January 15, 1989 – Houston, Texas – The Summit
Royal Rumble 1989 Image Gallery
2/3 FALLS TAG TEAM MATCH
“Hacksaw” Jim Duggan & The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart) defeated Dino Bravo & The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers (Jacques & Raymond):
WWF WOMENS TITLE MATCH
Rockin’ Robin defeated Judy Martin to retain the WWF Women’s title:
SINGLES MATCH
King Haku w/Bobby “The Brain” Heenan defeated “King” Harley Race:
ROYAL RUMBLE MATCH
Big John Studd eliminated “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase to win the Royal Rumble!:
Order of Entry | Order of Elimination |
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1- Ax 2- Smash 3- Andre The Giant 4- Mr. Perfect 5- Ronnie Garvin 6- Greg Valentine 7- Jake Roberts 8- Ron Bass 9- Shawn Michaels 10- Butch 11- Honky Tonk Man 12- Tito Santana 13- Bad News Brown 14- Marty Jannetty 15- Randy Savage 16- Arn Anderson 17- Tully Blanchard 18- Hulk Hogan 19- Luke 20- Koko B. Ware 21- Warlord 22- Big Boss Man 23- Akeem 24- Brutus Beefcake 25- Red Rooster 26- Barbarian 27- Big John Studd 28- Hercules 29- Rick Martel 30- Ted DiBiase |
(1- Smash by Andre before #5) (2- Garvin by Andre before #7) (3- Jake by Andre before #9) (4- Ax by Perfect before #10) (5- Andre by himself before #11) (6- HTM by Santana & Butch before #14) (7- Bass by Shawn & Jannetty before #15) (8- Valentine by Savage before #17) (9- Shawn by Savage & Arn before #17) (10- Jannetty by Arn & Tully before #18) (11- Perfect by Hogan before #19) (12- Santana by Arn before #19) (13- Butch by Bad News before #20) (14- Ware by Hogan before #21) (15- Luke by Hogan before #21) (16/17- Arn & Tully by Hogan before #22) (18- Warlord by Hogan before #22) (19/20- Bad News & Savage by Hogan before #22) (21- Hogan by Akeem & Bossman before #24) (22- Bossman by Hogan cheating before #25) (23- Rooster by DiBiase) (24/25- Beefcake & Hercules by DiBiase & Barbarian) (26- Barbarian by Martel) (27- Martel by Akeem) (28- Akeem by Studd) (29- DiBiase by Studd) (Winner: Big John Studd) |
Most Eliminations : (By themselves)
01. Hulk Hogan – 9 (Perfect/Bad News/Savage/Anderson/Blanchard/Luke/Koko/Warlord/Bossman)
02. Andre The Giant – 4 (Smash, Himself, Garvin, Jake Roberts)
03. Randy Savage – 2 (Valentine, Santana)
04. Big John Studd – 2 (Akeem, DiBiase)
05. Mr Perfect – 1 (Ax)
06. Bad News Brown – 1 (Butch Miller)
07. Ted DiBiase – 1 (Red Rooster)
08. Akeem – 1 (Rick Martel)
09. Rick Martel – 1 (The Barbarian)
Longest Lastings : (In ring)
01. Mr. Perfect – 27:58
02. Greg Valentine – 19:52
03. Akeem – 18:36
04. Butch Miller – 18:13
05. Bad News Brown – 16:24
06. Andre The Giant – 14:55
07. Ax – 14:37
08. Shawn Michaels – 14:30
09. Brutus Beefcake – 13:56
10. Tito Santana – 12:47
11. Ron Bass – 12:36
12. Randy Savage – 12:26
13. Big John Studd – 12:21
14. Hulk Hogan – 11:31
15. Red Rooster – 11:17
16. The Barbarian – 11:15
17. Arn Anderson – 10:00
18. Tully Blanchard – 8:02
19. Marty Jannetty – 7:52
20. Ted DiBiase – 6:27
21. Hercules – 6:11
22. Rick Martel – 5:29
23. Smash – 4:55
24. Big Boss Man – 4:18
25. Honky Tonk Man – 4:12
26. Luke Williams – 3:08
27. Ronnie Garvin – 2:39
28. Jake Roberts – 2:08
29. Koko B. Ware – 1:08
30. Warlord – 0:03