here, standing up for Bret Hart and becoming the first wrestler to perform in both the undercard and main event of a Royal Rumble. The end of the match is great, as he throws away his wild man persona and smiles broadly about his first WWF title win. In my opinion, he was the true star of this Rumble.
The two other tag team matches were diverting.
Now, the Rumble had only a few great performances, and for this reason, I don't put it in as high regards as the one from the year before, which had about fifteen. Still, it was one of the great ones. The set-up was perfect, letting the second-tier wrestlers (Davey Boy Smith, Shawn Michaels, Tito Santana, Big Bossman, Kerry von Erich) have their moments; then giving the stage over to the top level (Piper, Savage, Undertaker, Sid Justice, Hulk Hogan, Skinner). This was Ric Flair's WWF highlight, and it's good that they made it unique to his great WCW moments. In WCW, he had great singles matches; here, he had a great match with 28 other men.
Perhaps I'm too old school. This was, after all, part of a much different era from the year before. So it's definitely worth it to buy the video if you can find it.
One of the better Rumbles
Yourfriendan21 October 2006
Warning: Spoilers
This was one of the better Royal Rumbles that the WWF put on. The internet was not yet a household item at this time, so it wasn't as easy to know who was going to win the match. In so many other Rumbles everyone knew or had a pretty good idea who the winner was going to be. In 1993, it was pretty evident Yokozuna was going to win. In 96, HBK making his dramatic return and main event push was pretty obvious, same with Triple H in 2002. In 98, the WWF's roster was pretty thin and anybody with half a brain knew that Stone Cold Steve Austin was going to win. But in this particular Rumble the winner was not obvious from the start. And this wasn't like other Rumbles where one third of the participants were either glorified jobbers or people brought in from outside the WWF just to fill a slot. Here you had Hogan, Sid Justice, Ric Flair, Roddy Piper, Undertaker, Macho Man, Sgt. Slaughter. All of whom were viable candidates to win the Rumble. Future talent like Shawn Michaels and Davey Boy Smith also had major roles in the Rumble. I was very disappointed that Ted Dibiase got eliminated in the opening minutes of the match as he was one of my favorites growing up. This rumble also marked the final PPV appearance for longtime 80's WWF mainstays like Nikolai Volkoff, Greg Valentine, Haku, Jimmy Snuka, and the Iron Shiek (goes by Col. Mustafa at this event). All in all, just some great action as the WWF was in a transition period from the Rock N' Wrestling era of the 80's to the Bret Hart/HBK generation of the 90's. Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan are still my all time favorite commentator duo. Heenan's cheer leading for Flair was classic. I love it when Flair comes out at #3 and Heenan goes on and on about it not being "Fair to Flair." Truly Flair stole this rumble by winning it from the #3 position. At that time, it seemed like an impossible task. Before then, the rumble winners were all guys who had late draws. But this was one of Ric Flair's greatest wrestling performances ever.
The under card was decent. Roddy Piper winning the IC title is a must see. The crowd absolutely ate it up. And the tag title match between LOD and the Nautrual Disasters was also pretty good, but nothing special. Now the other tag matches were really not all that good. Teams like the New Foundation, the Orient Express, and the Beverly Brothers never got over with the fans. And while the Buschwackers were loved by a lot of fans, they were never taken seriously as legitimate tag team contenders. And were really used as comic relief for their WWF career.
All in all, a pretty good PPV for the WWF. Not the best, but certainly worth a look. If you are a Ric Flair or Roddy Piper fan this event is a must have. Fans of Hulk Hogan should skip this PPV as what went down at this event was the beginning of the end of the Hulkamania era in the WWF.
The under card was decent. Roddy Piper winning the IC title is a must see. The crowd absolutely ate it up. And the tag title match between LOD and the Nautrual Disasters was also pretty good, but nothing special. Now the other tag matches were really not all that good. Teams like the New Foundation, the Orient Express, and the Beverly Brothers never got over with the fans. And while the Buschwackers were loved by a lot of fans, they were never taken seriously as legitimate tag team contenders. And were really used as comic relief for their WWF career.
