Tanaka finally gets in a cheap shot from the apron and Fuji adds a shot to the throat with the cane so the villains can take over. It’s actually time to go for the mask but Kato bails to the floor in a bit of a weird scene as you don’t see faces tear at a mask that often. Owen crossbodies both of them down at once and a spinwheel kick gets two on Kato.
Apparently Bret wrestled with a 104 degree temperature (not exactly) but Heenan says he’s wrestled with an 113 degree temperature so Bret had it easy.
That just earns him a backdrop, which gives us a quick break from Gorilla recapping the Mountie winning the Intercontinental Title. A spinebuster sets up a middle rope elbow for two but Tanaka finally gets in a few shots in the corner. Neidhart comes in to stay on the arm before it’s off to Tanaka, who gets thrown down with relative ease. Owen takes Kato down with a hurricanrana for a big high spot of this era. An armdrag takes Kato down and we hear about Marty Jannetty and Brian Knobbs being out of the Rumble due to Nikolai Volkoff and Haku. Owen (my goodness I forgot about how stupid the big pants looked) and Kato start with some arm cranking as Gorilla asks Heenan about Flair’s number. Gorilla explains the Mountie winning the Intercontinental Title over the weekend and getting to defend against Roddy Piper tonight. The announcers intro the show with Heenan saying he’s banking on Flair. I miss how simple this was: the show is all about the Rumble and nothing else. We open with the roll call of the Rumble participants. It’s a really famous show and main event with the WWF World Title on the line in the Rumble. You always hear about 1992 being the gold standard for the match but it should be interesting to see where things go. I’m almost curious to look at this one again as I’ve seen it more times than I can count, but I’m wondering how well it really holds up. Location: Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New YorkĬommentators: Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby Heenan Note that I rate using letters instead of stars and I don’t rate matches under three minutes as really, how good or bad can something that short be? It could be anything from modern WWE to old school to indies to anything in between. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I’ll be posting a new review here on, starting today. I’ve been reviewing wrestling shows for over ten years now and have reviewed over 5,000 shows.
Featured matches on the undercard were The Natural Disasters (Earthquake and Typhoon) versus The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal) for the WWF Tag Team Championship, The Beverly Brothers (Blake Beverly and Beau Beverly) versus The Bushwhackers (Bushwhacker Luke and Bushwhacker Butch) and Roddy Piper versus The Mountie for the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship.Welcome to KB’s Old School (and New School) Reviews. This man was Ric Flair, who eliminated Sid Justice with the help of Hulk Hogan from the outside. It is historic because for the first time in the WWF, the last man standing would win the WWF World Heavyweight Championship, which had been vacated in December 1991. The main event, as in past Royal Rumble events, was the event's namesake match. It took place on January 19, 1992, at the Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, New York.
Royal Rumble (1992) was the fifth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). Apps and Paper turn back the clock again! This time it is WWF Royal Rumble 1992 which is seen in some circles as the greatest Royal Rumble of all time.