Royal Rumble 1988

[5.0] "First few entrants were great. Like Bret and Santana as the first two? YUMMY. But the middle portion was pretty uninteresting. A good prototype Rumble and still fairly enjoyable overall."

[7.0] "Historic as being the first rumble and it was not bad match. Lots of talent like Bret Hart, Jake the Snake, Harley Race and Tito Santana. Particularly loved watching Jake and Harley wrestling in the background. Show was mostly the mid card or tag guys but that doesn't hurt it in my opinion."

[6.0] "A good first showing for the Royal Rumble. This doesn't have the same Rumble feel as the others would have a few years later, probably due to the format, structure, and the fact there were only twenty men. I have no problem with Duggan winning as he was perfectly over with the crowd and was a decent babyface with some star power."

[7.0] "First ever Royal Rumble match is different from what we have now and it can't be rated for modern standards. For the first time this match is pretty good. It has some pretty big stars in it: Hart Foundation, Santana, Roberts, Hillbilly Jim. Also there are some cool looking eliminations that we don't see nowadays. This is not a great match but this is a great concept that will give us great matches in future."