1989 Royal Rumble
Men's Royal Rumble 1989
- Winner
- Big John Studd (entry #27)
- Match time
- 1:04:53
- Entrants
- 30
- Most eliminations
- 10 — Hulk Hogan
- Longest time in match
- 27:58 — Mr. Perfect
- Venue
- The Summit
| # | Entrant | Entered | Eliminated | Time in match | Placement | Eliminations | Eliminated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ax | 0:00 | 14:37 | 14:37 | 27 | 0 | Mr. Perfect |
| 2 | Smash | 0:00 | 4:55 | 4:55 | 30 | 0 | André the Giant |
| 3 | André the Giant | 2:06 | 17:01 | 14:55 | 26 | 3 | unknown |
| 4 | Mr. Perfect | 4:12 | 32:10 | 27:58 | 20 | 1 | Hulk Hogan |
| 5 | Ronnie Garvin | 6:18 | 8:57 | 2:39 | 29 | 0 | André the Giant |
| 6 | Greg Valentine | 8:24 | 28:16 | 19:52 | 23 | 0 | Randy Savage |
| 7 | Jake Roberts | 10:30 | 12:38 | 2:08 | 28 | 0 | André the Giant |
| 8 | Ron Bass | 12:36 | 25:12 | 12:36 | 24 | 0 | Shawn Michaels, Marty Jannetty |
| 9 | Shawn Michaels | 14:43 | 29:13 | 14:30 | 22 | 1 | Arn Anderson, Randy Savage |
| 10 | Bushwhacker Butch | 16:49 | 35:02 | 18:13 | 18 | 1 | Hulk Hogan, Bad News Brown |
| 11 | The Honky Tonk Man | 18:55 | 23:07 | 4:12 | 25 | 0 | Bushwhacker Butch, Tito Santana |
| 12 | Tito Santana | 21:01 | 33:48 | 12:47 | 19 | 1 | Arn Anderson, Randy Savage |
| 13 | Bad News Brown | 23:07 | 39:31 | 16:24 | 12 | 1 | Hulk Hogan |
| 14 | Marty Jannetty | 25:13 | 33:05 | 7:52 | 21 | 1 | Tully Blanchard |
| 15 | Randy Savage | 27:19 | 39:45 | 12:26 | 11 | 3 | Hulk Hogan |
| 16 | Arn Anderson | 29:25 | 39:25 | 10:00 | 15 | 2 | Hulk Hogan |
| 17 | Tully Blanchard | 31:31 | 39:33 | 8:02 | 14 | 1 | Hulk Hogan |
| 18 | Hulk Hogan | 33:37 | 45:08 | 11:31 | 10 | 10 | Akeem, Big Boss Man |
| 19 | Bushwhacker Luke | 35:43 | 38:51 | 3:08 | 16 | 0 | Hulk Hogan |
| 20 | Koko B. Ware | 37:49 | 38:57 | 1:08 | 17 | 0 | Hulk Hogan |
| 21 | The Warlord | 39:56 | 39:58 | 0:02 | 13 | 0 | Hulk Hogan |
| 22 | Big Boss Man | 42:02 | 46:20 | 4:18 | 9 | 1 | Hulk Hogan |
| 23 | Akeem | 44:08 | 1:02:44 | 18:36 | 3 | 2 | Big John Studd |
| 24 | Brutus Beefcake | 46:14 | 1:00:10 | 13:56 | 7 | 0 | Ted DiBiase, The Barbarian |
| 25 | The Red Rooster | 48:20 | 59:37 | 11:17 | 8 | 0 | Ted DiBiase |
| 26 | The Barbarian | 50:26 | 1:01:41 | 11:15 | 5 | 2 | Rick Martel |
| 27 | Big John Studd (winner) | 52:32 | — | 12:21 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 28 | Hercules | 54:38 | 1:00:49 | 6:11 | 6 | 0 | Ted DiBiase, The Barbarian |
| 29 | Rick Martel | 56:44 | 1:02:13 | 5:29 | 4 | 1 | Akeem |
| 30 | Ted DiBiase | 58:50 | 1:05:17 | 6:27 | 2 | 3 | Big John Studd |
Entry and elimination times are derived, not recorded: no source publishes them. They are solved from entry order, published times in match and the recorded elimination order, around a nominal 126-second interval. Times in match are as published.
Sources: wikipedia (primary), darrenswinloss