Ever since coming over from WCW, Ric Flair had been professing that he was the real heavyweight champion. He flaunted his title belt claiming it was the only one that mattered. The Royal Rumble was his chance to put his money where his mouth was. He had to outlast 29 other men to become the undisputed WWE Champion and that’s exactly what he did. Things didn’t look good in the beginning, though, as he drew number three, but he fought for more than an hour. Along with Flair in the final four were “Macho Man” Randy Savage, Sid Justice, and Hulk Hogan. Sid was able to eliminate Savage and Hogan, but Hogan didn’t take to kindly to the elimination. He held onto Sid from the outside, allowing Flair to dump the big man for the win and his first WWE Championship.