Royal Rumble 1989

From Pro Wrestling

Royal Rumble 1989
Promotion	WWF
Date	January 15, 1989
Venue	The Summit
City	Houston, Texas
Attendance	19,000
Last Event	Saturday Night's Main Event XIX
Next Event	Saturday Night's Main Event XX

Royal Rumble 1989 was the second annual Royal Rumble event from the World Wrestling Federation, and the first one to be held on pay-per-view. It took place on January 15, 1989 at The Summit in Houston, Texas.

Contents 1 Show events 2 Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations 3 Trivia 4 DVD and video releases 5 External links and references

Show events

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Best Two Out Of Three Falls Six Man Tag Team Match: Dino Bravo & The Fabulous Rougeaus (Jacques & Raymond Rougeau) vs. Jim Duggan & The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart)

• Jacques pinned Bret after an aided Seated Senton. (4:22)
• Duggan pinned Jacques after an elbow drop. (11:46)
• Bret pinned Bravo after Duggan knocked Bravo out with his 2x4. (15:42)
• Winner: Jim Duggan & The Hart Foundation(15:42).

• WWF Women’s Championship Match: Rockin' Robin vs. Judy Martin

• Robin pinned Martin after a flying crossbody from the second rope.
• Sensational Sherri would do commentary for this matchup and challenged the winner of the match.
• Winner: Rockin' Robin(16:24).

• Singles Match: Haku vs. Harley Race

• Haku pinned Race after Race ducked a Clothesline, while running the ropes, but was met with a Superkick on the way back off the ropes.
• Winner: Haku (9:01).

• Royal Rumble Match: Akeem vs. Andre The Giant vs. Arn Anderson vs. Ax vs. Bad News Brown vs. Big John Studd vs. Brutus Beefcake vs. Butch vs. Greg Valentine vs. Hercules vs. Hulk Hogan vs. Jake Roberts vs. Koko B. Ware vs. Luke vs. Marty Jannetty vs. Mr. Perfect vs. Randy Savage vs. Rick Martel vs. Ron Bass vs. Ronnie Garvin vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Smash vs. Ted DiBiase vs. The Barbarian vs. The Big Bossman vs. The Honky Tonk Man vs. The Red Rooster vs. The Warlord vs. Tito Santana vs. Tully Blanchard

• The final two were Big John Studd and Ted DiBiase.
• Winner: Big John Studd (1:04:53).

Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

A new entrant came out approximately every 2 minutes.

Entrant		Eliminated by		Time
1	Ax	4	Perfect	14:37
2	Smash	1	Andre	4:55
3	André the Giant	5	Himself	14:55
4	Mr. Perfect	11	Hogan	27:58
5	Ronnie Garvin	2	André	2:39
6	Greg Valentine	8	Savage	19:52
7	Jake Roberts	3	André	2:08
8	Ron Bass	7	Michaels and Jannetty	12:36
9	Shawn Michaels	9	Anderson and Savage	14:30
10	Butch Miller	13	Brown and Hogan	18:13
11	The Honky Tonk Man	6	Miller and Santana	4:12
12	Tito Santana	12	Savage and Anderson	12:47
13	Bad News Brown	20	Hogan	16:24
14	Marty Jannetty	10	Blanchard and Anderson	7:52
15	Randy Savage	19	Hogan	12:26
16	Arn Anderson	16	Hogan	10:00
17	Tully Blanchard	17	Hogan	8:02
18	Hulk Hogan	21	Akeem and Boss Man	11:31
19	Luke Williams	15	Hogan	3:08
20	Koko B. Ware	14	Hogan	1:08
21	The Warlord	18	Hogan	0:03
22	The Big Boss Man	22	Hogan	4:18
23	Akeem	28	John Studd	18:36
24	Brutus Beefcake	24	Barbarian and DiBiase	13:56
25	The Red Rooster	23	DiBiase	11:17
26	The Barbarian	26	Martel	11:15
27	Big John Studd	-	WINNER	12:21
28	Hercules	25	Barbarian and DiBiase	6:11
29	Rick Martel	27	Akeem	5:29
30	Ted DiBiase	29	John Studd	6:27

Trivia

• In kayfabe "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase did not like the number that he drew and therefore consulted with Slick (who managed the Big Boss Man and Akeem) to arrange for the purchase of #30.
• Curt Hennig broke the longevity record, lasting 27:58.

DVD and video releases

External links and references

• Royal Rumble 1989 (Official Website)
• Royal Rumble 1989 at CAGEMATCH.net
• Royal Rumble 1989 at Online World of Wrestling

Royal Rumble
1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997
1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007
2008 • 2009 • 2010