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We've entered the era of whacky graphics and it sthe return to McMahonamania on Commentary, Oh boy I forgot this was the show with that casket match. Ted Dibiase joins Vince on commentary.

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Bigalow misses and avalanche but he scores with a sloppy dropkick before running into a sloppy closeline and two sloppy shoulderblocks. A dropkick and a crossbody get two for Tatanka. Tatanka gets an arm bar, Bam Bam shoots him off and Tatanka scores with a lovely DDT. Tatanka heads up top and misses with the flying cross body. Bam Bam scores with a butterfly blow in the corner. Bam Bam runs into a boot, Tatanka goes up top and goes for a sunset flip but Bam Bam sits down on top of him. Tatanka begins to unload but Bam Bam cuts him off with a sloppy looking dropkick. Bam Bam decides to go for a bearhug to the thrill of nobody. This is quite a lenghty process but I presume their saving their energy for the Rumble. Tatanka goes native and breaks the hold. Tatanka runs straight into a shoulderblock. Bam Bam follows up with another shoulderblock he tries it a third time and Tatanka counters with a powerslam. We go to a double crossbody collision spot, Tatanka bounced clean off Tatanka. Tatanka is channelling the spirit of the great buffalo. Bam Bam slugs Tatanka in the back of the head to put and end to that. Bigalow goes for the Moonsault but Tatanka rolls out of the way. Tatanka goes up top and scores with a flying crossbody for the win.

We go to a recap video of the Hart brothers falling out. Owen challenges Bret to a match up. Bret says people love to see a contraversal fight but under no circumstances would he ever step in the ring with his own brother, he won't do it. We then get a video of the two Hart's together saying their gonna win World Tag Tites. We then go to the footage of the Quebecers losing and winning the tag titles. We now go live with Bret and Owen. They say there together and there invincible and will take everyone on. Owen says he's gonna make Bret proud.

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Pierre and Bret lock it up to start and Peirre shoves Bret around. Bret floats over Peirer but runs into a body slam. Bret comes back scoring with a kitchen sink. Owen Hart comes into the ring with flying axe handle. Owen flips around into an arm bar but gets swatted off. Owen scores with a hip toss for two. Peirre gets a hair drag takedown and Owen kips up. Jock comes back in and makes fun of Owen and then offers a handshake, Owen says no way. Jock gets an eye rake. Owen and Jock botch a flip counter spot so Owen improvises into a snap suplex and Jock crawls to his corner to talk to Jonny Polo. Owen scores with an enzenguri for a near fall. Bret comes in and they get the back breaker diving axe handle combo for two. Bret gets a small package for two, a sunset flip for two, and then a rolls up for two, when he's shot of Peirre levels Bret with a right hand. The Quebeccers try to whip the Hart's into each other but Bret Drops low and Owen gets a diving spear on Jock for two. The Quebeccers bail. Bret scores with the big gut punch. Bret slingshots Peirre into the ring and tags in Owen. Owen scores with a flying closeline for two, a gutwrench suplex gets another two and a leaping legdrop gets two. Bret comes back in, Bret dodges a back elbow but runs into a powerslam for two. Jock comes in and distracts the ref so Peirre can choke Bret with the tag rope. Bret runs into a gut kick. The Quebeccers score with a double double chop. Peirre scores with a rope rider for two. Jock comes in and scores with a back elbow. Peirre comes in and goes for a second rope move but eats boot. HOT TAG. Owen unloads with two dropkicks, a back body drop, a Greco Roman throw, a spinning heel kick and the Sharpshooter but the ref is trying to get Bret out of the ring and Peirre breaks it with a bulldog. The Quebbecers then double flap jack Owen onto the top rope. Owen dodges a double closeline and Owen scores with a double dropkick. Bret in, he unloads on both men, lamely, Bret scores with a dropkick, a side russian legsweep and a backbreaker. Bret then gives them a Noggin Knocker. Owen holds Jock on the apron and Bret tries bouncing off the ropes but Raven lowbridge him. Bret has injured the knee and the Quebeccers come off the steel steps with a leg drop on the injured knee. Jock hits Bret in the knee with a chair. While Owen tries to breake the count Jock hits Bret in the knee with the putter. Owen rolls Bret into the ring and Jock stomps the crap out of his knee. The Quebeccers give Bret a wishbone splitter. Jock locks in a half boston crab but Owen breaks it up. Pierre scores with a second rope leg drop. The Quebeccers try there double team cannon ball move onto Bret's knee but Bret rolls out the way. Bret goes for the sharpshooter but Bret collapses and the ref calls for the bell.

Owen yells at Bret after the match as Bret struggles to his feet and then kicks his leg out and then shouts into the hard camera. "All he tag to do was tag me, but he's too selfish". Road Agents and medics look after Bret after the match. They try to get an interview with Bret but they can't and they are unsure whether Bret can participate in the Royal Rumble.

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Tom interviews Owen backstage, "I thought I had the best partner in the world, but he's too selfish", Owen says Bret stole his oppurtunity. We see Bret being carried to the back looking on at Owen's interview. Owen then says he's worried about himself now, and seeing as Bret stole his Tag Titles then he'll win the Rumble and the World Title.

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IRS tells the crowd to pay their taxes and Gorrilla Monsoon and JR take over on commentary.

Razor throws the tooth pick at IRS and then slugs IRS down and out of the ring. IRS introduces Ramon to the turnbuckle but Razor comes back with a huge right hand and IRS bails again. The crowd are all over IRS. Razor scores with a shoulder block, Razor catches a big boot and spins IRS into a back suplex. IRS then tosses Razor over and out to the floor. IRS introduces Razor to the steel steps and then scores with a closeline. IRS scores with a body slam in the ring and heads up top. IRS sees the foot coming and lands on his feet puts Razor's leg down and scores with an elbow drop. IRS goes to a chinlock. "Razor" chant. IRS scores with a super sloppy kitchen sink. IRS nails a leg drop between the legs. IRS scores with a snapmare and a leg drop for two. IRS goes back to the chinlock and uses the rops for leverage. Monsoon has managed to say "kisser" four times already. Razor fights up to his feet and Razor unloads and he floors IRS with a discus punch. Fallaway slam gets two for Razor. IRS whips Razor into the ref. IRS gets breifcase but Razor sees him coming and nails IRS with the case but there's no ref. IRS recovers but misses a closeline. Razor puts IRS on top and scores with a second rope back suplex. Razor calls for the Razor's Edge. HBK runs in and nails Razor with the "real" IC title and both men are down. Everyone is down including the ref. IRS crawls over and gets the win, the crowd are shitting all over the finish. Earl Hebner runs out and explains to the ref what happened, IRS is celebrating with the belt on the second rope and Razor scores with the Razor's Edge for the win.

We then go to a video backage with Taker and Paul Bearer making Yoko's casket and a general recap of the fued, "Yokozuna, I don't make mistakes I bury them". Its pretty funny stuff. "The only thing you will hear Yokozuna is the hounds of hell baying for your soul". "Fear not Yokozuna, you shouldn't be afraid, you should be terrified, Rest in Peace". We then get Jim Cornette complaining about the contract. We then go to a clip of Yoko threatening to squash the casket when Undertaker pops out, and Yoko runs scared, great sell by Yoko.

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Yoko says he's gonna kill Taker and we go to a staredown. Yoko misses a blind charge and Undertaker scores with two closelines but Yoko doesn't go down but the front flip Taker line gets him. A throat thrust sends Yoko through the ropes and Yoko stumbles into the ringpost. Yoko introduces Taker to the ringsteps but Taker no sells it and throws Yoko into the steps. Taker scores with the Rope Walk of Doom. Taker misses with the Takerline and crashes to the outside. Yoko goes for a chair but Taker blocks it and hits two chairshots of his own. Yoko throws salt in Taker's eyes and then hits Taker in the back with a chair. Yoko hits another shot this time to the back of Taker's head with the chair. Yoko ramns Takers head hard into the steps twice. Yoko scores with a running closeline and tries to put Taker in the casket but they can't close the lid. Slugfest. Taker gets a series of throat thrust but Yoko explodes with the side belly to belly. Taker sits up and gives Yoko a horrible chokeslam not as bad as the Hogan one though. Taker scores with a really nice running DDT. Taker does the cut throat motion and asks for the casket to be opened. He has Yoko lying in the casket but before he can close it Crush comes running out. Taker kills Crush with a shoulder block, Kabuki and Tenaru attack but a double closeline deals with them. Bam Bam runs in and now the numbers game is starting to tell. Yoko is out cold in the casket. Mr. Fuji has stolen the urn. Yoko is awake but Paul Bearer beats up Fuji and Cornetter and reclaims the urn. Taker recovers kicking all four mens arse. Adam Bomb runs in, Bam Bam misses Taker and hits Tenru with the salt bucket. Taker unloads on everyone with the salt bucket. Jeff Jarrett runs out and comes off top but that has no effect. The Headshrinkers comes in and floor him with a double superkick. Bearer comes on the apron with the urn and Taker sits up. Diesel now runs in and they still can't close the coffin as he comes back fighting everyone off. Yokozuna takes the urn and nails Taker with it. Yoko opens the urn and green smoke comes pilling non stop out of the urn. Crush scores with a suplex and Double J scores witha second rope fist drop, Deisel gets a elbow drop and Bam Bam gets a second rope headbutt, Samu and Fatu both hit top rope slashes. They then roll Taker into the casket, close the lid and lock him in it for the win.

They roll Taker's casket up the rang, Taker's music hits and the green smoke comes out of the casket and the lights go out. Taker in the casket appears on the video screen and he looks angry into the camera. The soul of the Undertaker lives in all of man kind, and the ever lasting spirit, it cannot be explained, all of mankind will witness the rebirth of the undertaker, he will not rest in peace. The screen flashes green, then explodes and Taker ascends in green on the video screen. Then in the arena the casket opens and green smoke pours out and Undertaker levitates to the top of the arena. Paul Bearer re appears by the casket with the urn by the casket. The crowd go nuts as Bearer holds the urn up and wheels off the casket. Just incase anyone thought wrestling was real watch this match.

