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SOLD! 😁 Sometimes you see something at a sale and just immediately pick it up. That is what happened when I saw this hat. I (the Wendy half of Road Treasure Trading) grew up watching wrestling. The Ultimate Warrior, Hulk Hogan, Jimmy "Superfly" Snooka, Andre the Giant, I loved them all - which is why I HAD to have this hat. And then I tried it on and remembered why I don't wear hats. Chris posted it in the eBay shop and it sold five minutes later. Five. I'm guessing that guy grew up the same way I did. ❤ #roadtreasuretrading #worldwrestingfederation #hulkamania #ebayseller #etsyseller #christmasiscoming #letsgetreadytorumble #shopsmall #shopearly #lovebig #ifyoulovewhatyoudoyoullneverworkadayinyourlife #resellerhustle https://www.instagram.com/p/CHadbD9A2x0/?igshid=1nwxc0azx5fh2

What's up peeps!!! This Rumble was the first Rumble where they deviated from the 2 minutes between entrants to 1.5 minutes between entrants. I have to say that I never liked that. 2 minutes is enough to build enough drama between entrants. Be that as it may, it's great to see the old school Steiner Brothers before Scott Steiner became Big Poppa Pump.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I love the heel Owen Hart. I'm glad the WWF went with the whole Hart vs Hart angle when they did. Classic drama there. And speaking about loving gimmicks. I LOVED the Big Daddy Cool Diesel gimmick. It's a case of one of the many wrestlers that WCW dropped the ball on (Diesel, HHH, Austin, Benoit, Guerrero...etc Etc etc.) Diesel was cleaning house, foreshadowing the force that he would become in the next year or so in the WWF. I see aspects of Diesel in this Rumble in how Brock Lesnar was booked in this year's Rumble matchup.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I forgot the recently deceased Great Kabuki was in this Rumble with Tenryu. And in terms of bad gimmicks I just have two words for you: Bastion Booger.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I always thought that Crush was under utilized. He really should have been the top heel in the WWF. I always liked Doink the Clown when it was Matt Bourne doing it. But they ruined the character with Dink the Clown. And damn I miss Bam Bam Bigelow. He was a beast!!!⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Mabel aka as how my wife says that big fat piece of $hit. She really didn't like Big Daddy V. I didn't care for him either way. She will still say that if she sees him on TV. But damn Men on a Mission was quite annoying.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Sparky Plug...🤣🤣🤣 Fun fact, Hardcore Holly was the third wrestler I met after HHH and Chyna back in 1998. WAY BACK in 1998. ⁣I forgot that Marty Jannety was still around and the breakup of the Rockers was somewhat fresh. ⁣ ⁣ I love how Vince says Adam Bomb is going to win the Royal Rumble. 🤣🤣🤣 Like he didnt know the end result.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Luger and Bret...I see what they wanted to do for Wrestlemania. But still, co-winners? Definitive winners of the Royal Rumble are paramount. ⁣ ⁣ #WWF #WorldWrestingFederation #RoyalRumble94 #RoyalRumble1994 #RoyalRumble #Wrestling #ProWrestling #TheNineties #1990s #SiscosFavoriteComics https://www.instagram.com/p/B70I3bPhgKL/?igshid=1qucxlxs2qwqs

