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Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard

Episode 84: 1988 Royal Rumble

Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard

Podcast Heat

Sports, Wrestling

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2018

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

"I LOOOOOOOOOOVE YOUUUUUUU!" returned to Monday Night RAW and we hear details about Bruce's experience at #RAW25. Did he see Vince? What did Stephanie say to him? What does this mean for the podcast? And of course then it's time for the story behind the very first Royal Rumble. Why did it ever happen to being with? Who sort of deserves the credit besides Pat Patterson? How was Dick Ebersol involved in a USA show? Why was it on USA anyway? What other names were considered? What sort of walk through was done that day? What is Pat's idea for creating a legacy for the event? Why 20 men the first time? Why Duggan? What did Vince think of the concept? Who helped convince Vince? What did the house show versions look like and how were they received? What was deleted from the Dino Bravo weightlifting skit? How much ribbing happened after that skit? What did they learn about in-ring contract signings after this event? Was this the first of it's kind in WWF history? PLUS watch the actual Rumble match along with us! Ask your questions for the "2-5-88 Main Event" plus wake up with the Morning Deuce with Bruce: www.Facebook.com/SomethingToWrestle Vote NOW for the 2/9 Episode: www.twitter.com/PrichardShow Don't miss our live show in Philly TOMORROW: www.PronounsPal.com Join us in Vegas on 2/24: www.NotARib.com Come drink with us 3/17 Florida: www.BoxOfGimmicks.com Win Free Swag: www.instagram.com/PrichardShow Buy a Shirt, Get a Call from Bruce: www.BrucePrichard.com Save Yourself Some Money: www.SaveWithBruce.com ONLY Official STW YouTube: www.youtube.com/SomethingToWrestle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Alright Bruce, it's time for what happened when the world wrestling federation ran the

0:07.0

1988 Royal Rumble. I got to tell you Bruce

0:10.3

I've wanted to talk about this for a long time and we're gonna do something a little different

0:14.1

We're actually gonna encourage you to pull this up on the WWE Network and we're gonna watch the Royal Rumble match with you here

0:21.8

And just a little bit we're gonna talk about the event for a while

0:24.7

But eventually we're gonna throw it to the WWE Network and we want to watch this original

0:30.0

Royal Rumble match with you. We're gonna watch the whole show just the actual match

0:35.1

Bruce I guess we should start at the beginning this thing goes down on January 24th

0:40.5

1988 from cops, Kyle, see him in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and the attendance is a sellout around 18,000 folks

0:48.5

Of course we remember this is during the jockeying for position with Jim Crockett promotions

0:53.7

So this is actually aired on the USA Network for free

0:58.0

Of course we know that all the following Royal Rumbles are gonna be pay-per-views

1:01.7

But this is a network special and it gets a huge 8.2 rating

1:07.2

We're gonna talk about all the rumor and in-you-indo

1:10.6

But this is actually one of the first shows you put together for Vince McMahon, right?

1:15.6

This was the first

1:18.6

Live television show that I put together

1:22.2

Help write the Survivor series and

1:26.0

Thanksgiving in 1987, but this was the first time that was actually programming a live television show with live breaks in and everything and

1:34.9

It was kind of a daunting challenge because I was just thrown out there to do it and never had really done it before

1:41.7

But I think it turned out all right. I would say so when you guys have a sellout like this

1:50.7

I mean this is when the business is arguably as hot as it's ever been for the company or early 1988, right?

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