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Entrant Number One is Scott Steiner. Entrant Number Two is Samu. A kind of hused muttering silence has overtaken the crowd after the end of that Taker match. Samu scores with a corner closeline. Scott explodes out of the corner with a closeline and he then scores with a butterfly powerbomb and its Rumble lifting time. The crowd are really dead. Stiener gets a leapfrog and turns into a big closeline. Entrant Number Three is Rick Stiener. The crowd have come to life now. Rick goes straight to lame Rumble lifting. Rick scores with a side belly to belly suplex. Scott scores with a suplex, Rick scores with a flying closelin, Samu misses a diving closeline and gets hung in the top rope and then eliminated Samu is Eliminated. Entrant Number Four is Kerwang. Kerwang spits green mist into Rick's eyes. Scott is trying to check on Rick but Kerwang keeps unloading on him. Scott scores with an overhead belly to belly suplex. Entrant Number Five is Owen Hart. Owen gets a big boo and he goes straight for Rick who is still selling like he can't see. Owen does a lift and actually eliminates Rick. Rick Steiner is Eliminated. Entrant Number Six is Bart Gunn. Bart unloads on Owen, Scott scores with an inverted atomic drop on Kerwang. Apparently something is going on backstage but nothing is going on in the ring. Entrant Number Seven is Diesel. Diesel unloads on everyone with elbows before giving Owen a knee in the corner. Diesel then tosses Bart, Scott, Owen, he dodges a spinning heel kick and tosses Kerwang. Bart Gunn, Scott Stiener, Owen Hart & Kerwang are Eliminated. Entrant Number Eight is Bob Backlund. Bob roll around the ring and gets an ammatuer wrestling leg lift and nearly takes Deisel out but is soon tossed. Bob Backlund is Eliminated. Entrant Number Nine is Billy Gunn. Billy unloads but soon runs into a boot and is tossed. Billy Gunn is Eliminated. Diesel then plays to the crowd to an increasingly face reaction. We go to footage of Tenru and Samu assaulting Lex Luger with weapons backstage. Entrant Number Ten is Virgil. He squares up but is shoved hard into the corner twice in the corner, apparently Virgil is an alternate for Kamala. Diesel misses a blind charge but scores with a hard forearm and tosses Virgil. Virgil is Eliminated. The crowd come to their feet chanting "Diesel". Entrant Number Eleven is Randy Savage. The crowd go nuts, Randy dodges a closeline and unloads on Kev. Savage takes Kev hard into the corner and then unloads with some big jabs. Savage is struggling to lift Diesel. Savage keeps unloading. Entrant Number Twelve is Jeff Jarrett. Jeff saves Nash and unloads on Randy with a snapmare and flurry. Body slam by JJ and he follows up with a second rope knee drop and a dropkick. Jeff goes up top and scores with a flying closeline and begins to strut and says he's gonna toss Savage but Savage does a brilliant job of hanging onto the top rope and sliding under the bottom rope. Savage gives JJ a high knee into Diesel and then tosses him. Jeff Jarrett is Eliminated. Entrant Number Thirteen is Crush. Randy dives to meet him and Savage scores with the bombs away axe handle, he scores with a body slam then nails another bombs away. Crush scores with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker and Deisel gets a knee drop. Crush scores with a thrust kick. Entrant Number Fourteen is Doink. Crush tosses Savage. Randy Savage is Eliminated. Deisel and Crush brawl as Doink stands in the corner laughing. He sprays water in both of there faces and then treds on there feet. Doink can't body slam Nash and the heels double closeline Doink. Entrant Number Fifteen is Bam Bam Bigalow. Crush and Nash hold the ropes open for Bam Bam and Bam Bam promptly press slams Doink over the top rope. Doink is Eliminated. The three heels turn on each other with some uninspiring brawling. Entrant Number Sixteen is Mabel. The crowd chant "Whoomp Dere it is". Mabet and Diesel clash and Kev gets the knees in the corner but Mabel comes back with an avalanche and then a corner closeline, Mabel then gives Crush an Avalanche and then one for Bam Bam. Entrant Number Seventeen is Sparky Plugg. Bob is filling in for X-Pac. Its blandness all round. There all on the ropes hugging each other. Entrant Number Eighteen is Shawn Micheals. HBK and Kev have a big stand off, Shawn backs off but Kev comes forward but they shake hands. Everyone including Michaels then eliminates Kev. Deisel is Eliminated. Kev gets a big ovation and a "Deisel" chant for his effort. Entrant Number Nineteen is Mo. Mo goes for Micheals and the crowd really want HBK out. Mo whips Mabel into Bam Bam while HBK skins the cat to stay in the ring. HBK tries to body slam Mabel but ends up getting Body slammed himself. Entrant Number Twenty is Greg Valentine. Its lame action all round. Greg hits Mabel into Mo and Bam Bam. Mabel scores with some big chops of Valentine. Mabel whips Mo into Bam Bam but misses himself with a splash. Entrant Number Twenty One is Tatanka. Shawn is press slamed by Crush. Tatanka and Micheals unload on each other, Tatanka wins and HBK does his oversell. Micheals lands on the apron when Greg tries to eliminate him. Entrant Number Twenty Two is Kabuki. HBK body slams Bob Holly and then drops and elbow. Bob then scores with a snap suplex on HBK. Everyone except Mo eliminates Mabel. Mabel is Eliminated. Entrant Number Twenty Three is Lex Luger. Luger unloads on Kabuki, Luger nails everyone. Luger tosses Kabuki. Kabuki is Eliminated. Luger gets a lariat on HBK. Lex floors Mo. Lex scores with a closeline on Bam Bam but Crush nails Luger with an inverted atomic drop. Entrant Number Twenty Four is Tenru. Tenru scores with some knife edge chops on Luger. Lex fires back but an eye rake stops that. Tenru lays three big chops on Lex. Entrant Number Twenty Five is a no show...we presume its Bret Hart. Luger nearly eliminates Shawn as HBK continues to sell and bump around. Entrant Number Twenty Six is Rick Martel. Martel is noticably off the roids hmmmn...I wonder why. Anyway he does nothing of significance. Entrant Number Twenty Seven is Bret Hart. So who the hell is number twenty five. The crowd go nuts. Crush gives Bret a knee stomp. Entrant Number Twenty Eight is Fatu. Crush tries to body slam Bret out but Luger makes the save and Bret falls on top of Crush. This really is lame action. Four men toss Crush. Crush is Eliminated. Entrant Number Twenty Nine is Marty Jannetty. Marty and Shawn unload on each other. Shawn counters a ten punch with an inverted atomic drop. HBK misses a superkick and Jannetty scores with one and nearly tosses Shawn. Marty tries suplexing HBK over but Shawn counters and scores with a suplex. Entrant Number Thirty is Adam Bomb. Vince's commentary is just horrible. Bret tosses Sparky. Sparky Thurman Plugg is Eliminated. Apparently Bastion Bogger was the missing man at least they addressed it. Its pretty tame brawling everywhere. Its still tame two minutes on. This is the definition of tame brawling. Vince says its the most taxing rumble ever, to the viewer maybe. Bam Bam scores wth a lame back elbow. HBK is working over Bret's leg. Bret sends Shawn shoulder first into the ringpost. Martel gets rid of Greg Valentine. Greg Valentine is Eliminated. Tatanka back body drops Martel out. Rick Marktel is Eliminated. Luger dodges a closeline and Adam Bomb goes out. Adam Bomb is Eliminated. Mo is Eliminated. Tatanka is eliminated. Marty scores with an inverted atomic drop and a closeline on Shawn. Bam Bam misses a charge and Flair flips to the outside, HBK headscissors Marty Jannetty out of the ring. Bam Bam Bigalow and Marty Jannetty are Eliminated. Tenru gives HBK and Samu a noggin knocker. Lex and Bret whip HBK and Samu into each other. Luger and Bret eliminated Tenru. Tenru is Eliminated.

Shawn flips out of a back body drop and he tries to dump Bret and fails. Fatu floors Bret with a back elbow. HBK scores with a inverted atomic drop. Fatu scores with a second rope chop. Shawn and Fatu try to suplex Luger but he lands on the apron hits Shawn into the top turnbuckle for a monster oversell, and he gives Fatu a closeline for an oversell. Lex and Bret try to whip HBK and Samu into each other but they evade each other and charge the faces and both men get back body drop over the ringpost and out. Fatu & Shawn Micheals are Eliminated. Bret and Lex Luger are left. Slugfest. Lex tries a body slam but Bret slips out and they both bundle each over the top rope and neither ref had a view of who landed first. Bret Hart and Lex Luger are Eliminated? They play Luger's music and then Gene Okerland is told by Earl Hebner that Bret is the winner and his music hits to a much bigger pop. They stop the music again and the two refs argue over which man has won.

After the match Jack Tunney comes out and decides that its a draw.

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Overall Thoughts: Quite a memorable show for the big angles, Owen turns on Bret, HBK sets up the Ladder Match with Razor, the insane spectacle of Undertaker dieing and the controversal finish of the Rumble itself. Unfortunately the wrestling itself wasn't stellar merely solid throughout. So its hard to recommend this show but its also not easy to dismiss it, it depends how interested you are in big angles.

Well this should be alot better than last years Beverly Brothers match. Scott tries a single leg takedown but Bo grabs onto the ropes. Scott spins into a key lock leg trip and bo complains about hair pulling. Its a okay start but its a five star classic compared to that Bushwhackers atrocity last year. Scott scores with a hip toss out of the corner and Bo again complains about hair pulling. Bo gets a hair drag takedown. Scott scores with a slightly sloppy tilt-a-whirl powerslam. The Beverly Brothers bail and complain about tight pulling. Bo gets in Rick's face so Scott tags him in. Rick shoves Blake off the apron and charges Bo into the corner. Bo introduces Rick to the turnbuckle before scoring with a powerslam. Rick dodges a closeline and counters a leapfrog into a nice powerslam. Scott in and he catches Bo in a bearhug and then turns it into a brutal overhead belly to belly suplex. Blake rus in and nails Scott with a closeline. Bo scores with a backbreaker and tags in Blake who scores with a second rope axe handle. Blake scores with a backbreaker for two. Bo holds down Scott and Blake scores with a diving headbutt. The ref is distracted and Blake chokes Scott with the tag rope. Double arm suplex gets two. Bo comes in with a snapmare and the crowd comes to life. Bo cinches in a boston crab, Scott is about to break it when Blake comes in and scores with an elbow drop. Scott blocks a suplex and scores with one of his own. The Beverlys stop Scott making the hot tag. Blake scores with a second rope knee drop. Scott counters a back body drop with a butterfly bomb. HOT TAG! Rick scores with a nice back body drop and a killer realese German suplex. Rick dodges a double closeline and gives each man a closeline. Scott comes in and goes for a ten punch but the Beverlys counter and go for a Doomsday Device but as the flying closeline comes in Scott ducks and scores with a victory roll for two. Scott then scores with the Frankenstiener and Bill Alfonso counts the three, Scott dumped him right on his head.

We go to a recap of the Rocker's break up, which occured just before last years Rumble leading to this years Match. We see the Epic scenes of Jannetty and Sherri going face first through mirrors.

