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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 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]
Essentially, the premise of ‘A Royal Rumble’, first created by Pat Patterson of the WWE in 1988, sees 30 wrestlers participate and takes the form of a modified battle royal, where combatants ...
A 22-man Royal Rumble match took place at a house show in East Rutherford, New Jersey on March 14, 1988 where Jake Roberts was the winner. A 22-man Royal Rumble match took place at a house show in Hartford, Connecticut on March 16, 1988, where Ravishing Rick Rude was the winner.
The journey to WrestleMania is officially underway, and two spots have been secured. The 2025 Royal Rumble officially kicked off the start of WWE's biggest time of the year, as the iconic first ...
After defeating Ravishing Rick Rude by disqualification at 1988 Royal Rumble, [43] Steamboat was entered into the tournament for the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania IV in March 1988. On WWF television prior to the match, Steamboat appeared in a vignette where he stated that he hoped Randy Savage would win his first ...
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 ...