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This Royal Rumble set a record for the highest viewed wrestling program on cable TV at the time with an 8.2 rating. [21] [22] Beginning with the 1989 Royal Rumble, the Royal Rumble became an annual January pay-per-view for the WWF, which, in 2002, was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE, which became an orphaned initialism in April 2011).
Here is the full list of men's Royal Rumble winners from each year: 1988: “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan. 1989: Big John Studd. 1990: Hulk Hogan. 1991: Hulk Hogan (second win) 1992: Ric Flair. 1993 ...
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]
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 .
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. A 30-man Royal Rumble on January 17, 1994, at Madison Square Garden was won by Owen Hart , last eliminating Fatu .
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.
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 ...
He began 1988 with a decisive victory over Paul Roma of The Young Stallions (who had scored an upset victory over The Hart Foundation the previous year) [47] on the January 11 episode of Prime Time Wrestling, [41] and, at the Royal Rumble in January 1988, was the first entrant in the inaugural Royal Rumble match.