Ranking EVERY WWE Royal Rumble Match - From Worst To Best

36. 1993

Royal Rumble 1993 Yokozuna Randy Savage
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It almost feels dirty to put the 1993 Rumble so low, but even the highest of highs sprinkled throughout the mid-section can't paper over cracks elsewhere in the match. Mr. Perfect throwing Ric Flair out before their Loser Leaves Town clash on Raw is worth seeing, and so is Randy Savage nonsensically losing his bearings by trying to pin Yokozuna right at the end.

Some will squeeze value from Giant Gonzalez debuting to eliminate the Undertaker, but that's pushing it from a quality standpoint. Too much of this Rumble was just like Gonzalez - it lumbered along slowly, and seemed more obsessed with portraying Bob Backlund as a revived babyface hero for a new generation (ahem).

That'd come in handy later on, in fairness.

Flair, Savage, Yoko, Perfect, and 'Taker make up the star power hopefuls in this scrap, but they don't have much backup. Duff choices like Carlos Colón, Damien Demento, Skinner, Koko B. Ware, and Max Moon do little to inspire the match to rise above mediocrity.

Retro enthusiasts will cherish this show as a whole, but the Rumble itself? Hmm, it wasn't one of the best.

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