IWF Royal Rumble (1990)

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Royal Rumble (1990)
Imformation
Promotion	International Wrestling Federation
Date	January 21, 1990
Attendance	16,000
Venue	Orlando Arena
City	Orlando, Florida
Pay-per-view chronology
No Holds Barred	Royal Rumble (1990)	WrestleMania VI
Royal Rumble chronology
Royal Rumble (1989)	Royal Rumble (1990)	Royal Rumble (1991)

Royal Rumble (1990) was the third annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the International Wrestling Federation. It took place on January 21, 1990 at the Orlando Arena in Orlando, Florida.

The main event was the 1990 Royal Rumble match won by IWF Champion Hulk Hogan. Hogan last eliminated Mr. Perfect to win the match. Featured matches on the undercard were Jim Duggan versus Brandon (McDonald's)The Big Boss Brandon, and The Bushwhackers versus The Fabulous Rougeaus.

Background

The Bushwhackers (Butch and Luke) made their IWF debut in Madison Square Garden on December 30, 1988, defeating The Bolsheviks (Nikolai Volkoff and Boris Zhukov). They got involved in a feud with The Bolsheviks, which was to be settled at WrestleMania V. Bolsheviks missed the event, however, so they were replaced by The Fabulous Rougeaus (Jacques and Raymond), whom Bushwhackers beat. Bushwhackers and Rougeaus continued to feud with each other for the rest of the year, culminating in a tag team match at Royal Rumble 1990.

Greg Valentine and Ronnie Garvin had been feuding since a match on December 30, 1988 in Madison Square Garden (MSG) which Valentine won by grabbing the tights for leverage. On the April 22, 1989 episode of Superstars, Garvin defeated Valentine in a match. On the following edition of Superstars, they both faced each other in a retirement match where the loser could not wrestle anymore in WWF. Valentine won the match, sending Garvin into retirement. During this time, he disqualified his rival Valentine in a match against Jimmy Snuka and was suspended after the match. Valentine was so irate that he demanded for Garvin to be re-instated as a professional wrestler and his request was accepted. At Survivor Series, they both battled in a match on opposing teams.

All the other wrestlers in International Wrestling Federation were prepared to participate in the 1990 Royal Rumble match. Many tag team wrestlers, mid-card wrestlers and main event wrestlers chose their entry numbers to participate in this matchup. IWF Champion Hulk Hogan also signed to participate in the match as well as other champions also signed.

Event

Preliminary matches

Before the event aired live on pay-per-view (PPV), Paul Roma defeated The Brooklyn Brawler in a dark match.The first match was a tag team match between The Bushwhackers (Butch and Luke) and The Fabulous Rougeaus (Jacques and Raymond). Raymond applied a sleeper hold on Butch but Butch dropped him in the corner. Raymond tagged Jacques. Butch and Luke both clotheslined Raymond and went for a battering ram on Jacques but Jacques slipped out. Jacques and Luke trade punches with each other until Luke bit him. Jacques ducked a clothesline by Luke and Raymond was instead hit with the move. Jacques began posing until Butch attacked him from behind. The Rougeaus did illegal double-teaming on Luke. Raymond tagged in and got a near-fall on Luke. Luke tried to get a tag but Raymond attacked Butch. The Rougeaus double-teamed Luke again. Raymond Irish whipped Luke into a forearm smash by Jacques to get another near-fall. Jacques tagged in and hit a back elbow on Luke. He hit Luke with two Hotshots. Raymond applied a chinlock but Luke bit out. Jacques applied an abdominal stretch on Luke and grabbed the ropes for leverage. Raymond tagged in and applied a chinlock on Luke again. Jacques tagged in and went for a diving splash but Luke hit Jacques with his knees. Butch got tagged in. Rougeaus tried to hit Butch but he sidestepped and they got Irish whipped into each other. Bushwhackers went for a battering ram on Raymond but Rougeaus' manager Jimmy Heart grabbed Luke's foot. Luke pulled Heart into the ring, causing the distraction. Rougeaus took advantage and nailed Bushwhackers with double dropkicks. Jacques rolled up Butch for a near-fall. Raymond slapped the Boston crab on Butch for Jacques to hit a knee drop on Butch. Luke tripped Jacques. Raymond tried to help his brother but Bushwhackers hit Rougeaus with the Battering ram and Butch pinned Jacques to win the match.

Main event matches

Aftermath

Results

Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

A new entrant came out approximately every 2 minutes.

• Kyle Johnson beat the record for the longest time in the ring when he stayed in for 44:47. The previous record was held by Mr. Perfect 27:58