Ranking All 30 WWE Royal Rumble Winners

20. Hacksaw Jim Duggan – 1988

WrestleMania title shot: N/A

Hacksaw Jim Duggan never won any titles during his tenure in WWF/E, yet he remains one of the company’s most popular stars. Probably his biggest claim to fame (other than carrying a 2x4 to the ring) is winning the inaugural Royal Rumble match in 1988.

The Rumble back then was a brand-new concept, consisting of 20 men. The event itself was televised rather than put on PPV, and the Rumble match consisted mainly of midcarders rather than the main eventer-populated match it is today.

Despite this and the fact that there was no title shot awarded, nothing should take away from Duggan’s signature WWF/E accomplishment. He deserves kudos for his place in history.

Authored by Scott Carlson

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.

Posted On: 19th Jan 2017

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