Royal Rumble Season 1 quotes

[on Backlund] How long's he been in there now?

46 minutes and counting!

HOW COME YOU KNOW THIS STUFF AND NOT ME?

Fatu is bye-bye!

Who eliminated him, Brain? There's so much going on!

I think he threw himself out, I don't know.

Threw himself out? NOBODY WOULD DO THAT!

Backlund's been in there so long, when he entered the ring, his shoes were up to his knees!

WILL YOU STOP?

There goes Backlund, there goes Backlund.

Tito Santana trying to get him outta there, and Backlund came down on the apron and scooted underneath the bottom rope.

This guy's like a spider monkey! He just hooks onto things and you can't get him off!

And he got one hell of a reaction from this capacity crowd for that move.

That was just totally out of respect. He's like a leech! I had an aunt once like that.

You resemble that remark.

[as Earthquake and Yokozuna face-off] Look at this. Look at this. It's like the two Sears Towers meeting.

Earthquake says, "let's get it on!"

And look at Yokozuna. "Come on, big boy. Try to make me shake!"

It is deafening here in the arena as we are live at the Royal Rumble!

I see your lips moving, but I can't hear you!

Look at this. Carlos Colon got "The Rocket" Owen Hart perched up there.

No, that's Martel!

That's Martel, I'm sorry!

You should be! If you can't do it right, take a hike!

I'm outta here.

Don't go yet, wait a minute, I've gotta ask you another question.

Fuji's at ringside! He's waving the Japanese flag! Banzai, Macho Man!

Fuji with the flag from the Land of the Rising Sun.

SAMOA!

Fuji's saying "one more time." [Savage gets out of the way, and Yokozuna hits the corner] Oh, look out! He got out of there! Savage still got something left!

He's going up to the top rope! [Staggering, Yokozuna falls to the mat] He's down! Yokozuna's down!

Savage with the elbow. [Savage tries to pin Yokozuna] Pinfalls don't count! [Yokozuna pushes Savage off, over the top and to the floor, winning the Rumble] Oh, there you go!

He threw him off from the floor! He pitched him from the mat over the top rope to the floor!

Let's go and get the official word!

Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the Royal Rumble: Yokozuna!

Yokozuna on his way to WrestleMania IX! Caesar and Cleopatra, they will be leading the way for Yokozuna to Caesar's Palace for the big one. April 4, WrestleMania IX, Caesar's Palace.

This man is going to become a national hero.

Who is going to defeat this unbelievable individual?

Well it's... It's obvious to me that Owen Hart is blaming...

[Owen kicks Bret in the injured leg, knocking the elder Hart down] Oh no!

HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! That's the smartest thing that Owen Hart has done all night, McMahon. As a matter of fact, that's the smartest thing that Owen Hart has ever done. I think you've just seen a major change in that man's career. He is finally waking up to the fact that he's not going to stand in the shadow of big brother anymore, because big brother wants to hog the limelight.

[A chorus of boos rain down on Owen as he leaves the ring] Can you imagine what the Hart family must be thinking back in Calgary right now? They thought we were going to see Owen and Bret, as brothers, win the Tag Team championships! Instead, they see that man right there!

All he had to do was tag me, but he was too selfish to worry about me! He just worries about himself! He's gotta be a hero and fight the whole match by himself! All he had to do was tag me. I know he had a bad leg! Why didn't he just tag me?! Just tag me, Bret, but you're too damn selfish.

I can't believe those remarks!

I can! He hit the nail right on the head. That's exactly what I said, McMahon. That's exactly what I said, and Owen Hart has just waken up. From now on, you're gonna see a whole new attitude from that young man, and I see him going to the top.

Vince, I gotta tell you I cannot believe what I just saw. Owen, please tell me why, why this despicable act...

Why what? Why what?!

I don't understand...

You wanna know why?! Bret Hart, you're nothing but a selfish person! I went in there in a tag team match for the biggest match of my life! It was a dream come true. I thought I had the best partner in the world—my own brother. But you're too selfish, like I've said all along. Your ego is too big. You only worry about yourself, Bret. You don't care about me.

Unbelievable, in front of your entire family...

I don't care about anybody. I was concerned about myself and my whole family, the biggest opportunity of my life. I had a chance, Bret, and you stripped it away from me, you took it away from me, Bret, because you're too selfish. All you had to do was just tag me. My hand was there. Just tag me. I knew your leg was bad, I was aware of that, just tag me. But you're too selfish! You just want to put your Sharpshooter on. I could've won the match; I don't need you with a bad leg doing it, Bret. You're too damn selfish! And that's why you're sitting there with a bad leg, and that's why I kicked your leg outta your leg.

Owen, let me ask you something. You obviously cost Bret a shot at the Championship, there's no way he's gonna be able to compete in the Royal Rumble match coming up tonight. Don't you think that was selfish on your part?

There's no selfishness in me, there's not a selfish bone in my body. He cost himself the WWF Tag Team belts, and he cost me, his little brother, a guy that's never had the taste of a WWF belt before! He's done it before, he doesn't care about me, he just worries about himself. I don't care about you in the Royal Rumble, Bret, because this is my opportunity. I'm in it too. I'm not worried about you getting cost the WWF Belt. I'm worried about myself, and I'm gonna get that belt, because I didn't get a chance to win the Tag Belts because of you. But I can count on myself, and I'll take the WWF Belt. I'll win that Royal Rumble.

Be not proud. The spirit of the Undertaker...lives within the soul of all mankind. The eternal flame of life...that cannot be extinguished, the origin of which...cannot be explained, the answer lies in the everlasting spirit. Soon all mankind...will witness the rebirth...of the Undertaker. I...will not rest...in peace...

You gotta remember one thing, McMahon. When it's all over, [the buzzer sounds] done and said, when the smoke clears and the dust settles, they don't care how...

[#6 is Bart Gunn] Here comes Bart. Here comes Bart Gunn!

...they just wanna know who. When it's all over, who won. Not how they win, who won.

[#7 is Diesel] Look at this monster.

That's one big man, McMahon. Almost as big as me.

Yeah, right.

Hey, if I'm standing on my wallet.

[#10 is Virgil, an alternate entry, who attacks Diesel] What a story this would be if Virgil could dump the big man out.

Well, the key word there, McMahon, is "alternate." [As he says this, Diesel eliminates Virgil] Virgil made his mistake long ago when he left me. See what I mean?

Who is gonna stop this huge monster in the ring?

Next!

That must have been Bret. That must be Bret Hart. That's unfortunate.

[laughs] A matter of opinion.

Nine men currently in the Rumble, and unfortunately it would've been ten with Bret Hart, I suppose. Bret Hart wanted to be in the Rumble; it was a dream of his to be in the Royal Rumble, to win this one, and then go on to perhaps once again be the WWF Champion. It has been a bad night for Bret Hart, one that I'm sure he will never ever forget, and a bad night for the whole Hart family.

Not Owen! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!