Royal Rumble 1994 Royal Rumble 1994 was the seventh annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay - per - view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) . It took place on January 22 , 1994 at the Providence Civic Center in Providence , Rhode Island . The main event was the Royal Rumble match , a Battle royal in which wrestlers enter the ring at regular intervals . Lex Luger and Bret Hart were named co - winners after they simultaneously eliminated each other . The undercard featured a Casket match for the WWF Championship , in which Yokozuna successfully defended the title against The Undertaker . In addition , The Quebecers beat Bret and Owen Hart to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship and Razor Ramon successfully defended his Intercontinental Championship . Background . The first televised match of the pay - per - view was supposed to be Ludvig Borga vs . Tatanka . The two were engaged in a feud that began prior to Survivor Series 1993 . Tatanka was undefeated in the WWF since his debut in 1991 . Borga ended this streak on the October 30 , 1993 edition of " WWF Superstars " ( taped on September 28 , 1993 ) , when he hit Tatanka with a steel chair while the referee was distracted . As a results of storyline injuries from this attack and the beating he suffered afterward at the hands of Borga and Yokozuna , Tatanka was forced to miss the main event match at Survivor Series . Although Tatanka defeated Borga by disqualification on the December 20 , 1993 edition of " Monday Night Raw " , the bitterness between the two remained . Borga suffered a legitimate ankle injury , however , and was replaced by Bam Bam Bigelow . Although the substitution took place shortly before the event , Bigelow and Tatanka also had a heated rivalry . In 1993 , Bigelow cut Tatanka ' s dyed red hair as an insult to his Lumbee heritage . The two faced each other as part of a six - man match at SummerSlam 1993 , but the feud continued even after Tatanka ' s team emerged victorious . Razor Ramon and Irwin R . Schyster ( I . R . S . ) began feuding prior to SummerSlam 1993 because of an angle in which Money Inc . ( Ted DiBiase and I . R . S . ) teased Ramon about losing to the 1 - 2 - 3 Kid , a newcomer to the WWF . Ramon and I . R . S . agreed to settle the feud at Royal Rumble 1994 with Ramon ' s Intercontinental Championship on the line . At Survivor Series 1993 , Owen Hart was eliminated from the “ Hart Brothers vs . Shawn Michaels and His Knights ” elimination match due to miscommunication within the Hart team . Bret Hart was walking along the ring apron when Owen ran into him , causing Owen to lose his focus and be pinned by Michaels . After the match , Owen interrupted his brothers ’ victory celebration to verbally attack Bret . He demanded a match with Bret to settle the dispute . Bret refused , and the brothers reunited over the Christmas holidays . They decided to focus their energy on taking the tag team title from the Quebecers . Their plan was temporarily put on hold when Marty Jannetty and the 1 - 2 - 3 Kid won the belts , but the Quebecers won a rematch the following week , guaranteeing that the Harts would get their title shot . The rivalry between Yokozuna and The Undertaker began at Survivor Series 1993 . Yokozuna , who was pushed as an unstoppable monster , was unable to inflict any serious damage on The Undertaker when the two faced each other in an elimination match . Yokozuna slammed The Undertaker ’ s head into the steel steps leading up to the ring , but The Undertaker was unharmed . Later , Yokozuna used his finishing move , the Banzai Drop , on The Undertaker . When he tried to repeat the move , however , The Undertaker became the first wrestler to sit up after the move , surprising Yokozuna and his managers . The Undertaker was granted a title shot , but Jim Cornette , Yokozuna ’ s American spokesperson , included a clause in the contract that The Undertaker would not get a rematch if he lost . Paul Bearer , The Undertaker ’ s manager , included a clause stating that the confrontation would take place in a Casket match . In the following weeks , it was revealed that Yokozuna had a fear of caskets . The Undertaker used this knowledge to gain a psychological advantage going into the match . On one occasion , Paul Bearer brought the casket to the ring to intimidate Yokozuna . When Yokozuna approached the casket to face his fear , the Undertaker popped out to scare Yokozuna . Lex Luger wanted to participate in the Royal Rumble match , as the winner was scheduled to get a title shot for the WWF Championship at WrestleMania X . The contract he had signed for his title shot at SummerSlam 1993 , however , stated that he would not receive a rematch if he failed to win the title . A compromise was reached , allowing Luger to compete . Yokozuna ' s manager , Mr . Fuji , was allowed to bring in two wrestlers , Genichiro Tenryu and The Great Kabuki to hurt Luger ' s chances of winning . Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations . A new entrant came out approximately every 90 seconds .