Here is where the wrestling events really started using the potential they have, expanding the way stories work and incorporate into PPV events like this. There were some cool matches and the main event is a blast featuring Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage in the same team (that alone makes it worth a watch), so I recommend it, as always, for good chill and some mindless fun! 8/10, enjoy! :D ;)
10 Reviews
Getting Off On The Right Foot
zkonedog26 February 2017
Warning: Spoilers
Considering that this was the first SummerSlam event that the WWF ever produced, I would consider SummerSlam '88 to be a pretty resounding success. Not every match was epic, and it isn't the best all-around production from those early years of WWF, but there are enough highlights to make it a fun watch.
These include:
-The British Bulldogs (always an entertaining pair) taking on the Rougeau brothers. -Rick Rude vs. Junk Yard Dog (Rude's act is always hilarious) -Honky Tonk Man getting destroyed by what is essentially the coming-out party for the Ultimate Warrior (at least on the kind of scale the WWF wanted to elevate him to) -Hart Foundation vs. Demolition. The two best tag-teams of the era really put on a good show. -Jake Roberts and Hercules have perhaps the best technical match of the night. -The big finale (Hogan/Savage vs. Andre/DiBiase) isn't the best pure match by any stretch of the imagination (an aging Andre will do that to a match), but again the personalities are too strong to be denied.
Bottom line: A fun, early-years WWF event to watch. A few clunkers, but most matches are entertaining in some aspect or other.
These include:
-The British Bulldogs (always an entertaining pair) taking on the Rougeau brothers. -Rick Rude vs. Junk Yard Dog (Rude's act is always hilarious) -Honky Tonk Man getting destroyed by what is essentially the coming-out party for the Ultimate Warrior (at least on the kind of scale the WWF wanted to elevate him to) -Hart Foundation vs. Demolition. The two best tag-teams of the era really put on a good show. -Jake Roberts and Hercules have perhaps the best technical match of the night. -The big finale (Hogan/Savage vs. Andre/DiBiase) isn't the best pure match by any stretch of the imagination (an aging Andre will do that to a match), but again the personalities are too strong to be denied.
Bottom line: A fun, early-years WWF event to watch. A few clunkers, but most matches are entertaining in some aspect or other.
One of the best
wwfhistoryguy1 April 2004
Warning: Spoilers
*SPOILERS AHEAD*
The main event was great, and I love the tradition they used to have of a tag team match in the main event. I wish they had kept that gimmick.
The match between the Bulldogs and Rougeaus was fantastic, but had the stupid ending made famous by the NWA/WCW: the time limit expires right before the 3-count. And they question the realism of wrestling! An interesting sidebar: The Bulldogs were fired because of a backstage fight with the Rougeaus.
This event featured the PERFECT ending to Honky Tonk Man's long, cheap title reign: The Ultimate Warrior runs in, clotheslines him, tackles him, and pins him. The fans' reaction inspired many pressings of my rewind button.
Jake the Snake and Hercules put on a surprisingly good, suspense-filled match. Hercules was always on the verge of stardom, but never quite made it. I was saddened to learn he had passed last month.
Finally, there's the Powers of Pain. If you keep up with my user comments, you will read much more about their mediocre careers. They made their pay-per-view debut with an unspectacular win over the jobber tag team of the Bolsheviks.
Good show, worth a watch.
The main event was great, and I love the tradition they used to have of a tag team match in the main event. I wish they had kept that gimmick.
The match between the Bulldogs and Rougeaus was fantastic, but had the stupid ending made famous by the NWA/WCW: the time limit expires right before the 3-count. And they question the realism of wrestling! An interesting sidebar: The Bulldogs were fired because of a backstage fight with the Rougeaus.
This event featured the PERFECT ending to Honky Tonk Man's long, cheap title reign: The Ultimate Warrior runs in, clotheslines him, tackles him, and pins him. The fans' reaction inspired many pressings of my rewind button.
Jake the Snake and Hercules put on a surprisingly good, suspense-filled match. Hercules was always on the verge of stardom, but never quite made it. I was saddened to learn he had passed last month.
