WWE SummerSlam 1988 (1988)

WWE SummerSlam 1988

29/08/1988

Action

Drama

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

Randy Poffo

"The Macho Man" Randy Savage

Hulk Hogan

Ted DiBiase Sr.

"The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase

André Roussimoff

André The Giant

Jesse Ventura

Jesse "The Body" Ventura (Referee)

Wayne Farris

The Honky Tonk Man

Jim Hellwig

The Ultimate Warrior

Aurelian Smith Jr.

Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Ray Fernandez

The Mighty Hercules

James Ware

"The Birdman" Koko B. Ware

Ray Traylor

The Big Boss Man

Bret Hart

Bret "The Hitman" Hart

Jim Neidhart

Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart

Bill Eadie

Demolition Ax

Barry Darsow

Demolition Smash

Don Muraco

"The Rock" Don Muraco

Adolfo Bresciano

Dino Bravo

Boris Zhukov

Josip Peruzović

Nikolai Volkoff

Sione Vailahi

The Barbarian

Terry Szopinski

The Warlord

Sylvester Ritter

The Junkyard Dog

Rick Rood

"Ravishing" Rick Rude

Allen Coage

Bad News Brown

Ken Patera

Tom Billington

The Dynamite Kid

David Smith

Davey Boy Smith

Jacques Rougeau

Raymond Rougeau

Ray Heenan

Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)

Elizabeth Hulette

Miss Elizabeth (Valet)

Michael Jones

Virgil (Bodyguard)

Harry Fujiwara

Mr. Fuji (Manager)

James Ray Hart

Jimmy Hart (Manager)

Ken Johnson

"The Doctor of Style" Slick (Manager)

Jean Gagné

Frenchy Martin (Manager)

Jim Raschke

The Baron (Manager)

Bruce Prichard

Brother Love (Host)

Jim Duggan

"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan (Guest)