WWF Royal Rumble '92 Promo: Mountie vs. Piper

Newly crowned Intercontinental Champion, The Mountie, isn't shy about letting the world know about his victory over Bret "Hitman" Hart. Then he calls out Piper, predicts a successful title defense @ Royal Rumble '92.

[@dkupke]

You need to remember the IC title was a different kind of package back then. If you had that belt, you were pretty much the #2 guy in the promotion. So for a character like The Mountie to win it was actually a pretty big deal.

[@ebonysworld4280]

hello hello La

[@kefkarothsephka7708]

well technically u can say the mountie was the unofficial number 1 guy before the wwf royal rumble 92 result as there was no crowned wwf champion yet.

[@rickrowlands001]

Well said! The IC was far more prestigious in those days

[@tafariali-alkebulan3325]

Rougeau had the pedigree, hes from a famous Canadian wrestling family so that helped too aside from the gimmick, along with Jimmy Hart.

[@dkupke]

@@tafariali-alkebulan3325 Rogeau was more than talented enough for it, but he was still playing a any character at the time (which, btw he was perfect at) so for The Mountie to win the belt, and from Bret Hart of all people, was out of nowhere.

[@JohnDoe-id1es]

I used to LOVE when he'd walk toward the ring singing his own song- "I'm the Mountie, I'm handsome, I'm brave, I'm strong..."

[@ninjavigilante5311]

I'm the Mountie Andi enforce the law.. You can never run and you can never hide because the Mountie always gets his mannnnn..

[@OldSchoolRasslin]

My mom had a heart attack when she learned that the Mountie won the IC title. She was a massive Bret Hart fan.

[@MalnourishedGoat]

Sorry for your loss : (

[@twobitcommie82]

@@MalnourishedGoat 😂😂😂

[@XTR02]

@@MalnourishedGoat LOL

[@XTR02]

More like a Hart Attack

[@akgstone]

Wtf.. lol. Did your mom think this was real lol?

[@JohnDoe-id1es]

"Hitman- Eat your heart out!".....

[@kiddkingpin7414]

"And I'll be keeping my kilt up with that belt on my kilt." Nice one Rowdy

[@jimfrisk688]

ha, coulda just said "Ill be keeping my kilt up with that belt" instead of repeating himself.

[@trinityj1]

@@jimfrisk688 He added that last reiteration on purpose to drive home the 'KILT not a SKIRT!' thing, he even paused like he was done before he thought of it as a button.

[@BEastmix]

Look at the enthusiasm in these promos! Amazing! You don't get that these days.

[@BEastmix]

100% with you on that. These were the days. Larger than life characters.

[@malawri67]

The Mountie was a good heel.I miss him,and Big Boss man,Doinq,Piper,Perfect....

[@nicoledickson6099]

The mountie may have been IC champion for a brief time, but wow, what a great time that was. It was a huge deal back then when he won.

[@JohnDoe-id1es]

One of my favorite promos of all time (The Mountie's)

[@joen8529]

God look at these legends. From back when wrestling was amazing.

[@jorgefigueroa4437]

Jacques Rousseau, the Mountie a WWE legend from Canada, and Rowdy Roddy Piper, another legend of the WWE universe and Jimmy Hart, wow that's a WWE Hall of Fame future candidates, see the video of this memorable match and make your own conclussions

[@vikmega]

I miss the days when the titles actually meant something smh. wwf > wwe

[@Sean021122]

Citizen V The titles are worthless today because the wrasslers are worthless!

[@Sean021122]

Chuck Buskee \ This promo alone is worth more than practically any modern wrassler who has disgraced the IC belt in the last few decades...>

[@Sean021122]

Chuck Buskee Definitely and he really took the big bossman down a few pegs. Until mountiue, nobody had really held those type gimmicks and looked believable besids bossman. Also, I liked mountie alot but he was still better as the brother who didn't really stick out much in the old rougeau brothers. raymond had a career ending injury so they had to get rid of that team and then jacques came back as the mountie later on. I personally liked raymond better. He was better in the ring and had more of a sneering, get under your skin, type personality that really got them in the direction of that heel turn they made. But raymond ended up on wwe tv for a few years doing "interview" roles. He was awesome in the rougeau team!

