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WWE Royal Rumble
6.9
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2h 24m
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1988
Overview
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.
Cast
![Rick Blood Sr. pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FkkN7kwf65VfiowjP0qpANmSkzhZ.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Rick Blood Sr.
Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
![Rick Rood pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FzUOfP2QXVeXLW9blpqKmVbFolE1.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Rick Rood
"Ravishing" Rick Rude
![Noriyo Tateno pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2Fj3hTLqVC1gFsHMrhgwamyYyY2G2.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Noriyo Tateno
Herself
![Itsuki Yamazaki pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FwyWPAfuV9zt3CY5eqzJgxY76c54.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Itsuki Yamazaki
Herself
![Judy Hardee pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FqvqnG41yBUFwOtGGZcRB1CM6V00.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Judy Hardee
Judy Martin
![Patty Seymour pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2Fbc87kvcYzevyh3Tc7KyVrGYntX1.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Patty Seymour
Leilani Kai
![Sam Fatu pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F8VFtryGBi6nSoncZU9z2f4j69D2.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Sam Fatu
Tama
![Tonga Fifita pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F14pCKj64VVJlxhgP1sY4HaCucm5.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Tonga Fifita
Haku
![Paul Centopani pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FcA1jUAw7ssEhTYNyx3FOXPb4Tbz.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Paul Centopani
Paul Roma
![James Manley pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F5tNk3azTqd0KO7I9Bua80W93j8i.jpg&w=320&q=75)
James Manley
Jim Powers
![Bret Hart pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FhwGt7DD0he5GFGB1utzk7fegyhp.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Bret Hart
Bret "The Hitman" Hart
![Merced Solis pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FkD0ifGz1fL9HhW0c5aqy41cW8Fl.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Merced Solis
Tito Santana
![Bruce Reed pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F1J8OpKGsp4OEdQgu6qsfanP53l5.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Bruce Reed
"The Natural" Butch Reed
![Jim Neidhart pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F87n2z9ZZ8j0kSK0mtbUQMl8dhaj.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Jim Neidhart
Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart
![Aurelian Smith Jr. pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2Fo8JIec4xbFYJ7q93qi1DBTcZqL1.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Aurelian Smith Jr.
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
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