Royal Rumble Special

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The number in brackets after the date is the number of pages in each issue.

Also listed are the headline stories of the issue

The 15 issues included in this special are the ones covering the first 15 Royal Rumble (PPV events started in 1990) events, which are:

February 1’88, January 23 ’89, February 1’90, January 28’91, January 27’92, February 1’93, January 31 ’94, January 30’95, January 29’96, January 27’97, January 26’98, February 1’99, January 31 ’00, January 29 ’01, January 28 ‘02

1988

Feb. 1 (10)                             Complete coverage of the promotion’s 1/24 head to head events- Nassau Coliseum’s Bunkhouse Stampede finals  vs Hamilton’s Royal Rumble

                                                Mike George wins WWA World title tournament in Kansas City

                                                Fujinami & Kengo Kimura win IWGP belts from Fujiwara & Yamazaki

1989

Jan. 23 (8)                              Dusty Rhodes leaves NWA

                                                WWF Royal Rumble 1/15 card coverage                                 

AWA & Jarrett Promotions split

                                                Bam Bam Bigelow history in NWA

                                Chris Benoit wins Commonwealth mid-heavyweight belt from Davey Boy Smith

1990

Feb. 1 (8)                                 Titan signs Mike Tyson as special ref for Hogan vs Savage

                                                Royal Rumble 1/21 card coverage

                                                AJPW & NJPW going to work together for 1st time in more than a decade

                                                Akira Maeda does job for Nobuhiko Takada 1/16 in Tokyo

                                                NWA booking committee trimmed down

1991

Jan. 28 (10)                             WWF Royal Rumble 1/19 card coverage-Sgt Slaughter wins WWF title

                                                Observer Research Reveals Vince’s Baldness Fetish

                                                At what point does bad taste cross the line

                                                Transcript of column sent to The National re the war angle

                                                Vader wins IWGP title from Fujinami 1/17

                                                Diamond Dallas Page debuts in WCW

1992

Jan 27 (10)                             Joel Goodhart declares bankruptcy

                                                WWF Royal Rumble 1/19 card coverage- Flair wins WWF title

                                                More Wrestling Observer award winners

                                                Strange story, Bret Hart loses IC title to The Mountie who loses to Roddy Piper

                                                WCW debuts Jesse Ventura at the Clash

1993

Feb 1 (10)                              Royal Rumble 1/24 card coverage

                                                Flair still not signed by WCW

                                                Jim Cornette to return to TBS

                                                Kerry Von Erich apprehended on drug charge

                                                WWF Superstars 1/25 taping hilights

                                                Number of wrestlers finishing up in WWF

1994

Jan 31 (10)                            Dusty Rhodes resigns as WCW booker

                                                Royal Rumble 1/24 card coverage

                                                Arn Anderson files suit against Sid Vicious over England stabbing incident

                                                UWA & EMLL wrestling union break up

                                                London tabloid has story on Dynamite Kid

                                                Lots of commission problems in Washington & Oregon

1995

Jan 30 (12)                              Royal Rumble 1/22 card coverage Jeff Jarrett wins IC title from Razor Ramon, 123 Kid & Bob Holly win tag belts over Bam Bam Bigelow & Tatanka

                                                Angle to bring Ric Flair back to be at the 1/25 Clash

                                                Woody Strode passes away

                                                Ray Stevens hospitalized

                                                Nu Jack of The Gangstas arrested

                                                Weekly Pro Wrestling awards

1996

Jan 29 (12)                              The Monday night war-how it’s changed wrestling

                                                Royal Rumble 1/21 card coverage-Goldust wins IC title from Razor Ramone

Clash of Champions XXXII 1/23 card coverage

                                                Buddy Fuller passes away-quick career recap

                                                Extreme Fighting was subject on Phil Donahue show

                                                Stan Hansen & Gary Albright win double tag titles from Kawada & Taue

                                                Speculation of Atsushi Onita return

                                                Jerry O passes away

1997

Jan 27 (12)                              More UFC problems-this time New York

                                                Royal Rumble 1/19 card coverage- Shawn Michaels wins WWF title

                                                WCW sets company record 1/20 in Chicago

                                                Mitsuhara Misawa wins triple crown from Kenta Kobashi

                                                Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue win double belts from Williams & Johnny Ace

                                                Clash of Champions XXXIV 1/21 card coverage

                                                Request TV confirms ECW PPV for 4/13

                                                Major news concerning meeting with Giant Baba & Atsushi Onita

                                                John Lober defeats Frank Shamrock 11/17 in Honolulu

                                                World Vale Tudo 1/19 San Paolo results-the debut of Mark Kerr in MMA

1998

Jan 26 (16)                              Will Tyson vs Austin be the most publicized match ever?

                                                Bobo Brazil passes away

                                                Royal Rumble 1/18 card coverage

                                                Champions roll call for 1997 along with top drawing cards

                                                A lot of craziness in Portland revolving around Matt Borne

                                                Mark Kerr legal situation up in the air

                                                 The Quebecers debut in WWF

1999

Feb 1 (18)                                WCW vs WWF business trends over the years

                                                Royal Rumble 1/24 card coverage- Rock regains WWF title vs Mankind

                                                Kawada suffers broken wrist in triple crown win over Misawa

                                                UFO 12/30 card coverage

                                                Some controversy in refereeing of Bas Rutten vs Tsuyoshi Kohsaka match

2000

Jan 31 (18)                              WCW gives releases to Benoit, Guerrero, Malenko, Saturn, Douglas & Konan

                                                Royal Rumble 1/23 card coverage-Jericho wins IC title

                                                Al Costello passes away-career retrospect

                                                Bobby Duncum Jr & Raul Reyes pass away

                                                WWF pulls developmental territory deal in Memphis from Randy Hales

                                                Rings 12/22 card coverage

                                                Multifacetico killed by gang in Mexico City

2001

Jan 29 (12)                              Royal Rumble 1/21 card coverage-Jericho wins IC belt from Benoit

Kenta Kobashi blows out knee

Saturday Night magazine has lengthy story on the Hart family problems

Scott Steiner arrested

Much talk on potential shut down and relaunch of WCW under WWF banner

Main event draws   

2002

Jan 28 (12)                              NJPW in chaos-Muto, Ishizawa & Kojima give notice

                                                Imminent arrival of Hall & Nash teased on Raw

                                                Royal Rumble 1/20 card coverage-William Regal wins IC title from Edge

                                                Tradition of Memphis wrestling on WMC-TV returns

                                                Hilights of Jim Ross press conference

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