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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 ...
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: Houston, Texas: Big John Studd won the Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Ted DiBiase [1] January 29 UWA: UWA 14th Anniversary Show: Naucalpan, Mexico: El Canek (c) defeated Konnan in a singles match for the UWA World Heavyweight Championship [2] February 16 WWF: Saturday Night's Main Event: Hershey, Pennsylvania: Hulk Hogan ...
He made his first World Wrestling Federation (WWF) appearance as a participant in the Royal Rumble match, as he entered at number 13 and eliminated Jake Roberts, Doug Gilbert, one member of the Squat Team, and Savio Vega; he also fought with his ally Yokozuna, but Vader was eliminated by Shawn Michaels before he re-entered the ring and started ...
On the May 3 episode of Thunder, Hart made a run in during an over the top rope battle royal where he hit Hogan with a chair. His final WCW appearance occurred on the September 6, 2000, episode of Thunder , in a promo where he confronted Goldberg on the injury he sustained nine months prior.
In 1989, Honky entered the Royal Rumble, where he was eliminated by Tito Santana and Bushwhacker Butch. [16] In late 1989 and 1990, he and Greg Valentine , who was also managed by Jimmy Hart, aligned themselves as the tag team Rhythm and Blues in which Valentine became a Roy Orbison rip-off since Honky was an Elvis rip-off. [ 1 ]
At TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on December 15, The Shield lost to CM Punk in 3-on-1 handicap match after Reigns accidentally speared Ambrose. [96] On January 26, 2014, at the Royal Rumble, Rollins entered his first Royal Rumble match at #2, gaining three eliminations before he was eliminated by teammate Reigns. [97]
Following the advent of Survivor Series in 1987 and then Royal Rumble and SummerSlam in 1988—WWF's four original annual pay-per-views—the four would eventually be dubbed the "Big Four". [2] WrestleMania V was scheduled to be held on April 2, 1989, at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey .