Favorite Rumble of the Golden Era

[HBsam31]

Originally Posted by Moneyinc

I asked for favorite rumble here not best. There have got to be some people who prefer rumbles other than 92. Hogan fans? Flair haters? I mean it is pretty clear that the 1992 is one of the best if not the best, but I figured there might be some Hogan fans on here that might prefer the 1990 or 1991.

I had answered the 92 Rumble with reasons why I liked other as well. Here is a different take on my answer. When I watched the 90 and 91 Rumbles I was 10 and 11 years old. I had only one thing in my mind. HOGAN MUST WIN. I was definitely was a Hulkamania. When he won those two I was thrilled and they quickly became my favorites of the ones I had seen. When I watched the 92 Rumble I wanted Hogan to win the title back, and when he didn't I was disappointed. I was not a Flair hater and I love Bobby Heenan on commentary that night. I liked this Rumble a lot, but it wasn't my favorite until I went back and rewatched all of the Rumble as an adult. That is when I realized how good Flair was in that Rumble, and it quickly became my favorite one to watch. I have since watched it quite a bit. Just a different way to look at the question.

[Moneyinc]

Originally Posted by HeenanGorilla

Exactly! Don't let people like Haiku ruin your great post idea. Sadly, people like him exist..barely. Your title says "Favorite" which is exactly correct for what you were asking.

I too enjoyed this Golden Era more than any others. I hope to read more of your posts. I enjoyed 1985-1992 mostly. Wrestling figures, Rock N Wrestling cartoon, WWF Magazine...all the things Haiku likes now, except I was a child and he is an adult who lives on this website.

Haha truth. Funny stuff.

Yea I actually go back and forth with the 92 and the 90 rumbles. I was watching the 1990 rumble last night and Jake the Snake coming out after Debiase eliminates Koko B Ware and Marty Janetty(who both got HUGE crowd pops when they entered) was seriously a great moment. Then Macho eventually comes out and Macho and Debiase double team Jake the Snake until Rowdy Roddy Piper comes out FIRED UP is even better.

[Moneyinc]

Originally Posted by HBsam31

I had answered the 92 Rumble with reasons why I liked other as well. Here is a different take on my answer. When I watched the 90 and 91 Rumbles I was 10 and 11 years old. I had only one thing in my mind. HOGAN MUST WIN. I was definitely was a Hulkamania. When he won those two I was thrilled and they quickly became my favorites of the ones I had seen. When I watched the 92 Rumble I wanted Hogan to win the title back, and when he didn't I was disappointed. I was not a Flair hater and I love Bobby Heenan on commentary that night. I liked this Rumble a lot, but it wasn't my favorite until I went back and rewatched all of the Rumble as an adult. That is when I realized how good Flair was in that Rumble, and it quickly became my favorite one to watch. I have since watched it quite a bit. Just a different way to look at the question.

Right yea I am kind of the same way. Back in the day I never appreciated heels. I never actually thought "wow flair is doing a great job selling himself as a heel here." I just thought Flair was being himself because back then, it was almost like Wrestling was real(though I knew it wasn't). I definitely have started to like different guys now that I can appreciate promos and stuff a lot more than I used to be able to.

Also Flair, Heenan and Perfect shoot a pretty darn great/hilarious promo if I remember correctly after that rumble.

Here it is...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVaPb24VJWo

Promos like this were the best. Flair and Macho Man were a perfect mixture of badass and funny.

[THTRobtaylor]

OK, most are gonna say 92 - we get that, the one I come back to the most though is 93. You had some great "stories" in that Rumble.
Most importantly that this was the first time the winner was going to Wrestlemania... the stakes could only be bigger if the title was on the line...

No one knew Flair was "leaving" then, so to see him come out at #1 and Heenan's reaction was classic - and it led to that shock the following night when he was gone completely. The way they handled he and Perfect that night was...yeah you know what I'm gonna say...

Bob Backlund returned to lots of WTF's from the crowd with his bizarre antics and the hilarious "Opie" comments from Heenan but over an hour later he'd won them over with the first over an hour performance and people knew why this guy had been champion for Seven years straight. This Rumble was the first to have "guest names" like Tenyru and Carlos Colon, a tradition that has evolved into the current "surprise entrants" that have taken place nearly every year.

Where it went wrong was Giant Gonzales - it killed the momentum of the match, but stupid bodysuit or not - it was a massive moment to see someone bigger than Taker by that amount.

And then you got the ending which again, was a little dumb with Savage going for the pin but Yokozuna winning was the first "shock" winner of the Rumble. Flair wasn't really a surprise the previous year and really until Mr. McMahon won it there wasn't another "shock" in one.

Forgetting the gimmicks involved the talent in that Rumble was pretty damn good... Martel, Tito, Steve Keirn, Terry Taylor, and one final thing that makes it memorable...

The in-ring debut of Jerry "The King" Lawler...

[$uck my venis]

I would say 1992 was the best will all the Superstars, I thought Hogan was going to win and cried when Ric Flair won. As a 7 year old I hated Flair for all the trouble he caused Sting in WCW.