WWE Royal Rumble winners: Where are they now? (1988-1999)

5. & 4. Royal Rumble 1994 - Bret "Hitman" Hart and Lex Luger

1993 and 1994 were a couple of weird years for the World Wrestling Federation, even outside of the Royal Rumble. Hulk Hogan had come back, won the WWF Championship in the dumbest way possible, lost it also in the dumbest way possible, and then left. So, we were back where we started, with Yokozuna WWF champion and Bret Hart seeking revenge.

Meanwhile, WWF's other top draw, Lex Luger, was still being groomed to be the second coming of Hulk Hogan - especially because Hogan made it clear he was done with pro wrestling. Lex would have a high profile world title match with Yokozuna at the 1993 SummerSlam, which he would win... by countout. So, despite the gigantic, put-him-on-your-shoulders celebration the babyfaces of WWF held for him afterwards, Luger wasn't the champ.

Flash forward. So, the 1994 Royal Rumble ended with Bret Hart and Lex Luger as the last two men in the ring and both of them - in a move that sill boggles the mind in the timing and precision is had to have taken - both eliminated each other at the same time.

And thus we have the first and only time two men were named winner of the Royal Rumble.

Well, there was a convoluted solution at WrestleMania X, which is way too long to get into right now, but it ended with Hart winning the title and Luger congratulating him.

Coincidentally enough, both Luger and Hart would end up in WCW together years after, and renew this rivarly, although by that point, nobody really cared.

Lex has been through a lot in the years since then, including a lot of personal and emotional trauma - way more than we need to go into now - but these days, he's working with WWE to bolster their wellness and nutrition programs and seems pretty at peace these days.

Bret Hart has also been through a lot following that Royal Rumble, but nowadays he's a two-time WWE Hall of Famer and seems to be enjoying retired life quite a bit.

Edited by Alex Turk