Royal Rumble 1988 was the first annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling event from the World Wrestling Federation. It took place on January 24, 1988 at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario. Image File history File links Royal_Rumble_88_logo. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Copps Coliseum Copps Coliseum is a sports and entertainment arena with a capacity of up to 19,000 (depending on event type and configuration) in Hamilton, Ontario. ... Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve Location in the province of Ontario, Canada Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario Incorporated June 9, 1846[1] Government  - Mayor Fred Eisenberger  - City Council Hamilton City Council  - Representatives 5 MPs and 5 MPPs Area [2]  - City 1,138. ... This article is about the professional wrestling pay-per-view event. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Copps Coliseum Copps Coliseum is a sports and entertainment arena with a capacity of up to 19,000 (depending on event type and configuration) in Hamilton, Ontario. ... Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve Location in the province of Ontario, Canada Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario Incorporated June 9, 1846[1] Government  - Mayor Fred Eisenberger  - City Council Hamilton City Council  - Representatives 5 MPs and 5 MPPs Area [2]  - City 1,138. ...

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. Pay-per-view is the name given to a system by which television viewers can call and order events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event to their homes later. ... USA Network is a popular American cable TV network with about 89 million household subscribers as of 2005. ...

Results

• Ricky Steamboat defeated Rick Rude by disqualification (16:40)
  • Rude was disqualified after pulling the referee in the way while Steamboat jumped off the top rope.
• The Jumping Bomb Angels (Noriyo Tateno and Itsuki Yamazaki) defeated The Glamour Girls (Judy Martin and Leilani Kai) (w/Jimmy Hart) in a Two out of three falls match to win the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship (15:21)
  • Martin pinned Yamazaki after a Alley Oop (6:06)
  • Yamazaki pinned Kai with a sunset flip (8:21)
  • Tateno pinned Martin after a Double Missile Dropkick (15:21)
• Jim Duggan won the 1988 Royal Rumble
  • The final two participants were Jim Duggan and One Man Gang. Duggan won the match when he ducked One Man Gang's charge sending him over the top rope. (33:00)
  • Nikolai Volkoff came out prematurely right after Don Muraco, and had to be forced by referees to stay outside the ring before his time is up.
• The Islanders (Haku and Tama) defeated The Young Stallions (Paul Roma and Jim Powers) in a Two out of three falls match (14:00)
  • Roma was counted out. (7:00)
  • Haku forced Roma to submit with a Single Leg Boston Crab. (14:00)

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Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

A new entrant came out approximately every 2 minutes.

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Other on-screen talent

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Trivia

• During the event, Dino Bravo made a world record attempt to bench press 715 lbs. Bravo was successful but with the help of spotter Jesse "The Body" Ventura.
• A contract signing was held at this show between Hulk Hogan and André the Giant for a WrestleMania III rematch at The Main Event for the WWF Championship.
• This Royal Rumble features the smallest amount of entrants ever at twenty.
• Bret Hart set the first longevity record at 25:42.

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References

• onlineworldofwrestling.com - Royal Rumble '88 results
• twnpnews.com - Royal Rumble
• hoofco-inc.com - Royal Rumble '88 review

External links

• Official 1988 Royal Rumble website