Below you will find everything that happened in Professional Wrestling history on January 24th.
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 24, 1999) – WWF Royal Rumble 1999
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 24, 1999, the World Wrestling Federation aired their annual ‘Royal Rumble’ event LIVE on PPV from the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California.
WWF promoter Vince McMahon Jr. not only entered this 30-man Royal Rumble match, he did so as the #2 entrant, and – which is much more shocking – even won it.
Results:
– The Big Boss Man defeated The Road Dogg
– WWF Intercontinental Championship: Ken Shamrock (c) defeated Billy Gunn
– WWF European Championship: X-Pac (c) defeated Gangrel
– Strap match – WWF Women’s Championship: Sable (c) defeated Luna Vachon
– “I Quit” match – WWF Championship: The Rock defeated Mankind (c)
– Mr. McMahon won the 30-man Royal Rumble match
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 24, 1993) – WWF Royal Rumble 1993
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 24, 1993, the World Wrestling Federation aired their annual ‘Royal Rumble’ event LIVE on PPV from the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California.
This marks the very first Royal Rumble with the rule that the winner of the actual Royal Rumble match wins the right to wrestle the World Champion at WrestleMania.
This rule has been used in every single Royal Rumble match since that day.
Giant Gonzalez (former WCW Wrestler El Gigante) made his WWF debut that night, when he attacked The Undertaker.
Here are the results:
– The Steiner Brothers defeated The Beverly Brothers
– WWF Intercontinental Championship: Shawn Michaels (c) defeated Marty Jannetty
– Bam Bam Bigelow defeated The Big Boss Man
– WWF World Heavyweight Championship: Bret Hart (c) defeated Razor Ramon
– Yokozuna won the 30-man Royal Rumble match
1/24/93: In a battle between brother tag teams (one real, one not), The Steiners defeat The Beverly Brothers to open Royal Rumble '93. pic.twitter.com/kzYpVeoIG6
— OVP – Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast) January 24, 2021
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 24, 1988) – WWF Royal Rumble 1988
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 24, 1988, the World Wrestling Federation aired the first ever ‘Royal Rumble’ LIVE on the USA Network from the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
The very first (televised) Royal Rumble event was also the only Rumble that wasn’t a PPV, but aired on free television instead.
The Royal Rumble match itself had only 20 Wrestlers in it, as opposed to 30 Wrestlers like it had from the next year onwards (except in 2011 when it was 40 men).
The event also included Dino Bravo breaking a World Bench Press record (kayfabe wise, as Jesse Venture did help him a bit at the end) and the Hogan/André II contract signing.
This event was held on the same night as NWA Bunkhouse Stampede 1988, which was on PPV though.
Results:
– Ricky Steamboat defeated Rick Rude by DQ
– Two-out-of-three falls – WWF Women’s Tag Team Championship: The Jumping Bomb Angels defeated The Glamour Girls (c)
– Jim Duggan won the 20-man Royal Rumble match
– Two-out-of-three falls: The Islanders defeated The Young Stallions
1/24/88: Hulk Hogan & Andre the Giant sign their contracts for a big rematch, while sitting at an abnormally fancy table for this type of occasion.
Jack Tunney presides while Ted DiBiase is a fantastic heel as always. pic.twitter.com/tHeuXKFnJh
— OVP – Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast) January 25, 2023
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