WWE Royal Rumble 1989

1989 "No Partners... 30 Opponents"
6.6| 2h35m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 15 January 1989 Released
Producted By: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/history/1989
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The 1989 WWE Royal Rumble was the second annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling event produced by the World Wrestling Federation, 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 Studd, who last eliminated Ted DiBiase to win the match. Featured matches on the undercard were Jim Duggan and The Hart Foundation versus Dino Bravo and The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers, Rockin' Robin versus Judy Martin for the WWE Women's Championship and "King" Haku versus Harley Race.

Genre

Drama, Action

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Director

Vince McMahon

Production Companies

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

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WWE Royal Rumble 1989 Audience Reviews

Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.
AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks
Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.
alexanderdavies-99382 The 1989 Royal Rumble was the first official one after the experimental one from 1988. From now on, it was going to be 30 participants and the main event would last longer. Only one match from the card was any good for me. The six man tag team match was simply magnificent. The Hart Foundation and Hacksaw Jim Duggan squared off against The Rougeau Brothers and Dino Bravo in a two out of three falls match up. The choreography and twists and turns built up the excitement right to the end. The women's title match was rubbish and I've seen far better women's wrestling where they can duke it out, just like the men. The silly posedown between The Ultimate Warrior and Ravishing Rick Rude was a complete waste of time as nothing happened. It did create the feud that would result and it was a very good one. Haku and Harley Race battled it out to see who would be crowned the King of the WWE. This was actually not too bad. The Rumble event was a brief return appearance for Big John Studd, now a babyface. The likes of Rugged Ronnie Garvin, The Bushwhackers, The Brain Busters and the Big Boss Man all made their debuts on the Royal Rumble P.P.V. The heat was building between the current heavyweight champion Macho Man Randy Savage and his tag team partner Hulk Hogan. A sign of things to come..... I thought the main event compensated for the disappointment of how the matches panned out.
DAVE The second Royal Rumble added an additional 10 wrestlers than the previous year. The other matched on the card weren't bad except for the womens title match which was a waste of time. For some reason the crown match has been omitted from most copies of this event.It was fun seeing Ax and Smash of Demolition start the Rumble drawing numbers 1 and 2. They sure battled each other! I never quite understood why Big John Studd was the eventual winner of the event, he didn't wrestle too much longer after the event took place. Wouldn't you rather have an up and coming star win such a prestigious event? Overall a satisfactory event that is still fun to watch to this day.
Big Movie Fan The Royal Rumble has always been one of my favourite events. For those who don't know the Royal Rumble is an event where 30 men compete in the ring. They draw numbers from 1 to 30. At the start numbers 1 and 2 start off and every two minutes after that those who drew the later numbers entered the ring. Eliminations occurred when someone was sent over the top rope to the arena floor.The great thing about the Rumble was that it was a free for all. Friends battled friends, tag team partners battled tag team partners (in this event tag team partners Demolition had a brutal scrap)and the bad guys battled fellow bad guys. There was always plenty of action which made the Rumble great.(SPOILERS AHEAD)It wasn't until 1993 that the Royal Rumble winner would receive an automatic title shot; before that the winner didn't receive anything except immediate fan adulation. The late Big John Studd won this event by eliminating the Million Dollar Man who tried to bribe Studd. Throughout the Rumble there was plenty of entertainment. Andre the Giant left the ring when Jake "The Snake" Roberts threw his python into the ring. Hulk Hogan eliminated about a dozen stars and then had a falling out with his tag team partner the Macho Man. This was probably the best Rumble match ever-back then you never knew what to expect.All in all, a good event with a brilliant six-man tag team match on the undercard and a posedown between The Ultimate Warrior and the late Rick Rude. There was also a ladies match but it was far too short to be a good match.
mikebarber85 In its pre pay per view days the Royal Rumble was a less important event than it would later become. The 1989 event did however help start the trend of the Rumble setting the scene for Wrestlemania. The opening 3 fall six man was fairly entertaining but was followed by a turkey in the form of a ladies title match which had no business being part of such a major event. The super posedown predictably ended in Rick Rude attacking the ultimate warrior after the two contestants had traded poses to show off their chemically enhanced upper bodies. The Rumble match itself was entertaining but lacked tension because their was no Wrestlemania title shot at stake as there was in future years.