Never let it be said that the Royal Rumble is good for nostalgia. Ric Flair vs. Bob Backlund to start the Royal Rumble matchup. Talk about legendary smaller technical wrestlers who were former world champions. Speaking of the world title, this was the first Royal Rumble where the winner would get a title shot at Wrestlemania. Flair, Backlund and DiBiasie...technical wrestling fan's dream. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ The ICO Pro banner 🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♀️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♀️. Ah, the early 1990s. Back to the rasslin. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ This was the first Rumble match with non WWF wrestlers appearing. Hall of Famers Genichiro Tenryu of the then SWS (Super World Sports) Japanese Promotion and Carlos Colon of WWC (World Wrestling Council) of Puerto Rico were surprise entrants in the Rumble match.⁣ ⁣⁣ Speaking of a technical wrestling fan's dream: Ric Flair vs Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig ❤🧡💛💚⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Man the 1990s had some horrible gimmicks. Max Moon 🤔 Damian Demento 🤐 Skinner 🐊 Ugh!!! The worse thing about Skinner was that he was a helluva wrestler as Steve Keirn as a part of the Fabulous Ones with Sweet Stan Lane. Horrible gimmick for Keirn.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Bobby Heenan and chop suey. 🤣🤣🤣 ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ That pop for the Undertaker!!! Giant Gonzalez ugh x10⁣ ⁣⁣ Tugboat, Typhoon, Buffoon. 🤣🤣🤣 Man I miss listening to Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. Wow, I didnt remember the Natural Disasters going one-on-one against each other in the Rumble. What was up with that!!!⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Yokozuna vs. Earthquake. To quote Gorilla Monsoon: The Irresistable Force meets Immovable Object!!!!⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ And reaching back to the nostalgia factor: Rick Martel and Bob Backlund. Old school AWA vs. WWWF. And speaking of Backlund...Backlund would break the time record by one minute, eclipsing Ric Flair's record from the year before.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ This match was the ceremonial end of the old time WWF with the rise of Yokozuna and his elimination of Randy Savage. Though Hogan wasnt in this match and had one last hurrah at the Wrestlemania before jobbing at the King of the Ring, the old WWF would be done ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #WWF #WorldWrestingFederation #RoyalRumble93 #RoyalRumble1993 #RoyalRumble #Wrestling #ProWrestling #TheNineties #1990s #SiscosFavoriteComics https://www.instagram.com/p/B7z9XnRhA3x/?igshid=182kzjefzonfb

Hey peeps!!!! I'm back to the Royal Rumble watch with arguably is my favorite Rumble: Royal Rumble 1992. This is the most star studded Rumble in the five years that the event was held. It was a majority of current and future upper midcarders and main eventers. And it was the last Royal Rumble of the old WWF guard. ⁣ ⁣ This was the first Royal Rumble with stipulations attached. The World Title was vacated and the winner of the Rumble would become WWF champion. Ric Flair outlasted the field with just over an hour of action in the Rumble setting the then record for being longest in the match. Hulk Hogan's two-year streak was broken and it would be Hogan's last Royal Rumble before moving on to WCW. ⁣ ⁣ As with Rumbles past, this match set up the Wrestlemania with Hogan vs. Sid. Also with Rumbles past and to come, nostalgia is celebrated. This could be seen with the entry of Kerry Von Erich and immediately going after Ric Flair harking back to their WCCW/NWA battles of the mid 1980s, Roddy Piper vs. Flair and Greg Valentine vs. Flair from the old NWA wars of the early 1980s. See the pattern there? 😁 With Flair's arrival to the WWF, dream matchups opened up for a new generations of fans, including yours truly. ⁣ ⁣ RepoMan. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Funny but horrible gimmick for the former Demolition Ax. Skinner?? 🙊🙉🙈⁣ ⁣ Good times indeed.⁣ ⁣ #WWF #WorldWrestingFederation #RoyalRumble92 #RoyalRumble1992 #RoyalRumble #Wrestling #ProWrestling #TheNineties #1990s #SiscosFavoriteComics https://www.instagram.com/p/B7g67jSBKO4/?igshid=nt2la926m56w

On to the 1991 Royal Rumble. This Rumble was notable for the Royal Rumble debuts of the Undertaker, the Legion of Doom, The Texas Tornado Kerry Von Erich, Crush and the British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith. While these new faces to the Rumble made it exciting, the match itself didnt live up to the one the year before in terms of main event talent. ⁣ ⁣ Saba Simba? Really? Ugh. Horrible gimmick for Tony Atlas. I forgot that Shane Douglas was in this match. And it's amazing how over the Bushwhackers and Hacksaw Jim Duggan were with the fans. ⁣ ⁣ It was interesting to see how Bret Hart was slowly being built up a singles wrestler that would become the main face of the company throughout the 1990's.⁣ ⁣ ⁣Rick Martel set a new record for being in the Rumble for roughly 52 minutes, beating Ted DiBiasie's record from the year before of 44 minutes. And a young Shane McMahon was a ref outside the ring???⁣ ⁣ The Earthquake vs Hulk Hogan fued just kept on rolling. And speaking of Hogan, he would become the first multiple time winner of the Royal Rumble. ⁣ ⁣ Good times indeed.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ #WWF #WorldWrestingFederation #RoyalRumble91 #RoyalRumble1991 #RoyalRumble #Wrestling #ProWrestling #TheNineties #1990s #SiscosFavoriteComics https://www.instagram.com/p/B7PkcBkheH3/?igshid=1lqkwmobwq4oe

