Royal Rumble (1989)

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The 1989 Royal Rumble was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was the second annual Royal Rumble event, but the first to air on PPV after the inaugural 1988 event aired as a television special. It took place on January 15, 1989, at The Summit in Houston, Texas. It centered on the men's Royal Rumble match, a modified battle royal in which the participants enter at timed intervals instead of all beginning in the ring at the same time. With the event's move to PPV, the Royal Rumble became one of the WWF's original four annual PPV events, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, which would become recognized as the "Big Four". Six matches were contested at the event, including two dark matches. The main event was the 1989 Royal Rumble match, which was won by Big John Studd, who last eliminated Ted DiBiase. This year's event increased the number of participants in the match to 30 after the prior year...

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