The 1992 WWE Royal Rumble was the fifth annual Royal Rumble. It took place on January 19, 1992 at The Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, New York. The main event, as in past Royal Rumble events, was the event's namesake match. The 1992 Royal Rumble match was historic because for the first time in the history of WWE, the last man standing in the match would win the WWE Championship, which had been vacated in December 1991. The match was won by Ric Flair, who last eliminated Sid Justice to win the match and the WWE Championship. Featured matches on the undercard were The Natural Disasters vs. The Legion of Doom for the WWE World Tag Team Championship, The Beverly Brothers vs. The Bushwhackers & Roddy Piper versus The Mountie for the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair
Sid Justice
Hulk Hogan
"The Macho Man" Randy Savage
Sgt. Slaughter
The Undertaker
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Rick "The Model" Martel
The Warlord
Irwin R. Schyster
Skinner
Virgil
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
The Berzerker
Col. Mustafa
Jimmy "The Superfly" Snuka
The Big Boss Man
The Mighty Hercules
The Barbarian
Shawn Michaels
El Matador
The Texas Tornado
The British Bulldog
The Repo Man
Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
Nikolai Volkoff
Haku
Jerry Sags
"The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase
Road Warrior Hawk
Road Warrior Animal
Earthquake
Typhoon
"The Mouth of The South" Jimmy Hart
Cousin Butch
Cousin Luke
Jamison Winger
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Beau Beverly
Blake Beverly
The Genius
The Mountie
"The Rocket" Owen Hart
Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart
Tanaka
Kato
Mr. Fuji