
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.

as "The Macho Man" Randy Savage

as Hulk Hogan

as "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase

as André The Giant

as Jesse "The Body" Ventura (Referee)

as The Honky Tonk Man

as The Ultimate Warrior

as Jake "The Snake" Roberts

as The Mighty Hercules

as "The Birdman" Koko B. Ware

as The Big Boss Man

as Bret "The Hitman" Hart

as Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart

as Demolition Ax

as Demolition Smash

as "The Rock" Don Muraco

as Dino Bravo

as Boris Zhukov

as Nikolai Volkoff

as The Barbarian

as The Warlord

as The Junkyard Dog

as "Ravishing" Rick Rude

as Bad News Brown

as Ken Patera

as The Dynamite Kid

as Davey Boy Smith

as Jacques Rougeau

as Raymond Rougeau

as Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)

as Miss Elizabeth (Valet)

as Virgil (Bodyguard)

as Mr. Fuji (Manager)

as Jimmy Hart (Manager)

as "The Doctor of Style" Slick (Manager)

as Frenchy Martin (Manager)

as The Baron (Manager)

as Brother Love (Host)

as "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan (Guest)