Royal Rumble 1988

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Royal Rumble 1988
Information
Promotion	WWF
Date	January 24, 1988
Venue	Copps Coliseum
City	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Attendance	15,000
Last Event	Survivor Series 1987
Next Event	Wrestlemania 4

Show events

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Singles Match: Rick Rude vs. Ricky Steamboat

• Rude was disqualified after pulling the referee in the way while Steamboat jumped off the top rope.
• Winner: Ricky Steamboat (16:40).

• WWF World Women's Tag Team Championship Best Two Out Of Three Falls Match: The Glamour Girls (Judy Martin & Leilani Kai) vs. The Jumping Bomb Angels (Itsuki Yamazaki & Noriyo Tateno)

• Martin pinned Yamazaki after a Alley Oop (6:06)
• Yamazaki pinned Kai with a Sunset Flip counter out of a Alley Oop attempt (8:21)
• Tateno pinned Martin after a Double Missile Dropkick (15:21)
• Winner: The Jumping Bomb Angels to become The NEW! WWF World Women's Tag Team Champions (15:21).

• WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan and Andre The Giant w/Virgil, Ted DiBiase and Bobby Heenan, signed the The Contract for February 5th, 1988 at The Main Event in Indianapolis, Indiana for The WWF World Heavyweight Championship.
  • Andre attacked Hogan after the signing, putting his "Official Stamp" on it.

• Royal Rumble Match: B. Brian Blair vs. Boris Zhukov vs. Bret Hart vs. Butch Reed vs. Danny Davis vs. Dino Bravo vs. Don Muraco vs. Hillbilly Jim vs. Jake Roberts vs. Jim Brunzell vs. Jim Duggan vs. Jim Neidhart vs. King Harley Race vs. Nikolai Volkoff vs. Ron Bass vs. Sam Houston vs. The Junkyard Dog vs. The One Man Gang vs. The Ultimate Warrior vs. Tito Santana

• 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 was up.
• Winner: Jim Duggan (14:00).

• Best Two Out Of Three Falls Match: The Islanders (Haku & Tama) vs. The Young Stallions (Jim Powers & Paul Roma)

• Roma was counted out. (7:00)
• Haku forced Roma to submit with a Single Leg Boston Crab. (14:00)
• Winner: The Islanders (14:00).

Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

A new entrant came out approximately every 2 minutes.

Entrant		Eliminated by		Time
1	Bret Hart	8	Muraco	25:42
2	Tito Santana	2	Hart and Neidhart	10:41
3	Butch Reed	1	Roberts	14:55
4	Jim Neidhart	6	Hillbilly Jim	19:06
5	Jake Roberts	10	One Man Gang	21:52
6	Harley Race	4	Muraco	10:03
7	Jim Brunzell	3	Volkoff	12:06
8	Sam Houston	7	Bass	14:39
9	Danny Davis	13	Duggan	17:51
10	Boris Zhukov	3	Roberts and Brunzell	2:33
11	Don Muraco	17	Bravo and One Man Gang	4:12
12	Nikolai Volkoff	11	Duggan	11:40
13	Jim Duggan	-	WINNER	14:43
14	Ron Bass	14	Muraco	10:14
15	B. Brian Blair	9	One Man Gang	5:50
16	Hillbilly Jim	12	One Man Gang	5:55
17	Dino Bravo	18	One Man Gang	18:12
18	The Ultimate Warrior	16	Bravo and One Man Gang	3:51
19	One Man Gang	19	Duggan	6:50
20	Junkyard Dog	15	Bass	2:08

DVD and video releases

The event was released as part of the Royal Rumble Anthology dvd set.

External links and references

• Royal Rumble 1988 (Official Website)
• Royal Rumble 1988 at CAGEMATCH.net
• Royal Rumble 1988 at Online World of Wrestling