19,000 attended The Summit in Houston, Texas to watch the second Royal Rumble match, which was won by Big John Studd, who eliminated the final man in Ted DiBiase.
Jim Powers defeated Barry Horowitz in a singles match
Sam Houston defeated Steve Lombardi in a singles match
The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart) and Jim Duggan defeated The Fabulous Rougeaus (Jacques and Raymond Rougeau) and Dino Bravo (with Frenchy Martin and Jimmy Hart) in a two out of three falls tag team match
Rockin' Robin (c) defeated Judy Martin in a singles match for the WWF Women's Championship
King Haku (with Bobby Heenan) defeated Harley Race (with Bobby Heenan) in a singles match
Big John Studd won by last eliminating Ted DiBiase in the Royal Rumble match
WWE released Royal Rumble 1989 on Sun Jan 15 1989.