Royal Rumble 1993 Royal Rumble 1993 was the sixth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay - per - view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) . It took place on January 24 , 1993 at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento , California . The main event was a Royal Rumble match , a battle royal in which two wrestlers started the match in the ring ; every two minutes , another wrestler joined . In total , thirty wrestlers competed to eliminate their competitors by throwing them over the top rope of the wrestling ring onto the arena floor . Yokozuna won the match and was awarded a match for the WWF Championship at WrestleMania IX . Bret Hart also retained his WWF Championship against Razor Ramon , and Shawn Michaels successfully defended his WWF Intercontinental Championship against Marty Jannetty . Reviews of the event have been mixed . Critics enjoyed the WWF Championship and WWF Intercontinental Championship matches . The Royal Rumble match , however , has been described as boring and too full of wrestlers with little chance of winning . The WWF debut of Giant Gonzalez , who appeared at the event to attack The Undertaker , has also been criticized as an unnecessary distraction . Event . Five matches with pre - determined results were shown on the pay - per - view telecast . In addition , Doink the Clown defeated Jim Powers by submission in an untelevised dark match before the event . In the first match shown as part of the broadcast , the Steiner Brothers ( Rick and Scott ) faced the Beverly Brothers ( Beau and Blake ) . Scott gained the early advantage over Beau , both both men quickly tagged in their partners . Rick performed a body slam on Blake and then tagged Scott back in , who threw Blake with a belly to belly suplex . The Beverlys regained the advantage and took turns attacking Scott ' s back . Blake performed a Boston crab hold to put more pressure on Scott ' s back and attempt to force him to submit . Scott escaped the hold and threw Blake to the mat by performing a Tiger driver . The Steiners capitalized on their advantage by keeping Blake in the ring and unable to tag his partner . Scott won the match for his team by pinning Blake after executing a Frankensteiner . In the next match , Sensational Sherri stood at ringside as Shawn Michaels defended his Intercontinental Championship against Marty Jannetty . She did not reveal her allegiance to either man . Jannetty gained the early advantage , knocking Michaels out of the ring and diving onto him through the ropes . He then attacked Michaels by jumping off the top rope , but Michaels countering this move by hitting him on the way down . Michaels hit Jannetty ' s shoulder against the ring post and focused on wearing down the shoulder once both men had re - entered the ring . Michaels missed an attack from the top rope , which allowed Jannetty to punch him repeatedly . Michaels recovered and threw Jannetty out of the ring , but Jannetty then suplex ed Michaels over the rope and onto the arena floor . Sherri turned on Michaels by slapping him in the face , and Jannetty threw Michaels back into the ring with a belly - to - back suplex . Jannetty performed a powerslam and a DDT on Michaels . Michaels attempted to punch Jannetty but knocked the referee unconscious instead . Sherri came into the ring and tried to hit Michaels with her shoe . Michaels moved out of the way , and Sherri hit Jannetty instead . When the referee recovered , Michaels performed a superkick on Jannetty and pinned him to retain the championship . The third televised match featured the Big Boss Man facing Bam Bam Bigelow . Bigelow attacked Boss Man before the match and controlled the match ' s beginning by using power moves to wear Boss Man down . Boss Man performed two clotheslines on Bigelow to gain the advantage . Bigelow responded by throwing Boss Man with a belly to back suplex , and then threw him out of the ring . He wore Boss Man down with a bear hug . Boss Man briefly regained the advantage by suplexing Bigelow but eventually tried to run at Bigelow to crush him in the corner of the ring . As Boss Man approached , Bigelow kicked him in the face and followed this up by performing a diving headbutt from the top rope to win the match by pinfall . The next match was for the WWF Championship , as Bret Hart defended the title against Razor Ramon . Ramon got the early advantage by punching Hart repeatedly but accidentally hit his knee against a