It began as a television special, as part of Vince McMahon’s war with Jim Crockett, but since then it’s become one of WWE’s biggest pay-per-view events.
Now we’re going back to where it all began, to January 1988, with a look at the very first Royal Rumble.
The show began with singles action as Rick Rude took on Ricky Steamboat.
It was kind of weird seeing Rude in plain red and black tights instead of the gaudy designs and colours he would later be known for. Also, there was a really annoying woman with a megaphone sitting in the front row who kept shouting “I bet that hurt!”
As for the match, it...
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