10 Things You Didn't Know About WWE In 1993

9. The Curious Royal Rumble Poster

Hulk Hogan Vince McMahon WWF Raw 1993
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Speaking of turnover.

January's Rumble had plenty of that before the pay-per-view even aired. A quick glance at the original poster shows just how much things changed between November-bell time. Take a gander at some of the mugs above. See anything strange?

The Ultimate Warrior, British Bulldog and Nailz are all featured on there, but all three had been fired by McMahon long before the Rumble happened. Warrior and Davey Boy Smith were sent packing over human growth hormone packages, and Nailz was canned for attacking Vince over his SummerSlam payoff.

Other absentees included Crush (who was selling kayfabe injuries following an attack from Doink The Clown) and Kamala (who was mysteriously absent but likely selling erm..."death" after his casket match loss to The Undertaker at Survivor Series '92).

Gorilla Monsoon did mention Kamala when Giant González ambled to the ring mid-Rumble, but that was about it for the originally-scheduled poster boy lot. "Card subject to change", and all that.

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