On this week’s episode of The Pro Wrasslin’ Reflection Podcast episode 13… We review WWF Wrestlemania IV (4)!
"Big" Ray Hernandez and "The Professor" Anthony Quintana aka “Ricky Freestyle" review this classic World Wrestling Federation (WWF/E) event! We have a big announcement of a new team member joining the Reflection! “Mr. Gimmick” Travis Voeltz has been suspended and the fall out will be explained on this episode!!!
Event information:
WrestleMania IV was the fourth annual WrestleMania sports entertainment pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on March 27, 1988, at the Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The announced attendance of WrestleMania IV was 19,199.
The main event was the finals of a fourteen-man single elimination tournament for the Undisputed WWF Heavyweight Championship, in which Randy Savage defeated Ted DiBiase to win the vacant title. The main matches on the undercard were a twenty-man battle royal won by Bad News Brown, Demolition (Ax and Smash) versus Strike Force (Tito Santana and Rick Martel) for the WWF Tag Team Championship, and Brutus Beefcake versus The Honky Tonk Man for the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship.
Name of the event: WWF WrestleMania IV (4)
Date: 3/27/88
Promotion: World Wrestling Federation
Type: Pay Per View
Location: Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Arena: Trump Plaza Convention Center
Paid Attendance: 18,165
Broadcast type: Live
Broadcast date: March 27, 1988
Commentary by: Gorilla Monsoon, Jesse Ventura & Bob Uecker
PPV buyrate (relative): 52
Note: Gladys Knight sings “America The Beautiful”
Full event match card:
Battle Royal: Brian Blair vs. Bad News Brown vs. Boris Zhukov vs. Bret Hart vs. Danny Davis vs. George Steele vs. Hillbilly Jim vs. Jacques Rougeau vs. Jim Brunzell vs. Jim Neidhart vs. Jim Powers vs. Ken Patera vs. King Harley Race vs. Nikolai Volkoff vs. Paul Roma vs. Raymond Rougeau vs. Ron Bass vs. Sam Houston vs. Sika vs. The Junkyard Dog
WWF World Heavyweight Title Tournament First Round Match
Jim Duggan vs. Ted DiBiase (w/Andre The Giant & Virgil)
WWF World Heavyweight Title Tournament First Round Match:
Dino Bravo (w/Frenchy Martin) vs. Don Muraco (w/Superstar Billy Graham)
WWF World Heavyweight Title Tournament First Round Match
Greg Valentine (w/Jimmy Hart) vs. Ricky Steamboat
WWF World Heavyweight Title Tournament First Round Match
Butch Reed (w/Slick) vs. Randy Savage (w/Miss Elizabeth)
WWF World Heavyweight Title Tournament First Round Match
Bam Bam Bigelow (w/Oliver Humperdink) vs. The One Man Gang (w/Slick)
WWF World Heavyweight Title Tournament First Round Match
Jake Roberts vs. Rick Rude (w/Bobby Heenan)
Singles Match
Hercules (w/Bobby Heenan) vs. The Ultimate Warrior
WWF World Heavyweight Title Tournament Quarter Final Match
Andre The Giant (w/Ted DiBiase & Virgil) vs. Hulk Hogan
WWF World Heavyweight Title Tournament Quarter Final Match
Don Muraco (w/Superstar Billy Graham) vs. Ted DiBiase
WWF World Heavyweight Title Tournament Quarter Final Match
Greg Valentine (w/Jimmy Hart) vs. Randy Savage (w/Miss Elizabeth)
WWF Intercontinental Title Match
The Honky Tonk Man (w/Jimmy Hart & Peggy Sue) (c) vs. Brutus Beefcake
Six Man Tag Team Match
Bobby Heenan & The Islanders (Haku & Tama) vs. Koko B. Ware & The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith & The Dynamite Kid)
WWF World Heavyweight Title Tournament Semi Final Match
Randy Savage (w/Miss Elizabeth) vs. The One Man Gang (w/Slick)
WWF World Tag Team Title Match
Strike Force (Rick Martel & Tito Santana) (c) vs. Demolition (Ax & Smash) (w/Mr. Fuji)
WWF World Heavyweight Title Tournament Final Match (vacant)
Randy Savage (w/Miss Elizabeth) vs. Ted DiBiase (w/Andre The Giant)