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Sensational Sherri walks down to ringside but its unclear who she is siding with. Sherri won't join Shawn when he asks. Shawn shoves Jannetty but Marty floors him with one punch, they run around the ring but Marty scores with a matt slam. Marty gives Shawn a hard Irish whip and we get the HBK corner spot and Jannetty follows up with an inverted atomic drop and a running knee lift sends Shawn flying over the top rope. Marty slingshots Shawn back in and then closelines him out the ring the otherside and follows up with a suicide dive. Jannetty comes off top with a flying right hand and Michaels does a monster oversell. Jannetty tries it again and Shawn catches him with a jumping punc of is own. Shawn lifts Marty up and runs him shoulder first into the ringpost. He then whips Marty shoulder first into the ringpost and mocks the crowd. Shawn Micheals scores with a shoulder breaker. Shawn works over Jannetty's arm. Marty tries to escape but Shawn chases him and gives him an axe handle to the shoulder. Shawn gives Marty a body slam on the outside. Shawn gets an armwrench and then puts Marty in a hammerlock and runs Jannetty into the top turnbuckle. Shawn comes off the top rope with a flying axe handle onto the injured shoulder. Shawn sits on Marty's back with a armbar. Marty fights up but Shawn comes back with a single arm DDT for two. Shawn gets an arm wrench and jumps down on the arm. Marty tries a wild swing but Shawn just cockily dodges it. Shawn tries arm wrenches but Jannetty keeps landing rights. Shawn scores with a body slam and goes to the second turnbuckle but Marty catches him with a boot. Shawn runs into an elbow and then misses a blind charge and hits the steel ringpost shoulder first. Marty unloads with a series of big shots but Shawn manages to uses Marty's tights to pull him to the outside. Shawn then tries to suplex Marty in but Jannetty blocks and suplexes Michaels to the outside in a nice spot. Sherri bitch slaps Shawn Micheals on the outside and the crowd pops huge. Marty gives Shawn a back suplex off the apron and into the ring for a near fall. Marty then whips Shawn into the corner and its the Harley race bump to the outside. Marty throws Shawn into the steps. Shawn dodges a closeline but runs right into a powerslam. Marty goes up to but Shawn rolls out the way so Jannetty lands on his feet and scores with a DDT for a mega near fall. HBK misses a superkick and Jannetty scores with one for a mega nearfall. They do a pin counter sequence and then Jannetty catapults Shawn headfirst into the ringpost and a roll up gets a mega nearfall. The ref goes down and Marty holds Shawn back and Sherri accidently nails Jannetty with the shoe. Shawn gets in Sherri's face and waits for Marty to get to his feet before Shawn nails Jannetty with the Sweet Chin Music and Jannetty totally oversells it and that gets three. Sherri runs to the backstage area.

Sherri is hysterical backstage, Shawn runs back to get in her face and Marty comes from nowhere and brawls with Shawn.

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Bigalow jumps the Bossman and then scores with an avalanche in the corner. Bam Bam scores with a hard Irish whip. Bigalow scores with another Hard Irish whip and then knocks the Bossman to the outside. Bossman dodges a closeline and then scores with two of his own to takedown Bam Bam. Bossman scores with a series of fist from a mount. Bossman scores with a ten punch in the corner. Bossman gets his cartoony side headlock but Bigalow comes back with a backsuplex but misses the driving headbuck. Bossman scores with a running elbow and then a Bulldog. Bossman charges and gets back body dropped hard over the top rope, nice sell from Bossman. Bigalow kicks him in the back and generally works over the back era with axe handles. Bigalow does a Backwards Bearhug but Bossman breaks out and charges but this time Bigalow flapjacks Bossman into the top rope. Bam Bam goes back to the reverse bearhug. This bearhug is very long and very gay like watching two beached whales. Bigalow goes for a suplex but its blocked and Bossman scores with a suplex but his back buckles half way. Bigalow scores with a headbutt to the back. Bigalow scores with a shoulderblock, Bossman dodges a crossbody and socres with a back body drop. Bossman scores with the monster uppercut and the rope rider. He then slides to the outside for the Bossman uppercut. Bossman strolls into a boot and Bigalow follows up with a diving clolseline. Bigalow scores with the top rope headbutt for the win.

We go to footage of Razor Ramon attacking Owen Hart. We then go to a prerecorded interview with Razor saying he has gold around his neck, on his arms and tomorrow he'll have gold around his waist.

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Razor throws his tooth pick at the kid that Bret gave his glasses to. Bret tries to jump Razor but Razor kills him in slug fest. Razor scores with a hard Irish whip. Razor then misses a high knee in the corner and Bret starts kicking Razor's leg out from under him and working over the leg. Bret applies a figure four leglock but Razor scrambles and makes the ropes. Bret kicks the legs out again and begins working over Razor's knee some more. Bret uses a leg trip and then ramns Razor's leg into the ringpost. Bret then puts Razor's leg on the middle rope and unloads on Razor. Razor gets a knee to the gut and then whips Bret stomach first into the ringpost. Razor then gives Bret two backbreakers and then a thrid against the steel post on the outside. Back in and Razor is working over Bret's back. Razor scores with his patternted fallaway slam for two. Razor scores with a chest first hard Irish whip for two. Razor then applies the abdominal stretch. This is locked in for a while Razor works the ribs in the hold. BRet counters into one of his own but Razor counters with a hip toss and then Razor misses with a elbow drop. Razor scores with a shoulder block for two. Razor throws Bret face first into the mat. Razor lays in some bitch slaps, but Bret comes back with a crossbody for two. Bret goes for sunset flip but Razor sits down on it for two but Bret then hooks the arms for two. Razor now goes to a camel clutch that's obviously too exciting so he switches to a bearhug, Bret quickly fades and quickly recovers. Bret bites his way out. Razor charges and Bret back body drops Scott to the outside. Bret follows up with a suicide dive and then introcudes Razor to the ring steps. Back in, Bret tries a ten punch but keeps getting shoved off. Bret throws some bombs. It takes about ten to floor Razor. Bret scores with an inverted atomic drop and a closeline for two. Bret scores with the backbreaker. Then the second rope flying closeline for two. The bulldog and that gets two. Bret follows up with a side russian legsweep for two. Bret then goes for the sharpshooter but Razor scrambles to ropes Bret pulls him back in and tries to lock it in but Razor pulls Earl Hebner into Bret to break the attempt. Razor lays in some gut punches and puts Bret on top, Bret spins off top and scores with a back suplex and then goes to the second rope but is met with a boot. Razor calls for the Razor's Edge but Bret counters to a backslide for a near fall. Razor is up first and starts kicking Bret in the guts. Razor has Bret in a knucklelock and then tosses Bret hard into the corner. Razor slaps Bret around and puts Bret back in the knucklelock Bret counters very nicely into a pin for a nearfall and then Bret counters the kick out into the sharpshooter for the win.

We then get the unvailing of the Narcisist Lex Luger, Bobby Heenan can't pronounce his nickname properly. He's in front of a triple mirror and is eyeing himself up. Its mega gay.

Its really long, god what is it with Royal Rumble and gay segments. Lex says he's incredible, he's the most dominant force the WWE has ever seen, all other wrestlers will bow down before him because he is beyond perfection. Lex says everyone is impressed but the most impressive thing is when he steps in the ring, if Mr. Perfect has the guts to take the challenge. Bobby says this is the highlight of his career.

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We then get Ceaser and Cleopatera, well the show was going so well up until the end of that Hart match its all got very camp. Ceasar reads a lame proclaimation about Wrestlemania coming to Caesars place to the joy of no one.

