Ric Flair (spot No. 3) wins the Royal Rumble Match to become WWE Champion

The 1992 Royal Rumble Match was unique in that the WWE Championship was on the line, making 30 men potential champions. Ultimately, it was the winningest world champion of them all who emerged from spot No. 3 to claim victory: Ric Flair. "The Nature Boy" outlasted the likes of Shawn Michaels, Undertaker, Hulk Hogan and lastly Sid to win the WWE Championship despite a full hour of time in the ring.

ORDER OF ENTRY:

1. British Bulldog
2. "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase
3. Ric Flair
4. Jerry Sags
5. Haku
6. Shawn Michaels
7. Tito Santana
8. Barbarian
9. Kerry Von Erich
10. Repo Man
11. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
12. Nikolai Volkoff
13. Big Boss Man
14. Hercules
15. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
16. Jake "The Snake" Roberts
17. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
18. Irwin R. Schyster
19. Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka
20. Undertaker
21. Randy "Macho Man" Savage
22. Berzerker
23. Virgil
24. Col. Mustafa
25. Rick Martel
26. Hulk Hogan
27. Skinner
28. Sgt. Slaughter
29. Sid Justice
30. Warlord

ORDER OF ELIMINATION:

1. "Million Dollar Man" DiBiase by British Bulldog
2. Jerry Sags by British Bulldog
3. Haku by British Bulldog
4. Nikolai Volkoff by Repo Man
5. Greg Valentine by Repo Man
6. Repo Man by Big Boss Man
7. British Bulldog by Ric Flair
8. Kerry Von Erich by Ric Flair
9. Shawn Michaels by Tito Santana
10. Tito Santana by Shawn Michaels
11. Barbarian by Hercules
12. Hercules by Big Boss Man
13. Big Boss Man by Ric Flair
14. Jimmy Snuka by Undertaker
15. Jake Roberts by Randy Savage
16. Col. Mustafa by Randy Savage
17. Undertaker by Hulk Hogan
18. Berzerker by Hulk Hogan
19. Jim Duggan by Virgil
20. Virgil by Jim Duggan
21. Skinner by Rick Martel
22. Sgt. Slaughter by Sid
23. Irwin R. Schyster by Rowdy "Roddy" Piper
24. Warlord by Sid and Hulk Hogan
25. Rowdy Piper by Sid
26. Rick Martel by Sid
27. Randy Savage by Ric Flair and Sid
28. Hulk Hogan by Sid
29. Sid by Ric Flair

WINNER: Ric Flair