Ranking EVERY WWE Royal Rumble's Biggest Surprise 1988-2022

40. 1988 - Duggan Gets It Done

More of a screen test for the bolder and (literally) bigger versions that were yet to come, 1988's television debut for the Royal Rumble featured 20 wrestlers and several theoretically bigger stars than Jim Duggan.

An Ultimate Warrior on a rapid ascendancy, Hulk Hogan house show opponent (and runner up) One Man Gang and megastar face Jake Roberts were all safer bets than 'Hacksaw', but the wood-wielding patriot got it done. After a false start the prior year - Duggan was set for a big push before an arrest alongside on-screen rival The Iron Sheik earned him a release - this seemed proof positive that the company were still keen to go with the All-American everyman.