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The 1988 Royal Rumble was the inaugural Royal Rumble professional wrestling event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on January 24, 1988, at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada .
In the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as WWE), Duggan won the first Royal Rumble match in 1988. [6] In World Championship Wrestling (WCW), he was a United States Heavyweight Champion [7] and the final World Television Champion.
The 2025 Royal Rumble will be held Saturday, Feb. 1, beginning at 3 p.m. ET. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Royal Rumble winners history: Full list of who won WWE event Show comments
The Royal Rumble match was created by wrestler and WWE Hall of Famer Pat Patterson and the event was established by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). After the match was first tested at a house show in October 1987, [1] the first Royal Rumble event took place on January 24, 1988, and was broadcast live as a television special on the USA Network. [2]
Royal Rumble: Hamilton, Ontario: Jim Duggan won the Royal Rumble by last eliminating One Man Gang ... Shunji Kosugi (1981-April 10, 1988, returned for one last match ...
A 4-man Royal Rumble took place on the January 8, 2004 episode of SmackDown, when Paul Heyman pit Chris Benoit against the three members of the F.B.I. Benoit won the match. A 15-man Royal Rumble was held during the January 29, 2004 episode of SmackDown to crown a contender for Brock Lesnar's WWE Championship at No Way Out.
The 1989 Royal Rumble was the second annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). After the inaugural event aired as a television special, the 1989 event aired on pay-per-view (PPV), thus becoming one of the WWF's original four annual PPV events, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, which would become ...
Cody Rhodes won his second straight Royal Rumble in 2024. Rhodes became the 10th person to win multiple Royal Rumbles and fourth person to win consecutive ones, joining Hulk Hogan (1990-91), Shawn ...