One of the most overused lines announcers love to repeat is that the Rumble is every man for himself. In the second Royal Rumble, the reigning WWF Tag Team Champions became the living embodiments of that phrase. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI5zeKe9SGE Drawing Nos. 1 and 2, Ax and Smash wasted no time in attacking each other, pounding away for the entire two-minute interval. Demolition ceased hostilities once No. 3, Andre the Giant, entered the ring, teaming up to try to stop their future rival. That simple showing taught fans right away that friendships could end (or at least temporarily halt) during the Rumble.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