Finally, there's the Powers of Pain. If you keep up with my user comments, you will read much more about their mediocre careers. They made their pay-per-view debut with an unspectacular win over the jobber tag team of the Bolsheviks.
Good show, worth a watch.
Recap
Spawn Devil1 July 2002
The first-ever SummerSlam extravaganza was headlined by a battle for supremacy in WWE. On one side, the `Megapowers' - Hulk Hogan and WWE Champion, Randy `Macho Man' Savage. On the other were the `Megabucks' - `The Million Dollar Man' Ted DiBasie and Andre the Giant. DiBiase and his millions thought this match was in the bank with the announcement of the special referee, the notorious Jesse `The Body' Ventura. But victory was not to be, as Ventura was forced to make the three count when Hogan delivered his famous legdrop to earn the win for he and the Macho Man. Also, the Ultimate Warrior made history by defeating the Honky Tonk Man in 30 seconds to capture the WWE Intercontinental Championship. The win ended Honky's 18-month reign as IC Champion, the longest in WWE history.
The British Bulldogs battled the Rougeaus to a 20-minute draw Bad News Brown pinned Ken Patera Rick Rude defeated Junkyard Dog by DQ The Powers of Pain defeated the Bolsheviks The Ultimate Warrior pinned the Honky Tonk Man to win the Intercontinental Title Dino Bravo pinned Don Muraco World Tag Team Champions Demolition defeated the Hart Foundation Big Boss Man pinned Koko B. Ware Jake "the Snake" Roberts pinned Hercules Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage defeated Andre the Giant and Ted DiBiase
Overall Mark: B-
The British Bulldogs battled the Rougeaus to a 20-minute draw Bad News Brown pinned Ken Patera Rick Rude defeated Junkyard Dog by DQ The Powers of Pain defeated the Bolsheviks The Ultimate Warrior pinned the Honky Tonk Man to win the Intercontinental Title Dino Bravo pinned Don Muraco World Tag Team Champions Demolition defeated the Hart Foundation Big Boss Man pinned Koko B. Ware Jake "the Snake" Roberts pinned Hercules Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage defeated Andre the Giant and Ted DiBiase
Overall Mark: B-
The Mega Powers vs The Mega Bucks
bh_tafe312 February 2009
Warning: Spoilers
This was the first ever Summerslam PPV show and what a fun night it was. Built around the ongoing war between The Mega Powers Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage and the Mega Bucks, this was an entertaining evening with a fun main event.
So let's kick things off with the Fabulous Rougeaus Jacques and Raymond taking on the British Bulldogs Davey Smith and Dynamite Kid in a fun tag match. Time runs out on this match and we have a draw. Boo. Let them fight. Let them fight! This was followed by Bad News Brown getting a fairly decisive victory over Ken Patera. Patera, a former intercontinental champion sadly had his bets days well behind him.
Next up we have the evil narcissistic Rick Rude taking on the Yunk Yard Dog. Rick Rude revealed a picture of Jake "The Snake" Roberts' wife on his tights as he was taking off from the turnbuckle. This brought an angry Roberts out to the ring and he was throwing punches from the cheap seats, needless to say the ref saw this and Rude picked up the win by Disquaification.
Next up we have a set up for the Intercontinental Championship match later in the night with the Honk Tonk Man telling everyone that he doesn't know or care who his opponent is ass he has been the IC Champon for over a year and will beat whoever challenges him. Mean Gene's about to tell him who his opponent is , but HTM tells him he doesn't want to know.
Next we have the Bolsheviks Nikolai Volkoff and Boris Zhukov losing to the Towers of Pain in a big man match. Brother Love comes out to do an interview with Jim Duggan prompting me to hit the fast forward button.
Next Honky makes his way to the ring microphone in hand daring his opponent to come out and face him. There's a long silence, the guitar music hits, the crowd goes wild and out runs The Ultimate Warrior. Honky looks mortified, tries to get out of the match, but it's too late for that. Warrior gets the win and so ends the longest IC Title reign in WWE history.
Next we get Don Maruco taking on Dino Bravo, a rematch from Wrestlemania IV. Bravo capitalises on a distraction from his manager to defeat Maruco.
