Royal Rumble (1990)

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Royal Rumble
Orlando Arena
Attendance16,000[1]
Tagline(s)Every Man for Himself
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The 1990 Royal Rumble was the third annual

Orlando Arena in Orlando, Florida. It centered on the Royal Rumble match, a modified battle royal
in which participants enter at timed intervals instead of all beginning in the ring at the same time.

Six matches were contested at the event, including one

The Fabulous Rougeaus (Jacques Rougeau and Raymond Rougeau
).

Production

Background

The

Orlando Arena in Orlando, Florida.[3][4]

Storylines

The Fabulous Rougeaus (Jacques Rougeau and Raymond Rougeau), whom Bushwhackers beat.[6] Bushwhackers and Rougeaus continued to feud with each other for the rest of the year, culminating in a tag team
match at Royal Rumble 1990.

Greg Valentine and Ronnie Garvin had been feuding since a match on December 30, 1988, in Madison Square Garden (MSG) which Valentine won by grabbing the tights for leverage.[7] On the April 22, 1989 episode of Superstars, Garvin defeated Valentine in a match.[8] On the following edition of Superstars, they both faced each other in a retirement match where the loser could not wrestle anymore in WWF. Valentine won the match, sending Garvin into retirement.[8] In retirement, Garvin took up other positions in the WWF; first he became a referee[9] but he was suspended after disqualifying Valentine in a match against Jimmy Snuka, and later a ring announcer at SummerSlam 1989, a position he used to berate and belittle his erstwhile rival.[10] Valentine was so irate that he demanded for Garvin to be re-instated as a professional wrestler and his request was accepted.[9] At Survivor Series, they both battled in a match on opposing teams.[11]

Other wrestlers in World Wrestling Federation – including

Ted Dibiase, who had cheated to obtain a late number in the previous year's event, eventually revealed to Gene Okerlund that he had drawn #1. By contrast, Mr. Perfect
revealed that he had obtained the "perfect draw" - #30.

Event

Preliminary matches

Before the event aired live on

knee drop on Butch. Luke tripped Jacques. Raymond tried to help his brother but Bushwhackers hit Rougeaus with the Battering ram and Butch pinned Jacques to win the match.[13][14][15]

The second match was between

eye rake. Beefcake got up and hit Genius an inverted atomic drop. Genius went down to the floor to recover. As he got back into the ring, he pounded on Beefcake but missed a charge. Beefcake hit Genius an Irish whip. Genius went to the floor but came back into the ring with a dropkick for a near-fall. A crucifix pin on Beefcake got another near-fall for Genius. Beefcake nailed Genius back and applied a Barber's Chair but Genius elbowed out of it. Genius applied a headlock but Beefcake pushed him into the referee. Genius tried to hit an Irish whip on Beefcake but Beefcake reversed it into a Barber's Chair. Genius fell to the mat, but the referee was knocked out, so Beefcake could not be awarded with the win. He got his scissors and tried to cut Genius' hair with it, until Mr. Perfect came out and hit Beefcake with a Perfectplex. The referee got up and disqualified both Beefcake and Genius. Perfect brought a chair into the ring and nailed Beefcake in the ribs with it.[13][14][15]

The third match was a

elbow drop on Garvin and applied the figure four leglock. Valentine hit a Canadian backbreaker rack but Garvin didn't submit. Valentine hit another elbow drop and went for the figure four leglock again but Garvin kicked out and chopped him in the corner. Garvin applied the Indian deathlock on Valentine but Valentine caught the ropes. They battled each other on the floor where Garvin went for a piledriver but Valentine backdropped out of it. In the ring, Garvin reversed an Irish whip but missed a charge. Valentine applied Garvin's submission maneuver, Hammer Jammer on Garvin. Valentine pounded in the corner. Garvin fell near Valentine's manager Jimmy Hart. Valentine applied the figure four leglock on Garvin. Garvin released the hold but Valentine went for another figure four leglock, but Garvin blocked it with an inside cradle. Garvin slammed Valentine down on the mat. He untied the Heart Breaker but Valentine pulled him outside the ring. Garvin tied Valentine in the ropes and Hart tried to untangle him but got pulled by Garvin. Garvin threatened Hart with the Heart Breaker but instead hit Valentine with it and applied the Hammer Jammer on Valentine, who submitted.[13][14][15]

