WWE Royal Rumble 1989

Overview

The 1989 WWE Royal Rumble was the second annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling event produced by 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. The main event was the 1989 Royal Rumble match won by Big John Studd, who last eliminated Ted DiBiase to win the match. Featured matches on the undercard were Jim Duggan and The Hart Foundation versus Dino Bravo and The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers, Rockin' Robin versus Judy Martin for the WWE Women's Championship and "King" Haku versus Harley Race.

Directed by Vince McMahon

Top cast

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John Minton

Big John Studd

Ted DiBiase Sr.

"The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase

Hulk Hogan

Hulk Hogan

Randy Poffo

"The Macho Man" Randy Savage

André Roussimoff

André the Giant

Bill Eadie

Demolition Ax

Barry Darsow

Demolition Smash

Curt Hennig

Mr. Perfect

Roger Barnes

"Rugged" Ronnie Garvin

John Wisniski Jr.

Greg "The Hammer" Valentine

Aurelian Smith Jr.

Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Ronald Heard

"Outlaw" Ron Bass

Michael Hickenbottom

Shawn Michaels

Robert Miller

Butch Miller

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Wayne Farris

The Honky Tonk Man

Merced Solis

Tito Santana

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Allen Coage

Bad News Brown

Frederick Jannetty

Marty Jannetty

Martin Lunde

Arn Anderson

Tully Blanchard

Tully Blanchard

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