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Entrant Number One is Ric Flair. Entrant Numble Two is Bob Backlund. Well that's a good an interesting first two. Ric combs his hair and does some stylin and profilin rather than shaking hands. Bob Backlund scores with a running shoulderblock, and another and then two running leg trips and he's all fired up. Flair scores with an eye poke and its knife edged chopping time, Bob comes back with a hard Irish whip and a back body drop, leading to the Bob Backlund stalling atomic drop and a Flair Flop. Entrant Number Three is Papa Shango. He goes to work on both men. Shango gets a series of headbutts of Bob before Flair tosses him like a bitch. Papa Shango is Eliminated. Flair then nearly tosses Bob and lays the boots in. Flair is more over as a face than Bob. Slug and chopfest, Bob gets a hard Irish whip and Flair begs off, Bob is wrestling a bit awkward. Entrant Number Four is Ted Dibiase. Ted scores with a back elbow and unloads on Backlund. They try rumbly stuff to toss Bob but of course fail. Flair and Ted score with a double back elbow but still can't toss Bob. Uninspiring stuff. Entrant Number Five is Brian Knobbs. Knobbs gets the double closeline and unloads on Ted and Flair. Knobbs then gives Flair and Ted a noggin knocker and tosses Flair but Ric does a really dramatic job of hooking his foot on the top rope, the crowd were into that big time. Knobbs introduces Ted to the rinpost as Bob scores with a ten punch on Flair. Entrant Number Six is Virgil. Ted goes straight to work on Virgil. Virgil scores with an invert atomic drop and then gets a jab and closeline combo. Knobbs and Virgil get a double back body drop on Ted. Knobbs charges Ted but gets lowbridged out. Brian Knobbs is Eliminated. Bob gets a weird wishbone splitter on Flair. Flair catches Bob on the second rope and unloads with some Brutal shots, Bob's selling is very weak. Entrant Number Seven is Jerry Lawler. Flair and Lawler just viciously unload on each other and Flair bails out under the bottom rope. Flair kicks the leg out of Virgil but Jerry saves Virgil from elimination. Its Rumble stuff all round. Entrant Number Eight is Max Moon. Moon scores with a dropkick but Jerry catches him with an eye poke on the way down. Moon gives Flair a hard Irish whip and a back body drop. Flair tosses Moon but he skins the cat and unloads on Flair. Moon introduces Jerry to the turnbuckle. Moon scores with the running leg lariat in the corner on Lawler he tries it again and Jerry dodges and Moon flies to the floor. Max Moon is Eliminated. Entrant Number Nine is Tenaru. He runs straight at Flair and they have a big stiff shot exchange. Ric slingshots Virgil back into the ring. Entrant Number Ten is Mr. Perfect. He and Flair charge right at each other and Perfect beats the crap out of Flair, monster knee lift that Flair sells huge. Flair gets an eye poke and tries to go up top but Perfect press slams him off top and Perfect follows up with a neck whip. Flair begs off and gets a knee, and then Perfect and Flair exchange super stiff chops in the corner. Perfect gets a ten punch in the corner. Entrant Number Eleven is Skinner. Well that kills teh momentum Flair and Perfect had built up dead. Flair misses a knife edged chop on Perfect and Perfect sloppily closelines him out and Ric is Mega pissed on the outside. Ric Flair is Eliminated. That was great stuff but the momentum has gone with Flair and Perfect is stuck brawling with Skinner, they botch a bulldog spot. Entrant Number Twelve is Koko B. Ware. Koko unloads with headbutts on eaveryone. Ted goes for a suplex but its broken up. Koko gets a ten punch on Jerry in the corner. Perfect tosses Skinner but he skins the cat and comes back in so Perfect just dropkicks him out. Skinner is Eliminated. Koko scores with a second rope axe handle on Ted. Entrant Number Thirteen is Samu. Tenaru scores with an enzenguri on Perfect and Jerry scores with a second rope axe handle. Ted scores with a knee lift on Virgil. Jerry scores with a DDT on Virgil. The crowd has gone flat the storyline heat needs to be picked up now Flair's gone. Entrant Number Fourteen is The Berserker. Jerry scores with some big blows on Perfect and goes to closeline him out but Perfect back body dropped him out. Ted then throws everything at Perfect to get him out about six knees and two men kick and Jerry pulls from the outside to get Perfect out. Jerry and Perfect brawl on the outside. Jerry Lawler and Mr. Perfect are Eliminated. That was some really good action. Entrant Number Fifteen is The Undertaker. He's the big entrant the crowd were waiting for. The Berserker and Backlund brawl to the outside where the Berserker nails him with two chair shots and a body slam. Taker tosses Samu. Samu is Eliminated. Tenaru scores with an enzenguri and charges Taker but is back body dropped to the outside. Tenaru is Eliminated. The Beserker misses a shoulder block and hits the top turnbuckle. Entrant Number Sixteen is Terry Taylor. Ted Dibiase immediately tosses Koko B. Ware and Terry Taylor, Undertaker then chokslams Undertaker and tosses Ted. Koko B. Ware, Terry Taylor & The Undertaker are Eliminated. Taker back body drops The Berserker out. The Berserker is Eliminated. Harvey Wippleman brings out the Gian Hernandez and he has a star down with the Undertaker and he chops Undertaker over the top rope. The Undertaker is Eliminated. Hernandez beats Taker back to the outside, Whipping Undertaker shoulderfirst over the ringsteps. Entrant Number Seventeen is Damian Demento. Damien won't get in the ring and leaves Taker and Hernandez to fight it out. Hernandez chokeslams the Undertaker and then works over his leg on the ringpost. Entrant Number Eighteen is IRS. IRS doesn't get in the ring either, a tonne of refs and agents come to try and get Hernandez to leave and he does eventually to a huge round of boos. Back in the rumble, Taker is trying to sit up and Demento and IRS stomp the tar out of Backlund. Taker is just lying dead in the corner. Entrant Number Nineteen is Tatanka. Paul Bearer comes out with the urn and that just about manages to help Taker struggle to the back. Well that was fun and it help us ignore the horrible lack of over wrestlers in the ring. Back in the Rumble its lame Rumble stuff all round. Entrant Number Twenty is Jeremy Saggs. He comes in and does nothing specail. IRS scores with an inverted atomic drop on Tatanka. IRS gives Saggs some shoulder blocks in the corner, Saggs come back with a jaw breaker. Saggs scores with a horrible closeline on IRS. This match has died a death and the crowd haven't recovered from the Taker angle. This entrant needs to be good. Entrant Number Twenty One is Typhoon. Typhoon scores with a series of avalanches of Demento. IT IS JOBBER CITY, IRS and Tatanka excluded but come on this is hardly star power. Its total arse action all round and the crowd are muttering and distracted. Typhoon scores with a choke lift on Demento, now that's a sentance I never want to write. Entrant Number Twenty Two is Fatu. Great Rikishi, its more jobbers. Fatu scores with a thrust kick on Typhoon. "I knew it would be good but nothing like this" Bobby Heenan have you lost your mad Damien Demento is wrestling Typhoon. Seriously I wish they'd give me something to write about. Thankfully legend Bob Backlund score swith a stump puller. Entrant Number Twenty Three is Earthquake. Earthquake and Typhoon hit each other with closelines and shoulderblocks, Typhoon gets a series of Avalanches. Earthquake dodges an Avalanche and Typhoon is gone. Typhoon is Elimanted. Man Yokozuna cannot get to the ring soon enough in my book. Entrant Number Twenty Four is Carlos Carlon. Gorrilla just called Carlos a youngster. The crowd don't care one little bit. Demento is nearly eliminated but comes back under the bottom rope. Carlso Colon back body drops Demento out of the ring, at last. Damien Demento is Eliminated. Bob Buckland fights off Earthquake to a splattering of cheers. Entrant Number Twenty Five is Tito Santana. Tito comes in and doesn't do much. Backlund and IRS toss Fatu. Fatu is Eliminated. Bob is doing a great job of selling how tired he is, wait he's not selling. This is seriously lame action all round. Entrant Number Twenty Six is Rick Martel. Martel and Santana as is customary go right after one another. Tito gives Rick ten head pounds. Earthquake then low brides IRS and he's gone. IRS is Eliminated. Entrant Number Twenty Seven is Yokozuna. YES! Finally kill the jobbers. Tatanka and Yoko exchange chops before Yoko tosses him Tatanka is eliminated. Yoko tosses Carlos but he lands on the apron and Yoko swats him off the apron. Carlos Colon is Eliminated. Yoko and Earthquake go face to face and the crowd go apeshit. Entrant Number Twenty Eight is Owen Hart. Earthquake hits Yoko with everything including the avalanche but it doesn't faze him. Yoko dodges another avalanche and he belly to bellys Earthquake over the top rope. Earthquake is Eliminated. El Matador is the next to try Yoko but Yoko hits him with a god awful shoulder block. Entrant Number Twenty Nine is The Repo Man. The crowd don't care. Yoko kills Repo with one headbutt. Its Rumble action all round. Four Men try to Everyone tries to toss Yoko and the crowd come to there feet but they can't do it and Yoko swats them all away. Saggs jumps on Yoko's back. Entrant Number Thirty is Randy Savage. Savage is back from retirement I think. He goes straight for Repo and kicks the crap out of him. Yoko tosses Tito. Tito Santana is Eliminated. Owen dropkicks Saggs out of the ring. Jeremy Saggs is Eliminated. Owen Hart skins the cat and then charges Yoko and takes a nasty bump to the outside. Randy then tosses Repo. Owen Hart and Repo Man are Eliminated.

Not much is happening? Still? Yep believe me. Buckland suplexes Martel onto the top rope and then slugs Martel off the top rope. Rick Martel is Eliminated. Bob scores with two dropkicks and then charges Yoko and is tossed, to a round of huge boos. Bob Backlund is Eliminated.Fuji comes to ringside waving the Japanese flag. Yoko just chokes Savage doing nothing particularly interesting. This goes on for a while. Savage kicks and slugs away at Yoko but can't move him. Savage scores with a jab combo and a closeline has him rocking on the ropes. Savage scores with bombs away off top but it only staggers him. Savage tries again and gets Yoko down to one knee, The crowd are going apeshit. Savage runs right into a thurst kick to suck the life out of the crowd. Yoko follows up with a side belly to belly and a legdrop. Yoko just takes his time pounding Savage. Yoko scores with a running arse thump in the corner, Yoko then goes for it a second time and Yoko goes down, Savage scores with the Picture Perfect Elbow drop and goes for the pin? What? Really? Yoko then power kicks out Sending Savage over the top rope. Randy Savage is Eliminated and Your Royal Rumble Winner is Yokozuna.

Well its just incredibly noticable the lack of major league talent or over superstars in the Rumble. The Steiners and Shawn could have done with being in the rumble to help it out. It started solidly with Flair, Backlund, Dibiase and Lawler providing some nice action and really picked up from there when Flair and Perfect went toe to toe, however when Flair went the momentum died, there were no fueds to play off and Perfect went soon after. Taker's elimination fest and the arrival of Hernandez was a pretty spectacular spectatle but once they left it was twenty minutes of pure jobber or low midcard talent and only really picked up in the closing few minutes with the Yoko Savage battle. Weak Rumble. (**3/4)

Overall Thoughts: A strong undercard but lame Rumble, the undercard somewhat makes up for the Rumble but not enough. This is after all the Rumble and if the one hour plus attraction match isn't particularly good then neither is the show. It just exposed the lack of big name talent in the WWE at the time, even with Savage on the card it lacked any real star power. Savage would go to commentary, Flair would leave the next night, and Hogan wasn't around, nor was Warrior. It just didn't feel special even if it set the Wrestlemania title shot tradition.

We start with a graphic running down the competitors and it looks pretty awful with a few notable exceptions. The crowd are absolutely deathening to start show. Bobby Heenan is banking on Flair to win the Rumble, smart guy.

Keato and Owen start the match. Owen grabs an arm wrench, Keato counters into one of his own but Owen flips and roll around into a hammerlock. Owen scores with an arm drag and drops a knee on the elbow Keato. They go to a test of Strengh Keato kicks Owen over and pins him for two but Owen begins to power and bridge up and leaps to the top rope and then does a backflip and scores with a hip toss. Owen then scores with a pop up ranna for two. Anvil tags in. Jim gives Kaeto a hard hip toss, Keato tries a hip toss of his own but gets powered across the ring hard. Tanaka tries to body slam Jim but gets shoved off hard, he then tries a shoulder block with the same result, he tries it another time and ends up on his arse. Owen in, and the New Foundation do a spinebuster second rope elbow drop combination. Owen scores with a backbreaker for two. Owen back flips over Tanaka and scores with a back body drop and follows up with an enzenguri. Owen whips Jim into the corner and he scores with a brutal shoulder charge. The Anvil kills both men with a double closeline. Jim scored with a noggin knocker and Owen scores with a top rope flying crossbody on both men for two. Owen then scores with a high leg lariat for two. Owen scores with a suplex for two and goes to remove Keato's mask but he scrambles to the outside. Owen grabs a side headlock, dodges a closeline but gets caught with a cheap shot by Tanaka and is then hit in the throat with Mr. Fuji's cane. Tanaka now locks Owen in a chinlock and scores with a throat thrust. Kaeto scores with a thrust kick and a flying back elbow for two. Tanka gives Owen a jaw jacker. Tanaka whips Owen chest first hard into the top turnbuckle. Owen charges Tanaka but is killed with a crescent kick. Keato comes in with a snapmare and a chinlock. Owen fights out, dodges three closelines and gets a crucifix for two. Tanaka tags in and scores with a double throat thrust and a thrust kick. Tanaka then drops a headbutt to the groin of Owen. Tanaka locks in a side chinlock. Owen fights out with a shoulderblock but gets nailed with a flying lariat. Tanaka introduces Owen Hart to the ringpost but Owen comes flying back with a bulldog. Owen makes the hot tag but the ref misses it. Keato whips Owen shoulder first through Mr. Fuji's cane ouch but it only gets two when Owen gets his foot on the ropes. Kaeto gives Owen a hammerlock body slam. Tanaka comes in with a diving headbutt to Owen's injured shoulder. Tanaka gets a shoulder block but runs into a beautiful side belly to belly suplex for two. The Express score with a double closeline for one. Kaeto applies an arm bar. Tanaka scores with a sloppy crescent kick. The Express score with the leapfrog senton for two. Owen dodges a double closeline and scores with a double dropkick. HOT TAG! The Anvil scores with the slingshot shoulderblock, and body slams both men, he gives Tanaka a back body drop and a closeline, Owen whips Jim into Keato, Jim whips Owen fast into a suicide dive onto Keato. The New Foundation then finish off Kaeto with the Rocket Launcher for the win.