All in all, a pretty good PPV for the WWF. Not the best, but certainly worth a look. If you are a Ric Flair or Roddy Piper fan this event is a must have. Fans of Hulk Hogan should skip this PPV as what went down at this event was the beginning of the end of the Hulkamania era in the WWF.
Ric Flair's One Man Show!
Captain_Couth4 June 2004
Royal Rumble (1992) will forever be known as Ric Flair's one man show. A 42 year old Ric Flair put on a one hour plus performance in the W.W.F.'s main event of the Royal Rumble, the battle royale itself. The winner of the match won the W.W.F. undisputed World Heavyweight Championship title. He proved to everyone that he was the man and at his age he cold still perform at a high level. Many older stars (and newer ones) participated in the match. A couple of his old N.W.A. stablemates "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and Greg "The Hammer" Valentine. It was like a who's who of wrestling. It was one hell of a main event. The promos before and after the match were priceless as well.
Highly recommended.
The main event of the Royal Rumble (1992) is availible uncut on the Ultimate Ric Flair DVD set.
Highly recommended.
The main event of the Royal Rumble (1992) is availible uncut on the Ultimate Ric Flair DVD set.
An entertaining night including arguably the best rumble match ever
bh_tafe319 February 2009
Warning: Spoilers
This was the nature Boy's finest night in the WWE, surviving in the Royal Rumble match over an hour before winning the match and also the Undisputed WWE Championship. His words before and after the win, and the commentary of his friend and manager Bobby Heenan during the match made the night.
Well the story going into this rumble was that there had been evil shenanigans in a recent series of WWE Championship matches involving Hulk Hogan and the Undertaker. The Undertaker had half the WWE roster run out and interfere in the match where he defeated Hogan for the title at Survivor Series and Hogan himself had blatantly cheated to regain the title at the This Tuesday in Texas PPV a week or so later. So Jack Tunney had stripped Hogan of the title and put it up for grabs in the 30 man royal rumble match.
This memorable night began with some tag team action with the New Foundation: Owen hart and Jim Neidhart, a spin off of the original Hart Foundation with Bret Hart replaced by his younger brother, defeated The Orient Express. (I'd like to thank Kassa Naster for correcting me here as I originally had the New Foundation's opponent listed as The Rockers. Nice pick-up Kassa!) Good match. Owen really was very gifted.
Next up we get a recap of Bret Hart losing his Intercontinental Championship to the evil Canadian The Mountie. Bret had wrestled the Mountie despite being injured and was beaten after the Mountie cheated. The Mountie seemed proud of himself as he spoke to Sean Mooney backstage, but he had little to be proud of less than ten minutes later as Rody Piper absolutely destroyed him to win the title. Incredibly this was Piper's only singles title in the WWE. Not much of a match, but who cares? Next up the Beverly Brothers defeated the Bushwackers in a pretty long and slow match. The novelty for the Whackers had worn off by this stage and fans didn't really respond too well. This was followed by the Legion of Doom: Hawk and Animal losing to the Natural Disasters: Earthquake and Typhoon, by count out. But seeings as it was only a count out the LOD kept their tag team titles.
And finally we come to the big match of the night, the Royal Rumble. This was one of the more star studded Rumble matches ever with The British Bulldog, Ted DiBiase, Flair, Shawn Michaels, Tito Santana, Roddy Piper, Jake Roberts, Jimmy Snuka, Undertaker, Randy Savage, Col Mustafa (The Iron Shiek) Hulk Hogan, Sgt Slaughter and Sid Justice all participating. The Warlord set the record (since broken) for the shortest elimination in history, Sid Justice had the most eliminations with six, but Ric Flair not only became the first man to stay in a rumble match for an hour, he won the thing! The match ended with Sid eliminating Hogan as Hogan was trying to throw out DiBiase. Hogan then grabbed Sid's hand allowing Flair to throw him out. The crowd on the night was booing Hogan for acting like a sook, but it was later edited for the VHS release to fans booing Justice.
Jack Tunney then presented the WWE Championship to Flair backstage. Flair said "With a tear in my eye, this is the greatest moment of my life." THe truth of that statement is debatable, but it was certainly a great day for wrestling fans. They had seen an entertaining PPV with a tremendous Main Event and a new champion crowned.
