WWE Royal Rumble 1988

WWE Royal Rumble 1988

144 mins | Drama, Action | Jan. 24, 1988

Royal Rumble (1988) was the first annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on January 24, 1988 at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario. Unlike the subsequent Royal Rumble events, this event was not shown on pay-per-view and was instead a television special shown on the USA Network. The main event was a two out of three falls match where The Islanders (Haku and Tama) defeated The Young Stallions (Paul Roma and Jim Powers). The undercard featured the first-ever Royal Rumble match which was won by Jim Duggan, Jumping Bomb Angels (Noriyo Tateno and Itsuki Yamazaki) defeated The Glamour Girls (Judy Martin and Leilani Kai) in a two out of three falls match for the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship and Ricky Steamboat defeated Rick Rude by disqualification.

WWE Royal Rumble 1988

144 mins | Drama, Action | Jan. 24, 1988

WWE Royal Rumble 1988
Royal Rumble (1988) was the first annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on January 24, 1988 at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario. Unlike the subsequent Royal Rumble events, this event was not shown on pay-per-view and was instead a television special shown on the USA Network. The main event was a two out of three falls match where The Islanders (Haku and Tama) defeated The Young Stallions (Paul Roma and Jim Powers). The undercard featured the first-ever Royal Rumble match which was won by Jim Duggan, Jumping Bomb Angels (Noriyo Tateno and Itsuki Yamazaki) defeated The Glamour Girls (Judy Martin and Leilani Kai) in a two out of three falls match for the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship and Ricky Steamboat defeated Rick Rude by disqualification.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), WWE Home Video
Original title WWE Royal Rumble 1988
Directors
Writers

Cast

Rick Blood Sr.

as Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat

Rick Rood

as "Ravishing" Rick Rude

Ray Heenan

as Bobby "The Brian" Heenan

Noriyo Tateno

as Herself

Itsuki Yamazaki

as Herself

Judy Hardee

as Judy Martin

Patty Seymour

as Leilani Kai

Jimmy Hart

as "The Mouth of The South" Jimmy Hart

Sam Fatu

as Tama

Tonga Fifita

as Haku

Paul Centopani

as Paul Roma

James Manley

as Jim Powers

Bret Hart

as Bret "The Hitman" Hart

Merced Solis

as Tito Santana

Bruce Reed

as "The Natural" Butch Reed

Jim Neidhart

as Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart

Aurelian Smith Jr.

as Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Harley Race

as Himself

Jim Brunzell

as "Jumpin" Jim Brunzell

Michael Smith

as Sam Houston

Dan Marsh

as "Dangerous" Danny Davis

Jim Harrell

as Boris Zhukov

Don Muraco

as "The Rock" Don Muraco

Josip Peruzović

as Nikolai Volkoff

Jim Duggan

as "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan

Ron Heard

as "Outlaws" Ron Bass

Brian Blair

as B. Brian Blair

Jim Morris

as Hillbilly Jim

Adolfo Bresciano

as Dino Bravo

Jim Hellwig

as The Ultimate Warrior

George Gray

as The One Man Gang

Sylvester Ritter

as The Junkyard Dog