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Three questions from the 1991 Royal Rumble

Recap of the Royal Rumble 1991 For the second year in a row Hogan outclassed 29 other superstars to win the Royal Rumble and set up the main event for Wrestlemania 7 with the American turncoat villain, Sgt. Slaughter. Hogan didn't need to win the 1990 Royal Rumble, Mr. Perfect should have gotten the nod there to launch a well-deserved main event run. Here however, Hogan was the only logical choice to win considering the circumstances of the Gulf War and his status as an All-American hero. And win he did by eliminating all the big men (read Smash, Crush, The Warlord, Brian Knobbs and Earthquake). Other stars who shined included: British Bulldog eliminates Mr. Perfect with a brilliant dropkick <Courtesy: WWE > The Undertaker (still managed by Brother Love) who eliminated the likes of Bret Hart and "Texas Tornado" Kerry Von Erich "The Model" Rick Martel who entered at no. 6 and made it to the final five thereby setting a new Royal Rumble endurance record of m...

Bibo V/s Kumar

                                                                                                                                 Melvin Bibo V/S Sushil Kumar - A match made in Heaven  A picture speaks a thousands words but when pictures transcend into motion via live broadcast to tell a story of guts, gumption and glory an epic tale which should be passed down the ages is born. Life is reinvigorated and recharged through these tales. Each of these tales tell you not to give up in the face of insurmountable odds and to forge ahead in life with grit and conviction.  I came across one such tale when I read Ernest Hemingway's immortal classic " The Old Man a...