Dark Match
Paul Roma defeats The Brooklyn Brawler (6:13)
Tag Team Match
The Bushwhackers (Butch and Luke) defeat The Fabulous Rougeaus (Jacques Rougeau and Raymond Rougeau) (w/Jimmy Hart) (13:34)
Singles Match
Brutus Beefcake vs. The Genius - Double DQ (11:04)
Submission Match
Ronnie Garvin defeats Greg Valentine (w/Jimmy Hart) (16:51)
Singles Match
Jim Duggan defeats The Big Boss Man (w/Slick) by DQ (10:22)
Royal Rumble Match
Hulk Hogan defeats Akeem and Andre The Giant and Ax and Bad News Brown and Bret Hart and Dino Bravo and Dusty Rhodes and Earthquake and Haku and Hercules and Jake Roberts and Jimmy Snuka and Jim Neidhart and Koko B. Ware and Marty Jannetty and Mr. Perfect and Randy Savage and Rick Martel and Rick Rude and Roddy Piper and Shawn Michaels and Smash and Ted DiBiase and The Barbarian and The Honky Tonk Man and The Red Rooster and The Ultimate Warrior and The Warlord and Tito Santana (58:40)
- Ted DiBiase eliminated Koko B. Ware
- Ted DiBiase eliminated Marty Jannetty
- Randy Savage eliminated Jake Roberts
- Dusty Rhodes eliminated Randy Savage
- Andre The Giant eliminated The Warlord
- Roddy Piper eliminated Bad News Brown
- Bad News Brown eliminated Roddy Piper
- Andre The Giant eliminated The Red Rooster
- Dusty Rhodes eliminated Bret Hart
- Ax and Smash eliminated Andre The Giant
- Jimmy Snuka eliminated Akeem
- Earthquake eliminated Dusty Rhodes
- Earthquake eliminated Ax
- Dino Bravo, Haku, Jim Neidhart, Jimmy Snuka, Smash and Ted DiBiase eliminated Earthquake
- The Ultimate Warrior eliminated Dino Bravo
- Haku eliminated Smash
- Rick Martel and The Ultimate Warrior eliminated Jim Neidhart
- The Ultimate Warrior eliminated Ted DiBiase
- Hulk Hogan eliminated Jimmy Snuka
- Hulk Hogan eliminated Haku
- Rick Martel and The Ultimate Warrior eliminated Tito Santana
- Hulk Hogan eliminated The Honky Tonk Man
- The Ultimate Warrior eliminated Shawn Michaels
- The Ultimate Warrior eliminated Rick Martel
- Hulk Hogan, Rick Rude and The Barbarian eliminated The Ultimate Warrior
- Hercules eliminated The Barbarian
- Rick Rude eliminated Hercules
- Mr. Perfect eliminated Rick Rude
- Hulk Hogan eliminated Mr. Perfect
Royal Rumble 1990 was produced by WWE.
WWE released Royal Rumble 1990 on Sun Jan 21 1990.