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