Royal Rumble Season 1 quotes

Watch out! With a... [Demolition hit a double ax-handle on Andre the Giant. The momentum carries Andre over the top rope and eliminates him] He's out!

They got him! Demolition have accomplished a major obstacle. They've eliminated Andre the Giant!

Andre the Giant...certainly one of the favorites for the Royal Rumble...will be no more in this event.

[as Smash, Haku and Jim Neidhart try to lift Earthquake out of the ring] They've got the feet up. They got the Earthquake's feet up, they're calling for more help.

Here comes Snuka. [Jimmy Snuka pushes from under Earthquake] Underneath.

There's four of them. Four guys can't get the Earthquake...[DiBiase joins in] Here comes DiBiase–that's five.

And Bravo... [Just as Dino Bravo tries to stop them, Earthquake finally gets pushed over the top to the floor, getting eliminated] Oh!

Eliminated the Earthquake! That is a major accomplishment of major teamwork of major proportions!

It took five of them! FIVE OF THEM!

It took...many of them.

Shawn Michaels eliminated by the Warrior. And Rick Martel eliminated by the Warrior and look at this. Look at this!!

My God.

Hulk Hogan and the Warrior!!

There is not a person sitting down. Everyone on their feet. Look at the eyes of the Hulkster...the eyes of the Warrior.

Whoa!!! What a match up this will be! The Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan one-on-one.

[Hogan and Warrior stare at each other] Hold on to your seats. This place is gonna explode.

[Hogan and Warrior collide into each other] Whoa! Nobody moved. Again, nobody moved.

Look at this.

[Hogan runs vertically across the ring, Warrior runs horizontally.] Criss-cross.

[Hogan drops face first on the mat] The Hulkster down...he missed a clothesline.

OH!! And they clotheslined each other. They're both down, unbelievable.

Absolutely incredible. These two athletes...the Hulkster, the Warrior...every man for himself going at it...and they both are down. Listen to the fans.

Here's the Perfect Plex! [Mr. Perfect plants him] Look at this! He could've pinned him.

[But Hulk Hogan escapes and rises to his knees] NO!

I don't believe this.

Absolutely not. [Perfect tries to attack Hogan, but Hogan begins Hulking up] You're right in saying that Perfect is the freshest of the two, but the other is Hulk Hogan. [On his feet, Hogan now attacks Perfect] And here he comes! [Hogan slingshots Perfect into the turnbuckle]

WHOA! He put him into the post! See what Perfect did to the post!

[Hogan continues to attack Perfect] Actually, he was saved by the post that time, I think.

Saved? How do you get saved hitting the post?

Well, if he hadn't hit the post, he would've gone over the top. [Hogan signals to another corner] There he goes! [Hogan throws Perfect out, winning the Rumble] YES!

I don't believe it!

The winner of the Royal Rumble: World Wrestling Federation Champion Hulk Hogan!

[Hogan takes a sign from the front row and presents it to the crowd. It reads "HULKAMANIA WILL LIVE FOREVER"] YEAH! Hulkamania will live forever!

I wanna make this clear right now that the views of Sgt. Slaughter and General Adnan do not in any way reflect the views of the World Wrestling Federation, or the Arab-Americans, or the overwhelming majority of Arabs throughout the world, for that matter.

Well, I understand that, Gorilla, but I wanna make a point. This is America, and as much as I hate his guts, you can do what you want to in America, and Slaughter is free to do. That's why our men and women are over there now. They are fighting for the right to be free! If I don't like it, I'll get in the ring and I'll do something about it, but this is America, and that's why we're all here! God bless America!

[Having just thrown Sensational Queen Sherri onto Randy Savage, the Ultimate Warrior is jumped from behind by Sgt. Slaughter] Oh! What a hard knee. [Slaughter bounces Warrior's head on the second rope, attempting to choke him, as referee Dave Hebner gives Slaughter the 5-count. Slaughter breaks at 4. Just as he does, Savage gets up and winds up his scepter] Wait... wait... [Savage crowns Warrior with the scepter] NO!

Oh, look at that! With the scepter right between the eyes! What is this, Hot Rod?!? It's 3-against-1 here!

The referee... The referee, I don't think, saw it! [Slaughter pries Warrior from the second rope] No! [He drops an elbow on Warrior and pins him] No, no, no... not like this!

[as the referee counts] What is this?!?

[The referee counts three] No... oh, wait a second, NOW what? No, no... they can't allow this!

Certainly they're not going to allow this!

No, no... some... there's going to be officials coming out here!

We might have had a disqualification here, I hope.

Well it's obvious! The King came out with a scepter! [Hebner, unsure of what to do, wanders around aimlessly] COME ON!

Everyone in the entire building saw what the Macho King did!

No, this ain't going down like this! [By this time, the crowd is yelling "bullshit!"] What do ya mean, "What happened?" What the hell do ya think happened?

I think the referee, in this excitement, Hot Rod, just automatically went down and made the three-count. [Warrior, having come to his senses, starts to stagger out of the ring] But I think we have a disqualification here.

