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.
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Trailer
Royal Rumble 1989 Intro
Cast
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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