{"id":149988,"date":"2026-01-06T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T11:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=149988"},"modified":"2026-01-10T05:43:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T10:43:15","slug":"royal-rumble-1992-final-four-wrestlemania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/01\/06\/royal-rumble-1992-final-four-wrestlemania\/","title":{"rendered":"The 1992 Royal Rumble Final Four and What Each Man Did at WrestleMania 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>With a tear in my eye, this is the greatest moment of my life.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This legendary sentence alone is enough to send chills down the spine of millions of pro wrestling fans. It&#8217;s one of the many reasons why the 1992 Royal Rumble Match is still considered one of the best Rumble Matches of all time by many fans, even all these years later.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wy0NP93U2g\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/01\/05\/wwe-attitude-era-every-royal-rumble-match-ranked\/\" target=\"_self\">WWE Attitude Era: Every Royal Rumble Match, Ranked<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;WWE Attitude Era: Every Royal Rumble Match, Ranked&#8221; &#8212; Last Word on Pro Wrestling\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/01\/05\/wwe-attitude-era-every-royal-rumble-match-ranked\/embed\/#?secret=9PcmSbtkRi#?secret=wy0NP93U2g\" data-secret=\"wy0NP93U2g\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Who could ever forget Ric Flair&#8217;s spectacular 1-hour performance and victory, his post-match promo or Bobby Heenan&#8217;s amazing heel commentary? But do you remember the three WWF wrestlers who made it to the Final Four alongside The Nature Boy? In this article, not only will we remind you who those three names are, we will also revisit what all four men did at that year&#8217;s WrestleMania. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<h2>Randy Savage<\/h2>\n<h3>Macho Man Ended Up Winning The WWF Championship At WrestleMania 8<\/h3>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Number Of Eliminations<\/th>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Wrestlers Eliminated<\/th>\n<td>Jake Roberts &amp; Col. Mustafa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Time In The Match<\/th>\n<td>22:26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Eliminated By<\/th>\n<td>Ric Flair &amp; Sid Justice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Randy Savage spent most of 1991 out of the ring after losing to The Ultimate Warrior in a Retirement Match at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smarkdownsblog.com\/wwf-wrestlemania-vii-review\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WrestleMania 7<\/a>. Thus, WWF fans were excited to see what Macho Man would do at Royal Rumble 1992 after a brief (yet explosive) feud with Jake &#8220;The Snake&#8221; Roberts.<\/p>\n<p>Savage tossed his rival out of the Rumble, which had to feel good. Macho Man also got rid of Colonel Mustafa aka The Iron Sheik, and made it to the Final Four when newly-crowned Intercontinental Champion Roddy Piper got eliminated by Sid Justice. However, this wasn&#8217;t meant to be Savage&#8217;s night, and he got eliminated by both Sid and Flair a few moments later.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Did Randy Savage Do At WrestleMania 8?\u00a0<\/strong>Long story short, Randy Savage walked out of Indianapolis, Indiana&#8217;s Hoosier Dome (the home of that year&#8217;s WrestleMania) with the World Wrestling Federation Championship. Not only did Macho Man win his second WWF Championship, he did so after beating Ric Flair in an all-time classic.<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks after winning the vacant title at the Royal Rumble, The Dirtiest Player In The Game thought it&#8217;d be a good idea to get in Randy Savage&#8217;s mind, infamously claiming Miss Elizabeth &#8220;was mine before she was yours&#8221;. That was all the motivation Macho Man needed, setting the stage for one of the most intense and personal title matches in the entire history of WrestleMania.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2>Hulk Hogan<\/h2>\n<h3>Fans Cheered Hulk Hogan&#8217;s Elimination At Royal Rumble 1992<\/h3>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Number Of Eliminations<\/th>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Wrestlers Eliminated<\/th>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>The Undertaker<\/li>\n<li>The Berzerker<\/li>\n<li>The Warlord<\/li>\n<li>Sid Justice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Time In The Match<\/th>\n<td>11:29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Eliminated By<\/th>\n<td>Sid Justice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Hulk Hogan&#8217;s controversial WWF Title matches against The Undertaker at Survivor Series and This Tuesday In Texas 1991 are the reason why the prestigious championship had been vacated to begin with. Thus, The Hulkster had to be considered one of the favorites to win the 1992 Royal Rumble Match. Shortly after coming out at number 26, Hogan eliminated Undertaker to get the last laugh in their rivalry (that is until they met again over a decade later).<\/p>\n<p>More eliminations would follow shortly afterwards. Just when it looked like Hulk Hogan would once again regain the WWF Championship&#8230; he got tossed over the top rope by Sid Justice. The fans in attendance loved it so much that the <a href=\"https:\/\/whatculture.com\/wwe\/10-fascinating-wwe-royal-rumble-1992-facts?page=8\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWF had to edit the crowd reaction<\/a>. As much as Vince McMahon and others tried to deny it, Hulkamania&#8217;s peak was in the past and it was time for something new.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"P3Lw1Nt50h\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/07\/26\/hulk-hogan-title-reigns-in-wwe-wcw-ranked\/\" target=\"_self\">Hulk Hogan Title Reigns in WWE &#038; WCW Ranked<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Hulk Hogan Title Reigns in WWE &#038; WCW Ranked&#8221; &#8212; Last Word on Pro Wrestling\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/07\/26\/hulk-hogan-title-reigns-in-wwe-wcw-ranked\/embed\/#?secret=6W2XER08XP#?secret=P3Lw1Nt50h\" data-secret=\"P3Lw1Nt50h\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>What Did Hulk Hogan Do At WrestleMania 8?\u00a0<\/strong>He wrestled Sid Justice in one of the most anticlimactic WrestleMania main events of all time. Many fans wanted to see Hogan vs Ric Flair, but it didn&#8217;t happen. Instead, Hogan and Justice had a boring match that ended via DQ when Harvey Wippleman got involved because Papa Shango had missed his cue. The Ultimate Warrior returned after the match was over, but that wasn&#8217;t enough to save this terrible main event.