These promotions held notable events in 1988.
Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event |
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January 24 | JCP | Bunkhouse Stampede | Uniondale, New York | Dusty Rhodes defeated Arn Anderson, The Barbarian, Ivan Koloff, Lex Luger, Road Warrior Animal, Tully Blanchard and The Warlord in a steel cage Bunkhouse Stampede[1] |
WWF | Royal Rumble | Hamilton, Ontario | Jim Duggan won the Royal Rumble by last eliminating One Man Gang[2] |
February 21 | AJW | The War Dream II | Kawasaki, Japan | Dump Matsumoto and Yukari Omori retire. The show featured Matsumoto facing partner Bull Nakano, Yukari Omori facing Lioness Asuka and a special exhibition match where long-time rivals Chigusa Nagayo and Matsumoto teamed up against Asuka and Omori. |
March 7 | WWF | Saturday Night's Main Event | Nashville, Tennessee | Hulk Hogan vs. Harley Race |
March 27 | WWF | WrestleMania IV | Atlantic City, New Jersey | Randy Savage defeated Ted DiBiase in a tournament final for the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Championship[3] |
JCP | Clash of the Champions I | Greensboro, North Carolina | Ric Flair (c) wrestled Sting to a time-limit draw in a singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship[4] |
April 22 | WWF | Saturday Night's Main Event | Springfield, Massachusetts | Randy Savage vs. One Man Gang for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship |
April 22 April 23 | JCP | 3rd Annual Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament | Greenville, South Carolina Greensboro, North Carolina | Sting and Lex Luger defeated Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard in a tournament final |
May 8 | WCCW | 5th Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions | Irving, Texas | Kerry Von Erich defeated Iceman Parsons (c) ((in a singles match for the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship[5] |
June 12 | NJPW | G1 Climax | Tokyo, Japan | Antonio Inoki defeated Masa Saito |
June 28 | AJW | Japan Grand Prix | Tokyo, Japan | Chigusa Nagayo defeated Dump Matsumoto |
July 10 | JCP | The Great American Bash | Baltimore, Maryland | Ric Flair (c) defeated Lex Luger in a singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship |
July 30 | JCP AWA WCCW | Second Annual Eddie Graham Memorial Show | Tampa, Florida | Kerry Von Erich (C - WCCW) defeated Jerry Lawler (C - AWA) in a singles match; AWA World Heavyweight Championship vs. WCCW World Heavyweight Championship[6] |
August 29 | AJPW | Bruiser Brody Memorial Show | Tokyo, Japan | Genichiro Tenryu and Ashura Hara defeated Jumbo Tsuruta and Yoshiaki Yatsu in a tag team match for the World Tag Team Championship[7] |
WWF | SummerSlam | New York City, New York | The Mega Powers (Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage) defeated The Mega Bucks (André the Giant and Ted DiBiase) in a tag team match with Jesse Ventura as the special guest referee[8] |
September 10 | WWC | WWC 15th Aniversario | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Huracan Castillo and Miguel Pérez Jr. defeated Bobby Jaggers and Dan Kroffat in a "Hair vs. hair" tag team match |
September 30 | EMLL | EMLL 55th Anniversary Show | Mexico City, Mexico | Máscara Año 2000 defeated Mogur in a Lucha de Apuestas mask vs. mask match[9] |
October 11 | AJW | Tag League the Best | Tokyo, Japan | The Crush Gals (Chigusa Nagayo and Lioness Asuka) defeated Bull Nakano and Condor Saito |
October 15 | WCCW | 5th Cotton Bowl Extravaganza | Dallas, Texas | Kerry Von Erich (c - WCWA) defeated Jerry Lawler (c - AWA) in a Texas Death match for the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship and the AWA World Heavyweight Championship[10] [11] |
October 16 | WWF | King of the Ring | Providence, Rhode Island | Ted DiBiase defeated Randy Savage by count-out in a King of the Ring tournament final match[12] |
October 25 | Saturday Night's Main Event | Baltimore, Maryland | Hulk Hogan vs. King Haku |
November 16 | Saturday Night's Main Event | Sacramento, California | Randy Savage (c) vs. Andre the Giant for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship |
November 24 | Survivor Series | Richfield Township, Ohio | Hercules, Hillbilly Jim, Koko B. Ware, Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage defeated Akeem, Big Boss Man, Haku, The Red Rooster and Ted DiBiase in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series match[13] |
December 7 | NJPW | Japan Cup Tag League | Tokyo, Japan | Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura defeated Antonio Inoki and Dick Murdoch |
WWF | Saturday Night's Main Event | Tampa, Florida | Hulk Hogan vs. Akeem |
December 13 | AWA | SuperClash III | Chicago, Illinois | Jerry Lawler (AWA) defeated Kerry Von Erich (WCWA) due to referee stoppage in a Title Unification match; AWA World Heavyweight Championship vs. WCWA World Heavyweight Championship[14] [15] |
December 26 | WCW | Starrcade | Norfolk, Virginia | Ric Flair (c) defeated Lex Luger in a singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship[16] |
(c) – denotes defending champion(s) | |
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