Ep. 10: 1991 WWF Royal Rumble

The Lapsed Fan

Wrestling, Tv & Film, Sports

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2015

⏱️ 249 minutes

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Summary

For the first time, The Lapsed Fan rumbles. This week it’s the 1991 WWF Royal Rumble, a show with sentimental and historic value for your co-chairmen.

The extravaganza from Miami set the controversial table for the Hulk Hogan v. Sgt. Slaughter showdown amid Dessert Storm hostilities, as Slaughter ends the Ultimate Warrior’s title reign in a shocker and Hogan survives 29 other superstars to wave Old Glory.

Join hosts Jack Encarnacao and JP Sarro as they muse on:

- The referee who refused to allow Rick Martel to use the “but I went under the top rope” loophole, actually threatening a 10-count during the Rumble match

- The subtlety of the WWF’s leveraging of the Persian Gulf conflict for heat, including having Warrior tear the Iraqi flag to shreds and attempt to eat it

- Sherri comes on to Warrior as he radiates discomfort

- One of the best PPV openers in WWF history, including a spot involving a karate belt that should be celebrated for generations

- Mr. Fuji is compared to the Michelangelo, the painter

- Those fantastic cartoon posters for Rumble 91, 92, and 01, with all participants portrayed as a marauding street gang

- The Mountie’s passive aggression and apprehension training

And so much more. Get Lapsed across the face, 91 Rumble style, by downloading the latest Lapsed Fan wrestling podcast here.

Transcript

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0:00.0	It's the Lapsed Fan Wrestling Podcast with Jack Encarnassio and J.P. Sorrows
0:07.8	It's still real to be, damn it!
0:09.6	The Lapsed Fan.
0:10.8	In all my years in professional wrestling, I've never seen anything like it.
0:15.0	Exclusively at wrestle zone.com and welcome once again ladies and
0:20.6	gentlemen to the lapsed fan wrestling podcast on
0:23.8	WrestleZone.com. You are in for much more than you bargained for as this
0:29.0	here program takes it for the first time to a Royal Rumble, ladies and gentlemen, the latest
0:35.3	deep dive into your WWE Network Archive.
0:38.4	The 1991 W. W.F. Royal Rumble, Jack and Canarsio and J.P. Sorrow here with you.
0:45.0	This is not a deep dive. Let me be clear. This is a deep penetration.
0:50.0	That's correct.
0:51.0	Into not only the WWE network, but my childhood.
0:55.0	This is the show.
0:58.0	This is what brought me to the dance.
1:02.0	This is the Royal Rumble 1991. It was the first
1:07.1	video cassette of WWE that I a Coliseum video release, mind you, that I ever
1:12.3	rented.
1:13.4	It is the first pay-per-view because of that
1:16.0	that I ever saw.
1:18.1	This is it.
1:19.1	This is the one.
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