This was the first time that the Rumble winner earned a world championship match at WrestleMania, which is now standard for the annual event.

At the 1992 event, as the WWF World Heavyweight Championship had been vacated, it was decided that the prize for the 1992 Royal Rumble match would be the vacant title.

[4][5] The primary feud leading up to Royal Rumble 1993 was between WWF World Heavyweight Champion Bret Hart and challenger Razor Ramon (a replacement for The Ultimate Warrior, who had left the previous November).

The team split up in December 1991, when Michaels attacked Jannetty during an episode of Brutus Beefcake's interview segment, "The Barber Shop".

[10] Michaels became a singles wrestler and won the WWF Intercontinental Championship on October 27, 1992, from Davey Boy Smith.

The partnership split up when Perfect teamed with Randy Savage to face Flair and Razor Ramon at Survivor Series 1992.

[17] Flair legitimately requested a release from his contract, as he felt he would be more successful if he returned to World Championship Wrestling (WCW).

In addition, Doink the Clown defeated Jim Powers by submission in an untelevised dark match before the event.

Blake performed a Boston crab hold to put more pressure on Scott's back and attempt to force him to submit.

[9][28] In the next match, Sensational Sherri stood at ringside as Shawn Michaels defended his Intercontinental Championship against Marty Jannetty.

As Boss Man approached, Bigelow kicked him in the face and followed this up by performing a diving headbutt from the top rope to win the match by pinfall.

[9][28] The next match was for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship, as Bret Hart defended the title against Razor Ramon.

He threw Ramon out of the ring and performed several of his signature moves, including a Russian legsweep and an elbow drop from the second rope.

[9][28] Before the final match, Bobby Heenan, a manager and commentator, unveiled his newest wrestler, "The Narcissist" Lex Luger.

Virgil was eliminated by The Berzerker, while Perfect was thrown out of the ring by Jerry Lawler, Koko B. Ware, and Ted DiBiase.

[9][28] The Undertaker was the fifteenth wrestler to enter; he eliminated four men before Harvey Wippleman appeared, accompanying a large man (who was later revealed to be Giant González, billed at eight feet tall).

Several referees tried to get González to return to the locker room; he eventually left, and Paul Bearer, The Undertaker's manager, came to the ring.

Several minutes later, Typhoon entered the match, followed shortly by his tag team partner in The Natural Disasters, Earthquake.

Yokozuna, weighing over 500 pounds (227 kilograms), entered in the number twenty-seven spot; at one point, almost every wrestler worked together in an attempt to eliminate him, but they were unable to lift him.

[9][28] Backlund was in the ring for one hour, one minute, and ten seconds, which set a new record for time spent in a Royal Rumble match.

[9][28] Writing for Online Onslaught, columnist Adam Gutschmidt stated that the first half of the event is worth watching.

He rated the match between Boss Man and Bigelow as a "dud" but enjoyed the WWF World Heavyweight Championship bout.

[33] It was released on DVD in North America as part of WWE's Complete Royal Rumble Anthology on November 27, 2007.

[35] On June 6, 2005, it was packaged together with Royal Rumble 1994 as part of WWE's Tagged Classics line for its United Kingdom DVD release.

[37] At WrestleMania IX, Yokozuna defeated Bret Hart to win the WWF World Heavyweight Championship.

[43] Razor Ramon continued to wrestle in high-profile matches but achieved little success until changing his persona to a face after losing to the underdog 1-2-3 Kid in May 1993.

[48] The Beverly Brothers were unable to win the World Tag Team Championship, but the Steiners won the belts on two occasions in 1993.

They feuded with Money Inc. (DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster), who had held the belts since the previous October, before winning their first championship on June 14.

Yokozuna issued a challenge for any American athlete to try to bodyslam him on the deck of the USS Intrepid on Independence Day that year.

[53] Luger received a push and was given a match for Yokozuna's WWF World Heavyweight Championship at SummerSlam 1993, but he was unable to win the belt.