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Oddball Royal Rumble Match entrants: photos
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8 X! T9 a( {8 G9 R' SPuerto Rican wrestling legend Carlos Colon, dressed in his trademark singlet, corners Bob Backlund in the 1993 Royal Rumble Match.5 N! u2 {" J5 S) R( k6 D# d3 ]
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8 j8 S% }1 u$ U. `) |: j4 H: HGenichiro Tenryu bum-rushes fellow chop artist "Nature Boy" Ric Flair.
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; ]5 o6 K- m* ]5 OBefore entering the 1994 Royal Rumble Match with the express purpose of taking out Lex Luger, The Great Kabuki joins a group of rulebreakers in dismantling The Undertaker during The Phenom's Casket Match that night.
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After 10 years away from WWE, Dick Murdoch lunges into the 1994 Royal Rumble Match with a vengeance, clobbering Lex Luger.
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Second-generation Superstar Doug Gilbert hauls off on Savio Vega in the 1996 Royal Rumble Match.) y8 N _1 G; p
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6 q: V) Y+ B3 b$ \, T4 K# m0 k# fFormer NWA and WWE World Champions collide as Dory Funk Jr. kicks fellow squared circle veteran Bob Backlund.$ g* x5 p: \* c1 @+ |/ i
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# i/ M' ], ?# |: s8 JOne of the Squat Team members goes after the mighty Yokozuna.
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He's soon joind by his twin brother.: t3 Z7 G4 M ]: y8 J- X
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In his one and only WWE appearance, All Japan Pro Wrestling's Takao Omori picks a fight with the 500-plus-pound Mabel.% i: }" b3 `5 w- E6 ~
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3 f3 W8 C( i8 E( @7 qMil Mascaras tangles with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin while Goldust goes after Pierroth in the 1997 Royal Rumble Match.
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“The Man of 1,000 Masks” tries to add an opponent's hood to his collection. This circuit-board-themed mask belongs to Cibernetico./ l7 H# m2 w x
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