Lord Alfred Hayes shows us Bret Hart losing the IC title at a house show. The Mountie and Piper then both cut promo about there up coming match.

Piper throws his kilt at the mountie and unloads on the mountie who can't escape. He bails but Roddy comes running after him and floors him with a brutal blow. The Mountie throws Jimmy into Piper to regain control. The Mountie tries a monkey flip but Piper scores with a fist drop to counter. Piper scores with a running bulldog and plays to the crowd. Hot opening. Mountie gets his foot on the rope on a pin so Piper jumps onto his leg. Piper gives the Mountie a comedy eye poke but Jimmy Hart grabs his leg. Piper goes for a dropkick but the Mountie hangs onto the ropes and Piper crashes and burns for two. Mountie gets a hammerlock and half nelson and gives Roddy five head pounds on the top turnbuckle. The Mountie scores with the flying reverse elbow for two. The Mountie tosses Piper but Roddy comes back with the sunset flip. Mountie tries to toss Piper but he hangs onto the ropes and bites the Mountie. Piper scores with an uppercut and a back body drop. Roddy scores with a gut punch and an atomic drop but the Mountie skins the cat. The Mountie tries the sneak attack but the Mountie misses and floors Jimmy Hart and Roddy locks in the sleep for the win. Post Match Roddy steals the Cattle Prod from Jimmy Hart and shocks the Mountie as the crowd goes nuts.

Hogan cuts a promo about the Rumble. The Bushwhackers and Jamison cut a terrible promo.

Someone in the crowd has a "Bushwhackers are cool" sign, I bet he regrets that now. We get terrible Bushwhacker comedy to start. The Bushwhackers double team Butch to start before the Whackers bit them, throw them into each other, give them a double shoulderblock and then dance around the ring. The Bevelrys won't lock up with Luke, "Boring" chant, I couldn't agree more. Luke asks the crowd whether he should shake the Bevelrys hand but it doesn't make because he's sneak attacked. This is so horrible, I want this to end now. Luke scores with a kitchen sink and a bulldog. The Bushwhackers whip the Beverlys into each other and trip them and then double closeline both of the brothers and dance around the ring. Make this end. The Beverlys both go underneath the ring to hide. They try a sneak attack but they get run off with the dance of doom. Butch runs both Beverlys off. Please end already. The Beverlys hang Butch on the top rope and drop a flying axe handle for one. The Beverlys throw Butch into the corner several times. This is total arse. One of the Beverlys score with a back breaker and a splash for two. The Beverlys do the leapfrog senton and drop a knee. Butch does a horrible back drop counter. God this is lame there's elbow being dropped and no one cares, who booked this to go so long, seriously the show started on fire. The crowd are beyond caring. One of the Beverlys scores with a horrible closeline. A cocky pin gets two, Butch gets a roll up for two. The Genius bitch slaps Jamison at ringside and that's easily the best action of the matc. In the ring Butch takes a hard Irish whip. Butch is then nailed with a second rope axe handle for two. One of the Beverlys scores with a nice neckbreaker and leg drop. Ugh end, why won't you end. Butch exploades with a closeline. HOT TAG! Luke unloads with awful offence. He scores with two closelines and uses the battering ram and a flying chop gets two. Luke gets tripped and an elbow drop gets two. FUCK END NOW PLEASE. The Beverlys get a top rope axe Handle for the win.

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Post Match the Bushwhackers clear the ring and after an eternity Jamison kicks the genius in the shin.

Okay time to get this show back on the road. Typhoon and Hawk start the match up. They lock up but its a draw. They do a shoulderblock but that's a draw too. Hawk does a jumping shoulderblock and that shake him and Hawk comes off top with a flying closeline and that take Typhoon down for two. Hawk gets in Earthquakes face and scores with a dropkick, Earthquake tries a dropkick and misses and Hawk scores with a fist drop. Animal tags in and both men unload and niether man sells. Animal dodges two closelines and then runs straight into a double closeline first. Animal tries a slam but Trenta falls on top for two. Earthquake whips Typhoon in for the Avalanche. He tries it again and eats boot, and Animal then runs Typhoon over with a closeline. Hawk comes off top with an axe handle they both closeline each other an no one goes down, Hawk tries a cross body but gets caught and Typhoon gives him a backbreaker. Typhoon scores with a hard Irish whip. Earthquake tags in and scores with a snapmare and a big elbow drop for two. Typhoon works over Hawk in the ropes and scores with a rope rider. Typhoon aplies the much dread Bearhug of certain Peril. Hawk fights out and tries a dive off the second rope but Typhoon catches him and tags in Earthquake. Earthquake scores with an avalanche and Earthquake walks back and forth on Hawk. Earthquake then puts Hawk in a bearhug and he's fading but of course recovers. Trenta takes him to the corner and misses an avalanche. Hawk scores with a second rope bionic elbow and Trent sells excellently. Animal runs through two closelines and scores with a flying shoulder block. Animal flips out of a double atomic drop attempt and scores with a double closeline. Hawk scores with a diving closeline to the outside. Earthquake body slams Animal on the outside. Typhoon runs back in the ring and wins by count out. Post match Animal kils both men with a steel chair.

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Jimmy Hart isn't happy backstage saying they should be champions. Trenta and Typhoon are pissed off and feel they should be champs. They say there getting there attorneys in.

Roddy is so friggin happy about winning the IC title he now has a dream that he's gonna win the

Rumble and the World Title.

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Shawn Micheals is looking cocky, and they show the Barber shop incedent. Shawn says he saved Marty Jannetty 29 beatings tonight. Shawn says he's the hottest thing in the WWE and that he's gonna win the gold.

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Alfred Hayes is with Ric Flair, he admits he's number three, he says he's gonna make everyone a believer because he will have beaten all 29 men and that's the bottom line.

We then go to the pre recorded interviews, Randy Savage, Sid Vicious, Repo Man, British Bulldog, Jake the Snake, Ric Flair, Paul Bearer & The Undertaker and of course Hulk Hogan. Jake and Flair are the best.

