Jim Cornette's Watch-Along: 1992 Royal Rumble Match
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- From Episode 466 of the Jim Cornette Experience
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Another thing to notice. No one napping on the floor. No one sleeping in the corner. No one hiding under the ring. No one gets out of the way while a new entrant gets 30 seconds to shine.
Plenty of continuous shots from the hard camera vs 10000 camera cuts a minute.
Jim and Brian please do more watch alongs, can’t get enough of these
I second this
They should do both Shawn Vs Taker Mania matches.
They have large scope and knowledge collectively analyzing what they want will always be gold
I love listening to Corney dissect a match live. They used to do these more often before they put the podcast fully on youtube.
The Rock vs Hulk Watch along was the first time I ever heard Jim compliment Hogan multiple times. It was a good one.
Said it before but I’ll say it again … Bobby Heenan gave the finest performance on the mic that night! Arguably in company history!! For the entire show he was absolute gold. Monsoon obviously was great as well.
Nah Ric flair giving the tear in my eye promo is legendary
To steal a line that was The Brain's 'Magnum Opus'.
I’ll take survivor series 1993 Bobby. Where the ppv sucked and he crushed everyone on commentary especially the Hart family
@@pleaseshutup7053 tear
Wrestlemania 8 was peak Bobby Heenan as well. He was on fire on commentary summer 1991 through the summer of 92.
Vince did not want to admit wrestling exists outside his company. Flair was incredible this night.
I love how he did all his shit, including exited the ring not getting eliminated, like Randy Savage.
“Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! I told you Monsoon!” Surely one of the great iconic wrestling calls. Two legends, Flair and Heenan, with the performances of a lifetime.
I love how Heenan tries to deny facts, giving Flair so much hope with winning the Royal Rumble.
Bobby and Gorilla were just perfect together.
I loved Heenan's call when Piper helps Flair " it's not a skirt, it's a kilt"
@@tomjohnson3106 and when Piper turned on Flair: “You skirt wearing freak!” Tons of great Brain quotes in this one.
Yeah man ! I remember how Heenan was bragging about bringing in the real world champion for weeks on prime time wrestling . Don King couldn't have put over Ric Flair like that and I thought he was just playing with words . Flair walked through that curtain , my brains were all over the living room floor.
They actually did induct the Big Boss Man, back in 2016. He was inducted by Slick, and his family accepted on his behalf. It was pretty nice.
"You know what you did ? You put me in the Royal Rumble. I wrestled for one hour and at the end of that one hour. I was WWF Champion" - Ric Flair
I'm gonna tell you all, with a tear in my eye, this is the greatest moment of my life.
@@TriplomatX "Put that cigarette out!!"
@@DarkAndAvid "I hate to be the one to tell you I told you so, but I TOLD YOU SO!!!" RIP Mr. Perfect
@TriplomatX "And to the Hulk Hogans, the Macho Mans, the Pipers and the Sids. NOW it's Ric Flair and y'all pay homage to The Man!! WOOOOOO. I love it. I LOVE IT!" That ppv has to be imbedded in my dna because i love it so much, lol.
@@TriplomatX Heenan's face when he says that in unison with Mr. Perfect kills me every fucking time!!! 😂
"Only 1 foot touched the ground, Kerry should still be in the match." - Jim Cornette
Lol I was going back to see...I forget lol
😬 ouch!
"With a tear in my eye!".The greatest Rumble ever.I remember watching it in NYC at the age of 12 on illegal cable in my family's living room.I was on the edge of my seat the whole time.Bobby and Gorilla were a 10 outta 10 that night.
I wish I had Illegal cable back then love it. What year did they shut it down?
@@Rssco by 2000 when Directtv and Dish Network became a thing.
@@Rssco I still knew of people with black boxes in 2002 (and I had a cable box until 2002 - the same thing as the black boxes except you got nothing for free - but had stopped buying PPVs by that point). Atlantic Broadband, my local cable provider, started charging people monthly just to OWN the boxes after it was only a one-time fee to buy the box, which is what made me get rid of it. Then cable companies began the change to digital signals, instead of analog, to keep up with the rise in popularity of the satellite companies.
