1993 Royal Rumble
ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California
Men’s Royal Rumble 1993
Winner
Yokozuna
entered at number 27
- Match time
- 1:06:35
- Entrants
- 30
- Most eliminations
- 7 Yokozuna
- Longest time in match
- 1:01:10 Bob Backlund
- 1 Ric Flair
- 2 Bob Backlund
- 3 Papa Shango
- 4 Ted DiBiase
- 5 Brian Knobbs
- 6 Virgil
- 7 Jerry Lawler
- 8 Max Moon
- 9 Genichiro Tenryu
- 10 Mr. Perfect
- 11 Skinner
- 12 Koko B. Ware
- 13 Samu
- 14 The Berzerker
- 15 The Undertaker
- 16 Terry Taylor
- 17 Damien Demento
- 18 Irwin R. Schyster
- 19 Tatanka
- 20 Jerry Sags
- 21 Typhoon
- 22 Fatu
- 23 Earthquake
- 24 Carlos Colón
- 25 Tito Santana
- 26 Rick Martel
- 27 Yokozuna
- 28 Owen Hart
- 29 Repo Man
- 30 Randy Savage
The last five draws are 26 to 30 in this match, and are marked in the chart above. They enter against a field that is already thinning, which is the long-standing argument that a late number is an advantage.
Bar positions are derived, not recorded. No source publishes entry and elimination timestamps; they are solved from entry order, the published times in match and the recorded elimination order. The ring-population curve below reads the same solved times. The times in the table below are as published.
What it led to
Threads that start in this match and pay off later. Editorial rather than computed — each one cites where it comes from.
The first Rumble that came with a title shot
1993 began the tradition the match has carried ever since: the winner earns a world championship match at WrestleMania. Yokozuna won it, and took the first one.
WrestleMania IX 70 days later
Yokozuna beat Bret Hart for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship, then lost it to Hulk Hogan minutes later
Source: Wikipedia, retrieved 7 August 2026
Entry and elimination times are derived, not recorded: no source publishes them. They are solved from entry order, published times in match and the recorded elimination order, around a nominal 124-second interval. Times in match are as published.
Sources: wikipedia (primary), darrenswinloss