Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #33804 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-05-10
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 283 minutes

Synopsis
Features breathtaking footage of the Royal Rumble Action from 1989 and 1990.

Customer Reviews

Aging cream needed.
These Royal Rumble events, released around 15 years after they were first released, have not aged well. The first event, Royal Rumble 1989 consists of a great opening bout between Hart foundation and Bravo's team in 2/3 falls match, and a weak womens bout. The first Royal Rumble match ever shown in the UK (we didn't get the '88 one) is not a bad affair, but it's not great either. Royal Rumble is a slight improvement on it's predecessor, with a great bout between Garvin and Valentine (more NWA than WWF in style), and Duggan vs. The Bossman is a good strong bout, although a little slow in places. The Royal Rumble itself is far more entertaining, as the strong WWF roster are far more inventive and fast paced in the bouts style.

TO ANSWER THAT GUYS QUESTION
TO ANSWER THE BELOW QUESTION.I OWN ALL OF THESE AND THERE IS NO EDITING, NO BLURS, NO MUSIC EDITS , WRESTLERS SAY WWF AND COMMENTATORS SAY WWF. THESE ARE EXACT copies but in dvd quality picture and sound of the vhs releases. i have no idea why silvervison edited the box cover and the old wwf block logo on the cover. they did not have to.maybe they did not want to draw media attention or wildlife fund to it. also silvervison will release king of the ring 98 this june and there will be no editing on the wwf scratch logo. unlike the wrestlemania anthology. however europe only will benefit from this as they are not allowed be sold in the states. i hope this makes you happy

Proof the Rumble gets better every year
Royal Rumble 1989 is not the greatest, though has it's entertaining moments. The undercard is poor, showcased by a decent 2/3 falls tag match (Duggan/Hart Foundation -v- Bravo/Rougeaus), an applling women's match (Rockin Robin -v- Judy Martin - you can understand why the division was put out to farm after this), and a pointless "Posedown" between the Ultimate Warrior and Rick Rude.

The 1989 Rumble match is solid, if not spectacular with a surprise winner and only Jake Roberts/Andre and Hogan/Savage confrontations during it worthy of note.

In 1990 the undercard was still struggling to provide matches worthy of PPV. The Bushwackers/Rougeaus was a fairly "paint-by-numbers" tag match for both teams, The Genius/Brutus Beefcake match was appalling by any standards (The Genius wrestling on PPV ???), a submission match between Ronnie Garvin/Greg Valentine which was way too long (why in a submission match did they try and pin each other sooooooo many times ?), while the match between Hacksaw Duggan and the Big Bossman was pretty fair (both hard hitters) but not main event status by any means. We are also treated to a Brother Love segment that sowed the seeds for the Dusty Rhodes/Randy Savage fued that ran and ran and ran.......etc.

The Rumble match was much better than 1989, with plenty of juicy encounters. Ted Dibiase's efforts were amazing for the time, while we saw the big clash between Hogan and the Warrior (teasing us for Wrestlemania VI). All in all a fairly solid card made up with a cracking Rumble.

Not a bad buy at all - but the undercards needed rapid improvement.