WWE SummerSlam 1988
Vince McMahon1988-08-29
Where The Mega-Powers Meet The Mega-Bucks!
7.4
150 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Randy Poffo | "The Macho Man" Randy Savage | Unowned |
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Hulk Hogan | Hulk Hogan | Unowned |
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Ted DiBiase Sr. | "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase | Unowned |
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André Roussimoff | André The Giant | Unowned |
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Jesse Ventura | Jesse "The Body" Ventura (Referee) | Unowned |
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Wayne Farris | The Honky Tonk Man | Unowned |
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Jim Hellwig | The Ultimate Warrior | Unowned |
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Aurelian Smith Jr. | Jake "The Snake" Roberts | Unowned |
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Ray Fernandez | The Mighty Hercules | Unowned |
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James Ware | "The Birdman" Koko B. Ware | Unowned |
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Ray Traylor | The Big Boss Man | Unowned |
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Bret Hart | Bret "The Hitman" Hart | Unowned |
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Jim Neidhart | Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart | Unowned |
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Bill Eadie | Demolition Ax | Unowned |
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Barry Darsow | Demolition Smash | Unowned |
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Don Muraco | "The Rock" Don Muraco | Unowned |
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Adolfo Bresciano | Dino Bravo | Unowned |
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Jim Harrell | Boris Zhukov | Unowned |
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Josip Peruzović | Nikolai Volkoff | Unowned |
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Sione Vailahi | The Barbarian | Unowned |
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Terry Szopinski | The Warlord | Unowned |
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Sylvester Ritter | The Junkyard Dog | Unowned |
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Rick Rood | "Ravishing" Rick Rude | Unowned |
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Allen Coage | Bad News Brown | Unowned |
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Ken Patera | Ken Patera | Unowned |
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Tom Billington | The Dynamite Kid | Unowned |
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David Smith | Davey Boy Smith | Unowned |
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Jacques Rougeau | Jacques Rougeau | Unowned |
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Raymond Rougeau | Raymond Rougeau | Unowned |
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Ray Heenan | Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager) | Unowned |
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Elizabeth Hulette | Miss Elizabeth (Valet) | Unowned |
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Michael Jones | Virgil (Bodyguard) | Unowned |
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Harry Fujiwara | Mr. Fuji (Manager) | Unowned |
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Jimmy Hart | Jimmy Hart (Manager) | Unowned |
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Ken Johnson | "The Doctor of Style" Slick (Manager) | Unowned |
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Jean Gagné | Frenchy Martin (Manager) | Unowned |
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Jim Raschke | The Baron (Manager) | Unowned |
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Bruce Prichard | Brother Love (Host) | Unowned |
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Jim Duggan | "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan (Guest) | Unowned |