• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • About
  • Baseball ’19
  • Day Zero 3
  • Earl
  • My list
  • Photo Blogging Challenge

A 'lil HooHaa

Messing with the blogging world since 2005

wwe royal rumble

Looking back: 1992 Royal Rumble

February 5, 2016

A couple of weekends ago, the WWE held its annual Royal Rumble event. For many years, this was one of my favorite events to see. I’ve been to it live three times, including 2014-2015. The first time I went, though, was in 1992.

Though the way things have been done recently have made my interest start to falter, I still like to watch some old things and an occasional independent show (though I will be attending fewer of those with the closing of 2CW). Recently, on the way to and from work one day, I was listening to Ric Flair’s podcast and he was talking about the 1992 Royal Rumble.

Flair and his co-host Conrad Thompson were watching the Rumble and talking about it as it happened – well, watching via the WWE Network. Unfortunately, I couldn’t put the Rumble on and watch along as I was driving, but just listening to the names and such made me realize how awesome that event was.

Four of us went to that event in 1992, held on a cold January night in Albany at the Knickerbocker Arena – or “The Knick.” Of course it’s no longer called that, but back then it was the spot. The place was jam packed and we had some really good seats. The four included me, my brother Pat, and two friends Pete and Jason.

Being there was pretty cool. I had been to wrestling events before, but never a pay-per-view. It was definitely a lot of fun.

Looking back, though, what a list of people who were involved.

Heck – just look at the undercard. Whether singles matches or tag team matches, such names as Owen Hart, Roddy Piper, Jacques Rougeau (as The Mountie), and the Legion of Doom (Road Warriors) were all involved.

As for the Rumble match? Wow. First, it was for the then-WWF (now WWE) championship.

Look at this who’s who of professional wrestling in that match (not all participants, but some of the biggest names):

  • The British Bulldog
  • Ted DiBiase
  • Ric Flair
  • Shawn Michaels
  • Tito Santana
  • The Texas Tornado (Kerry Von Erich)
  • Greg “The Hammer” Valentine
  • Roddy Piper
  • Jake “The Snake” Roberts
  • “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan
  • Irwin R. Schyster (Mike Rotunda, father of Bray Wyatt and Bo Dallas)
  • “Superfly” Jimmy Snuka
  • The Undertaker
  • “Macho Man” Randy Savage
  • Rick Martel
  • Hulk Hogan
  • Sgt. Slaughter

That’s quite a list of people.

The ending, of course, came as Hulk Hogan was eliminated by Sid Justice. Hogan then grabbed Sid’s arm long enough so Flair could come from behind and eliminate Justice to become the new WWF champion.

It’s kind of cool to look back at this card, though, and know I was there. Unfortunately, back then, there wasn’t any digital photography and I didn’t carry along a film camera, so I have no images from there. Either way, it’s neat to realize how many names were involved in this event and to try and remember everything that happened.

I remember the crowd going bonkers when Roddy Piper won the intercontinental title. It was really loud when people counted down from 10 on each entrant. I remember the place being packed and having a good time all around.

I’ll have to play it back on the WWE Network one of these days just to see if I can remember what it was like to be there that night. It was definitely different back then than how it is now.

Feel free to leave a comment, or e-mail P.J. at hoohaablog [at] gmail.com. Also, please “Like” HooHaa Blog on Facebook!

Filed Under: My world, Pro Wrestling Tagged With: 1992 royal rumble, not fair to flair, ric flair, royal rumble, wwe, wwe royal rumble, wwe royal rumble 1992, wwe rumble, wwf, wwf royal rumble

No Comments

Royal Rumble a fun time again

February 5, 2015

The Rumble from our seats.

The Rumble from our seats.

I think I need to stop going to the WWE Royal Rumble. Not really. But the weather never seems to agree with me going.

After all, it seems, whenever I go to it — at least the past two years — bad weather follows. First last year in Pittsburgh, then this year in Philadelphia.

Still, it was one heck of a blast.

Three of us took a trip to Philly (was supposed to be four, but the fourth couldn’t pull it off) for this year’s edition of the Royal Rumble, the “official” start for the road to Wrestlemania.

Ticket.

Ticket.

