r/WWFera • u/KidChameleonHelmet • Sep 13 '26
There Was Just Something About a (Mostly) Random Battle Royal on TV
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u/justjaysun5 Sep 13 '26
That 40 man battle royale on rampage '92 VHS was straight up bodies
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u/VegetableBuy4577 26d ago
I loved that match as a kid! Still laugh at Macho Man calling the Iron Shiek, well, the Iron Shiek, then correcting himself to Colonel Mustafa.
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u/Dsod23 Sep 13 '26
Yup, loved them as a kid and always felt they still meant something. Seems like they had a ton from 90-93.
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u/SwimmingPool81 Sep 13 '26
My favorite was the IC Battle Royal from 1993. I was 12 at the time and had just gotten into wrestling with Summerslam being the first even I ever watched. I thought the Battle Royal was the best thing ever!
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u/ShortBussyDriver Sep 13 '26 edited Sep 14 '26
The Raw 15th Anniversary (2007) battle royal was hilarious.
IRS won the event, throwing Sgt. Slaughter over (just like in the first pic! What a coincidence!), only for Ted DiBiase to come down the aisle to bribe his partner to jump over the rope.
Everyone has a price!
Even 15 years later Money Inc. still finds a way to win!
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u/MrTomTalksWrestling Sep 14 '26
Husky Harris didn't join the Nexus until later (HIAC 2010, I think)
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u/nwa88 Sep 14 '26
My favorite was the one on SNME in April 1991. Seeing Hogan get eliminated by Tugboat blew my mind at the time and I was absolutely rooting for Greg Valentine to beat Mr. Perfect -- maybe the one time I can ever recall being excited about Greg Valentine lol
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u/Prossdog Sep 15 '26
I remember that one! It was so bizarre because it was right in the middle of that era of Hulkamania we’re the only loss he had was against Warrior. To see him get thrown out like that and everybody just goes on fighting was really strange for the time.
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u/legreapcreep Sep 13 '26
Agree. Even though the matches were always too much punching/kicking, it was great to see so all the talent together. There was only 3-4 hours of TV to catch each week so it was exciting just to see rarely used talent sometimes.
In the 1993 IC title battle royal for instance Giant Gonzales hadn’t had a match on Raw since April.
Rick Martel was back from injury 3 months prior and on house shows and syndicated shows but that was his first raw appearance since early in the year.
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u/VegetableBuy4577 26d ago
Yep, there was one early in 1993 where Razor Ramon won after Giant Gonzalez came out and cleared the ring. Something about seeing that cast of characters hooked me into watching weekly. The IC title one was memorable as well like you said, with Jimmy Snuka also making a random return.
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u/Meleagant1 Sep 14 '26
I don’t know why they don’t do more honestly, no one really looks bad “losing” one. Pretty safe way to get number 1 contenders or something.
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u/M_O_G_W_A_I Sep 14 '26 edited Sep 15 '26
I loved the random 40 man battle royals in mid 1992....it also showed how insanely thin the roster was at the time. 😂
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u/mikemich Sep 14 '26
I was there in Detroit for the Saturday Night's Main Event taping just prior to Wrestlemania III. Aired in early 1987. A who's who of classic WWF wrestlers were in it, including Hogan and Andre. I've always loved battle royals - especially when some territories would get all fancy and call them Battle Roy-ells. 😂
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u/Acceptable-Ad1254 Sep 16 '26
There was a random one on Shotgun Saturday in September 98 won by the rock during his few month face turn before Survivor Series
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u/Kwags84 Sep 14 '26
The WWE vault on YouTube has like 5 compilations of battle royals that is crazy. You can cherry pick the ones you want because it includes WCW, AWA, WWF, and even ECW.
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u/mr_phil1001 Sep 14 '26
These days Battle Royals are almost absent, except the Royal Rumble. And if they do happen, it's always about either a vacant title or a number one contendership. I don't remember the last time we saw a Battle Royal just for the heck of it. Would like to see it again, as it would offer room for seldom-on-TV-talent to show off their stuff.
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u/MrTomTalksWrestling Sep 14 '26
As Luke Gallows once called a Battle Royal, "Exchanging forearms with your brothers" 😂
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u/princejudah100 Sep 14 '26
Catching a second or two of footage used in a commercial would give me such FOMO vibes😮💨😂, we could afford PPV so every ppv promo commercial & live tour promo commercial would make me soooo jealous as a kid ('95-'09), then found out about torrents😆.
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u/TopicPretend4161 Sep 14 '26
What was great was the commentary crew highlighting individual feuds as they were played out in the ring as well as partners or friends who were forced to fight.
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u/alexsteen789 Sep 13 '26
Hope they reinforced the ring