The questions now were what was going to happen between Hogan and Sid after this ugly incident and who was Flair going to face at Wrestlemania?
Well the story going into this rumble was that there had been evil shenanigans in a recent series of WWE Championship matches involving Hulk Hogan and the Undertaker. The Undertaker had half the WWE roster run out and interfere in the match where he defeated Hogan for the title at Survivor Series and Hogan himself had blatantly cheated to regain the title at the This Tuesday in Texas PPV a week or so later. So Jack Tunney had stripped Hogan of the title and put it up for grabs in the 30 man royal rumble match.
This memorable night began with some tag team action with the New Foundation: Owen hart and Jim Neidhart, a spin off of the original Hart Foundation with Bret Hart replaced by his younger brother, defeated The Orient Express. (I'd like to thank Kassa Naster for correcting me here as I originally had the New Foundation's opponent listed as The Rockers. Nice pick-up Kassa!) Good match. Owen really was very gifted.
Next up we get a recap of Bret Hart losing his Intercontinental Championship to the evil Canadian The Mountie. Bret had wrestled the Mountie despite being injured and was beaten after the Mountie cheated. The Mountie seemed proud of himself as he spoke to Sean Mooney backstage, but he had little to be proud of less than ten minutes later as Rody Piper absolutely destroyed him to win the title. Incredibly this was Piper's only singles title in the WWE. Not much of a match, but who cares? Next up the Beverly Brothers defeated the Bushwackers in a pretty long and slow match. The novelty for the Whackers had worn off by this stage and fans didn't really respond too well. This was followed by the Legion of Doom: Hawk and Animal losing to the Natural Disasters: Earthquake and Typhoon, by count out. But seeings as it was only a count out the LOD kept their tag team titles.
And finally we come to the big match of the night, the Royal Rumble. This was one of the more star studded Rumble matches ever with The British Bulldog, Ted DiBiase, Flair, Shawn Michaels, Tito Santana, Roddy Piper, Jake Roberts, Jimmy Snuka, Undertaker, Randy Savage, Col Mustafa (The Iron Shiek) Hulk Hogan, Sgt Slaughter and Sid Justice all participating. The Warlord set the record (since broken) for the shortest elimination in history, Sid Justice had the most eliminations with six, but Ric Flair not only became the first man to stay in a rumble match for an hour, he won the thing! The match ended with Sid eliminating Hogan as Hogan was trying to throw out DiBiase. Hogan then grabbed Sid's hand allowing Flair to throw him out. The crowd on the night was booing Hogan for acting like a sook, but it was later edited for the VHS release to fans booing Justice.
Jack Tunney then presented the WWE Championship to Flair backstage. Flair said "With a tear in my eye, this is the greatest moment of my life." THe truth of that statement is debatable, but it was certainly a great day for wrestling fans. They had seen an entertaining PPV with a tremendous Main Event and a new champion crowned.
The questions now were what was going to happen between Hogan and Sid after this ugly incident and who was Flair going to face at Wrestlemania?
Woooooooooooo! Tha Naycha Boy!
andy4u2call8 August 2002
Warning: Spoilers
*possible spoilers*
This is, without a doubt, the greatest Royal Rumble match there ever was, or ever will be, for several reasons...First, you have Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan doing the commentating, which is extremely silly at times (Heenan almost has a heart attack during the rumble match, hoping that Ric Flair is not eliminated), and of course, Flair's hour-long performance leading to his incredible victory (thanks to Mr. Hogan). Just incredible to watch, over and over again. And while the undercard features non-spectacular, but exciting matches, the rumble match steals the whole show. It is a definite must-see.
The stipulations of the rumble match were simple...whomever ended up winning the 30-man free-for-all would automatically become undisputed WWF Champion, and Ric Flair drew #3...and he had some TOUGH competition ahead. There were many familiar faces in the match, Hogan, Santana, Valentine, Snuka, Michaels, Piper, Duggan, Roberts, etc. But while the veteran Royal Rumblers continued their glory in the ring, there were also a couple of impressive debuts in the 30-man contest...such as Irwin R. Schyster, a solo Shawn Michaels, and oh yes, Ric Flair. Talk about a debut...
