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Wrestling’s First Royal Rumble Was Won by an Upstate New Yorker
The Royal Rumble is arguably the second-most popular wrestling event behind WrestleMania. The inaugural 1988 event was won by Glens Falls, New York native "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan.