Royal Rumble 1992: 5 Reasons Why It’s The Greatest Royal Rumble Match Ever

1) Fair to Flair

Ric Flair was in the 1992 Royal Rumble for over an hour

To quote the legendary Bobby “The Brain” Heenan, you’ve gotta be fair to Flair.

Throughout the one hour and two seconds he was in the 1992 Royal Rumble match, The Nature Boy proved why he is one of the most effective performers that the professional wrestling business has ever seen.

From the moment he entered the match at the #3 mark to the moment he tossed out Sid Justice to win the Rumble and become the new WWF Champion, Ric Flair had the Albany, New York audience in the palm of his hand. Love him or hate him, Flair made you care about each and every single thing he did during this most famous of Royal Rumble matches.

Interwoven with the story of Ric Flair winning the Rumble, of course, there were plentiful smaller plot points dotted throughout the match for Naitch. For example, Roddy Piper making a beeline for his longtime rival as soon as Hot Rod came out at #15. Then there was the moments where we saw Flair battling the likes of Kerry Von Erich, Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan and Sid Justice; all names that he had prior beef with or, in Savage’s case, with whom he was about to feud with leading towards WrestleMania VIII.

Throw in Heenan’s commentary masterclass, add in a sprinkle of Mr. Perfect at Flair’s side before and after the match, and then mix in the post-Rumble promo from Flair and his cronies, and you have arguably the most memorable Royal Rumble performance of all-time.