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Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Bret Hart | ... | Bret 'The Hitman' Hart | |
Scott Hall | ... | Razor Ramon | |
Shawn Michaels | ... | Shawn Michaels | |
Marty Jannetty | ... | Marty Jannetty | |
Rick Steiner | ... | Rick Steiner | |
Scott Steiner | ... | Scott Steiner | |
Mike Enos | ... | Blake Beverly | |
Wayne Bloom | ... | Beau Beverly | |
Bam Bam Bigelow | ... | Bam Bam Bigelow | |
Ray Traylor | ... | The Big Boss Man | |
Ric Flair | ... | Ric Flair | |
Bob Backlund | ... | Bob Backlund | |
Charles Wright | ... | Papa Shango | |
Ted DiBiase | ... | 'The Million Dollar Man' Ted DiBiase | |
Brian Yandrisovitz | ... | Brian Knobbs |
The sixth annual Royal Rumble battle royal, with the winner being awarded a WWF Title shot at WrestleMania IX, WWF Title: Bret Hart vs. Razor Ramon, WWF Intercontinental Title: Shawn Michaels vs. Marty Jannety, The Steiner Brothers vs. The Beverly Brothers, The Big Boss Man vs. Bam Bam Bigelow Written by Anonymous
For perhaps the first time in WWF history, the 1993 edition of the Royal Rumble managed to create individual matches in the event (in this case Michaels/Janetty and Hart/Ramon) that overshadowed the Rumble itself. Unfortunately, this was only because the Rumble was so weak in and of itself.
Basically, besides a few guys (Ted DiBiase, Randy Savage, Undertaker) that were still likable (although most of those were even past their respective primes), the entire "main event" consisted of nothing but "jobbers" (wrestle-speak for placeholders in between stars) and big fat guys (always go over better than shrimps). It wasn't anything like years past, where every other guy would elicit a huge reaction (one way or another) from the crowd.
Plus, although commentator Gorilla Monsoon is always excellent, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan again will make you want to watch the whole tape on "mute", which really takes away a lot of the fun (at least it would have in the Jesse "The Body" Ventura years).
Overall, this is a very "skippable" event in your quest through the RR series. It serves its purpose to advance the story lines into Wrestlemania and even puts together a few good stand-alone matches, but the main event is utterly boring.