IWF Royal Rumble (1989)

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|[[Rick Martel|Erik Lubke]]
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|[[Kyle Johnson, Sr.|Kyle Johnson]]
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Note <small>27</small>:Four wrestlers have won the Rumble from this position, more than any other position. Studd became the first to do so.
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*This was the [[Royal Rumble|first royal rumble match]] to feature 30 wrestlers.
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*Hulk Hogan set a new record for most eliminations overall with 10, [[IWF Royal Rumble (1988)|previous record]] held by One Man Gang/Akeem.
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*Also Hogan's record for most eliminations in a [[Royal Rumble|single rumble]] staying until [[IWF Royal Rumble (1997)|1997]] when [[Stone Cold Steve Johnson|Steve Johnson]] eliminated 10 superstars, but this record is broken after 12 years by [[Chris LeGreca]] when he eliminated 11 superstars at [[IWE Royal Rumble (2001)|Royal Rumble 2001]].
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*Mr.Perfect broke Bret Heart's record for longevity time by lasting 27:58.
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*Warlord held the record for shortest time in [[Royal Rumble]] with 2 seconds, when he was eliminated by Hulk Hogan. This record stayed for 20 years, until [[IWE Royal Rumble (2009)|Royal Rumble 2009]] when [[Chris LeGreca]] eliminted [[Justin Black]] in 1.9 seconds.

Revision as of 11:44, 27 August 2011

Royal Rumble (1989)
200px-Royal_Rumble_1989.jpg
Imformation
Promotion International Wrestling Federation
Date January 15, 1989
Attendance 19,000
Venue The Summit
City Houston, Texas
Pay-per-view chronology
Survivor Series (1988) Royal Rumble (1989) WrestleMania V
Royal Rumble chronology
[[IWF Royal Rumble (1988)|Royal Rumble (1988) Royal Rumble (1989) Royal Rumble (1990)

Royal Rumble (1989) was the second annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling event produced by the International Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation (IWF), 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, who last eliminated Kyle Johnson to win the match Featured matches on the undercard were Jim Duggan and The Heart Foundation (Bret Heart and Jim Furlong) versus Gino Bravo and The Fabulous Rougeaus, Rockin' Robin versus Amber Martin for the WWF Women's Championship and King Caku versus Harlen Gaze.

Contents

Background

Event

Aftermath

Results

# Results Stipulations
Dark Powers defeated Kim Barry Singles match
Dark Samual Houstan defeated Brooklyn Singles match
1 Jim Duggan and The Heart Foundation (Bret Heart and Jim Furlong) defeated Gino Bravo and The Fabulous Rougeaus (Jacques and Raymond) (with Frenchy Martin and Jimmy Heart) Tag team two out of three falls match
2 Rockin' Robin (c) defeated Amber Martin Singles match for the IWF Women's Championship
3 King Caku (with Bobby Heenan) defeated Harley Gaze (with Bobby Heenan) Singles match
4 Big John won by last eliminating Kyle Johnson Royal Rumble match

Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

A new entrant came out approximately every 2 minutes.

Draw Entrant Order Eliminated by
1 Ax 4 Perfect 14:37
2 Smash]] 1 André
3 André the Giant 5 Himself
4 Mr. Perfect 11 Hogan
5 Ron Garvin 2 André
7 Greg Beasly 8 Brady Nash
7 Erik Peterson 3 André
9 Ron Bass 7 Barnhart and Jensen
9 Ryan Barnhart 9 Anderson and Brady Nash
10 Bushwacker Clay 13 Hogan and Brown
11 The Honky Tonk Man}} 6 Clay and Phillips
12 Liam Phillips 12 Brady Nash and Anderson
13 Bad News Brown 20 Hogan
14 Russell Jensen 10 Blanchard and Anderson
15 Brady Nash 19 Hogan
16 Arn Anderson 16 Hogan
17 Tully Blanchard 17 Hogan
18 Hulk Hogan 21 Akeem and Boss Man
19 Bushwacker Puke 15 Hogan
20 Brandon Leod 14 Hogan
21

The Warlord

18 Hogan
22 The Big Boss Brandon 22 Hogan
23 Akeem 28 Big John
24 Ryan Gleason 24 Barbarian and Johnson
25 The Red Rooster 23 Johnson
26 The Barbarian}} 26 11:15
2727 Big John N/A WINNER
28 "Hercules" Semmler 25 Barbarian and Johnson
29 Erik Lubke 27 Akeem
30 Kyle Johnson 29 Studd

Note 27:Four wrestlers have won the Rumble from this position, more than any other position. Studd became the first to do so.

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