The fourth match was

knee drop. He locked in a bear hug. Duggan tried to escape by hitting headbutts but Boss Man fell on top of him near the ropes. Boss Man pounded on Duggan in the corner but Duggan clotheslined him. Duggan drove Boss Man into the corner for a ten-count punch but missed a charge in the corner and was clotheslined by Boss Man. Boss Man went for a big splash but Duggan moved out of the way. Slick grabbed Duggan up against the ropes as Boss Man charged Duggan but Duggan moved out of the way and Boss Man accidentally nailed Slick. However, Slick was able to give Boss Man a nightstick. Slick tried to distract the referee, but the referee saw Boss Man hitting Duggan with a nightstick. Referee disqualified Boss Man and Duggan was announced the winner.[13][14][15]

Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
Commentator Tony Schiavone
Jesse Ventura
Interviewer Gene Okerlund
Sean Mooney
Ring announcer Howard Finkel
Official Tony Garea
Pat Patterson
Referees Danny Davis
Earl Hebner
Joey Marella
Shane Stevens

Main event

The

The Powers of Pain, The Warlord
entering at #7 attacked both Piper and Roberts. Warlord beat on Piper for a while until DiBiase and Savage tried to eliminate Roberts. Piper broke free of Warlord and saved Roberts from elimination.

One half of

The Colossal Connection, André the Giant
joined the match. Warlord went after André and was immediately thrown over the top rope, getting eliminated.

Piper and Rhodes fought back on André, while Brown and DiBiase tried to eliminate Hart.

Smash came out to rescue him. This led to a Demolition and Colossal Connection battle. One half of the Twin Towers, Akeem entered at #16 while Rhodes eliminated Hart. Demolition nailed Haku with a double shoulder block and did the same to André, eliminating him from the match. They tried to eliminate Haku too, but André punched Ax in the face to stop the elimination and allow Haku to get back into the ring. DiBiase, who had been in the match for 20 minutes, was now going to get eliminated by Demolition but broke free until Jimmy Snuka
entered at #17.

Snuka fought with Akeem and eliminated him.

raked Santana. Haku was hit with a clothesline by Warrior while DiBiase piledrivered Snuka. The Honky Tonk Man entered at #24. Martel eliminated Neidhart with some aid by Warrior and DiBiase as well. Warrior reversed an Irish whip by DiBiase and clotheslined him over the top rope. DiBiase broke Mr. Perfect
's longevity record of staying in a Royal Rumble match with 44:47.

"Ravishing" Rick Rude entered at #28 before the clock went off and went after Warrior. Barbarian and Rude tried to eliminate Hogan, but the Warrior saved Hogan from being eliminated. Then a Hogan clothesline eliminated the Warrior with help from Barbarian and Rude. Warrior then came back into the ring and attacked both Barbarian and Rude before going backstage. Hercules entered at #29 and teamed with Hogan to battle Barbarian and Rude. The last entrant, Mr. Perfect
entered and began stomping Hogan.

This made Hogan, Rude, Barbarian, Hercules and Perfect, the final five men. Meanwhile, a miscommunication problem occurred between Barbarian and Rude. Hercules took advantage and eliminated Barbarian. This made it the final four – Hogan, Rude, Hercules and Perfect. Hercules was eliminated by Rude, leading to Hogan, Rude and Perfect as the final three. Rude and Perfect double-teamed Hogan. Perfect held Hogan for a Rude forearm but Hogan ducked and Perfect was sent out to the apron. While on the apron Hogan Irish whipped Rude and as Perfect was pulling himself back up he accidentally pulled the ropes down, letting Rude fly down to the floor. After a short argument between Rude and Perfect, Rude goes backstage. This led to the final two – Hogan and Perfect. Hogan grabbed Perfect back in the ring but received a clothesline by Perfect. Perfect hit Hogan with a Perfect-Plex but Hogan "hulked up" and threw Perfect into the ring post. Hogan connected with clotheslines and threw Perfect over the turnbuckle and across the ring post to the floor, to win the 1990 Royal Rumble match.[16][13][14][15]

Aftermath

Several of the Royal Rumble events were used to build interest in WrestleMania VI, the WWF's next big supercard. Gaining the most interest was a confrontation between WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan and WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion the Ultimate Warrior; both men agreed each had something to prove following their encounter, and a match was signed for WrestleMania VI, to be held at the Toronto Skydome. Both wrestlers agreed to a title vs. title match, where one wrestler could walk out with both titles. Prior to then, Hogan focused on his feud with Mr. Perfect, while Ultimate Warrior defended his Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship primarily against Dino Bravo, with Hogan frequently appearing in the Ultimate Warrior-Bravo matches to nullify Earthquake's appearances in Bravo's corner.