@@chrisbutler1668 I went to a friend's house around the end of 2000,he was watching the Osbornes on a new Silver box,I was shocked.He got rid of his illegal box cause Directv had more channels that weren't available on regular boxes.I wish they still existed.My whole 80's and 90's was PPV movies,every PPV that every company had and endless nights of Skinemax and Joe Bob Briggs on TMC.The good ole days.
@@juliolopez6289 It was such a depressing time for us kids...I'll never forget the good old days of Pay Per View Sundays, Skinemax, and Joe Bob Briggs.
I've watched this Royal Rumble so many times over the years that all I had to do was listen to Corny and I knew exactly what was happening without having to watch. Fantastic Rumble! My all-time favorite!
This is awesome. The greatest Rumble narrated by the greatest pod cast. So much territory history in that ring that night, Kerry and Flair, Valentine and Flair, etc and of course Piper and Flair. My dad and I were long time WWF fans and of course big Babyface fans but Flair was the first heel my dad liked "It's not fair to Flair" great memories Thanks Jim and Brian and I knew they'd play the audio at 37:20 😂😂
I've just turned 40, not watched Wrestling in 25 years but from the late 80's to 97 I was an avid viewer of WWF.
Recorded the 92 Rumble on VHS the night it aired and I must have wore the tape out watching it over and over again.
I love this night, my favourite ever event they ever done!
Cheers Jim and Brian for this
Same. Cheers my fellow 40 year old brotha!
I'm 48....watched it on ppv.....was a huge heel mark for flair! I jumped up and down with my freind when he won! Ha ha....I'd love to be a teenager again...flair wwf run was great...after that never quite had a memorable run really. Just wcw 1993 and on was so so.
Exactly the same mate watched wwf religiously from 87 to 2001. This rumble has always been my favourite still watch it atleast once a year.
I'm 39 ..first big show was wrestlemania ix
Legit thought money Inc had killed beefcake in build up
@@scorptarget In reality it was the 19th anniversary of my 21st birthday but congrats and right back at you brotha!!
Roddy's mere appearance after Flair clears the ring of some big names and Flair's realisation that it is indeed Piper on his way to the ring is pure gold....Also remember that when the VHS was released of this show they edited out the boos when Hogan eliminated Sid and replaced them with cheers.
Thanks for keeping the history alive.
That is one of the most obnoxious examples of crowd sweeting ever used anywhere. Only Roman ever got that treatment after.
The doctored audio was just for when they showed the finish on TV. I have the Coliseum Video VHS of the show, and it has the ending the way it was live. The difference between the two is easy to spot because Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan re-did their commentary for the clip that aired on TV where they hammered home that Sid was supposed to be the heel.
WWE Network and Peacock have both versions. You can watch the finish with the original audio on the 1992 Royal Rumble while the edited version is shown on "Invasion '92" and the Feb. 1992 Saturday Night's Main Event.
There's a couple of different versions of Coliseum releases of RR 90, 91 and 92 floating around, as well as Summerslam 92 on VHS on both PAL and NTSC. One for sure has the edit.
@@LVDSport I'll put it this way. In any release of the entire 1-hour match I have ever seen, the original audio is used. I have only ever seen the doctored version when the footage starts with Hogan and Flair fighting in a corner as Sid watches. The doctored clip also starts with a voiceover from Vince McMahon.
@@chrishh5777 That's great, thanks for letting me know your thoughts. As I wrote previously, there are different versions of several WWF Coliseum VHS tapes that have been released over the years. Some with slight almost pointless changes such as promos being removed or just being placed in a slightly different order. Some tapes were only released in their dozens as they were used for some giveaways or write in competitions and some had a completely different show to what was displayed on the box and sticker on the VHS tape itself.
My only complaint was not playing the Heenan commentary when Flair low blowed Taker.
Gorilla: "Did you see that?"
Bobby: "Yeah, Flair tried to lift the Undertaker!"
Starting the show from minute one and simply blown away. First there's the pure nostalgia. But most importantly the presentation. The Orient Express and The New Foundation come with no iota of fanfare and it still hits me harder than most of the modern entrance routines. And the brillian lce of Heenan and Monsoon to say exactly what needs to be said--no need for breathlessly ineloquent embellishment. Simple lines pack so much more weight.