[@gunnyakdo1653]

@@Sean021122 im glad to read such a comment as i felt alone to describe wrestlers like mountie or rougeau brothers

[@dkupke]

@Chuck Buskee the Mountie won it to lose it to Piper-to set up Piper vs Bret, which was all about grooming Bret for the WHC. It elevated the IC belt by default.

[@ou812scott]

this was the shit back in the day......love the piper!!

[@JayKhwaja]

RODDY WE MISS U FOREVER

[@evandemers3753]

Must have been Rougeau's only promo as IC champ.

[@michaelrussell3890]

He made another at the actual Rumble event which was quite amusing

[@kefkarothsephka7708]

was a shame he didnt have it at least a couple weeks before losing it.

[@RodDeBod247365]

mountie ALWAYSSSSSSSSS gets his man!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sainters7]

Good all-Canadian matchup there 🍁

[@mikhailmikhail8740]

Underrated

[@SylentEcho]

hahah, "bring your skirt to the Royal Rumble" hahahahahaha.

[@brnleague99]

I loved when Piper wrestled the Mountie on Saturday Night's Main Event and Mountie hit him with the cattle prod and Piper shrugged it off because he was wearing a shock proof vest under his shirt.

[@shadowwolfz]

piper's dialogue between :40-1:06 is a riot

[@miggy25]

i never saw this promo...i remember being shocked that Bret lost the belt to Mountie at the house show when i read it in the mags--which was the only way u found out about stuff back then...loved Roddy FINALLY winning a singles title at the Rumble

[@mrlvl3680]

i miss when promos were like this

[@joebaumgart1146]

Mountie is the goat of pro wrestling!

[@Bull1908]

Jacques Rogeau for Hall of Fame 2022.

[@theinfamousmrsleep]

I miss the Black and Gold WWF Intercontinenal Championship

[@rubinadam3896]

Rarest time and promo to see The Mountie with the IC Championship, shame his reign only lasted 2 days but got to see the “Passing the Torch” match between Roddy Piper & Bret Hart.

[@BigDaddy-uv5mo]

I hate to add to the recession haha

[@wheelzwheela]

Ironically Piper was Canadian.

[@Bazzeboy]

Good gimmick; well characterized by Jacques!

[@robertmayesiii8356]

The mountie thought he was a better i.c. champion than honky tonk man...😂😂🤣🤣

[@steelbuchannon852]

“One of the original village people” 😂

[@dd22musicfan1]

Ric Flair winning the world title that night was obviously the right call, but in hindsight, I would've loved for Roddy Piper to have won both belts that night. It would've certainly been a first, and Piper went so long without winning a title. It would've been amazing for him to not only win a title, but both singles titles in the same night.

[@homen]

Donnie Durham yes he would have been the second guy to win 2 titles on the same night after the ultimate warrior at wrestle mania

[@HalifaxHercules]

Todays Mounties or RCMP officers have shock sticks called the Taser or stun gun.

[@universalmanchild]

RIP Mountie. You will certainly be missed. :(

[@chazsmith7324]

universalmanchild He's not dead!?

[@graythaprince]

He's not dead. He just did an interview about his IC title run.

[@ChromeFamily]

I LOVED how that IC belt looked! but these promos where the best! MAKE ME CARE like I did back then WWE/TNA!!! MAKE ME CARE!!!! I cared then! I remember these promos.

[@OlliBonn]

on of the best heels in wrestling ever

[@juanluque1556]

Rip rody piper

[@just2coolkk]

everbody looks good with this IC Championship Belt....

[@VintageWWF]

I agree. But Hot Rod was getting older, and he hadn't held a singles title belt to that point. They didn't want Hitman dropping the IC belt to another "face", so they used Mountie to setup Hot Rod's reign.

[@HalifaxHercules]

Jacques "The Mountie" Rougeau is still alive.

[@ninjavigilante5311]

Yes he is, met him several times.. Super nice guy.

[@JohnDoe-id1es]

Long Live The Mountie Jacques and Raymond Rougeau! The All Amrican Boys!

[@robertmayesiii8356]

Mounting wanted to win rhe royal rumble match.😅🤣🤣🤣😂

[@Chucky_Martinez]

0:04 Eat your heart out!

[@American-Zero]

Indeed. To explain Bret dropping the title, they claimed he had the "Flu". When the Hitman resigned he and Piper put on a classic match at Wrestlemania 8.