turnbuckle while running at Hart . Hart applied a figure - four leglock to apply pressure to Ramon ' s knee . Ramon escaped the hold and threw Hart against a ring post ; he capitalized on this advantage by attacking Hart ' s back . Ramon threw Hart with a fallaway slam and applied a bear hug . Hart escaped the hold by biting Ramon . He threw Ramon out of the ring and performed several of his signature moves , including a Russian legsweep and an elbow drop from the second rope . Hart applied the Sharpshooter , his signature hold , but Ramon grabbed the ropes , which forced the referee to instruct Hart to break the hold . Hart threw Ramon with a belly - to - back suplex , but Ramon responded by attempting to perform the Razor ' s Edge , his signature move . Hart reversed this into an unsuccessful pin attempt . With both men exhausted , Hart applied the Sharpshooter and won the match by forcing Ramon to submit . Before the final match , Bobby Heenan , a manager and commentator , unveiled his newest wrestler , " The Narcissist " Lex Luger . Heenan pointed out Luger ' s muscles and announced that Luger would carry on Heenan ' s rivalry with Mr . Perfect . The main event of the broadcast , the Royal Rumble match , came next . For the first time , a stipulation was added that the winner of the match would receive a match for the WWF Championship at that year ' s WrestleMania ( a provision that has remained since ) . The match began with two former WWF Champions , as Ric Flair and Bob Backlund entered the ring first . Every two minutes , one of the remaining twenty - eight contestants entered the match according to the number they drew prior to the event . Papa Shango was the third wrestler to enter but was thrown over the top rope and onto the arena floor by Ric Flair , causing Shango to be eliminated . Virgil entered sixth and immediately attacked Ted DiBiase because of their long - standing grudge . When Mr . Perfect entered in the number ten spot , he and Flair fought each other until Perfect eliminated Flair by performing a clothesline to knock Flair onto the floor . Virgil was eliminated by The Berzerker , while Perfect was thrown out of the ring by Jerry Lawler , Koko B . Ware , and Ted DiBiase . The Undertaker was the fifteenth wrestler to enter ; Harvey Wippleman soon appeared , accompanying a large man ( who was later revealed to be Giant Gonzalez , billed at eight feet tall ) . Gonzalez attacked The Undertaker and threw him out of the ring ; as a result , The Undertaker was eliminated from the match . Several referees tried to get Gonzalez to return to the locker room ; he eventually left , and Paul Bearer , The Undertaker ' s manager , came to the ring . He helped The Undertaker revive , and The Undertaker returned to the locker room to find Gonzalez . Several minutes later , Typhoon entered the match , followed shortly by his tag team partner in The Natural Disasters , Earthquake . Earthquake immediately targeted Typhoon and eliminated him from the match . Earthquake tried to console his partner , who ignored him and left ringside . Later , Tito Santana and Rick Martel were in the ring at the same time ; they fought each other immediately as a result of their five year - old feud . Yokozuna , weighing over 500 pounds ( 227 kilograms ) , entered in the number twenty - seven spot ; at one point , almost every wrestler worked together in an attempt to eliminate him , but they were unable to lift him . Former WWF Champion Randy Savage was the last wrestler to enter the match . The wrestlers fought and several men were eliminated in quick succession , leaving Backlund , Martel , Yokozuna , and Savage . Backlund eliminated Martel but was then eliminated by Yokozuna . Backlund was in the ring for one hour , one minute , and ten seconds , which set a new record for time spent in a Royal Rumble match . Savage gained the advantage over Yokozuna ; he knocked him down and performed a diving elbow drop from the top rope . He tried to pin Yokozuna , although pinfalls are not counted during a Royal Rumble . Yokozuna pushed Savage off of him so hard that Savage flew over the top rope and onto the arena floor . As a result , Yokozuna was named the winner of the 1993 Royal Rumble match . During the match , he eliminated seven wrestlers , which broke the previous record for most eliminations in a Royal Rumble match . Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations . A new entrant came out approximately every 2 minutes .