For the record, I am from Albany New York. This was the 1st Wrestling event I ever attended. I was with my late grandfather. I was 5 yrs old.
The 1992 Royal Rumble is truly a masterpiece. The storytelling, the legendary star power, the high stakes of the match, the finish, Heenan and Gorilla at their best on commentary, it was a perfect storm that made this one of my favorite wrestling PPVs ever. Unfortunately, this event, Wrestlemania 8 and Summerslam 1992 were the last chapters of WWF’s Golden Era. The big names had moved on, the younger guys like Bret and Shawn weren’t quite there yet as for as being big draws, and the WWF wouldn’t fully recover their popularity until late 1997 with the rise of Steve Austin.
Well said, 100% agree. 1992 was definitely the end of the golden era. By the time Survivor Series rolled around it felt like a smaller, weaker promotion. This Rumble was so great, also one of my favorite all time ppv’s. It had everything. The only thing missing on this was a good Bret Hart match or appearance.
IMO, still the most memorable and greatest Rumble match. Flair's first and finest WWF moment, the incredible starpower from so many different territories, the hilarious banter between Monsoon and Heenan esp every time Flair looked in trouble. What a pick for the watch-along! Thanks, guys! 👍
Loved it when Sensation Sherri made her entrance and Bobby went "Whoa look at them!"
Sherri looked absolutely stunning! Head to toe, but that dress had her tits sitting so pretty and perfect. I loved Sherri. I always loved seeing her doing anything. Remarkable woman with so much talent, charisma, humor, fire, beauty, and love for the business. ❤
This is the greatest wrestling ever, please do this again. Also, the post match interview is classic.
Love Flair's post match promo!
I saw this at a friends house and no one was going for Flair except for me.
In the end they all had to pay homage to the Man!
The greatest Royal Rumble ever for all of us fans who grew up in that era! It had it all!
To this day, this is still my favorite Rumble. My parents let me rent it for my birthday and it's a classic from Flairs performance to Heenan losing his mind throughout the entire broadcast
Man, this was great. I hope they go back to doing more watch-alongs.
I rewatched this last night along with you guys! And yes, this is the most stacked, full of superstars Royal Rumble EVER! Every single participant is either in the hall of fame or very close to! Enjoyed much more listening to Jim break it down! 👏🏼👏🏼
I rewatched it as well previous week. such a great & smooth Rumble, easy to digest.
This is not even close to be the most stacked rumble you're just delusionnal half of the wrestlers in this rumble were jobbers, go watch the royal rumble 2001
This was the last big goodbye of the Hogan/Flair glory era. Almost every big name of that period was in this match. This felt like one big celebration of the 80’s boom period. Watching this royal rumble match just made me realize how good things used to be back there and how much we took it for granted.
I wouldn't say that, their WCW match when they booked it the first time was great, it'll be the only match they have in WCW that was great.
The greatest Royal Rumble match ever. The booking, the talent, the commentary by Heenan and Monsoon, the fact that wrestling was still big at the time, Flair being fresh in the WWF but also with a big reputation, and the fact that the Royal Rumble format was familiar enough that we all knew how it worked (except Randy Savage! :P) yet unfamiliar enough that a lot of Royal Rumble booking was still new and unpredictable.
More than any other period, 1992 WWF and WCW was what got me into wrestling. The Ultimate Warrior, Bret Hart, Sting, The British Bulldog, Randy Savage, and the Legion of Doom were my favourites as a kid, while I really viscerally despised Ric Flair, Sid Justice/Vicious, Shawn Michaels, and Mr. Perfect (basically, blond heels!) so they were doing their job perfectly too. I thought that Jake Roberts and Arn Anderson were evil but cool.
Arn was a badass... but I never liked him as a kid because he was a territory type wrestler... he had no gimmick that us 80's kids grown to love...
Crazy listening to Cornette about the territories etc... I started watching in the mid 80's as a kid so I only knew wrestling as the gimmicked up cartoon, only WWF... crazy to think of the wild change from 1979-1989... it'd be like the difference in the movies Stand By Me and turning into SandLot.
Those Perfect-Flair promos in late 91 leading to WM8 are so much fun.
