Every WWE Royal Rumble Match - From Worst To Best

By John Bills /

22. 1989

The second ever Royal Rumble, this was the first to feature the 30-man field that would soon become the norm. Big John Studd came out the winner after eliminating Ted DiBiase last. This match had a good, competitive field, but much like the previous year it was hindered by a large number of lumbering bodies taking up the ring for the majority of the match. The 1989 Rumble did provide one of my all time favourite Rumble moments though, in the novelty of Demolition tag team members Ax and Smash drawing numbers one and two. The 'Every Man For Himself' nature of the Rumble was put over hard here, and seeing teammates go at it was still a truly unique sight at the time. Hulk Hogan dominated the match with 10 eliminations, including dispatching The Warlord in two seconds. This record for the shortest time in the Rumble would last for two decades until Santino Marella 'eclipsed' it in 2009.