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WWE SummerSlam 1988

74 %|Aug 29, 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.

Featured Crew

Vince McMahon
Director
Pat Patterson
Writer
Bruce Prichard
Writer
Vince McMahon
Writer

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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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)