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WWE Royal Rumble 1988 (1988)

Royal Rumble (1988) was the first annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on January 24, 1988 at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario. Unlike the subsequent Royal Rumble events, this event was not shown on pay-per-view and was instead a television special shown on the USA Network. The main event was a two out of three falls match where The Islanders (Haku and Tama) defeated The Young Stallions (Paul Roma and Jim Powers). The undercard featured the first-ever Royal Rumble match which was won by Jim Duggan, 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 for the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship and Ricky Steamboat defeated Rick Rude by disqualification.

Updated May 25 2020

Releases:

US -

1988-01-24

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Runtime: 144 mins Rating: 7.7 Tag Line: No Partners... 19 Opponents Homepage: Website

Cast

Hulk Hogan

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André the Giant

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Jake Roberts

Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Bret Hart

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Dino Bravo

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James Edward Duggan Jr

"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan

Richard Erwin Rood

"Ravishing" Rick Rude

The Ultimate Warrior

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