Event:
WrestleMania 4
Date: March 27, 1988
Location: Atlantic City, New Jersey
Arena: Trump Plaza Convention
Center
Attendance: 18,165
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.