Flair draws #3, Heenan goes nuts, and we're only about 2:30 into the whole match. The commentary from then on up is hilarious, ya gotta hear it. And while Flair comes to the ring, Ted Dibiase is leaving the arena after being eliminated, and he ended up the only competitor that Flair was never in the ring with. A little later, a solo Shawn Michaels enters at #6, and he would impress and entertain. He was one of the true stars the first half of the match, faking eliminations and doing his own version of the "flair flop." Flair must do at least a handful of his own during the fight, it's really silly. Irwin R. Schyster was also impressive in his rumble debut. He entered around the halfway point of the match and ended up hanging in there and taking punches from everyone until the end, despite never eliminating anyone. Pretty impressive.
Even more impressive though, was the man who eliminated IRS (by his tie), near the end of the rumble: Roddy Piper. Piper had already wrestled a match earlier on the show, against the Intercontinental Champion, the Mountie. It really wasn't that much of a match, but the crowd was deafening, they just loved it, especially when Piper pinned the Mountie for the 1-2-3 and the IC belt. The crowd just went crazy. Piper, in the rumble match, was in contention to win for a good 35 minutes, it was truly a great performance, but it was all for naught, as he was thrown out by Sid Justice near the end.
And speaking of the end...Wooooooo! It was down to Savage, Hogan, Justice, and Flair, pretty good final four. Pretty DAMN good. Savage was thrown out quickly, and Justice managed to toss out Hogan, but Hulk never left the ringside, and he grabbed on to Sid's arm, and Ric comes up from behind and (with Hogan's help), eliminates Sid to conclude the greatest royal rumble match in the history and future of wrestling. I'd give it a 10/10. Bravo! With Flair's victory, he was dubbed "the 60-minute man," for his 60+ minute (actually 59:15) performance. It really is something to watch, I love it.
So, wrasslin' fans who have never seen this pay-per-view before, I strongly suggest you do so IMMEDIATELY. I guarantee you'll love it to death. Thank you WWF for such a great show! Wooooooo!
This is, without a doubt, the greatest Royal Rumble match there ever was, or ever will be, for several reasons...First, you have Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan doing the commentating, which is extremely silly at times (Heenan almost has a heart attack during the rumble match, hoping that Ric Flair is not eliminated), and of course, Flair's hour-long performance leading to his incredible victory (thanks to Mr. Hogan). Just incredible to watch, over and over again. And while the undercard features non-spectacular, but exciting matches, the rumble match steals the whole show. It is a definite must-see.
The stipulations of the rumble match were simple...whomever ended up winning the 30-man free-for-all would automatically become undisputed WWF Champion, and Ric Flair drew #3...and he had some TOUGH competition ahead. There were many familiar faces in the match, Hogan, Santana, Valentine, Snuka, Michaels, Piper, Duggan, Roberts, etc. But while the veteran Royal Rumblers continued their glory in the ring, there were also a couple of impressive debuts in the 30-man contest...such as Irwin R. Schyster, a solo Shawn Michaels, and oh yes, Ric Flair. Talk about a debut...
Flair draws #3, Heenan goes nuts, and we're only about 2:30 into the whole match. The commentary from then on up is hilarious, ya gotta hear it. And while Flair comes to the ring, Ted Dibiase is leaving the arena after being eliminated, and he ended up the only competitor that Flair was never in the ring with. A little later, a solo Shawn Michaels enters at #6, and he would impress and entertain. He was one of the true stars the first half of the match, faking eliminations and doing his own version of the "flair flop." Flair must do at least a handful of his own during the fight, it's really silly. Irwin R. Schyster was also impressive in his rumble debut. He entered around the halfway point of the match and ended up hanging in there and taking punches from everyone until the end, despite never eliminating anyone. Pretty impressive.
Even more impressive though, was the man who eliminated IRS (by his tie), near the end of the rumble: Roddy Piper. Piper had already wrestled a match earlier on the show, against the Intercontinental Champion, the Mountie. It really wasn't that much of a match, but the crowd was deafening, they just loved it, especially when Piper pinned the Mountie for the 1-2-3 and the IC belt. The crowd just went crazy. Piper, in the rumble match, was in contention to win for a good 35 minutes, it was truly a great performance, but it was all for naught, as he was thrown out by Sid Justice near the end.