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2>Sid Justice<\/h2>\n<h3>Sid Justice Was The Runner-Up In The 1992 Royal Rumble Match<\/h3>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Number Of Eliminations<\/th>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Wrestlers Eliminated<\/th>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Sgt. Slaughter<\/li>\n<li>The Warlord<\/li>\n<li>Rick Martel<\/li>\n<li>Roddy Piper<\/li>\n<li>Randy Savage<\/li>\n<li>Hulk Hogan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Time In The Match<\/th>\n<td>5:55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Eliminated By<\/th>\n<td>Ric Flair &amp; Hulk Hogan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The final man eliminated in the 1992 Royal Rumble Match was Sid Justice. He&#8217;s the one Ric Flair tossed out (with Hulk Hogan&#8217;s help, <em>of course!<\/em>) to win the vacant WWF Championship. That&#8217;s crazy because one year earlier, Sid &#8211; Vicious at the time &#8211; and The Nature Boy were both members of The Four Horsemen in WCW. Now, they were the last two competitors in one of WWF&#8217;s biggest matches.<\/p>\n<p>It didn&#8217;t take long for Sid to make an impact in the World Wrestling Federation, just like it didn&#8217;t take long for him to dominate the &#8217;92 Royal Rumble. In less than six minutes of in-ring action, the former WCW star eliminated\u00a0<em>six<\/em> competitors (including Golden Era mega stars Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage and Roddy Piper) and came close to winning his first WWF Championship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Did Sid Justice Do At WrestleMania 8?\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/11\/13\/every-wwe-championship-match-at-survivor-series-in-the-1990s-ranked\/6\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">It took Sid Justice another four years to capture the WWF Championship<\/a>, but his first WrestleMania main event came a lot sooner than many fans expected. Despite having debuted in the WWF as a face, Justice turned heel in order to start a program with Hulk Hogan heading into &#8216;Mania.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2>Ric Flair<\/h2>\n<h3>Flair Won The 1992 Royal Rumble Match For The Vacant WWF Championship<\/h3>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Number Of Eliminations<\/th>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Wrestlers Eliminated<\/th>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>The British Bulldog<\/li>\n<li>The Texas Tornado<\/li>\n<li>The Big Bossman<\/li>\n<li>Randy Savage<\/li>\n<li>Sid Justice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Time In The Match<\/th>\n<td>1:00:02<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Eliminated By<\/th>\n<td>N\/A (Winner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Ric Flair was the winner of the 1992 Royal Rumble Match after a truly spectacular performance in that bout. For more than one hour (Flair is the first wrestler in Royal Rumble history to last more than one hour), Naitch did everything to <em>survive<\/em> as he stood face-to-face against some of his greatest rivals. We&#8217;re not just talking about his rivals in the WWF, but also people like &#8220;Texas Tornado&#8221; Kerry Von Erich who&#8217;d faced Flair for the NWA Title.<\/p>\n<p>While Flair managed to eliminate a few people throughout the match, this was far from a dominant showing from him. It was about avoiding elimination at all cost, with Bobby Heenan doing a tremendous job on commentary. The Brain nearly freaked out on commentary every single time someone tried to eliminate The Nature Boy, and he also added a lot to this epic match.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FULL MATCH: Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage \u2013 WWE Title Match: WrestleMania VIII\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kHghn_2Cj7s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>What Did Ric Flair Do At WrestleMania 8?<\/strong> As mentioned earlier, Flair dropped the WWF Championship to &#8220;Macho Man&#8221; Randy Savage in a great match at WrestleMania.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><i>Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the <\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\"><em><u><i>Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0for more on WWE Royal Rumble and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the significant news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><i>You can check out WWE programming on\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81788927\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Netflix<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(Raw),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usanetwork.com\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>USA Network<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(SmackDown),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/wwe-nxt\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>The CW<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(NXT),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Tubi<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Evolve),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aetv.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>A&amp;E<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Superstar Sunday \u2013 Rivals, WWE LFG, and Greatest Moments), and\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Peacock<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Main Event, as well as archives and premium live event streaming). 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It&#8217;s one of the many reasons why the 1992 Royal Rumble Match is still considered one of the best Rumble Matches of all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5694,"featured_media":150059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7205,2192,4,3],"tags":[587,361,469,397,8994],"class_list":["post-149988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-history","category-wrestling","category-wwe","category-wwe-universe","tag-hulk-hogan","tag-randy-savage","tag-ric-flair","tag-royal-rumble","tag-sid-justice"],"modified_by":"Michael Joseph Sugue, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5694"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149988"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150435,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149988\/revisions\/150435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}