[@jamesgilliam6615]

I love old school wrestlers

[@justworkingfortheweekend8504]

They could have let him hold the belt longer than two days

[@tracyswan2282]

One of the. Biggest spectacles of wrestling ,the mountain, the rogeaus more style than the circ de ole

[@JohnDoe-id1es]

Piper arguably the best hell ever, as a face- Meh.

[@Hordak84]

Mountie was short lived gimmick. i read about it he wasnt allowed use his mountie name in canada so he wrestled his own name.

[@RochesterFreeRadio]

Wasn't shortlived. He was around for 2 years. Late 90 to late 92.

[@TheSSUltimateGoku]

Is there any footage of the actual match where the Mountie actually won the Intercontinental title from Brett Hart?

[@Bull1908]

Watch Royal Rumble 92. They play the footage before the IC Title Match.

[@eisenkreuzmusik]

you don't get the quality it was back then today period!

[@GenXtasy]

I was shocked when the Mountie won the belt

[@dkupke]

+GenXtasy I've tried to explain to people that the IC title was a bigger deal back then, so a character like The Mountie winning it was actually a big surprise

[@steelman2373]

It was a setup for the epic showdown. Between. Piper and Hart. Great match.

[@beilmandulin]

@rogertayloRRR I think that Vintage WWF said it best when he said, "...But Hot Rod was getting older, and he hadn't held a singles title belt to that point. They didn't want Hitman dropping the IC belt to another "face", so they used Mountie to setup Hot Rod's reign." As to why the WWF chose the Mountie SPECIFICALLY? I don't know. Although Piper ended up droping it back to the Hitman himself at WM 8 when they were both "faces".

[@4armedcruz]

KILT NOT A SKIRT!!! lol

[@rogertayloRRR]

why the mountie had the ic belt idk lol

[@HalifaxHercules]

Jacques Rougeau wasn't allowed to use The Mountie moniker in Canada under fears that the WWF or himself would be sued for Copyright Infringement and face charges under the RCMP Act. The main reason why The Mountie was my favourite wrestler was due to a fact I got a laugh out of him.

[@Jason-mk4ki]

1992 royal rumble best ever and i was there in albany ny

[@HalifaxHercules]

@AaronBruceLadner I know, they use something more sinister, stun guns.

[@stuffronmakes9698]

Conrad Thompson sent me here

[@BestMusicExpert]

@VintageWWF Actually they had Mountie take the belt because Bret's contract was almost up and in dispute and they had to get it off of him. If what you said was true, they wouldn't have had Roddy drop it to Hitman at Wrestlemania 8 a few short months later.

[@josuedavidgonzalez6236]

Roddy piper is new wwf intercontinental championship

[@head6856]

Piper is the Intercontinental Championship? Was he reincarnated into it after his passing?

[@HalifaxHercules]

I was disappointed that The Mountie only held the Intercontinental Title for two days. After losing it to Rodney "Rowdy Roddy Piper" Toombs, "The Mountie" started to go downhill to "Jobber To The Stars" status until Bret "The Hitman" Hart defeated him in less than a minute after he became WWE World Champion. Unfortunately, Jacques "The Mountie" Rougeau returned to Tag Team Wrestling as 1/2 of "The Quebecers" and "The Amazing French Canadians".

[@granddidit]

at least the quebecers got the tag team championships a couple times, so it wasnt all bad

[@HalifaxHercules]

I wonder why Jimmy Hart didn't have a red serge uniform like his underling, Jacques "The Mountie" Rougeau?

[@Marcobisc24]

KILT !!!!

[@b_side8669]

Was it me or did the Mountie’s nose look kinda really red ? 🤨

[@ninjavigilante5311]

The sunglasses were probably too tight

[@GreatMewtwo]

@TheEnforcer1996 Retired, but not dead.

[@truffles_the_great3375]

That's all?

[@TheEnforcer1996]

@universalmanchild hes not dead.

[@AaronBruceLadner]

@EricV1 Real Mounties Don't Use Cattle Prods.

[@American-Zero]

Real men wear kilts!

[@sanjhunt]

Is it just me or is piper looking kinda hot here? I'm just sayin.

[@GlorifiedTruth]

Wow, Piper just didn't cut it as a good guy. As a bad guy he was one of the best. I met him at an autograph signing once; pretty cool guy!

[@baconman2580]

and I thought Canadian were nice

[@ninjavigilante5311]

Jus the mounties are assholes

[@HalifaxHercules]

The late Rowdy Roddy Piper was Canadian in real life.