Too bad Brian wasn't there in person to see how loudly booed Hogan was at the end. The genuine look of shock at the crowd reaction that you never got to see except in person on the faces of Heenan and Monsoon was priceless
I love how Sid keeps pointing it out and asking him, "Where your Hulkamaniacs?" Such a great babyface.
Just imagine if they had the balls to do a Bret Hart-Steve Austin like turn with Sid taking on the antihero role. Would’ve made for a much more interested next few years.
@@popculturethepursuitofhapp6073 They had the right mentality before the paper, & whether that Sid elimination was shoot or worked, Hogan came out of that looking real bad. Then they made Sid a "Crybaby Heel" & got Sid even more over than Hogan making all the right points.
Greatest Rumble of all time, greatest night of commentary of all time.
Zero surprise entrants as well, if I remember right the six weeks before the Rumble 5 entrants were announced per week on Superstars.
From Survivor Series 1991 to this to Mania 8, the shows that made the 11 year old Brit a lifetime fan
Keep up the great work gents!
I think they also named every participant in the Rumble at the beginning of the show as well.
This is my favorite Rumble ever by far. I was 15 or so and I saved up money to order on pay per view. I was a huge fan of Ric Flair. I had gotten to know him by renting old tapes of pay per views at my local video store and reading Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Watched those matches with Dusty and Sting and many more. I remember seeing him in the WWF and it being so surreal because it was such a different environment. I wanted him to win so bad. Then he drew #3 and I just thought well there goes that. Monsoon and Heenan were perfect and they completely played into that and sold that idea. No way was he going to win. And then he did and it blew my young mind lol. It was perfect and that promo Flair did after with Heenan and Mr. Perfect was fantastic. The whole thing was just great start to finish. I recorded it on VHS tape and went back and watched it many times.
Oh I'm very excited for this. Heenan was just astounding as well.
I always felt that the 90 Rumble was a very close second to the 92 one. Similar vibe. Everyone was a superstar.
This was awesome! Jim's perspective and knowledge made the match greater than it was. He should do a watch-along for every pay-for-view event ever held.
I'm pretty happy that Brian and Jim did this review. It's one of those that really deserves a good review from Jim since he knew a lot of the participants and can provide keen insights that a lot of us wouldn't have caught at that time. Like Brian, this is probably my favorite Rumble for both the participants and especially Heenan's commentary. Sometimes, I'll put this on just listen to Bobby since he cracks me up hard a lot in this, his overdramatization of selling basically Ric Flair's point of view through his own "special" interest, putting over all the people and their unique abilities to give each person a sense of danger to Flair, etc.
For Flair, it's one of the most memorable nights for a single performance. I think one of the cool things about the Rumble 92 is the sheer variety of people Flair got to work with if only for a few moments. Lot of crossover moments as Jim/Brian pointed out regarding the different territory people getting a chance to work with each other again. This really was the ultimate ensemble cast of prominent people in wrestling at this time and probably represented the peak of the WWF in terms of having all the top names in the industry. I don't think in terms of sheer overall star power, the WWF has come close to what was presented that night.
There were some odd choices in the Rumble that I never understood. Like Ted DiBiase coming out early getting eliminated quickly. Or the Warlord being the last guy. I know Bobby tried to sell the Warlord's spot being a wild card or that he could be a major player but after seeing the rest of the people before him, it was a bit deflating.
And as far as the Hogan haters seeing redemption for Hogan's situation, I think he was just getting more annoying year after year. I think it really started when Savage lost the feud to Hogan over the title just because you could feel some sympathy for what happened to Savage in that situation. But it made Hogan look like a self-righteous prick. Then there was the stupid Desert Storm garbage with Hogan and Slaughter that just happened before and that whole thing turned the WWF (for me at least) into some jingoistic platform with Vince trying to suck up to Reaganite values in using a situation no one wanted to be a part of at that time. Also, I have a sneaky feeling a lot of us kids growing up in the 80s with their GI Joe figures liked Slaughter better than Hogan and Hogan's act was pretty stale by that point. And though he wasn't old compared to other performers these days still going at it, Hogan felt old to a lot of my friends. Probably, the bald spot (that Roddy had been pointing out for years) didn't help. But Hogan just didn't have a good look.