On to the 1990 Royal Rumble. This was the first Rumble that had major talent early the match. Six of the first eight saw Ted DiBiase in at number one, Jake Roberts in at number three and "The Macho King" Randy Savage at number five, Rowdy Roddy Piper in at number six and Bret Hart in at number eight. ⁣ ⁣ The crowd was really into the countdowns setting the energy for crowds in later years. I had forgotten that Tony Schiavone was working for the WWF at the time and Dusty Rhodes got a major pop from the crowd. ⁣ ⁣ It took five dudes to eliminate Earthquake further building him up to be a major heel. And the Ultimate Warrior was a much bigger force by the time of the 1990 Royal Rumble than he was two years prior during the 1988 Royal Rumble. ⁣ ⁣ DiBiase sets the then record for the being in the Rumble the longest at roughly 44 minutes. I was surprised that Hogan and Snuka would square off when Hogan got to the ring to a HUGE pop. ⁣ ⁣ The Royal Rumble shows that it is a match setter for Wrestlemania with this show. Bad News Brown vs Roddy Piper, Demolition vs The Colossal Connection and Hulk Hogan vs. The Ultmate Warrior among many of the matches from Wrestlemania VI with roots in the 1990 Royal Rumble.⁣ ⁣ Trendsetters Ravishing Rick Rude and Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig are missed by wrestling fans worldwide. True legends ⁣ ⁣ Good times indeed.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ #WWF #WorldWrestingFederation #RoyalRumble90 #RoyalRumble1990 #RoyalRumble #Wrestling #ProWrestling #TheNineties #1990s #SiscosFavoriteComics https://www.instagram.com/p/B7PaoMOBeBQ/?igshid=me13o8xi157p

On to the 1989 Royal Rumble. This was the first one with 30 entrants, major countdown with buzzer and unlike the Royal Rumble of the year before, this Royal Rumble had main eventers. ⁣ ⁣ As you can see from the poster, Hulk Hogan, WWF Champion "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Andre the Giant headlined the event. The tag champs Demolotion entered one and two and thumped each other until Andre came in at number three. ⁣ ⁣ Youngsters Curt Hennig and Shawn Michaels stood out. The Brainbusters Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard make their only Royal Rumble appearance. Bad News Brown had a pretty good showing. Koko B. Ware got a "Who the hell is that" from @_undisputedking ⁣ ⁣⁣ I love the foreshadowing to the breakup of the Mega Powers with the Savage getting in Hogan's face after he was eliminated with Bad News by Hogan. ⁣ ⁣ I forgot how big the Big Bossman used to be before he slimmed down. And Akeem...😩😩😩 So bad. The One Man Gang was an awesome gimmick that was ruined by the Akeem gimmick. And talk about bad gimmicks, I have three words for you: The Red Rooster.⁣ ⁣ I forgot Big John Studd was in this match. I forgot about Studd's brief comeback as a face in the late 1980s. And the Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiasie as always is at his best. ⁣ ⁣ Good times indeed.⁣ ⁣⁣ #WWF #WorldWrestingFederation #RoyalRumble89 #RoyalRumble1989 #RoyalRumble #Wrestling #ProWrestling #TheEighties #1980s #SiscosFavoriteComics https://www.instagram.com/p/B7PO5zaBR4f/?igshid=1ebeos9a17kzj

With the 2020 Royal Rumble a few weeks away, I've decided to start the new year by watching the Rumbles from the first one that was held in 1988. While watching my son @_undisputedking says: "Who are these bums" 🤣🤣🤣⁣ ⁣ This was the first one with only 20 entrants, no major countdown and yeah, this Royal Rumble had no main eventers. The Hart Foundation, Jake "The Snake" Roberts and a super over Hawksaw Jim Duggan were the main names in my opinion. Even a young Ultimate Warrior was a non-factor. It was great seeing the Junkyard Dog, One Man Gang, King Harley Race, Don Muraco, Tito Santana and the rest of the wrestlers that I used to watch back in the 1980s.⁣ ⁣ Good times. ⁣ ⁣ #WWF #WorldWrestingFederation #RoyalRumble88 #RoyalRumble1988 #RoyalRumble #Wrestling #ProWrestling #TheEighties #1980s #SiscosFavoriteComics https://www.instagram.com/p/B7PJUekh8ZO/?igshid=1ag5dued73vfm