And speaking of the end...Wooooooo! It was down to Savage, Hogan, Justice, and Flair, pretty good final four. Pretty DAMN good. Savage was thrown out quickly, and Justice managed to toss out Hogan, but Hulk never left the ringside, and he grabbed on to Sid's arm, and Ric comes up from behind and (with Hogan's help), eliminates Sid to conclude the greatest royal rumble match in the history and future of wrestling. I'd give it a 10/10. Bravo! With Flair's victory, he was dubbed "the 60-minute man," for his 60+ minute (actually 59:15) performance. It really is something to watch, I love it.
So, wrasslin' fans who have never seen this pay-per-view before, I strongly suggest you do so IMMEDIATELY. I guarantee you'll love it to death. Thank you WWF for such a great show! Wooooooo!
Decent
brentdarling8210 April 2001
Overall, I thought that Royal Rumble 1992 was all right. The highlights include Ric Flair's herculean effort to win the World Title, and Rowdy Roddy Piper winning his only WWF title, defeating the Mountie for the Intercontinental belt. However, there were a lot of terrible gimmicks used (ie: "El Matador" Tito Santana, Skinner, The Barbarian, etc) which brought down my rating. I give it a 7 out of 10.
It was refreshing to see someone other than Hulk Hogan win.
It was refreshing to see someone other than Hulk Hogan win.
Not one of the best PPVs but definitely one of the best Rumble matches.
morantjavonte29 June 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Royal Rumble 1992 Thoughts
Royal Rumble 1992 was the 5th annual Royal Rumble event produced by the WWF. It took place on January 19, 1992 at the Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, New York with 17,000 people in attendence. Buyrate was at 260,000 buys. The Royal Rumble at this event has often been regarded as the greatest royal rumble match of all time.
Show consisted of 5 matches with the main event of cousre featuring the Royal Rumble. However unlike the previous Rumbles, this Rumble itself wasn't just a random tradition match but now had something on the line. The WWF Championship. The belt was vacant. Also included was a special moment of Roddy Piper winning his first championship in his career.
The Good - The royal rumble match was spectacular and by far was one of the best of all time. First, the star power in the rumble was remarkable and looking at it in a later view is even better due to some of the young talent at the time. From Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Randy Savage, Roddy Piper and other stars, it was fully loaded. Also the prize being of the WWF Championship was also a unique idea for winning this rumble to actually mean something. Ric Flair also being in this match for nearly an hour was a huge boost for Flair. He worked hard for that entire hour and his heelish actions in the rumble were hilarious. Unlike the previous Rumbles, I also liked how they didn't care for the heel/face collisions as everyone wanted that championship. The opening matchup for the tag belts was also pretty good.
The Meh - Roddy Piper vs. The Mountie was really not good of a match. However Piper winning was special and he totally deserved a belt for his WWF career. While not affecting the Rumble the Hogan/Sid storyline about to go through didn't make much sense for Hogan to do what he did as a Babyface.
The Bad - The undercard as a whole wasn't really good. The Beverly Brothers vs. The Bushwackers was absolutely horrendous and one of the worst matches of the early rumbles. The Legion of Doom battling The Natural Disasters was also a major disappointment and the ending made a huge negative impact. Animal & Hawk despite being one of the best of all time, were known to have bad booking from both sides of them not being happy and stubborn or WWF being lousy.
Overrall - It's clear this show was really all of interest of the Royal Rumble and pretty much everyone will only watch this whole show again to see the classic match. Despite the bad undercard, Royal Rumble 1992 was a good show due to it's last hour.
*Note*Hogan getting boos later out when colliding Sid was a great clear sign of the Hulkamainia running it's course.