This is followed by the now popular fan favourites the Hart Foundation taking on evil Monsters Demolition for their WWE Tag Team Titles. An din the end it was the Hart Foundation's former manager Jimmy Hart, now with Demolition, who cost the Harts the match slipping his megaphone to Smash who knocked out Bret Hart to get the pin.
Next up was a brief match between the Big Boss Man, a bad guy at this point of time, and Koko B Ware. Koko had his chances to win this one, but it was the Big Boss Man who overpowered his opponent to pick up the win. The next match saw Jake the Snake Roberts DDT Hercles to get the pin.
Which leads us to the Main Event of the evening Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage, The Mega Powers with Miss Elizabeth taking on Ted DiBiase and Andre the Giant, The Mega Bucks with Virgil and Bobby Heenan. All of the managers get involved, but Miss Elizabeth semi undressing herself distracts everyone long enough for Hogan to clear the ring and pin DiBiase for the victory. Hogan and Savage lift Elizabeth up on their shoulders in celebration. DiBiase is thwarted once again, the war nearly won. And the real question going forward: what was it going to take to stop the Mega Powers?
So let's kick things off with the Fabulous Rougeaus Jacques and Raymond taking on the British Bulldogs Davey Smith and Dynamite Kid in a fun tag match. Time runs out on this match and we have a draw. Boo. Let them fight. Let them fight! This was followed by Bad News Brown getting a fairly decisive victory over Ken Patera. Patera, a former intercontinental champion sadly had his bets days well behind him.
Next up we have the evil narcissistic Rick Rude taking on the Yunk Yard Dog. Rick Rude revealed a picture of Jake "The Snake" Roberts' wife on his tights as he was taking off from the turnbuckle. This brought an angry Roberts out to the ring and he was throwing punches from the cheap seats, needless to say the ref saw this and Rude picked up the win by Disquaification.
Next up we have a set up for the Intercontinental Championship match later in the night with the Honk Tonk Man telling everyone that he doesn't know or care who his opponent is ass he has been the IC Champon for over a year and will beat whoever challenges him. Mean Gene's about to tell him who his opponent is , but HTM tells him he doesn't want to know.
Next we have the Bolsheviks Nikolai Volkoff and Boris Zhukov losing to the Towers of Pain in a big man match. Brother Love comes out to do an interview with Jim Duggan prompting me to hit the fast forward button.
Next Honky makes his way to the ring microphone in hand daring his opponent to come out and face him. There's a long silence, the guitar music hits, the crowd goes wild and out runs The Ultimate Warrior. Honky looks mortified, tries to get out of the match, but it's too late for that. Warrior gets the win and so ends the longest IC Title reign in WWE history.
Next we get Don Maruco taking on Dino Bravo, a rematch from Wrestlemania IV. Bravo capitalises on a distraction from his manager to defeat Maruco.
This is followed by the now popular fan favourites the Hart Foundation taking on evil Monsters Demolition for their WWE Tag Team Titles. An din the end it was the Hart Foundation's former manager Jimmy Hart, now with Demolition, who cost the Harts the match slipping his megaphone to Smash who knocked out Bret Hart to get the pin.
Next up was a brief match between the Big Boss Man, a bad guy at this point of time, and Koko B Ware. Koko had his chances to win this one, but it was the Big Boss Man who overpowered his opponent to pick up the win. The next match saw Jake the Snake Roberts DDT Hercles to get the pin.
Which leads us to the Main Event of the evening Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage, The Mega Powers with Miss Elizabeth taking on Ted DiBiase and Andre the Giant, The Mega Bucks with Virgil and Bobby Heenan. All of the managers get involved, but Miss Elizabeth semi undressing herself distracts everyone long enough for Hogan to clear the ring and pin DiBiase for the victory. Hogan and Savage lift Elizabeth up on their shoulders in celebration. DiBiase is thwarted once again, the war nearly won. And the real question going forward: what was it going to take to stop the Mega Powers?
WWE Summerslam 1988
wrestlingsitewebmaster25 June 2005
This is my favourite WWE PPV ever. It was just brilliant, I mean they promoted a boxing match during the PPV and the commentary team of Gorilla Monsoon and Superstar Billy Graham was just outstanding.
