Match-by-match results of all WWE Pay-Per-View events from 1988.
January 24, 1988: Royal Rumble 1988:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Non-Televised Match: Ricky Steamboat defeated Rick Rude (17:00) by
Disqualification
World Womens' Tag Team Title Match (Best 2 out of 3 Falls): The Jumping
Bomb Angels (Yamakazi and Tateno) defeated The Glamour Girls (Lelani
Kai and Judy Martin) (15:00) in three falls to win the titles. Martin
pinned Yamazaki (7:00). Yamazaki pinned Kai (10:00). Tateno pinned Martin
(15:00)
Royal Rumble Match: Jim Duggan won a "royal rumble" (33:00)
which included: Ron Bass, Brian Blair, Dino Bravo, Jim Brunzell, Danny
Davis, Bret Hart, Hillbilly Jim, Sam Houston, Junkyard Dog, Don Muraco,
Jim Niedhart, One Man Gang, Harley Race, Butch Reed, Jake Roberts, Tito
Santana, Nikolia Volkoff, Ultimate Warrior, and Boris Zuhkov
Best 2 out of 3 Falls Match: The Islanders (Haku and Tama) defeated
the Young Stallions (Jim Powers and Paul Roma (14:00) in two straight
falls. Roma was counted out (7:00). Haku forced Roma to submit (7:00).
March 27, 1988: WrestleMania 4: Atlantic
City, New Jersey
Battle Royal: Bad News Brown won a "battle royal" (10:40)
which included: Ron Bass, Brian Blair, Jim Brunzell, Danny Davis, Bret
Hart, Hillbilly Jim, Sam Houston, Junkyard Dog, Jim Niedhart, Ken Patera,
Jim Powers, Harley Race, Paul Roma, Jacques Rougeau, Raymond Rougeau,
Sika, George Steele, Nikolai Volkoff, and Boris Zuhkov
World Heavyweight Title Tournament Match #1: Ted DiBiase pinned Jim
Duggan (4:54)
World Heavyweight Title Tournament Match #2: Don Muraco defeated Dino
Bravo (4:53) by Disqualification
World Heavyweight Title Tournament Match #3: Randy Savage pinned Butch
Reed (5:07)
World Heavyweight Title Tournament Match #4: Greg Valentine pinned
Ricky Steamboat (9:12)
World Heavyweight Title Tournament Match #5: One Man Gang defeated
Bam Bam Bigelow (2:56) by Count out
World Heavyweight Title Tournament Match #6: Rick Rude drew Jake Roberts
(15:00)
Ultimate Warrior pinned Hercules (4:29)
World Heavyweight Title Tournament Quarter-finals Match #1: Hulk Hogan
and Andre the Giant fought to a Double Disqualification (5:22)
World Heavyweight Title Tournament Quarter-finals Match #2: Ted DiBiase
pinned Don Muraco (5:44)
World Heavyweight Title Tournament Quarter-finals Match #3: Randy
Savage pinned Greg Valentine (6:06)
Intercontinental Heavyweight Title Match: Brutus Beefcake defeated
Honkytonk Man (6:30) by Disqualification. Honkytonk Man retains the
Intercontinental Heavyweight Title
Bobby Heenan, Haku, and Tama defeated The British Bulldogs (Davey
Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid) and Koko B. Ware (7:30) when Heenan pinned
Ware
World Heavyweight Title Tournament Semi-finals Match #1: Randy Savage
defeated One Man Gang (4:05)by Disqualification
World Tag Team Title Match: Demolition Axe & Smash defeated Strike
Force (Tito Santana and Rick Martel) (12:33) when Axe pinned Martel
to win the titles
World Heavyweight Title Match: Randy Savage pinned Ted DiBiase (9:27)
to win the vacant title.
August 29, 1988: SummerSlam 1988: New
York, New York
he British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid) drew with Jacques
and Raymond Rougeau (20:00)
Bad News Brown pinned Ken Patera (6:33)
Rick Rude defeated Junkyard Dog (6:18) by Disqualification
The Powers of Pain (Warlord and Barbarian) defeated Nikolai Volkoff
and Boris Zuhkov (5:27) when Barbarian pinned Zuhkov
Intercontinental Heavyweight Title Match: Ultimate Warrior pinned
Honkytonk Man (0:31) to win the Intercontinental Title
Dino Bravo pinned Don Muraco (5:28)
World Tag Team Title Match: Demolition Axe and Smash defeated The
Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart) (9:49) when Smash pinned
Hart
Big Boss Man pinned Koko B. Ware (5:57)
Jake Roberts pinned Hercules (10:06)
Main Event Tag Team Match: The Megapowers (Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage)
defeated The Megabucks (Andre the Giant and Ted DiBiase) (13:57) when
Savage pinned DiBiase. Jesse Ventura was the special referee.
November 24, 1988: Survivor Series 1988:
Richfield, Ohio
Survivor Series Match #1: Ultimate Warrior, Brutus Beefcake, Sam Houston,
The Blue Blazer, and Jim Brunzell defeated Honkytonk Man, Ron Bass,
Danny Davis, Greg Valentine, and Bad News Brown (17:50) in an "elimination"
match. Warrior was the survivor. Beefcake defeated Davis (1:18) via
sleeperhold. Brown pinned Brunzell (5:12). Brown was counted out (7:50).
Bass pinned Houston (10:09). Valentine forced Blazer to submit (12:29).
Honkytonk Man and Brutus Beefcake fought to a Double Countout(15:44).
Warrior pinned Bass (17:30). Warrior pinned Valentine (17:50)
Survivor Series Match #2 (Tag Teams): The Powers of Pain (Warlord
and Barbarian), The Rockers (Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels), The
British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid), The Hart Foundation
(Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart), and The Young Stallions (Jim Powers and
Paul Roma) defeated Demolition Axe and Smash, The Brain Busters (Arn
Anderson and Tully Blanchard), The Bolsheviks (Nikolai Volkoff and Boris
Zuhkov), Raymond and Jacques Rougeau, and The Conquistadors (1 and 2)
(42:12) in a "tag team elimination" match. The Powers of Pain
were the survivors
Hart pinned Raymond Rougeau (5:22). Zuhkov pinned Powers (15:20).
Jannetty pinned Zuhkov (18:09). Blanchard pinned Hart (27:03). Rockers
and Anderson and Blanchard fought to a Double Disqualification (27:57).
Smash pinned Dynamite (36:02). Smash was counted out (39:33). Barbarian
pinned a Conquistador (42:12)
Survivor Series Match #3: Andre the Giant, Rick Rude, Dino Bravo,
Mr. Perfect, and Harley Race defeated Jim Duggan, Jake Roberts, Scott
Casey, Ken Patera, and Tito Santana (30:03) in an "elimination"
match. Perfect and Bravo were the survivors. Rude pinned Patera (8:18).
Bravo pinned Casey (9:27). Santana pinned Race (13:19). Andre pinned
Santana (14:40). Duggan was Disqualified (21:22). Roberts pinned Rude
(28:45). Andre was Disqualified (29:39). Perfect pinned Roberts (30:03)
Survivor Series Match #4: Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Hercules, Koko
B. Ware, and Hillbilly Jim defeated Ted DiBiase, Big Boss Man, Akeem,
Haku, & Red Rooster (29:10) in an "elimination" match.
Hogan and Savage were the survivors. Savage pinned Rooster (6:11). Akeem
pinned Hillbilly (9:59). Boss Man pinned Ware (11:45). DiBiase pinned
Hercules (16:35). Savage pinned DiBiase (23:40). Boss Man and Akeem
were Disqualified (25:09). Hogan pinned Haku (29:10).
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