WWF Tag Team Champions the Colossal Connection (

Smash
), the team they won the belts from; the Hart Foundation and the Rockers were occasional opponents. During this time, Haku was doing most of the wrestling as André's health was declining and he only entered the ring usually only for the finish. A final rematch was scheduled for WrestleMania VI.

Following the confrontation between Dusty Rhodes and Sapphire, and "Macho King" Randy Savage and Sensational Sherri during "The Brother Love Show", an inter-gender match between the two was signed. Prior to that, Savage made one final bid for Hogan's WWF World Heavyweight Championship, facing his sometimes friend and more frequent enemy on The Main Event, aired in February; with Buster Douglas as the referee, Hogan gained a pinfall victory in their last WWF match against each other, with Hogan gaining a further parting shot when Douglas slugged Savage following a post-match argument.

Jake "The Snake" Roberts
, fired Slick as his manager and made former rival Hogan his closest ally.

This was the last WWF pay-per-view event commentated by Tony Schiavone, as he left the company shortly afterwards. He went on to work for World Championship Wrestling, which became WWF's chief rival during the 1990s, until its demise in 2001, and had a short-lived stint with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in 2003 before leaving the sport until 2019, when he became an announcer for All Elite Wrestling. Gorilla Monsoon would resume the lead announcing duties at the WWF's following pay-per-view, WrestleMania VI.

Results

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1D
dark match

Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

A new entrant came out approximately every 2 minutes.

Draw Entrant Order Eliminated by Time[17] Eliminations
1 Ted DiBiase 18 The Ultimate Warrior 44:47 4
2 Koko B. Ware 1 Ted DiBiase 01:36 0
3 Marty Jannetty 2 Ted DiBiase 01:35 0
4 Jake Roberts 3 Randy Savage 10:03 0
5 Randy Savage 4 Dusty Rhodes 10:10 1
6 Roddy Piper 7 Bad News Brown 12:20 1
7 The Warlord 5 André the Giant 08:16 0
8 Bret Hart 9 Dusty Rhodes 16:16 0
9
Bad News Brown
 6 Roddy Piper 06:04 1
10 Dusty Rhodes 12 The Canadian Earthquake 18:18 2
11 André the Giant 10 Ax & Smash 10:16 2
12
The Red Rooster
 8 André the Giant 01:58 0
13 Ax 13 The Canadian Earthquake 12:50 1
14
Haku
 20 Hulk Hogan 22:31 2
15 Smash 16 Haku 15:01 2
16 Akeem 11 Jimmy Snuka 02:31 0
17 Jimmy Snuka 19 Hulk Hogan 17:03 2
18 Dino Bravo 15 The Ultimate Warrior 06:13 1
19
The Canadian Earthquake
 14 Jim Neidhart, Haku, Smash, Jimmy Snuka, Dino Bravo & Ted DiBiase 02:31 2
20 Jim Neidhart 17 The Ultimate Warrior, Ted Dibiase, & Rick Martel 08:42 1
21 The Ultimate Warrior 25 Hulk Hogan, The Barbarian & Rick Rude 14:29 6
22 Rick Martel 24 The Ultimate Warrior 08:14 2
23 Tito Santana 21 The Ultimate Warrior & Rick Martel 05:09 0
24 The Honky Tonk Man 22 Hulk Hogan 04:01 0
25 Hulk Hogan - Winner 12:49 6
26 Shawn Michaels 23 The Ultimate Warrior 00:12 0
27 The Barbarian 26 Hercules 05:47 1
28 Rick Rude 28 Hulk Hogan & Mr. Perfect 06:29 2
29 Hercules 27 Rick Rude 03:02 1
30 Mr. Perfect 29 Hulk Hogan 03:32 1
  • Ted DiBiase set a new longevity record by lasting 44:47.
  • Bad News Brown was already eliminated when he eliminated Roddy Piper.

See also

References

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  2. ^ Ian Hamilton. Wrestling's Sinking Ship: What Happens to an Industry Without Competition (p. 160)
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  12. ^ "Royal Rumble 1990 results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
  13. ^ a b c d e "Royal Rumble 1990 official results". WWE. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
  14. ^ a b c d e "Royal Rumble 1990". The Powerdriver Review. 2008-02-28. Archived from the original on 2008-06-04. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
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  17. ^ "Royal Rumble 1990". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved April 8, 2011.

External links

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