Match 1 saw The Fabulous Rougeou Brothers against The Dynamite Kid and The British Bulldog in a very good match. No one won because the time limit expired. Next up Ken Patera tried to defeat Bad News Brown, but to no avail, but this was a decent effort. Next up Ravishing Rick Rude defeated Junk Yard Dog via DQ when Jake 'the snake' Roberts ran down to ringside and wrestled with Rude! In the match Rude came off the top rope and showed his other tights of Roberts and his wife! The fans went nuts for Roberts!
Next up Nikolai Volkoff and Boris Zuckoff tangle with Barbarian and The Warload. The Powers of Pain won a decent battle. Then we are treated to an interview with the longest reigning Intercontinental Champion in WWE history, even to this day as The Honky Tonk Man blables on about how he can defeat anyone. Little did he relise what was waiting for him!
The next match saw The Hart Foundation battle Demolition in a neat and good match. The Honky Tonk Man came out. Note: Brutus Beefcake was meant to wrestle him but for storyline purposes he had been attacked by The Outlaw Rob Bass. The all of a sudden The Ultimate Warrior's music hit! The fans went nuts and Warrior slammed Honky and took the 1-2-3! The fans went absolutely off their heads!
Next up Big Bossman battled Koko B Ware in a good match even though the result was never in doubt! Bossman won (obviously)
Then Jake Roberts defeated Hercules with the DDT!
Then the main event pitted Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage against Ted DiBiase and Andre the Giant in a hard hitting match up. Hogan and Savage won!
Such a brilliant PPV, but it's sad to say that the following who were on the PPV are no longer with us:
British Bulldog Rick Rude Junk Yard Dog Hercules Andre the Giant Big Bossman Gorilla Monsoon Elizabeth (Randy Savage's manager) Joey Morella (Robert 'Gorilla Monsoon' Morella's son who was a referee)
RIP
Bulldogs/Rougeous - 9/10 Patera vs Brown - 7/10 Bossman vs Koko - 7.5/10 Warlord/Barbarian vs Volkoff and Zuckoff - 8/10 Warrior vs Honky - 7.5/10 Hercules vs Roberts - 7.5/10 Hart Foundation vs Demolition - 8/10 Rude vs JYD - 7.5/10 Hogan/Savage vs Andre/DiBiase - 8/10
Match 1 saw The Fabulous Rougeou Brothers against The Dynamite Kid and The British Bulldog in a very good match. No one won because the time limit expired. Next up Ken Patera tried to defeat Bad News Brown, but to no avail, but this was a decent effort. Next up Ravishing Rick Rude defeated Junk Yard Dog via DQ when Jake 'the snake' Roberts ran down to ringside and wrestled with Rude! In the match Rude came off the top rope and showed his other tights of Roberts and his wife! The fans went nuts for Roberts!
Next up Nikolai Volkoff and Boris Zuckoff tangle with Barbarian and The Warload. The Powers of Pain won a decent battle. Then we are treated to an interview with the longest reigning Intercontinental Champion in WWE history, even to this day as The Honky Tonk Man blables on about how he can defeat anyone. Little did he relise what was waiting for him!
The next match saw The Hart Foundation battle Demolition in a neat and good match. The Honky Tonk Man came out. Note: Brutus Beefcake was meant to wrestle him but for storyline purposes he had been attacked by The Outlaw Rob Bass. The all of a sudden The Ultimate Warrior's music hit! The fans went nuts and Warrior slammed Honky and took the 1-2-3! The fans went absolutely off their heads!
Next up Big Bossman battled Koko B Ware in a good match even though the result was never in doubt! Bossman won (obviously)
Then Jake Roberts defeated Hercules with the DDT!
Then the main event pitted Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage against Ted DiBiase and Andre the Giant in a hard hitting match up. Hogan and Savage won!
