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WWE SummerSlam 1988 (1988)
Directed by Vince McMahon
Overview
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.
Rated NR | Length 150 minutes
Actors
Randy Savage | Hulk Hogan | Ted DiBiase | André the Giant | Jesse Ventura | The Honky Tonk Man | The Ultimate Warrior | Aurelian Jake Smith Jr. | Ray Fernandez | James Ware | Raymond Washington Traylor, Jr. | Bret Hart | Jim Neidhart | Bill Eadie | Barry Allen Darsow | Don Muraco | Adolph Bresciano | Jim Harrell | Josip Nikolai Peruzović | Sione Vailahi | Terry Szopinski | Sylvester Ritter | Richard Erwin Rood | Allen Coage | Ken Patera | Thomas Billington | Davey Boy Smith | Jacques Rougeau | Raymond Rougeau | Bobby Heenan | Elizabeth Hulette | Mike Jones | Harry Fujiwara | Jimmy Hart | Kenneth Wayne Johnson | Jean Gagné | Baron von Raschke | Bruce Prichard | James Edward Duggan Jr