Score - 7 out of 10: Good
0 = Terrible 1 = Bad/Lackluster 2 = Decent 3 = Good 4 = Awesome 5 = One of the Best of all Time
1. The Orient Express vs. The New Foundation - 3.5/5
2. Roddy Piper vs. The Mountie: WWF Intercontinental Championship - 2/5
3. The Beverly Brothers vs. The Bushwackers - 0/5
4. The Legion of Doom vs. The Natural Disasters: WWF Tag Team Championship - 1/5
5. 30-Man Royal Rumble: WWF Championship - 5/5
Best Match - 30-Man Royal Rumble
Worst Match - The Beverly Brothers vs. The Bushwackers
Most Memorable Moment - Roddy Piper Intercontinental Championship Win
Top 5 Performers
1. Ric Flair - Outstanding Performance.
2. Roddy Piper - Special moment of the night and made an impact in the Rumble
3. The New Foundation - Good Performance
4. British Bulldog - Good Performance
5. Orient Express - Good Performance.
Royal Rumble 1992 was the 5th annual Royal Rumble event produced by the WWF. It took place on January 19, 1992 at the Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, New York with 17,000 people in attendence. Buyrate was at 260,000 buys. The Royal Rumble at this event has often been regarded as the greatest royal rumble match of all time.
Show consisted of 5 matches with the main event of cousre featuring the Royal Rumble. However unlike the previous Rumbles, this Rumble itself wasn't just a random tradition match but now had something on the line. The WWF Championship. The belt was vacant. Also included was a special moment of Roddy Piper winning his first championship in his career.
The Good - The royal rumble match was spectacular and by far was one of the best of all time. First, the star power in the rumble was remarkable and looking at it in a later view is even better due to some of the young talent at the time. From Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Randy Savage, Roddy Piper and other stars, it was fully loaded. Also the prize being of the WWF Championship was also a unique idea for winning this rumble to actually mean something. Ric Flair also being in this match for nearly an hour was a huge boost for Flair. He worked hard for that entire hour and his heelish actions in the rumble were hilarious. Unlike the previous Rumbles, I also liked how they didn't care for the heel/face collisions as everyone wanted that championship. The opening matchup for the tag belts was also pretty good.
The Meh - Roddy Piper vs. The Mountie was really not good of a match. However Piper winning was special and he totally deserved a belt for his WWF career. While not affecting the Rumble the Hogan/Sid storyline about to go through didn't make much sense for Hogan to do what he did as a Babyface.
The Bad - The undercard as a whole wasn't really good. The Beverly Brothers vs. The Bushwackers was absolutely horrendous and one of the worst matches of the early rumbles. The Legion of Doom battling The Natural Disasters was also a major disappointment and the ending made a huge negative impact. Animal & Hawk despite being one of the best of all time, were known to have bad booking from both sides of them not being happy and stubborn or WWF being lousy.
Overrall - It's clear this show was really all of interest of the Royal Rumble and pretty much everyone will only watch this whole show again to see the classic match. Despite the bad undercard, Royal Rumble 1992 was a good show due to it's last hour.
*Note*Hogan getting boos later out when colliding Sid was a great clear sign of the Hulkamainia running it's course.
Score - 7 out of 10: Good
0 = Terrible 1 = Bad/Lackluster 2 = Decent 3 = Good 4 = Awesome 5 = One of the Best of all Time
1. The Orient Express vs. The New Foundation - 3.5/5
2. Roddy Piper vs. The Mountie: WWF Intercontinental Championship - 2/5
3. The Beverly Brothers vs. The Bushwackers - 0/5
4. The Legion of Doom vs. The Natural Disasters: WWF Tag Team Championship - 1/5
5. 30-Man Royal Rumble: WWF Championship - 5/5
Best Match - 30-Man Royal Rumble
Worst Match - The Beverly Brothers vs. The Bushwackers
Most Memorable Moment - Roddy Piper Intercontinental Championship Win
Top 5 Performers
1. Ric Flair - Outstanding Performance.
2. Roddy Piper - Special moment of the night and made an impact in the Rumble
3. The New Foundation - Good Performance
4. British Bulldog - Good Performance
5. Orient Express - Good Performance.
Don't want to see Bushwackers on PPV again. That hurts
amanwhorocks14 July 2013
Warning: Spoilers
1. Orient Express Vs. New Foundation - First PPv appearance of Owen, and he's in great shape. 6/10
2. Intercontinental Championship: Annoying non-wrestler Piper Vs. Champ-The Mountie - Punch/kick match. Classic from Piper. Nice new champ. Blah. 4.5/10