Such a brilliant PPV, but it's sad to say that the following who were on the PPV are no longer with us:
British Bulldog Rick Rude Junk Yard Dog Hercules Andre the Giant Big Bossman Gorilla Monsoon Elizabeth (Randy Savage's manager) Joey Morella (Robert 'Gorilla Monsoon' Morella's son who was a referee)
RIP
Bulldogs/Rougeous - 9/10 Patera vs Brown - 7/10 Bossman vs Koko - 7.5/10 Warlord/Barbarian vs Volkoff and Zuckoff - 8/10 Warrior vs Honky - 7.5/10 Hercules vs Roberts - 7.5/10 Hart Foundation vs Demolition - 8/10 Rude vs JYD - 7.5/10 Hogan/Savage vs Andre/DiBiase - 8/10
Mega Slam
paudieconnolly14 December 2020
The first summerslam setting the standards as fun now as it was to watch back then. Gorilla Monsoon carrying superstar billy Graham on commentary for me gorilla can work with anyone but much better with Jesse the body or Bobby the brain in fairness superstar seems to get more comfortable as the night goes on . Some good wrestling in the opening match a disappointment result. the first ever summerslam match could have started with stronger result. Followed by ok matches . The energy in the room hits a new level when honky tonk man meets ultimate warrior for the intercontinental title. Tag team title action the hart foundation without Jimmy hart who joined mr fugi in the corner of demolition two great teams in action . The second half of the event with jake the snake Boss man giants miss Elizabeth millionaires hulk macho and many more would be better than the first half an enjoyable fun filled evening.
The Biggest Party Of The Summer Starts Here
morantjavonte24 January 2021
Warning: Spoilers
SummerSlam 1988 Thoughts
SummerSlam 1988 was the first ever Summerslam PPV event produced by the WWF. It took place at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York on August 29, 1988. The PPV was created to rival WCW (then-named Jim Crockett Promotion) who at the time aired a successful event a month before which boost popularity in the company. Attendance was said to be a completely perfect 20,000.
10 matches were set on the card. The main match build up to it featured The Mega Powers (Hulk Hogan and the WWF Champion Randy Savage) vs. The Mega Bucks (Ted DiBiase and Andre the Giant). Storyline was about Mega Bucks always putting Randy Savage in a 2-1 disadvantage for which Ted DiBiase used to get closer in getting his hands on the WWF Championship. Savage weeks heading up into it choose Hulk Hogan to be his partner and the match was set with Jesse Ventura as special Referee. Another match set on the card was Honky Tonk Man who held the Intercontinental Championship for 450+ days and was set to face a random opponent due to him feeling like he was unbeatable.
The Good - The Mega Bucks vs. Mega Powers turned out to be a fun main event. It certainly wasn't a match of a year event but it was still a great match for sending the fans away. Hogan, Savage, and Ted did majority of the work with Andre being limited due to his health at the time. Perhaps the most memorable moment was obviously Miss Elizabeth as she got the biggest pop of the night with that moment of ripping off her dress. Ultimate Warrior winning the Intercontinental title from Honky Tonk Man in 31 seconds was another shining bright moment. In fact, many consider this the first highlight of his career. The opening was good as the British Bulldogs were one of the best teams on the planet at this time as whenever they had a match, it was going to be above average from the beginning. Last I thought the World Tag Team Championship Match was good. The match they would have 2 years later would be much better but these 2 teams clashed well.
The Meh - The Tag Team Opener was good but the 20 minute draw of course is disappointing. Draws were always hated by crowds and to this day it's never accepted. However the match was still good. The show was also criticized back in the day for too many Tag Team matches and I personally agree this show did go a little over.
The Bad - Between Bad News Brown vs. Ken Patera and Dino Bravo vs. Don Murico I would say were the worst matches of the night. BNB was a good performer but he was just always booked in a snoozed fest match for some reason. Most of the undercard was pretty forgettable. I think the WWF rushed this PPV as some of the talents of this show was wasted like Junkyard Dog, Rick Rude, and Jake Roberts were all booked in bad matches.
Overall - Successful event produced at the time but forgettable in the later dates due to Summerslam becoming more important in the early 90s as the WWF/E's second biggest event of the year. Not a bad show though.
