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1988 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

Calendar of notable live events

Promotion(s) Event Date Venue Location Attendance
JCP Bunkhouse Stampede (1988) January 24 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Uniondale, New York 6,000
WWF Royal Rumble (1988) Copps Coliseum Hamilton, Ontario 18,000[1]
WWF WrestleMania IV March 27 Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall Atlantic City, New Jersey 19,199
JCP 3rd Annual Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament April 22
April 23 		Greenville Memorial Auditorium
Greensboro Coliseum 		Greenville, South Carolina
Greensboro, North Carolina 		4,440
6,300
WCCW 5th Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions May 8 Texas Stadium Irving, Texas 7,000
JCP The Great American Bash (1988) July 10 Baltimore Arena Baltimore, Maryland 13,000
CWF Second Annual Eddie Graham Memorial Show July 30 Expo Hall Tampa, Florida
AJPW Bruiser Brody Memorial Show August 29 Budokan Hall Tokyo, Japan 16,300
WWF SummerSlam (1988) Madison Square Garden New York City, New York 20,000[2]
EMLL EMLL 55th Anniversary Show September 30 Arena México Mexico City, Mexico 17,000[3]
WCCW 5th Cotton Bowl Extravaganza October 15 Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas 4,500[4][5]
WWF Survivor Series (1988) November 24 Richfield Coliseum Richfield Township, Ohio 13,500
AWA SuperClash III December 13 UIC Pavilion Chicago, Illinois 1,672[6][7]
WCW Starrcade (1988) December 26 Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia 10,000[8]

Notable Moments

  • March 27 - The First Clash of the Champions was aired on free TV via TBS against the WWE pay-per view event WrestleMania IV. This event featured an amazing Main Event for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship featuring Champion Ric Flair and No. 1 Challenger, a man called Sting.

Tournaments and accomplishments

JCP

Accomplishment Winner Date won Notes
Bunkhouse Stampede Dusty Rhodes[9][10] January 24
Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament Lex Luger and Sting April 23
NWA United States Tag Team Championship Tournament The Fantastics(Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers) April 26

WWF

Accomplishment Winner Date won Notes
Royal Rumble Jim Duggan January 24
WWF World Heavyweight Championship Tournament Randy Savage March 27

Awards and honors

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

Main article: List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards
Category Winner
PWI Wrestler of the Year Randy Savage
PWI Tag Team of the Year The Road Warriors
(Hawk and Animal)
PWI Match of the Year Hulk Hogan vs. André the Giant (The Main Event)
PWI Feud of the Year Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger
PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year Randy Savage
PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year André the Giant
PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year Sting
PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year Jerry Lawler
PWI Rookie of the Year Madusa Miceli
PWI Lifetime Achievement Bruiser Brody, Adrian Adonis
PWI Editor's Award James J. Dillon

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Main article: List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
Category Winner
Wrestler of the Year Akira Maeda
Most Outstanding Tatsumi Fujinami
Feud of the Year The Fantastics vs. The Midnight Express
Tag Team of the Year The Midnight Express
(Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane)
Most Improved Sting
Best on Interviews Jim Cornette

Title changes

WWF

WWF World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Hulk Hogan
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 5 Andre the Giant The Main Event I After the controversial finish, Andre "sold' his title to Ted Dibiase
February 5 Vacant The Main Event I As a result of that moment see above Jack Tunney declared the title vacant.
March 27 Randy Savage WrestleMania IV It was a 14-man tournament to decide the undisputed WWE Champion.
WWF Intercontinental Championship
Incoming champion – The Honky Tonk Man
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
August 29 The Ultimate Warrior SummerSlam The Ultimate Warrior was a last minute replacement for Brutus Beefcake who was originally the no. 1 contender for the title.
WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Antonio Inoki
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
No title changes
WWF Women's Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – The Glamour Girls (Leilani Kai and Judy Martin)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 24 The Jumping Bomb Angels
(Noriyo Tateno and Itzuki Yamazaki) 		Royal Rumble
June 8 The Glamour Girls
(Leilani Kai and Judy Martin) 		Live event
WWF Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Sensational Sherri
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
October 7 Rockin' Robin Prime Time Wrestling
WWF Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Strike Force (Rick Martel and Tito Santana)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 27 Demolition
(Ax and Smash) 		WrestleMania IV

Births

Debuts

  • Uncertain debut date

Retirements

Deaths

See also

References

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  2. ^ "SummerSlam 1988". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
  3. ^ "55th Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. September 30, 1988. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  4. ^ "5th Cotton Bowl Extravaganza". Pro Wrestling History. October 15, 1988. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
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  7. ^ "SuperClash III". Pro Wrestling History. December 13, 1988. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  8. ^ Adamson, Matt (2008-02-06). "Going Old School: Starrcade '88". 411mania. Retrieved 2008-06-05.
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