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Inside WWE Royal Rumble 1989: Untold Stories from Sean Mooney

Prime Time with Sean Mooney

Prime Time with Sean Mooney

Sports News, Sports, News, Wrestling

4.7796 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

What really happened at WWE Royal Rumble 1989?

Legendary broadcaster Sean Mooney pulls back the curtain on one of WWE’s most important early Rumble events, revealing behind-the-scenes stories, booking decisions, and untold details from the night that helped shape the future of the Royal Rumble.

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0:00.0

What is going on wrestling fantasize, Steve?

0:10.6

Welcome back to 10-count media.

0:12.4

It's another golden era podcast with Sean Mooney.

0:15.2

How are you doing today?

0:16.5

I am doing fantastic.

0:18.5

Boy, a lot going on this week in the world of professional wrestling.

0:22.7

And I'm glad that we're able to connect once again as we did a special episode this week.

0:28.8

But let's get to it, man.

0:30.9

We've got lots to talk about today as well.

0:33.8

Of course, talking about the Royal Rumble, 1989.

0:37.2

The first technically Royal Rumble is a pay-per-view.

0:41.4

And it begins this big four.

0:43.7

As years ago on, people always talk about Royal Rumble,

0:46.3

WrestleMania, the Summer Slam, Survivor series.

0:48.4

This is the birth of the big four.

0:50.9

And for you, while you were working in the WWF,

0:56.5

was it difficult for some people to wrap their heads around having multiple pay-per-views in a year? Because WrestleMania was a success,

1:01.7

but then slowly more keep coming in. And are they all home runs? And that's why they're like,

1:07.0

let's keep doing this. Yeah, well, you have to think that this was, you know, paper views in their infancy.

1:14.2

I mean, you know, let's remember it wasn't too many years before that we'd seen, you know,

1:20.2

closed circuit television.

1:22.5

Right.

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