The Royal Rumble is an annual gimmick pay-per-view (PPV) produced every January by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) since 1988.

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

[7] Borga ended this streak on the October 30, 1993, episode of WWF Superstars (taped on September 28, 1993), when he hit Tatanka with a steel chair while the referee was distracted.

[7] As a results of storyline injuries from this attack and the beating he suffered afterward at the hands of Borga and Yokozuna, Tatanka was forced to miss the main event match at Survivor Series.

[7] The two faced each other as part of a six-man match at SummerSlam 1993, but the feud continued even after Tatanka's team emerged victorious.

Yokozuna, who was pushed as an unstoppable monster,[20] was unable to inflict any serious damage on The Undertaker when the two faced each other in an elimination match.

[22] Lex Luger wanted to participate in the Royal Rumble match, as the winner was scheduled to get a title shot for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania X.

Yokozuna's manager, Mr. Fuji, was allowed to bring in two wrestlers, Genichiro Tenryu and The Great Kabuki, to hurt Luger's chances of winning.

[26] As the pay per view broadcast began, Vince McMahon introduced Ted DiBiase as his commentary partner for the evening.

[14] Bret tagged in but fell out of the ring and kayfabe hurt his knee when the Quebecers' manager pulled on the ropes.

[29] This left fans wondering if Bret Hart would even make the Royal Rumble match itself.

Next came the match between Irwin R. Schyster and Razor Ramon for the Intercontinental Championship, for which Jim Ross and Gorilla Monsoon took over the commentary roles.

[14] He then used an Irish Whip to throw Schyster into the corner, but the match turned around with a ref bump when referee Joey Marella was in the way and was kayfabe knocked unconscious.

[25] Shawn Michaels ran to the ring with his fake Intercontinental belt and hit Ramon with it, and Schyster helped revive Marella to count the pinfall.

[14] Ramon simply grabbed Schyster, who was standing on the second turnbuckle celebrating, and performed the Razor's Edge for the victory.

[30] Meanwhile, Adam Bomb, Jeff Jarrett, The Headshrinkers (Samu and Fatu) and Diesel then came to the ring to help Yokozuna.

Before the Royal Rumble match began, commentator Vince McMahon revealed that WWF President Jack Tunney had shortened the interval between entrances from the traditional two minutes to 90 seconds due to time constraints.

[28] Ludvig Borga could not compete due to his ankle injury and was replaced by Kwang, a newcomer to the WWF.

[28][31] The Royal Rumble match began, with Scott Steiner and Headshrinker Samu as the first and second participant.

[35] Eventually, WWF President Jack Tunney came to the ring and had Finkel declare both men co-winners.

[34] The situation regarding the title shot at WrestleMania X, which was to be given to the winner, remained unresolved until the following week on Monday Night Raw.

On the January 31, 1994 edition of Monday Night Raw, the 1-2-3 Kid stole Ramon's chains back from I.R.S., bringing the feud to an end.

The debate over the true holder of the Intercontinental Championship was settled at WrestleMania X in a ladder match with both belts suspended above the ring.

Jack Tunney decided that both Bret Hart and Lex Luger would get separate title shots at WrestleMania X.

A coin toss would determine who was to compete in the first title match, with the other wrestler facing "suitable competition".

Lex Luger won the coin toss that was televised on Monday Night Raw;[13] Tunney then made the decision to have Bret Hart wrestle his brother, Owen, in the opening match at WrestleMania.

)[36] Owen won the match, but Bret came out of WrestleMania with the WWF World Heavyweight Championship after Yokozuna dropped the title to him.

Diesel's performance in the Royal Rumble match led to him becoming an up and comer in the WWF pecking order and he became the Intercontinental Champion shortly after WrestleMania X with assistance from Shawn Michaels.

At SummerSlam, however, Michaels cost Diesel the Intercontinental Championship by inadvertently kicking him when Razor Ramon ducked out of the way.

[10] During his absence, the WWF promoted his return by showing video clips of people who claimed to have seen The Undertaker.