I hope so. Excitement, hell! He ought to be keeping his eyes on what's going on!

We haven't had any official word yet.

[Warrior runs out of the arena, in hot pursuit of Savage] Where's he going?

I think he's going after the Macho King.

Ladies and gentlemen, here is the official decision. The winner of this bout...and NEW...

NO! NO!

[as he continues, the title belt is handed to Slaughter] ...World Wrestling Federation Champion: Sgt. Slaughter!

Bull! Bull!

What a miscarriage of justice! I can't believe it!

That's bull! You're not gonna let this hang like this! I can't believe this! You puke! It took three of you!

I don't believe it! This is ridiculous! This is an outrage!

[walking down the aisle, pointing to his many detractors] I told you!

You told us what?! You can't do nothing by yourself!

Well he'd better cut that thing in half, Hot Rod, and give half of it to the Macho King!

[after Virgil drops the Million Dollar Belt in front of him] What do you think you're doing? You get down there, and pick that thing up right now, and you wrap it around my waist. Need I tell you, need I remind you one more time about your family? About your mother?

Give me a break.

Virgil, remember it just don't matter.

Pick it up!

Remember, Virgil, there comes a point...

Wrap it around my waist!

What, are you gonna need it for the rest of your life?!

How humiliating.

That's right. That's right. Like I always say: everybody's got a price... [He is cut off by Virgil, who wallops him with the belt]

Oh, he NAILED him!

YEAH!!! YEAH!!! YEAH!!!

Listen to this capacity crowd, they love it!

We don't wanna forget, being that it's a rumble, it'd be okay for Fuji to deck Blubber Love.

Oh, I'd like to see that.

I'm still expecting #18 to show up. He's not officially out of here until the clock starts for the next participant.

Yeah, but we don't know who #18 was.

I know, but he's still got a chance to come out...maybe, I don't know, but until that clock starts again, #18 is still legal. I'm not sure...

[as the 10-second clock appears] I believe that is a first in the history of the Royal Rumble that the time limit ran down and nobody came through the curtain.

Too late now, 18's outta there. [Buzzer sounds for entry #19: Animal] WHOOAAA!!

It's Animal from the Legion of Doom. Well, whoever, Hot Rod, #18 was, he has forfeited his position here in the lineup, so there's no way, shape or form that he can re-enter and be victorious.

He is history, baby. If you don't got the guts, you don't belong in the building.

How long has it been for Valentine?

Well, the Hammer has been in well over a half an hour.

What tenacity! The Model, too.

But you know, with Valentine, it takes fifteen minutes just to get his attention, and then he starts to get warmed up. The more you beat on him, the more he likes it.

Uh-oh, we're gonna find out right now, Hot Rod, who #18 was—here comes the last entry. [buzzer sounds for entry #30: Tugboat] It's Tugboat.

Wait a sec.

That means that the Macho King was #18.

The Macho King wasn't hurt.

He was one of the odds-on favorites to win this thing.

I can't figure it.

It could be the Ultimate Warrior ran him right out of the building!

It could be! It could be. That's the only thing I can think of.

[Hulk Hogan slams Earthquake after failing to do so earlier] Hulk off... Yes, he got him that time!

[Hogan signals to the crowd] Throw him OUT!

[slowly, Earthquake rises to his feet] I can't believe this, what kind of power the Hulkster possesses... He's setting him up here, look out! [Hogan throws Earthquake out, winning the Rumble] It's over!

What a Rumble!

Here is the winner of the Royal Rumble: the Immortal Hulk Hogan!

Unbelievable victory by that man, Hulk Hogan! What dedication!

What guts! What a Royal Rumble!

[Hogan signals for a sign from the crowd] Well, Hot Rod, he wasn't going to let down our men and women in the Persian Gulf. [The sign says "HULK RULES"] He made a promise that he dedicated this match to all of them, and it doesn't surprise me that he's the last man in the ring.

Look at the New Foundation, they must've just got up.

What do you mean they just got up?

They still got their pajamas on.

I'm going to tell them you said that.

I don't care.

Since Ric Flair is the real world's champion, he shouldn't even be in the rumble. He should face the winner. That would be fair. If you want to be fair to Flair,

Don't start with that fair to Flair to me!

Well you know, what we're dealing with is one of the original Village People here, with his manager Jimmy Hart, who keeps kissing the belt leaving all that lipstick on it. I heard the Mountie out here saying, "first thing I'm gonna do," pounds his chest, I don't know him, he's something. "First thing I'm gonna do, I'm gonna take Piper's integrity!" Sounds like Jacques Cousteau trying to find a dry spot in the ocean. I ain't go no damn integrity! How do think I got so far? "Second thing I'm gonna do, I'm gonna take Roddy Piper's manhood!" Huh? I come here to fight! I don't know what you come here to do! I come here to win two titles—I can't do that 'til I win the first one! I think you've been dreamin', I think it's been all wet too.