Then when Sid threw Hogan over and Hogan started to complain, it was phony baloney. Even if Sid's work wasn't the best, he pretty much felt like the natural guy to hand the ball over to from Hogan. Heck, I remember one of those PWI magazines kayfabing that idea. But Sid was slightly bigger than Hogan, younger, seemed more athletic, his physique was far more impressive and he had a killer finisher compared to that lame leg drop.
At the end of the Rumble, it never occurred to me until years after how it still was made to be about Hogan. Flair got a post-Rumble interview in and that was great but Flair really deserved that moment in the ring for his performance. So that probably was even more frustrating, especially for Flair fans who wanted to see him get his comeuppance after being screwed by Herd.
Should’ve played the interview afterwards when flair gets the title, absolute classic.
This is my favorite Flair match. Pure entertainment
I love how as a Heel, he keeps attacking heels like Shawn Michaels, Barbarian, & Haku.
My absolute favorite RR and really the best from the announcing, names in the ring, and epic Flair promo at the end.
Tear in my eye!
I've said this from the jump: This was the greatest Rumble Ever! Nothing will ever surpass it!
I can't even think of a better Rumble.
Seen better
@@Radentstwo Like?
@@TriplomatX 2006 Rumble that would be. 1989 Rumble is the best one from the Hogan era.
@@Radentstwo 89, I heard about but nothing came from Studd winning. 06 Rumble was a nice memorial for Eddie, but even 08 was a better Rumble with better storytelling than Rey having the greatest moment of his career.
"Only one foot touched the ground"
- that's mean..
It's never a dull moment with these two, and the laughs keep on coming!! 🤣
I had to google it
I am an idiot, take me a minute to get it. Lol
I never understood why they didn’t just flip Hogan and Sid’s roles in the finish. If Hogan legally eliminated Sid and Sid interfered with Hogan, it wouldn’t have undermined each man’s face/heel status.
Agreed.
"WITH A TEAR IN MY EYE" If not my favorite top 3 favorite moments in Rumble history.
This watch-along made my day and week. Thank you Jim and Brian.
I've seen this match so many times that I didn't need to watch along with the reference material to know what was going on. Brain is so good
Was this the "put that cigarette out!" From Mean Gene?
Crazy to see that there has been a time, when the crowd didn´t do the "Woooo..." when someone hit a chop. Especially when it´s the Nature Boy himself doing it.
He was only over to wrestling fans then.
He's an iconic personality everywhere now.
Almost as crazy as the 97 rumble when the glass broke and the crowd didn’t go nuts
Hands down my favorite Royal Rumble match of all time was this match. The star power and stories going into this match were some of the best, if not, the best. Also, the match from 2001 is close, but not close enough to being the best.
Nobody's mentioned this, Savage eliminating himself just to get re-eliminated. lol
To me 2001 is the best one
Cornette watching my favorite Rumble ever? This is my new favorite video ever on RUclips - thank you Corny!
Agreed
Been waiting on a new watch along, my fav stuff you guys do!
My hole!
Holy shit, that Kerry foot comment 😂
Heenan when he saw Sherri "WHOOA TAKE A LOOK AT THEM!"
That Kerry Von Erich comment made me spit up my water.
Also the 1992 commentary on Virgil being ready and Hungry has aged like a fine wine.
Heenan was GOLD on commentary. He was so paranoid and bent out of shape it was great.
Flair was brilliant. This is the best Rumble performance ever. Better than Rey or Benoit. HBK's 1995 win was when wrestlers came out every 30 seconds and the match itself was like 35 minutes.
We'll never see Star Power like that again in one Rumble. The list of Main Eventers, legends from the Territories which weren't too long ago for some of these guys.
Ric Flair’s performance in this Rumble was legendary. Flair truly was the 60 Minute Man. This Rumble was amazing.
For those who didn't know, the '92 Rumble match is free on RUclips so you can watchalong even if you don't have the network or the cock. ruclips.net/video/-XPi2RKYPX0/видео.html
It drops out of sync somehow around the time Sgt Slaughter enters the match, I don't know why unless WWE cut something on on RUclips but not on the streaming services. But it's easy enough to sync it up again.