Entrant Number One is The British Bulldog. Entrant Number Two is Ted Dibiase. Well that's one hell of first two, and number three ain't bad either. They exchange blows. Davey runs into an elbow and Ted unloads with chops in the corner, Ted scores with a closeline and then a nice suplex. Ted scores with a nice gut wrench suplex. Ted then scores with another suplex and he said its over. Ted tosses Davey but he lands on the apron and closelines Ted over the top rope. Ted Dibiase is Eliminated. Entrant Number Three Is Ric Flair. Well that was a hot first two minutes, Gorrilla Moonson says Flair will not win. Flair takes his time removes the rope and the crowd have that big fight hushed atomsphere. Ric plays Slick Ric before getting shoved down hard. Ric then runs straight into a big military press. Davey runs him over with a big closeline. Davey then dodges a closeline and kills Ric with a closeline. Davey dumps Flair but he slides back under the bottom rope. Davey gives Flair a ten punch in the corner. Entrant Number Four is Jerry Saggs. Saggs holds Davey back for a knife edge chop and they lay the boots in, Ric scores with a chop and a slug and Wooohs. Davey Boy explodes out of the corner running both men over with a double closeline. Davey tosses Saggs he hangs on with one hand and show boats but Davey dropkicks him out. Jerry Saggs is Eliminated. Davey gives Ric a hard Irish whip and powerslam. Entrant Number Five is Haku. Haku holds Davey back for chops but then Haku unloads on Flair. Flair tries a Flair flurry but Haku no sells it and Flair runs under the bottom rope. Haku piledrives Davey and Flair sneaks in with an eye rake and knee drop. Davey tosses Hakun. Haku is Eliminated. Entrant Number Six is Shawn Micheals. Big boos for Shawn, Shawn unloads with a flurry on Flair and follows up with a hard Irish whip and scores with a back body drop and then a superkick, Shawn charges Davey and gets a military press for his troubles. Bulldog tries to closeline Micheals but he lands on the apron comes back in and supekicks Davey. Flair attacks Micheals but can't toss him. Davey whips Shawn into the turnbuckle chest first and then kicks him crotching him on the top rope. Ric tosses Shawn but again he lands on the apron. Entrant Number Seven is El Matador. Tito attacks Flair lamely. Flair scores with a back suplex on Tito and gives Davey a monster low blow. Flair nearly tosses Davey but Tito makes the save. Tito dodges a chop and Tito scores with the flying forearm. Entrant Number Eight is The Barbarian. Tito gives Ric a ten punch but Flair comes back with a big chop. Ric Flair brawls with Tito. Tito nearly back body drops Shawn over but Flair makes the save. Entrant Number Nine is Kerry Von Erich. Flair is waiting for him but Kerry completely unloads on him with discus punches in the corner drawing a silly Flair Flop. Kerry gives HBK a discus Punch drawing a monster sell. Davey catapults Shawn into the turnbuckle and Flair gives Kerry Von Erich a inverted atomic drop. Kerry again punches the crap out of Flair leading to a Flair Flop. Entrant Number Ten is The Repo Man. The Barbarian gives Tito an atomic drop. Repo Man attacks Shawn from behind. Tito dodges a closeline and scores with a flying crossbody on the Barbarian. Flair unloads with some big chops on Kerry. Entrant Number Eleven is Greg Valentine. Flair and Greg trade chops in the corner, guess whos are stronger. Greg wins despite this and continues to chop the crap out of Flair. Kerry punches Shawn and he goes flying nearly out. Entrant Number Twelve is Nickolai Volkoff. Volkoff unloads with a flurry on Barbarian but its getting no sold. Greg Valentine puts the figure four leglock on Ric Flair. The Repo Man back body drops Volkoff over the top rope. Nickolai Volkoff is Eliminated. Entrant Number Thirteen is The Big Bossman. Bossman goes straight for Flair but he starts dropping bombs on everyone. Repo man tosses Greg. Greg Valentine is Eliminated. Bossman gives Shawn an uppercut and he does an awesome sell for a near elimination. Bossman tosses Repo Man. The Repo Man is Eliminated. Davey Boy charges Flair and Flair back body drops him out and on the otherside of the ring Kerry is dumped. British Bulldog and Kerry Von Erich is Eliminated. The Bossman gives Barbarian an avalanche. Shawn and Tito jump into each other and go flying over the top rope. Shawn Micheals & El Matador are Eliminated. Big show socres with a big boot on Barbarian. Entrant Number Fourteen is Hercules. Flair runs into a military press from Barbarian, Barbarain tosses Flair but he hangs onto the bottom rope and Hercules tosses Barbarian, Bossman tosses Hercules and Flair tosses Bossman and celebrates but Bossman is still in the ring. Barbarian and Hercules are Eliminated. Bossman and Flair are alone and Flair begs off but scores with an eye poke. Bossman dodges a closeline and socres with a closeline of his own. Bossman scores with a haymaker. Bossman tries a crossbody but Flair drops low and Bossman bumps out of the ring in dramatic fashion and Flair flops.Big Bossman is Eliminated. Entrant Number Fifteen is Roddy Piper. Flair begs off but Piper dives in and unloads, hard Irish whip, back body drop, knee lift and Flair bails but Roddy meets him with a closeline on the outside. Flair tries a jaw jacker but Roddy no sells it. Roddy goes for a ten punch but Ric goes for an inverted atomic drop, Piper no sells it and gets an eye poke. Piper scores with a closeline an air plane spin and now the sleeper. This Rumble is awesome. Entrant Number Sixteen is Jake The Snake. Jake sits in the corner and tells Piper to continue but when Piper turns his back he attacks with a big jab flurry. "Roddy" chant. Jake helps Flair up only to give him a short arm closeline. Jake goes for the DDT but Piper breaks it up with a closeline and Ric applies the figure four. All three men are slugging and chopping it out this is brilliant! Entrant Number Seventeen is Jim Duggan. Duggan attacks Flair with a big flurry and a closeline. Duggan starts a big "USA" chant. Duggan starts teeing off on everyone. Duggan and Piper wildly brawl into the corner. Flair walks into an eye poke from Piper. Flair scores with a back suplex on Piper and Jake scores with a inverted atomic drop on Duggan. Chopfest between Piper and Flair. Entrant Number Eighteen is Irwin R. Shyster. IRS introduces Flair to the turnbuckle. Duggan grabs IRS by the tie and unloads, this is the first let up in th ematch in ages. Duggan gives Jake and Flair a noggin knocker and that leads to another Flair flop. Piper beats the tar out of Flair but still can't toss him. Entrant Number Nineteen is Jimmy Snuka. Snuka gives Flair a jumping headbutt and a double chop. Ric gives Flair and eyepoke. Piper is just landing bombs on Flair in the corner and he hooks Flair by the nose but they still can't get Flair over. Entrant Number Twenty is The Undertaker. Jimmy is dropping headbutts on Flair but Taker kills him with one uppercut. Jimmy Snuka is Eliminated. Taker buts the choke on Flair who sells it like a heart attack. Taker kicks a field goal between Duggan's legs and follows up with four uppercuts. Taker chokes IRS on the second rope and Piper and Flair work together on Taker but both get choked for there troubles. Entrant Number Twenty One is Randy Savage. Savage burns it to the ring and Jake runs away. Taker takes down Savage and Jake sneaks in. Jake tries the Short Arm closeline but Savaget runs through and kicks the shit out of him. Its Bombs Away from Savage and he tosses Jake. Jake The Snake is Eliminated. Taker goes outside but can't stop Savage from going after Jake. Randy jumped over the top rope but apparently he's not eliminated. Roddy is throwing a lightening flurry on Flair. Finally a chance to catch my breath. Roddy has IRS in the boston crab. Entrant Number Twenty Two is The Berserker. He's shouting Hoss he couldn't be more accurate. IRS is tosses but his foot is tangeled in the middle and top rope. Duggan gives the Berserker an atomic drop. Taker is choking Piper in the corner. Flair is on the apron and trying to suplex Savage out, but Savage counters and suplexes Flair into the ring. Piper, Flair and Taker all choke each other at the same time. Entrant Number Twenty Three is Virgil. Flair nearly tosses Piper. Taker slaps on a choke on Virgil. Flair rakes Taker's eyes and chops him but that just gets him a choking. The Berserker scores with a big boot on Virgil. Piper boots down Virgil. Entrant Number Twenty Four is Mustafa. Randy Savage charges and scores with an axe handle on Taker. Flair gives Piper a big chop. Virgil unloads with some pussie chops on Mustafa. Piper gives Flair a fifteen punch in the corner. Entrant Number Twenty Five is Rick Martel. Flair introduces him to the action with a chop. For the first time its Rumble stuff all round. Randy Savage manages to toss Mustafa and gets a choke for his troubles. Mustafa is Eliminated. Duggan is more interested in starting chants than wrestling. Undertaker gives Savage a choke lift. Entrant Number Twenty Six is Hulk Hogan. The crowd goes nuts. Hogan gives Flair and Taker a Noggin knocker, then IRS and Taker. Virgil knocks Rick Martel between the middle ropes. Hogan gives Taker a running closeline taking him out and he backdrops Berserker out and then rips the shirt. Undertaker and Berserker are Eliminated. Martel is thrown across the ring. Duggan and Virgil closeline each other out. Jim Duggan and Virgil are eliminated. Entrant Number Twenty Seven is Skinner. Skinner has a slugfest with Roddy. Hogan gives Skinner a hairmare. Roddy avoids elimination headscissoring Martel. Flair gives Hogan a hard Irish whip and Wooohs but Hogan explodes out of the corner with a closeline. Entrant Number Twenty Eight is Srg. Slaughter. Rick Martel dumps Skinner. Skinner is Eliminated. Hogan and Piper slug it out for old times trading eye rakes. Savage chokes IRS with Hogan's shirt. Its Rumble stuff all round as we reach a mini lull. Hogan gives Flair a back rake and unloads in the corner. Entrant Twenty Nine is Sid Justice. Sid kicks the crap out of IRS but can't toss him. Flair is trying to keep away from Hogan, IRS holds Hogan back and Flair unloads with a fast Flair flurry. Flairmare but Sid grabs Fliar before the knee drop and tries to toss Flair. Flair takes down Sid with an arm wrench but Sid kips up and closelines Flair down. Entrant Number Thirty is the Warlord. Flair goes up top and we get the areil cam of Hogan press slamming Flair off top. Flair rolls under ther bottom rope and drags Hogan out with him. Flair tries a suplex but Hogan blocks and suplex Flair on the outside. Sid gives Sarge a hard Irish whip and he does the mega belly flop Sarge bump over the top and out. Sarge is Eliminated. Hulk Hogan scores with a big boot on Flair. Roddy is nearly tossed by IRS but he hangs onto IRS tie and drags him to the outside. IRS is Eliminated. Hogan and Sid toss the Warlord. The Warlord is Eliminated. Hogan gives Flair a ten punch. Sid tosses Martel and Piper. Piper and Martel are Eliminated.

Savage and Sid are brawling but Ric runs in with a high knee and sends Savage over the top rope. Randy Savage is Eliminated. Hogan and Flair go into a chopfest and Hogan gives him a hard Irish whip Ric botches the Flair Flip, Hogan closelines Flair onto the apron, Sid sneaks up from behind Hogan and tosses him. Hulk Hogan is Eliminated. Sid and Hogan argue and Flair sneaks in from behind and tosses Sid. Sid Justice is Eliminated and Ric Flair is Your Royal Rumble Winner.

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Hogan and Sid have a staredown. Flair is given the World Title by Jack Tunney, he says with a tear in his eye he can say this is the happiest moment in his life. Flair said this is the biggest title in the world, the only one that matters, the one that proves your the best wrestler in the world. He tells us all to pay homage to the man.

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Overall Thoughts: Awesome show the openner was strong, the IC title match was a nice moment, the LOD match was passable and the Rumble was probably the best Rumble of all time. Only the god awful Bushwhackers tainted this show. Great stuff.

We start with an American flag bizzarely and the national anthem. Then we go to the card run down the obvious thoughts are the Rumble line up itself looks weak, the rest of the card looks very strong Slaughter versus Warrior, The Rhodes brothers and the Rockers all filling it up so this could seriously be a strong show if the Rumble itself doesn't stink up the show.

Roddy Piper cuts a promo saying he loves the troop, this is going out on the sercivemans network.

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The express shove Jannety out of the the ring and then double team HBK with a double back body drop. Jannety comes in and makes the save with a dropkick and then the Rockers follow up with a double crecent kick and then a double team move that's kind of a flap jack into a body slam. Micheals and Jannetty then fly to the outside with double suicide dives. Big "USA" chant. Jannetty gets a sideheadlock his opponent tries a back suplex but Jannetty rolls through with the headlock takedown. They do a fast counter exchange, Keato scores with a hip toss but Marty counters the arm bar into a headscissors they then go to the bridge and back slide spot for two. Marty Jannetty then leapfrogs the Orient Express into each other. HBK comes in with a top rope axe handle. Shawn scores with a side suplex and locks in an armbar. HBK follows up with a shoulderblock but runs into an absolutely brutal flying lariat. They've got Shawn locked in a chinlock, the crowd comes to life and Shawn fights out, Shawn then runs the express into each other but they put the breaks on and Shawn gives them a noggin knocker, Shawn follows up with a high knee. Shawn then goes to a snap mare and a chinlock. Shawn slaps in a sleeper but while the referee is distracted and Kaeto comes off top with a flying axe handle. Shawn tries a kick but its countered by a beautiful leg sweep. Shawn suddenly explodes and unloads in the corner he gives Kabusi a ten punch in the corner but suddenly switches to a moonsault press and kills Kaeto who was trying a sneak attack. The Rockers try to whip the express into one another but they do a ring around the rosary counter and try and whip the Rockers into each oter but the Rocker's jump over one another an attack the express. The express try a doing stereo back suplexes but both Rockers flip out and score with drop kicks. The Rockers go for a double dive but the Express step to one side and play to the crowd but they don't notices the Rockers have feinted the dive, the Rockers then climb alternate corners and both score with body press to the outside, brilliant sequence. The Rockers play to the crowd in the centre of the ring. Shawn gets two off a snapmare. Jannetty comes in with a headlock and then tags out. Shawn scores with a lovely hanging vertical suplex for two. Shawn goes for a Monkey Flip but the Express double team Shawn and flap jack him on the top rope. The Express lay Shawn accross the ring apron and Mr. Fuji nails HBK with his cane. Kaeto comes in and they do the World's Greatest Tag Team leapfrog senton spot. Kabusi locks in the dreaded nerve pinch the crowd go nuts and Shawn fights up but fades. Kabusi gets two off the nerve pinch and isn't happy. Keato comes in and gives Shawn a hard Irish Whip leading to the HBK corner spot. Shawn is then superkicked back into the ring and the express give him a double closeline for two. HBK comes back with a giant mat slam but Kaeto knocks Jannetty off the apron. The Express try to use a belt on Shawn but he jumps on it and sends both men into each other. Hot tag! Jannetty unloads, two body slams, two drop kicks and a power slam on Keato gets two. Jannetty and Kaeto have a backslide battle but Kabusi comes in and kills him with a roundhouse. Shawn trips Keato for two. The Rockers score with the double superkick and Jannetty sets up to body press Shawn onto Kaeto but Kabushi breaks it up and Shawn is press to the outside. The Express do a catapult chop combo move. They set it up again but Shawn recovers and gut punches Kabusi so when Jannetty is catapulted he flips over Kabusi and scores with a sunset pin for three.