Bushwackers on PPV? -10/10
3. Idiots from Bush Vs. The Beverly Brothers - Ratings above.
4. Royal Rumble: Jake Roberts, The Barbarian, Rick Martel, The Berzerker, Piper, Jim Duggan, Jerry Sags, Repo Man, Sgt. Slaughter, Ric FLair, Hercules, Col. Mustafa, Macho Man, Skinner, British Bulldog, Million Dollar Man, Haku, Shawn Michaels, The Warlord, El Matador, Sid Justice, Irwin R. Schyster, Nikolai Volkoff, Texas Tornado, Virgil, The Undertaker, Big Boss Man, Greg Valentine, Jimmy Snuka, Hulk Hogan. - I like the most part with Piper/Jake Roberts and Flair in Triple Threat. Flair has got new record and belt within. 6/10
2. Intercontinental Championship: Annoying non-wrestler Piper Vs. Champ-The Mountie - Punch/kick match. Classic from Piper. Nice new champ. Blah. 4.5/10
Bushwackers on PPV? -10/10
3. Idiots from Bush Vs. The Beverly Brothers - Ratings above.
4. Royal Rumble: Jake Roberts, The Barbarian, Rick Martel, The Berzerker, Piper, Jim Duggan, Jerry Sags, Repo Man, Sgt. Slaughter, Ric FLair, Hercules, Col. Mustafa, Macho Man, Skinner, British Bulldog, Million Dollar Man, Haku, Shawn Michaels, The Warlord, El Matador, Sid Justice, Irwin R. Schyster, Nikolai Volkoff, Texas Tornado, Virgil, The Undertaker, Big Boss Man, Greg Valentine, Jimmy Snuka, Hulk Hogan. - I like the most part with Piper/Jake Roberts and Flair in Triple Threat. Flair has got new record and belt within. 6/10
Greatest Rumble ever
iceman699 May 2001
This to me was the greatest Rumble ever. Not only was the Rumble match itself one of the longest and in my oppinion one of the most unpredictable as far as who would win e.g. Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Sid Justice, Randy Savage, Undertaker, but it was perhaps one of Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan's greatest commentary masterpieces. It was their commentary that even made matches such as the Bushwackers vs the Beverly Brothers which would normally be a sleeper matchup quite entertaining. Definitly worth at least one view for the hard core, long time, wrestling fans.
one of the best events ever! (spoiler)
Sugar Salvador27 April 2002
Warning: Spoilers
wow, I watched this one live as a kid and my heart was beating. Owen Hart carried the opener to a great match. It was good to see Piper finally get a title. Beverlys and Bushwhackers sucked. LOD and Disasters was not bad but LOD should have gone over. Ric Flair killed it in the Rumble it's the best performance in Rumble history. His confrontations with Piper, Valentine, Bulldog, Hogan and so many others made that match. Savage running around like a maniac looking for Jake Roberts was also great. The ending was done really well upsetting me and I was 9! If Hogan could've made me mad at 9 there must have been a lot of mad people. It's too bad that for whichever reason Sid didn't get the big face push he deseved at the time he would have been over the top. It was an outstanding event
Higher Stakes, But Inferior Character Angles
zkonedog12 March 2017
In reviewing the four previous Royal Rumble installments before this one, one of my chief complaints on every single one of them was the event was used more as a vehicle for Wrestlemania than as a stand-alone event. Well, this changed with Royal Rumble 1992, where the WWF World Championship Belt was at stake for the winner of the big Rumble.
Unfortunately, what with the decreased popularity of Hulk Hogan (one can only be on top for so long) and the utter failure of the Ultimate Warrior character to carry that torch, there really were no interesting plot angles to keep things fun and interesting. The WWF still didn't quite know what to do with Randy "Macho Man" Savage, the Hulk-Sid Justice feud was never all it was hyped to be, and Ric Flair as a major participant in the WWF cannon...you have to be kidding me. It just goes to show how desperate the company was at that time to procure top-tier athletes and entertainers.