And the Royal Rumble is easily my favorite WWE event of the year. In fact, it was the first pay-per-view I ever saw in person (1992, Albany).

This year, the ride down was a little sketchy at times, but not too bad. The weather could have been way worse. It was VERY cold out. But we didn’t get hit with the snow storm they were calling for on Monday.

As for the Rumble, it was a fun event. We had solid seats. thanks in part to a connection I have. The same one I used last year, which was amazingly awesome.

Not only that, we got to see another wrestling show (Chikara), and ate at Geno’s, which is always a bonus. In the end, it was a fun weekend, the event was pretty solid, and it was enjoyable to get away for a night.

See a few photos below (all iPhone as I wasn’t supposed to bring my main camera in, though I think I could have pulled it off).

Thrown out of the Rumble!

Thrown out of the Rumble!

Rumble filling up!

Rumble filling up!

The Rock with the winner!

The Rock with the winner!

Blurred lights as Bray Wyatt comes out.

Blurred lights as Bray Wyatt comes out.

Three-way dance for the Championship!

Three-way dance for the Championship!

The former Brodie Lee (left), now Luke Harper, squares off with Buh Bug Ray Dudley.

The former Brodie Lee (left), now Luke Harper, squares off with Buh Bug Ray Dudley.

Feel free to leave a comment, or e-mail P.J. at hoohaablog@gmail.com. Also, please “Like” HooHaa Blog on Facebook!

Filed Under: My world, Pro Wrestling, Travel Tagged With: 2015 royal rumble, philadelphia, pro wrestling, royal rumble, wrestling, wwe, wwe royal rumble

2 Comments

Primary Sidebar

Welcome

Welcome to A 'lil HooHaa!

This is a personal website covering many topics! We host a monthly photo blogging challenge, and then every January hold a fun writing challenge.

Thank you for stopping by and hope this becomes a stop for you!

Connect

  • Facebook
  • Flickr
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Follow

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 874 other subscribers

Instagram

hoohaa29

Writer who loves images just as much as words! In search of perfectly poured pints of Guinness and great hot dogs. Find me on twitter @softball29.

Couldn’t resist stopping on the way to work too Couldn’t resist stopping on the way to work too quickly snap some photos of this scene. Hamden Covered Bridge. #bridge #coveredbridge #hamden #snow #winter #instagood #photooftheday #happy #picoftheday #fun #igers #bestoftheday #life #photo #iphonesia #igdaily #iphoneonly #love #beautiful #photography
A nice day to get out for a hike, grab a #geocache A nice day to get out for a hike, grab a #geocache and place a few. Felt good abs here’s hoping for a much better year!
Thought this wax seal came out pretty well! #waxse Thought this wax seal came out pretty well! #waxsealstamp #waxseal #waxseals #card #mail #snailmail
Load More... Follow on Instagram

Twitter

P.J.Follow

P.J.
Retweet on TwitterP.J. Retweeted
PhilliesPhiladelphia Phillies@Phillies·
17 Feb

Folks,,,,

🚨 We’ve got pitchers and catchers. 🚨

4
Reply on Twitter 1362083952836685832Retweet on Twitter 1362083952836685832571Like on Twitter 13620839528366858323677Twitter 1362083952836685832
softball29P.J.@softball29·
10 Feb

I wrote this about Sam Nader during a public celebration of his 100th birthday. I'm sure I'll have something more in the next day or so as well, but this covers a lot about my thoughts of this amazing man. RIP, Sam. You'll be missed.

https://hoohaa.com/?p=14292

Reply on Twitter 1359531517148614665Retweet on Twitter 1359531517148614665Like on Twitter 13595315171486146651Twitter 1359531517148614665
softball29P.J.@softball29·
1 Feb

New blog post: Photo Blogging Challenge (January 2021): Change and hope #photography #blogging #photoblogchal https://hoohaa.com/?p=15164

Reply on Twitter 1356265517120708613Retweet on Twitter 1356265517120708613Like on Twitter 1356265517120708613Twitter 1356265517120708613
Load More...

Archives

Categories

Calendar

February 2021
S M T W T F S
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28  
« Jan    

Search The Site

Site Information

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

A 'lil HooHaa © 2021 · Created By Coded Creative

Copyright © 2021 · Ava Mae on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in