Score - 5 out of 10: Mediocre
0 = Terrible: 1 = Bad/Lackluster: 2 = Decent: 3 = Good: 4 = Awesome: 5 = One of the Best of all Time
1. The British Bulldogs vs. The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers - 3/5
2. Bad News Brown vs. Ken Patera - 1/5
3. Rick Rude vs. Junkyard Dog - 2/5
4. Powers of Pain vs. The Bolsheviks - 1/5
5. Ultimate Warrior vs. The Honky Tonk Man: WWF Intercontinental Championship - not worth it (but good moment)
6. Dino Bravo vs. Don Muraco - 0/5
7. Demolition vs. The Hart Foundation: World Tag TeamChampionship - 3/5
8. Big Boss Man vs. Koko B. Ware - 1/5
9. Jake Roberts vs. Hercules - 1/5
10. The Mega Bucks vs. The Mega Powers - 3.5/5
Best Match - The Mega Powers vs. The Mega Bucks
Worst Match - Dino Bravo vs. Don Muraco
Most Memorable Moment - Ultimate Warrior squashing Honky Tonk Man
Top 5 Performers 1. Mega Powers - Great Performance
2. Ted DiBiase - Great Performance
3. British Bulldogs - Great Performance
4. Fabulous Rougeaus - Great Performance
5. Andre the Giant - Still did everything he could.
SummerSlam 1988 was the first ever Summerslam PPV event produced by the WWF. It took place at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York on August 29, 1988. The PPV was created to rival WCW (then-named Jim Crockett Promotion) who at the time aired a successful event a month before which boost popularity in the company. Attendance was said to be a completely perfect 20,000.
10 matches were set on the card. The main match build up to it featured The Mega Powers (Hulk Hogan and the WWF Champion Randy Savage) vs. The Mega Bucks (Ted DiBiase and Andre the Giant). Storyline was about Mega Bucks always putting Randy Savage in a 2-1 disadvantage for which Ted DiBiase used to get closer in getting his hands on the WWF Championship. Savage weeks heading up into it choose Hulk Hogan to be his partner and the match was set with Jesse Ventura as special Referee. Another match set on the card was Honky Tonk Man who held the Intercontinental Championship for 450+ days and was set to face a random opponent due to him feeling like he was unbeatable.
The Good - The Mega Bucks vs. Mega Powers turned out to be a fun main event. It certainly wasn't a match of a year event but it was still a great match for sending the fans away. Hogan, Savage, and Ted did majority of the work with Andre being limited due to his health at the time. Perhaps the most memorable moment was obviously Miss Elizabeth as she got the biggest pop of the night with that moment of ripping off her dress. Ultimate Warrior winning the Intercontinental title from Honky Tonk Man in 31 seconds was another shining bright moment. In fact, many consider this the first highlight of his career. The opening was good as the British Bulldogs were one of the best teams on the planet at this time as whenever they had a match, it was going to be above average from the beginning. Last I thought the World Tag Team Championship Match was good. The match they would have 2 years later would be much better but these 2 teams clashed well.
The Meh - The Tag Team Opener was good but the 20 minute draw of course is disappointing. Draws were always hated by crowds and to this day it's never accepted. However the match was still good. The show was also criticized back in the day for too many Tag Team matches and I personally agree this show did go a little over.
The Bad - Between Bad News Brown vs. Ken Patera and Dino Bravo vs. Don Murico I would say were the worst matches of the night. BNB was a good performer but he was just always booked in a snoozed fest match for some reason. Most of the undercard was pretty forgettable. I think the WWF rushed this PPV as some of the talents of this show was wasted like Junkyard Dog, Rick Rude, and Jake Roberts were all booked in bad matches.
Overall - Successful event produced at the time but forgettable in the later dates due to Summerslam becoming more important in the early 90s as the WWF/E's second biggest event of the year. Not a bad show though.
