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WWE SummerSlam 1988

WWE SummerSlam was the first annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event. It was produced by the World Wrestling Federation and took place on August 29, 1988 in Madison Square Garden, located in New York, New York. The PPV was created to help the company compete against rival promotion World Championship Wrestling. It was one of the first four annual pay-per-view events produced by the WWF. The main match of the preliminary bouts was the WWF Intercontinental Championship match between The Ultimate Warrior and the reigning champion The Honky Tonk Man. The Ultimate Warrior won the match in approximately thirty seconds to end the longest Intercontinental Championship reign. The main event was a match pitting The Mega Powers (Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage) against their long-time rivals, The Mega Bucks (Ted DiBiase and André the Giant). Hogan and Savage won the match after Miss Elizabeth distracted the special guest referee by removing her skirt to reveal a bikini bottom.

1988 |2h 30m |  Action, Drama

Cast

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Randy Poffo

"The Macho Man" Randy Savage

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Hulk Hogan

Hulk Hogan

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Ted DiBiase Sr.

"The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase

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André Roussimoff

André The Giant

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Jesse Ventura

Jesse "The Body" Ventura (Referee)

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Wayne Farris

The Honky Tonk Man

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Jim Hellwig

The Ultimate Warrior

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Aurelian Smith Jr.

Jake "The Snake" Roberts

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Ray Fernandez

The Mighty Hercules

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James Ware

"The Birdman" Koko B. Ware

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Ray Traylor

The Big Boss Man

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Bret Hart

Bret "The Hitman" Hart

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Jim Neidhart

Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart

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Bill Eadie

Demolition Ax

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Barry Darsow

Demolition Smash

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Don Muraco

"The Rock" Don Muraco

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Adolfo Bresciano

Dino Bravo

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Jim Harrell

Boris Zhukov

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Josip Peruzović

Nikolai Volkoff

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Sione Vailahi

The Barbarian

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Terry Szopinski

The Warlord

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Sylvester Ritter

The Junkyard Dog

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Rick Rood

"Ravishing" Rick Rude

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Allen Coage

Bad News Brown

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Ken Patera

Ken Patera

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Tom Billington

The Dynamite Kid

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David Smith

Davey Boy Smith

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Jacques Rougeau

Jacques Rougeau

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Raymond Rougeau

Raymond Rougeau

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Ray Heenan

Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)

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Elizabeth Hulette

Miss Elizabeth (Valet)

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Michael Jones

Virgil (Bodyguard)

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Harry Fujiwara

Mr. Fuji (Manager)

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Jimmy Hart

Jimmy Hart (Manager)

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Ken Johnson

"The Doctor of Style" Slick (Manager)

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Jean Gagné

Frenchy Martin (Manager)

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Jim Raschke

The Baron (Manager)

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Bruce Prichard

Brother Love (Host)

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Jim Duggan

"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan (Guest)

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Status

Released

Language

English

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