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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 .
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]
At the 2018 Royal Rumble, Enzo Amore was scheduled to defend the WWE Cruiserweight Championship against Cedric Alexander. [52] However, after Amore was suspended from WWE on January 22 due to allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault, the match was cancelled. The following day, Amore was released and the title was vacated.
January 24 - WWE Royal Rumble was aired on USA Network against the NWA Bunkhouse Stampede that aired live on Pay Per View. March 27 - Clash of the Champions I was aired on free TV via TBS against the WWE pay-per view event WrestleMania IV. April 3 - WCW Main Event Premiered on TBS.
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 ...
Royal Rumble is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event, produced every January by WWE since 1988. The event's main featured match is a battle royal -type match, also titled the Royal Rumble.
He participated in the 1991 Royal Rumble on January 19 in Miami, Fl and was the first man eliminated, being tossed over the top rope by the now babyface Greg Valentine. On January 28 in Macon, GA Bravo and Earthquake teamed up to face Hulk Hogan and Tugboat on the Main Event V prime time special on NBC, and were defeated.
The Stallions success took a small hit at the 1988 Royal Rumble, where Roma & Powers lost a best of three falls match to The Islanders in two straight falls (Roma appeared to suffer a legitimate knee injury during the match).