Brian Last mentioned this on the latest Experience. They cut Hogan choking Undertaker with a T-shirt which is why it drops out of sync.
@@robfinlay8058I'm so glad you've mentioned this, as I just came to the jump and wondered what had happened. Seems so daft to cut that, with the amount of crazy stuff they've shown over the years.
Epic Royal Rumble. Unpredictable ending with Flair winning but I loved it! #memories
I was there in person. Blizzard that day and we missed some of the undercard. I was told by friends afterward that they couldn't get it on PPV because of the blizzard. The next day my buddies and I went to high school the next day and that's all we talked about with our other friends that didn't get to watch it.
Being there in person, the video doesn't do it justice as to how ferociously Hogan was booed at the end.
My pick for greatest Rumble ever. The men in this match and Flair's performance were amazing. Heenan was amazing. No Rumble compares
I miss Rumbles like this. Notice that NO ONE is laying around or sitting in the corner. In the Rumble's now, everyone's dead in the corner for minutes or holding someone in the corner until the next entrant is in the ring. Once the new entrant enters, a few people feed themselves to them, so they can get their spots in.
I still find it hard to believe that Kerry Von Erich had only 1 foot during this time,i never ever would of guessed.. And this Rumble, the 92 Rumble, brillaint, loved it.
He had one foot since 1986 bro. Probably didnt help with the pill issues he had.
When you hear about and look back in time, you can see it in his moves, but he carried himself well during the Rumble, & people made sure not to put too much pressure on the leg.
@@TriplomatX People often say Kerry couldn't move fast because of the prosthetic foot. I keep telling people, go look at his entrance at the 91 Rumble. Kerry was tearing ass down the aisle.
The look on Flair's face when Roddy Piper came through the curtain. And then when Roddy entered the ring, Flair is begging for mercy while Roddy spins around with a great facial reaction, sprints to Flair, leaps on top of him and just starts pounding away.
This is the kind of match you show your family and friends if they ever ask you why like professional wrestling.
"And there goes Kerry! But only one foot touched the ground so he's still in"!
Never forget the crowd reaction for Sid .!.!.!.!.!
One of my favorite Rumbles ever and I too have this on VHS, hasnt been one year where I dont put this into my VCR and watch it. Sid Justice throwing Slaughter at 300mph to the corner and him flying out was one of my favorite memories.
Best Rumble Ever! Thank you Corny and Brian! We need more watch a longs from the old school 80’s and 90’s!
This was all Bobby and Flair. It shows how important commentators to wrestling
Bobby Heenen made that Rumble extra entertaining
Season 5 of the Royal Rumble is my favorite.
Flush yourself
Yea. However only episode 1 is worth watching IMO😅
Man this really takes me back. RIP Gorilla and Bobby.
Just when I was thinking Jim and Brian haven’t done a watch along in a while. Then I’m gifted with this.
Good Lord, the devil himself must have whispered that Von Erich foot joke into Jim's ear
Jack Tunney, best president since Noriega
Haha
"On The Take" Tunney lol
There is nothing better then cornys watch alongs. Getting to hang out and watch some old time wrestling with jc and Brian brings such joy to my heart
This Rumble was like a “Flair! THIS! IS YOUR LIFE!!” Rumble flair n friends like this was his professional send off party Vince threw for him 😅
This was so fun. We need more of these
You know what always cracks me up about the Royal Rumble? They make such a big deal about who's picked number one but they don't talk about number two. What's the difference? Ones got nobody to fight until two comes in do they? It's the same thing.
Technically number two has it even tougher as they could get jumped / cheap shotted by number one.
The '92 Rumble match is actually available on WWE's RUclips channel. Brian's countdown lines up with ~1:07 into that video. ruclips.net/video/-XPi2RKYPX0/видео.html
Perfect!
1:06:35 that excitement for the Sgt. Slaughter bump. That's a wrestling fan right there.
Letting us here a quick sound clip GREATLY helped sync the times, thank you Captain Last
I think Skinnner's whole gimmick was mostly to act as a foil to Ricky Steamboat who was being billed as just "The Dragon". They got a guy running around breathing fire in a lizard costume, so let's bring in an alligator hunter to cut promos and start a feud! At this point I think Steamboat said "fuck this!!!" went back to WCW and tore it up with guys like Rick Rude, Steve Austin, Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton.
