1990 Royal Rumble
Orlando Arena, Orlando, Florida
Men’s Royal Rumble 1990
Winner
Hulk Hogan
entered at number 25
- Match time
- 58:46
- Entrants
- 30
- Most eliminations
- 6 Ultimate Warrior, Hulk Hogan
- Longest time in match
- 44:47 Ted DiBiase
- 1 Ted DiBiase
- 2 Koko B. Ware
- 3 Marty Jannetty
- 4 Jake Roberts
- 5 Randy Savage
- 6 Roddy Piper
- 7 The Warlord
- 8 Bret Hart
- 9 Bad News Brown
- 10 Dusty Rhodes
- 11 André the Giant
- 12 The Red Rooster
- 13 Ax
- 14 Haku
- 15 Smash
- 16 Akeem
- 17 Jimmy Snuka
- 18 Dino Bravo
- 19 Canadian Earthquake
- 20 Jim Neidhart
- 21 Ultimate Warrior
- 22 Rick Martel
- 23 Tito Santana
- 24 The Honky Tonk Man
- 25 Hulk Hogan
- 26 Shawn Michaels
- 27 The Barbarian
- 28 Rick Rude
- 29 Hercules
- 30 Mr. Perfect
The last five draws are 26 to 30 in this match, and are marked in the chart above. They enter against a field that is already thinning, which is the long-standing argument that a late number is an advantage.
Bar positions are derived, not recorded. No source publishes entry and elimination timestamps; they are solved from entry order, the published times in match and the recorded elimination order. The ring-population curve below reads the same solved times. The times in the table below are as published.
What it led to
Threads that start in this match and pay off later. Editorial rather than computed — each one cites where it comes from.
The two champions meet in the middle of the match
Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior were left alone in the ring together and traded blows — the WWF World Heavyweight Champion against the Intercontinental Champion. Both agreed each had something to prove, and a title-for-title match was signed, where one man could leave with both.
WrestleMania VI 70 days later
The Ultimate Warrior beat Hulk Hogan for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
Source: Wikipedia, retrieved 7 August 2026
Piper and Bad News Brown take it outside
Their encounter inside the Rumble match led straight to a singles match, with no other build required.
WrestleMania VI 70 days later
Double count-out
Source: Wikipedia, retrieved 7 August 2026
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 120-second interval. Times in match are as published.
Sources: wikipedia (primary), darrenswinloss