Randy Savage is back stage saying that Slaughter has garenteed him a title shot when he wins the belt. Mooney asks Randy what about if Warrior wins, Savage says don't worry Sherri is baiting him. Sherri walks out to talk to Gene Okerland and says Slaughter is an honourable man and will be true to his word but Warrior is Hello from his head to his toes. Warrior of course arrives with out too much delay. Sherri says if your so honourable will you give the Macho King Randy Savage a title shot. He doesn't say anything, so Sherri says she's admired him for a long time and basically starts chatting him up. Sherri's looked at his lips and wondered what it'd be like. Sherri's wondered about his chest and she starts stroking his chest and back. She says she'd like to see him with the win blowing through his hair. So what's it gonna be is he honerable is he brave, what's it gonna be? She gives him a kiss, Warrior smiles, Sherri says its the most wonderful thing that's ever happen to him. Sherri drops to her knees, the crowd go apeshit and Warrior smiles. She asks about the title matcha again. Warrior then spits and starts convulsing and says "NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO". Warrior beats his chest and Savage goes nuts backstage and charges to the ringside and finds only Sherri. Pretty funny angle.

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Bossman has his amazing music. Bossman scores with a big boot and a running reverse elbow and that sends the Barbarian to the outside. Bossman slides to the outside and gives the Barbarian an uppercut. Bossman whips Barbarian shoulder first into the ringpost. Barbarian counters a suplex with an eye poke and heads up the top rope. Bossman counters the flying axe handle with a gut punch and Bossman scores with the running closeline sending both men to the outside. Bossman blocks a hip toss but Barbarian turns it into a vertical suplex. Barbarian clobbers Bossman with a closeline and the pace has slowed to a big man pace. Barbarian uppercuts Bossman and he falls through the middle rope and gets his leg tied up in the rope. The Barbarian rains down blows on Bossman before untying him. Barbarian gives the Bossman a back breaker against the ringpost. Heenan gives Bossman a kick in the gut while the ref is distracted. Barbarian rains down clubbing blows. Barbarian scores with a nice backbreaker for two. Barbarian goes to the dreaded Bearhug of Doom. This is locked in for a couple of minutes before Bossman clubs his way out. Barbarian floors Bossman with an uppercut and begins dropping elbows for two. Its back to the bearhug of Doomy Doom Doom. Bossman tries to use a back rake to escape but can't and fades. Bossman breaks the hold with a bite, Barbarian catches the big boot but Bossman levels him with a nice enzenguri and both men are down. Bossman crawls accross for two. Bossman misses a blind charge and a school boy gets two. Bossman then catches a charging Barbarian and flapjacks him, Bossman gets the pin and the crowd think he's won but Barbarian got his feet on the ropes at the last minute. They do a double shoulderblock spot. Barbarian scores with a flying closeline and Bossman gets his foot on the rope at two. Bossman counters the flying closeline with a Bossman slam but Barbarian gets a finger on the ropes. Barbarian scores with a killer closeline and Bossman does a great sell and that sucked the life out of the crowd. Barbarian goes up top again, he scores with a flying crossbody but Bossman rolls through for the pin and the win.

Slaughter and the General cut a promo mostly in Arabic saying there gonna win. Warrior cuts a relatively controlled promo saying he's gonna win too.

Warrior runs right in chases off Slaughter and destroys the Iraq flag. He then closelines Sarge with the flag and makes Slaughter eat it. Warrior gives Sarge a knee to the gut and throws Sarge into the ringpost headfirst. Warrior chokes Sarge with the flag and then gives him a back body drop. Warrior scores with a hard Irish whip drawing the belly flop sell. Warrior then scores with a closeline and gives Sarge another Hard Irish whip then in a brilliant spot he belly flops to the outside, brilliant spot. Sherri runs out to ringside. Warrior runs over Sarge with a Series of shoulderblocks. Sherri trips Warrior, he chases Warrior all the way up the ramp but Savage is waiting in an ambush and he destroys Warrior hitting him with a stage light and running off. We pan back to the ring and Sarge has the ref distracted and he tries to stop Earl Hebner counting Warrior out. Warrior crawls to the ring where Sarge drags him in. Slaughter pounds away on the Warrior's back wearing him down and spitting on Warrior. Sarge scores with a back breaker and tells Warrior to get up spitting on him. The crowd are booing everything like crazy. Slaughter introduces Warrior to the Spikey shoes. Warrior explodes and we get a double closeline spot. Sarge locks in the bearhug and Warrior sells like a crazy man, Sarge really cinches it in. Big "USA" chant. This Bearhug last for a very long time it takes about a minute before the Warrior even fades. Warrior then roids up and channels the power of the Warrior gods breaking the hold. Warrior scores with a body slam but drops to his knees and Sarge drops three elbows on the back. Slaughter scores with a side back breaker. Slaughter stomps on Warriors back and Sarge locks in the camel clutch. Sarge thinks he's won but actually Warrior's feet were in the ropes. Warrior goes crazy shaking the ropes and doing his crap. He scores with three cartoon closelines and the big flying shoulder tackle and calls for the Gorrilla press but Sherri runs down to ringside. Warrior pulls Sherri in hard on the back of her head and gives her a Gorrilla press all the way to the outside onto Randy Savage. Sarge scores with a hard knee to back and Warrior lands on the second rope, Savage destroys Warrior in the head with a spetre proper busting it on his head. Properply for dropping Sherri on her head. Slaughter then pins Warrior with an elbow drop. Huge "Bullshit" chant from the crowd. Warrior then runs to the back to find Savage.

Lets just say that after that finish the crowd aren't exactly massively into this one. They lock and Koko escapes and starts dancing and starts a mild clap, he's trying his best to get the crowd back into the show. The Mountie misses a back elbow and walks right into a dropkick. Koko gets a arm wrench, the Mountie tries a leapfrog but Koko sees it coming and scores with an armdrag. The Mountie fights his way out and back body drops Koko hard to the outside. The crowd is really disinterest and their not the only ones. The Mountie apparently hits Koko with a cattle prod but we don't see it. The Mountie uses a lame claw and shoves over Tito before playing to the crowd. Jimmy Hart makes fun of Frankie. The Mountie intrdoues Koko to the turnbuckle. The Mountie scores with a flying back elbow and applies a blatant choke. Koko B. Ware comes back with a sunset flip for two. The Mountie puts Koko in a pump handle position and throws Koko out of the ring and then goose steps around. The Mountie calls for a piledriver but gets a back body drop for his troubles. The Mountie comes back pounding down on Koko. Koko comes out of nowhere with a swinging neckbreaker drawing a murmour of a approval from the crowd. Koko gets a headbutt and a flying shoulder block. Koko comes off the top rope with a missile dropkick and then shouts at Jimmy Hart. Koko scores with a second rope crossbody for two. Koko then runs straight into a Bossman slam for the win.

Randy Savage and Sherri are backstage and Randy says he's the real champ, Warrior starts banging on the door and Savage runs away.

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Sarge is backstage and he dismisses the Maggots and that's an order. Allah Akbar!

Roddy and Gorrilla talk down the card and then we go to some pre recorded promos. Jake says he's cold he's not sweating he will get to Rick Martel. Earthquake says he's ready bring on the Undertaker, Mr. Perfect, Tugboat and Hogan. Greg Valentine says this type of this match is right up his alley. Kerry Von Erich says when the Tornado Touches down he'll win. LOD say life is like a rollercoster and you don't want to ride them, or some such. Brother Love is with The Undertaker and he says Taker will bury everyone. Jim Duggan says Hooooo! and some other stuff I didn't care about. Rick Martel says its not what you do its how you look doing it. The Bulldogg is glad he's a bulldogg. Mr. Perfect says he's gonna win becuase he's best athelete. Tugboat bwhahahahahahahha are my god he says he's gonna "Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" Hulk Hogan. Piper is laughing on camera at Tugboat.

The heels jump the faces to start but Ted and Virgil end up whipped into each other and the Rhodes score with stereo Bionic elbows. Ted tells Virgil to get in there and take Dustin out. They lock up and roll around the ring. Dustin dodges a closeline and scores with a flying closeline. A dropkick sends Virgil to the outside to regroup. Virgil gets a knee to the gut but runs into a shoulderblock. Virgil goes for a monkey flip but Dustin stomps on him and closelines Virgil to the outside. Ted chews Virgil out on the floor. Ted Dibiase tags in and says he'll show Virgil how its done. Ted gets a knee to the gut and follows up with a nice closeline. Ted introduces Dustin into the turnbuckle. Ted then nails Dustin with a nice a back body drop and he mocks Dusty while laying in a nice fist drop. Dustin fires back countering a back drop with a matt slam. Dustin and Dusty then bounce Ted between them with bionic elbows. Dusty is tag in and he slugs the shit out of Ted with bionic elbows before locking in a sleeper. Virgil makes the save and Dusty tags Dustin back in and he scores with a dropkick and Virgil again makes the save. Virgil is tagged in and Dustin misses a high knee in the corner and he's selling like he's blown out his knee. Virgil now sets about kicking the legs out from under Dustin. Virgil scores with a high impact closeline. Virgil works Dustin's knee over on the ringpost while Ted distracts the referee. Ted then tags in and he continues ramming Dustin knee first into the ringpost. Ted works over the knee mocking Dusty. Virgil comes in with a closeline but hits Ted by accident. Ted unloads on Virgil and throws him out of the ring. HOT TAG. Dusty unloads with a big flurry and a corner lariat, Dusty tries it again and Ted dodges and scores with a quick school boy.

Ted gets on the mic and says that everybody has a price for the million dollar man, and nobody crosses the million dollar man without paying the price. The crowd chant for Virgil. Ted calls Virgil an idiot and tells him to put the belt around his waist. Virgil looks pissed and Ted tells him to do it now. Virgil gets in the ring with belt and throws it down at Ted's feet. Ted tells him to get down there and pick it up. Ted reminds Virgil about his family and his mother. Virgil picks up the belt and Ted turns around and says everybodies got a price but when he turns back Virgil nails Ted in the head with the Million Dollar belt and the crowd explode.

