7 Things You Should Know About WWE Royal Rumble 1988

The Royal Rumble is one of WWE's biggest shows of the year. For a lot of fans, it's second only to WrestleMania. WWE likes to bill it as one of their "big four" because it's an event that goes back to 1988 as a regular January show that was a great way to build things up to WrestleMania in the spring. Throughout the month of January, I'll be posting "7 Things You Should Know" about every Royal Rumble event starting with the first one in 1988 right up to the 2014 event. A new one will be posted every day leading up this year's Royal Rumble on January 25. Since there are 27 of them in all, there will be a couple of days with two posts that go up. Be sure to visit WhatCulture daily to see all of the Royal Rumble features this month. To start it all off, it's time to go back to the first Royal Rumble event from 1988. There were some very unique things about this show that will be looked at. This was the first time that a Royal Rumble event was presented in front of a television audience, so it's considered the first Royal Rumble. There were other Rumble style matches, but this is the one that started it all. Here are the results from that show. 1. Ricky Steamboat d. Rick Rude by disqualification Dino Bravo attempts the bench press record 2. Women's Tag Team Titles: The Jumping Bomb Angels d. The Glamour Girls Hulk Hogan had a contract signing with Andre the Giant 3. Jim Duggan won the Royal Rumble 4. The Islanders d. The Young Stallions Now that you know the lineup, here are seven things you should know about the 1988 Royal Rumble.