WWE Royal Rumble (1988)
January 24, 1988Release Date
WWE Royal Rumble (1988)
January 24, 1988Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Rick Blood Sr.
Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat
Rick Rood
'Ravishing' Rick Rude
Merced Solis
Tito Santana
Bret Hart
Bret 'The Hitman' Hart
Noriyo Tateno
Herself
Bruce Reed
Butch Reed
Itsuki Yamazaki
Herself
Jim Neidhart
Jim 'The Anvil' Neidhart
Judy Hardee
Judy Martin
Kerwin Silfies
Director
Patty Seymour
Leilani Kai
Vince McMahon
Producer
Sam Fatu
Tama
Tonga Fifita
Haku
Aurelian Smith Jr.
Jake 'The Snake' Roberts
Harley Race
Harley Race
Paul Centopani
Paul Roma
Jim Brunzell
Jim Brunzell
James Manley
Jim Powers
Michael Smith
Sam Houston
Dan Marsh
'Dangerous' Danny Davis
Jim Harrell
Boris Zhukov
Don Muraco
'The Rock' Don Muraco
Josip Peruzović
Nikolai Volkoff
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
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 event aired as a television special on the USA Network on the same night as Jim Crockett Promotions' Bunkhouse Stampede pay-per-view (PPV) and was centered on the Royal Rumble match, a modified battle royal in which participants enter at timed intervals instead of all beginning in the ring at the same time. It would be the only Royal Rumble event to broadcast as a television special, as beginning with the 1989 event, it began airing on pay-per-view. After the launch of the WWE Network in 2014, this inaugural Royal Rumble was included with the rest of the Royal Rumble events in the PPV section.
Four matches were contested at the event. The event was highlighted by the first-ever televised Royal Rumble match, which was won by Jim Duggan.The final match was a two out of three falls match in which The Islanders (Haku and Tama) defeated The Young Stallions (Paul Roma and Jim Powers). Additionally, The Jumping Bomb Angels (Noriyo Tateno and Itsuki Yamazaki) defeated The Glamour Girls (Judy Martin and Leilani Kai) in a two out of three falls match to win the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship and in the opening bout, Ricky Steamboat defeated Rick Rude by disqualification.