Thus, although the stakes for this Royal Rumble were higher than they had ever been before, the entire event fizzled due to lack of interesting characters or impressive athletes. The preliminary matches are almost unwatchable, the Rumble features genuine excitement only for about every fifth or sixth participant, and even the broadcast booth isn't as strong as it once was, this time populated by Gorilla Monsoon (always very good) and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (a terrible "negative man" compared to Jesse Ventura).
Unless you are a huge WWF fan and are watching all the events in order, this is one you could easily skip, as it will leave you unsatisfied and feel like a huge waste of time.
Unfortunately, what with the decreased popularity of Hulk Hogan (one can only be on top for so long) and the utter failure of the Ultimate Warrior character to carry that torch, there really were no interesting plot angles to keep things fun and interesting. The WWF still didn't quite know what to do with Randy "Macho Man" Savage, the Hulk-Sid Justice feud was never all it was hyped to be, and Ric Flair as a major participant in the WWF cannon...you have to be kidding me. It just goes to show how desperate the company was at that time to procure top-tier athletes and entertainers.
Thus, although the stakes for this Royal Rumble were higher than they had ever been before, the entire event fizzled due to lack of interesting characters or impressive athletes. The preliminary matches are almost unwatchable, the Rumble features genuine excitement only for about every fifth or sixth participant, and even the broadcast booth isn't as strong as it once was, this time populated by Gorilla Monsoon (always very good) and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (a terrible "negative man" compared to Jesse Ventura).
Unless you are a huge WWF fan and are watching all the events in order, this is one you could easily skip, as it will leave you unsatisfied and feel like a huge waste of time.
Great PPV.
jcraft-131 May 2001
I saw this event. It was live from the Knickerbocker Arena a.k.a. The Pepsi Arena In Albany, New York. It was great to see Ric Flair surviving the battle royal and elimenating both Hulk Hogan and Sid Justice at the end and becoming the WWF World Heavyweight champion. Also I liked seeing Rowdy Rowdy Piper taking the I.C. Championship belt away from The Mountie after he won it from Bret "The Hitman" Hart 2 days earlier. This was a great Pay-Per-View event.
The Nature Boy Rules!
Big Movie Fan17 May 2002
Warning: Spoilers
The 1992 Royal Rumble was the best Royal Rumble ever. It is equaled only by the 1989 Royal Rumble. The action was hot.
(SPOILERS AHEAD)For the first time since the Rumble made it's debut we had a brilliant undercard. The charismatic Rowdy Roddy Piper won his first ever WWF belt by beating the hateful Mountie for the Intercontinental Title. The Legion of Doom battled the gigantic Natural Disasters in a good tag team match. The Bushwhackers had their usual comedy match with The Beverly Brothers and the New Foundation had a non-stop match with the Orient Express.
Let's not forget the Rumble itself. The winner of this Rumble would automatically become WWF champion. The stars really went at it. Ric Flair competed for an hour taking blows from nearly every star. At the end it boiled down to Hulk Hogan, Sid Justice and Ric Flair. Justice eliminated Hogan but Hogan wouldn't accept the loss and grabbed Justice allowing Flair to eliminate Justice. Flair was the new champion-and despite being one of the bad guys I think the fans actually enjoyed seeing the Nature Boy as champion.
I'll never forget this event.
(SPOILERS AHEAD)For the first time since the Rumble made it's debut we had a brilliant undercard. The charismatic Rowdy Roddy Piper won his first ever WWF belt by beating the hateful Mountie for the Intercontinental Title. The Legion of Doom battled the gigantic Natural Disasters in a good tag team match. The Bushwhackers had their usual comedy match with The Beverly Brothers and the New Foundation had a non-stop match with the Orient Express.
Let's not forget the Rumble itself. The winner of this Rumble would automatically become WWF champion. The stars really went at it. Ric Flair competed for an hour taking blows from nearly every star. At the end it boiled down to Hulk Hogan, Sid Justice and Ric Flair. Justice eliminated Hogan but Hogan wouldn't accept the loss and grabbed Justice allowing Flair to eliminate Justice. Flair was the new champion-and despite being one of the bad guys I think the fans actually enjoyed seeing the Nature Boy as champion.
I'll never forget this event.
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