WWE Royal Rumble 1989 (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.
- Date of release
- 1989-01-15
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 2h 34m
- Genres
- Action, Drama
- Director
- Vince McMahon
Casting
- John Minton — Big John Studd
- Ted DiBiase Sr. — "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase
- Hulk Hogan — Hulk Hogan
- Randy Poffo — "The Macho Man" Randy Savage
- André Roussimoff — André the Giant
- Bill Eadie — Demolition Ax
- Barry Darsow — Demolition Smash
- Curt Hennig — Mr. Perfect
- Roger Barnes — "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin
- John Wisniski Jr. — Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
- Aurelian Smith Jr. — Jake "The Snake" Roberts
- Ronald Heard — "Outlaw" Ron Bass
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