7. Bruce Prichard Reveals Why A Stipulation Was Added To The Royal Rumble Match
During a recent edition of “Something to Wrestle With” podcast, Bruce Prichard revealed why a stipulation was added to the Royal Rumble match. Below is what he said:
“The idea was made by me, and it was a way to give the Royal Rumble a little bit of meaning. For years, the Rumble was used as, kind of like the King of the Ring, almost like a championship in a way. He ended up having bragging rights and the idea could be, why not have it be for something?
That something being a shot at the WWF Championship, and the first year we did it was before WrestleMania 9 where we had Yokozuna going over and that honor going to him where he ended up facing Bret Hart at WrestleMania.”
You can watch the final moments of the 1993 Royal Rumble match below:
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