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Oddball Royal Rumble Match entrants: photos
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\4 n* Q& w' z [+ EPuerto Rican wrestling legend Carlos Colon, dressed in his trademark singlet, corners Bob Backlund in the 1993 Royal Rumble Match.$ N- t* F0 G5 k" X
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Genichiro Tenryu bum-rushes fellow chop artist "Nature Boy" Ric Flair.& I, d& Q0 D$ u
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7 D7 O# q% c4 p+ FBefore 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.; p1 W2 z# ?) q
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Second-generation Superstar Doug Gilbert hauls off on Savio Vega in the 1996 Royal Rumble Match.
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8 v0 b( Y4 |4 y7 P E z* SFormer NWA and WWE World Champions collide as Dory Funk Jr. kicks fellow squared circle veteran Bob Backlund.
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7 g* ~" t- T) d; E+ YOne of the Squat Team members goes after the mighty Yokozuna.* E& s! \- f8 v0 r1 t1 H
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He's soon joind by his twin brother.. Y: J2 j$ J6 C f, _
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9 h5 [6 r' v5 R0 U$ d, M" x" hIn his one and only WWE appearance, All Japan Pro Wrestling's Takao Omori picks a fight with the 500-plus-pound Mabel.
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Mil 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.3 }1 ?; i: e7 y, p
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