Score - 5 out of 10: Mediocre
0 = Terrible: 1 = Bad/Lackluster: 2 = Decent: 3 = Good: 4 = Awesome: 5 = One of the Best of all Time
1. The British Bulldogs vs. The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers - 3/5
2. Bad News Brown vs. Ken Patera - 1/5
3. Rick Rude vs. Junkyard Dog - 2/5
4. Powers of Pain vs. The Bolsheviks - 1/5
5. Ultimate Warrior vs. The Honky Tonk Man: WWF Intercontinental Championship - not worth it (but good moment)
6. Dino Bravo vs. Don Muraco - 0/5
7. Demolition vs. The Hart Foundation: World Tag TeamChampionship - 3/5
8. Big Boss Man vs. Koko B. Ware - 1/5
9. Jake Roberts vs. Hercules - 1/5
10. The Mega Bucks vs. The Mega Powers - 3.5/5
Best Match - The Mega Powers vs. The Mega Bucks
Worst Match - Dino Bravo vs. Don Muraco
Most Memorable Moment - Ultimate Warrior squashing Honky Tonk Man
Top 5 Performers 1. Mega Powers - Great Performance
2. Ted DiBiase - Great Performance
3. British Bulldogs - Great Performance
4. Fabulous Rougeaus - Great Performance
5. Andre the Giant - Still did everything he could.
First Summerslam
amanwhorocks7 June 2013
Warning: Spoilers
1. The fabulous Rougeaus Brothers vs. The British Bulldogs 5/10
2. Bad News Brown Vs. Patera - Some Mistakes there :/ - 5/10
3. Rick Rude Vs. Junkyard Dog 5/10
4. The Bolsheviks Vs. OMG adaptation of Road Warriors- BLAH! 5/10
5. IC title match: Champ: Honky Tonk man Vs. The Ultimate Warrior - half minute match, Whohou! 4.5/10
6. Don Muraco Vs. Dino Bravo 5.5/10
7. WWF Tag Title Match: The Hart Foundation Vs. Two idiots with war paints, pardon, The Demolition Better match, but bad ending, idiots retains... 6/10
8. Big Boss man Vs. Parrot man - BBM continues touring the wrestling companies.. 5/10
9. Hercules Vs. Jake Roberts 6/10
10. Andre the Giant/ Ted Dibiasse Vs. Macho Man/Hulkinator 4.5/10
2. Bad News Brown Vs. Patera - Some Mistakes there :/ - 5/10
3. Rick Rude Vs. Junkyard Dog 5/10
4. The Bolsheviks Vs. OMG adaptation of Road Warriors- BLAH! 5/10
5. IC title match: Champ: Honky Tonk man Vs. The Ultimate Warrior - half minute match, Whohou! 4.5/10
6. Don Muraco Vs. Dino Bravo 5.5/10
7. WWF Tag Title Match: The Hart Foundation Vs. Two idiots with war paints, pardon, The Demolition Better match, but bad ending, idiots retains... 6/10
8. Big Boss man Vs. Parrot man - BBM continues touring the wrestling companies.. 5/10
9. Hercules Vs. Jake Roberts 6/10
10. Andre the Giant/ Ted Dibiasse Vs. Macho Man/Hulkinator 4.5/10
CLASSIC 1980'S WWF ACTION
Big Movie Fan2 May 2002
Warning: Spoilers
The WWF has had some great periods over the years. The best periods in my opinion were 1987-1991 and 1996-1997.
SummerSlam took place in 1988. At the time Hulkamania was running wild all over the WWF. In the main event Hulk Hogan teamed up with the equally popular Macho Man to face the dastardly Andre the Giant and Ted DiBiase (two of the top heels of the time).
(POSSIBLE SPOILERS)There was plenty of other action as well. The Ultimate Warrior took the Intercontinental Title from the arrogant Honky Tonk Man. Top tag teams Demolition and The Hart Foundation had a great match. The Big Boss Man made his PPV debut by beating up Koko B. Ware. And in another great match Jake Roberts faced Hercules.
Highly recommended event from a classic period in WWF history.
SummerSlam took place in 1988. At the time Hulkamania was running wild all over the WWF. In the main event Hulk Hogan teamed up with the equally popular Macho Man to face the dastardly Andre the Giant and Ted DiBiase (two of the top heels of the time).
(POSSIBLE SPOILERS)There was plenty of other action as well. The Ultimate Warrior took the Intercontinental Title from the arrogant Honky Tonk Man. Top tag teams Demolition and The Hart Foundation had a great match. The Big Boss Man made his PPV debut by beating up Koko B. Ware. And in another great match Jake Roberts faced Hercules.
Highly recommended event from a classic period in WWF history.
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