"but only 1 foot touched the ground. Kerry should still be involved"
literally spit coffee and started choking
I don't get it
@@oceanshrugs9235 Kerry Von Erich was missing pat of his foot
by the rules 'both feet must touch the ground'
@@LoPhatKao oh ty for telling me
"Kerry - only one foot touch the ground..."
Damn, that's a nice one from Corny.
Bobby Heenan's and Gorilla Monsoon's commentating contribution to this Royal Rumble was just the greatest commentary in the history of wrestling here.
The way Bpbby Heenan sold it that he had a lot of money riding on Flair from beginning to end was classic. How Heenan said "I can't be unbiased here!".
The way that Monsoon rubbed it in early on to Heenan that there was no way that Flair could win starting so early in the match.
The way that Heenan acted like he was going to lose his mind every time Flair got into trouble and the way that Monsoon rubbed it in every time Flair got into trouble was hillarious and just added so much to what you saw in the ring as it happened.
When Flair finally won it the way Heenan rubbed salt into the wound for Gorilla Monsoon was classic. The way Heenan acted like he had just won the lottery when Flair finally won was classic! Never was the commentary better for a professional wrestling match in history. God bless both Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan... the best commentary team in the history of wrestling and this Royal Rumble proves why!
Heenan: Jack "on the take" Tunney...lol "Been the best President since Noriega"
Anyone notice how small Taker looks compared to later years? WWF really was the land of the giants because he towered over most of the talent a decade later.
Jake the Snake was so damn good and so underrated.
When they talk about Jake doing Crack, it really showed in this match, lazy as hell, but worked it into his gimmick.
@@TriplomatX You know crack has the opposite effect of making someone lazy, right? Lol
@@scottcoval7547 Not the right amount of smoke. It can be as equivalent to freebasing coke if smoking the right amount of crack. Even Davey Boy was smoking crack in throughout his early days in WWF & moved like he was clean.
We need many more Royal Rumble watch alongs even if they take a while
"With a tear in my eye!....", and my eye too.....
I synced this up with the rumble on peacock. It was a treat!
Great insight commentary and gold moments 👌
Roddy and Flair had a one-on-one match of their own during that rumble, and it was great.
They also had a great match at MSG around this time
Still remember the Hulk Who? Sign a guy had the Sid pointed to at the end
1992 Royal Rumble is the greatest one of all time.
1:07:55
That's 100% accurate. Austin's mudhole stomps & punches after the Lou thesz press were extremely weak yet nobody ever mentioned it and they'd both get massive pops everytime he'd do them. Fans will give tons of leeway to someone who's over.
The first and only WWF PPV I attended live. Man, did I pick the right one!
Even when I was 10 years old, I found it embarrassing that Hogan, the all-American baby face hero always threw a temper tantrum when he lost. Even when he lost fair.
Barry Darsow said in a shoot interview that he purposefully lost a ton of weight to portray Repo Man so people wouldn't recognise him so easily. He dropped to about 250lbs, which speaks to how big he was before.
The story I had always heard was that the fans were cheering more for Flair and booing Hogan on the house shows so they didn't go with Flair vs Hogan out of fear that the fans would boo Hogan at Wrestlemania.
Exactly
Looking back to January ‘92 I don’t think anybody thought Savage would have won the title a few months later at WrestleMania VIII.
Now this is a pleasant surprise. I'm going to enjoy this.
The other thing that hurt the Flair-Hogan program was the terrible, terrible handling of the WWF championship which had made Hulk's stock drop with the fans. Before March/April of 1992, Hulk had 1.) won the championship from Slaughter, 2.) lost the championship from Taker, 2.) won it BACK from Taker, and then 3.) the championship was stripped from him by Jack Tunney. You can't make your champion look weak against a literal monster and then build up a program against some 'normal' looking person like Flair. Bruce never acknowledges the terrible handling of Hulk, Hulk's general boringness in 1991, or the terrible championship swapping decisions. That's why Hulk and Flair didn't draw. They ruined Hulk, Hulk was bored, ruined the championship, and didn't build up Flair correctly.
“Someone get this fucking Warlord off me he’s too stiff” lol