WWE SummerSlam 1988

"Where The Mega-Powers Meet The Mega-Bucks!"

1988 2h 30m EN

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★7.3TMDB · 11

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Synopsis

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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.

“Where The Mega-Powers Meet The Mega-Bucks!”

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Cast

Randy Poffo
"The Macho Man" Randy Savage
Hulk Hogan
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

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Vince McMahon
Writers: Vince McMahon, Pat Patterson, Bruce Prichard
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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ERA

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38 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "WWE SummerSlam Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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Randy Poffo and Hulk Hogan and Ted DiBiase Sr. carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Where The Mega-Powers Meet The Mega-Bucks!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0276539 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 11 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Vince McMahon directs. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
238 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "WWE SummerSlam Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Randy Poffo and Hulk Hogan and Ted DiBiase Sr. carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "Where The Mega-Powers Meet The Mega-Bucks!".
6IMDB entry: tt0276539 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 11 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.