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We then get a Hogan promo saying basically he's Mr. America. Gene comes in with an update that Sarge has defaced an American Flag, he then goes nuts and says he's gonna get the belt back for old glory.

Entrant Number One is Bret Hart. Entrant Number Two is Dino Bravo. They lock up, Dino powers Bret into the corner and plays to the crowd. Bret comes back with a shoulderblock, a dropkick and an atomic drop. Bret then closelines Dino in the back and nearly sends him over the top rope. Dino comes back with a kick to the gut and an inverted atomic drop. Dino Bravo misses with an elbow drop. Entrant Number Three is Greg Valentine. Greg attacks Dino Bravo and he's stunned. They trade chops to no crowd reaction. Jimmy Hart is on the apron and distracts Greg allowing Dino to score with a closeline. The crowd are really not into these two. Greg gets a few head pounds and then dumbs Dino Bravo. Dino Bravo is Eliminated. Greg then knocks Jimmy Hart off the apron. Bret scores with an inverted atomic drop and Bret does some rumbly stuff. Entrant Number Four is Paul Roma. He got litterally no reaction what so ever. Roma helps Greg to start and then stomps him down when he turns his back. Bret scores with an inverted atomic drop on Roma and then a noggin knocker. The heels can't toss Bret and that gets a big pop. Entrant Number Five is Kerry Von Erich. That's more like it he kills Roma with a discus punch and then he gives Greg one drawing a Flair flop. Bret scores wtih a body slam but misses a second rope elbow drop. Paul Roma scores with a dropkick on Kerry Von Erich and its brawling all round. Entrant Number Six is Rick Martel. He goes straight for Bret Hart and tries to eliminate him but fails. Its Rumble stuff all round. Bret holds Greg back for a big right hand from Kerry and that draws a Flair flop. Bret unloads on Rick Martel in the corner. Greg comes off the second rope with a flying axe handle on Greg. Roma then holds Bret for a Second rope axe handle from Martel, Roma then explodes with a closeline on Martel. Entrant Number Seven is Sama Sinba. Kerry Von Erich nearly atomic drops Martel over the top rope. Paul Roma rolls to avoid a discus punch but Kerry Von Erich gives him the Iron Claw for his trouble. Entrant Number Eight is Bushwhacker Butch. He actually gets a mixed reaction, Butch dances around the ring before dancing right into a chop. Rick Martel gives Sinba a headscissor to the outside. Sima Sinba is Eliminated. Butch gives Roma and Valentine a noggin knocker. This is uninspiring action to say the least. Entrant Nine is Jake The Snake. Jake and Rick Martel unload on each other, Jake gets a massive flurry, he scores with a gut buster, a short arm closeline and calls for the DDT but Martel runs under the ropes to escape. Martel argues with the ref on the apron and Jake attacks but Martel manages to save himself. Entrant Number a Ten is Hercules. He runs straight over to help Roma. Bret scores with a back breaker on Rick Martel. Martel manages to avoid elimination sneaking back in under the bottom rope. Martel ties Jake in the ropes but Kerry Von Erich makes the save. Entrant Number Eleven is Tito Santana. Tito absolutely unloads on Martel and in the back ground Roma misses a dive and eliminates himself. Paul Roma is Eliminated. Its general rumble brawling all round. There's a really weird bundle going on in one corner. Entrant Number Twelve is The Undertaker. Taker goes straight for Bret and sends him over the top rope with a choke life. Bret Hart is eliminated. Undertaker chokes the crap out of Kerry Von Erich. Kerry scores with a discus punch but Taker won't go down and he floors and chokes Kerry with one punch. Kerry puts Taker in the Claw and Taker Chokes him. Entrant Number Thirteen is Jimmy Snuka. Taker mercifully tosses Bushwhacker Butch. Butch is eliminated. Taker scores with a choke lift on Kerry Von Erich. Kerry Von Erich jumps on Taker's back and Greg comes off top with a flying axe handle but he doesn't go down. Taker gives Greg and Kerry a noggin knocker. Entrant Number Fourteen is The British Bulldog. Its brawling everywhere. Jake is just barely hanging on. Hercules scores a nice flurry in the corner. Taker chokes Tito on the ropes. Jake scores with an inverted atomic drop on Rick Martel, Davey then gives him a regular atomic drop. Snuka scores with a headbutt on the Undertaker. Entrant Number Fifteen is Smash. Smash unloads on the Bulldog. Davey floats over on Smash and then scores with a running closeline. Martel is hangin on apron and sneaks behind Jake and pulls him over the top rope. Snuka then gives Rick and Hercules a noggin knocker. Jake The Snake is Eliminated. Entrant Number Sixteen is Hawk. Hawk unloads on everybody he can see but Everybody comes back and slug the shit out of him. Hercules and Hawk are having a pretty big brawl. Taker gives Tito an inverted atomic drop. Undertaker gives Hawk a terrible big boot. Entrant Number Seventeen is Shane Douglas. Hawk scores with a second rope axe handle and tosses Jimmy Snuka, Kerry Von Erich has also been tossed. Kerry Von Erich and Jimmy Snuka have been eliminated. Douglas and Santana score with a double closeline on Martel. Hawk scores with a terrible running closeline. Entrant Number Eighteen is......No one apparently. There's a total clusterfuck going on in the corner, the crowd are booing the crap out of the no show. Its Rumble stuff all round. Entrant Number Nineteen is Animal. The ring is really crowded, the LOD double team Taker and a double cloesline eliminates him but while Hawk is showboating two men closeline him over. The Undertaker and Hawk are eliminated. Animal gives Hercules a ten punch in the corner. Entrant Number Twenty is Crush. Demolition begin working over Bulldog. Santana nearly has Martel out. Demolition give Davey a double closeline. Davey comes back giving Smash a swinging neckbreaker. Greg scores with a big knife edge chop on Martel, he follows up with some shoulder rams in the corner. Entrant Number Twenty One is Jim Duggan. The crowd are happy with that one. He goes after Rick Martel and its really crowded in there. Animal catches Martel in a bearhug when he tries a second rope axe handle. Shane Douglas spears Hercules into the corner. Hercules comes back with a tackle and a flurry. Entrant Number Twenty Two is Earthquake. The crowd give him a big negative reaction. Earthquake and Animal go into a monster slugfest. Animal dodges a closeline and scores with two of his own but charges for a third and is back body dropped over the top rope. Animal is Eliminated. Martel is doing a nice job with the pretend eliminations. Entrant Number Twenty Three is Mr. Perfect. Perfect takes his sweet time getting to the ring. Duggan goes straight for him giving him a hard Irish whip and a closeline but Hacksaw charges and is back body dropped over the top rope. Jim Duggan is Eliminated. Santana kills Mr. Perfect with a nice closeline. Entrant Number Twenty Four is Hulk Hogan. The crowd goes nuts. Hulk gets mawled to start but he eventually big boots and tosses Smash. Smash is Eliminated. Hogan then goes straight for Earthquake with a ten punch in the corner. Perfect unloads on Hogan. Earthquake then scores with five big corner closelines. Big "Hogan" chant errupts. Perfect explodes on Bulldog in the corner. Entrant Number Twenty Five is Haku. Rick Martel low bridges Valentine out of the ring. Greg Valentine is Eliminated. Hogan gives Rick Martel a choke lift in the corner. Rick Martel scores with a flying axe handle on Haku. Its brawling all over the ring. Entrant Number Twenty Six is Jim Niedhart. Earthquake gives Perfect a chokelift. Niedhart gives Hercules a series of shoulder charges. Tito gives Earthquake a flurry in the gut but he no sells it and tosses him. Tito Santant is Eliminated. Haku scores with a brutal chop on Mr. Perfect. Three men try to eliminate Hogan and fail. Entrant Number Twenty Seven is Bushwhacker Luke. Earthquake tosses him straight away and Luke dances off. Luke is Eliminated. Douglas botches a back suplex. Earthquake puts Hogan in a full nelson and Haku nails him in the gut, its really crowded. Entrant Number Twenty Eight Brian Knobbs. He unloads to little fan fare everyone beats him down in the corner. Its very crowded and its Rumble stuff all round. There are eleven men in the ring until Knobbs tosses Hercules. Hercules is Eliminated. Entrant Number Twenty Nine is The Warlord. He slugs away at the bulldog. Crush tries to give Hogan a ten punch but gets tossed. Crush is Eliminated. Hogan dodges a closeline and closelines Warlord over the top rope. The Warlord is Eliminated. Entrant Number Thirty is Tugboat. Tugboat and Earthquake go face to face. Mr. Perfect is very nearly tossed and he hangs onto the bottom rope for dear life. Tugboat gives Rick Martel a choke lift. Bulldog scores with a nice back elbow on Knobbs. Hogan gives Martel and Haku a noggin kocker. Tugboat gives Hogan a series of splashes in the corner and nearly tosses Hogan but Hogan comes back in and tosses Tugboat. Tugboat is Eliminated. Davey Boy tosses Mr. Perfect. Mr. Perfect is Eliminated. Jim Niedhart tries to toss Rick Martel but Martel counters and tosses Niedhart and Bulldog closelines Haku over. Jim Niedhart and Haku are Eliminated. Martel body slams Davey and goes up top. Davey crotches him and closelines him over the top rope. Rick Martel is Eliminated

The Final Four our Brian Knobbs, British Bulldog, Hulk Hogan and Earthquake.

Earthquake closelines Davey over thet top rope. British Bulldog is eliminated. Double closeline on Hogan, and its the tremors and Earthquake, the heels turn there back and of course Hogan hulks up and double closelines both men. Hogan big boot Knobbs over the top rope. Brian Knobbs is Eliminated. Hogan gives Earthquake a big boot and then knocks Jimmy Hart off the apron. Earthquake falls ontop of a Hogan splash and scores with two big elbow drops. Big Hogan chant. Earthquake scores with a powerslam but Hogan Hulks up. Boom, Boom, Boom, Big Boot and Hogan gives him a body slam. Hogan then closelines him over the top rope. Earthquake is Eliminated and Hulk Hogan is your Royal Rumble Winner Again.

Final Thoughts: Well the ending with Hulk Hogan waving old glory was incredibly cheesey but it was the correct ending to what all in all was the good show. The opener was very good, The Warrior match was fun, and the Rumble was nothing special but still a fun Rumble with a good finale. So not a must see Rumble but there's plenty to enjoy on this show. Oh and if you were wondering it was Savage who was number Eighteen, I believe Warrior was supposed to have run him off.