1992 Royal Rumble The Royal Rumble was the fifth annual pay-per-view (PPV) professional wrestling event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on January 19, 1992 at the Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, New York. The focus was on the Royal Rumble match, a modified battle royal match in which all participants enter the ring at set intervals rather than at the same time.
During the event, 6 matches were played, including a black match. The main event was the 1992 Royal Rumble, with the winner winning the WWF World Heavyweight Championship in December 1991. Ric Flair started at #3, Sid Justice at #29, and The Undertaker and Hulk started. Hogan finished 20th and 26th respectively. Other notable matches on the Natural Disaster card (Earthquake and Typhoon) pitted reigning champions The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Beast) and The Beverly Brothers (Blake Beverly and Bo Beverly) for the WWF Tag Team Championship. A match between The Bushwhackers (Bushwhacker Luke and Bushwhacker Butch) and Roddy Piper taking on The Mountie, the current WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion.
The Royal Rumble is an annual pay-per-view event held each January by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) since 1988. It is one of the promotion's four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania. SummerSlam and Survivor Series were called the Big Four.] The name was taken from the Royal Rumble match, where competitors entered the ring at set intervals rather than at the same time.
The 1992 event was the fifth event on the Royal Rumble schedule and was scheduled to take place on January 19, 1992 at the Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, New York. A Royal Rumble match usually features 30 wrestlers. Prizes were not awarded to the winners of the contest until 1992. However, when the WWF World Heavyweight Championship became vacant, the vacant title became Royal Rumble 1992. The second was held during the 2016 event.
