WWF WRESTLEMANIA 4- March 27, 1988
Bad News Brown won a 20-man battle royal
Brutus Beefcake defeated
Intercontinental Champion Honky Tonk Man via DQ
The Islanders & Bobby Heenan defeated
the British Bulldogs & Koko B. Ware via pinfall
Demolition defeated Strike Force
for the Tag Team Championship
Round One, Championship Tournament:
Ted DiBiase defeated Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Don Muraco defeated Dino Bravo by DQ
Greg "the Hammer" Valentine defeated
Ricky "the Dragon" Steamboat via pinfall
Randy "Macho Man" Savage defeated Butch Reed via pinfall
One Man Gang defeated Bam Bam Bigelow via countout
Rick Rude and Jake "the Snake" Roberts
wrestled to a 15-minute draw
Round Two, Championship Tournament:
Andre the Giant and Hulk Hogan wrestled to a double DQ
Ted DiBiase defeated Don Muraco via pinfall
Randy Savage defeated Greg Valentine via pinfall
Semifinals, Championship Tournament:
Randy Savage defeated One Man Gang by DQ
Finals, Championship Tournament:
Randy Savage defeated Ted DiBiase
to capture the World Wrestling Federation Championship
WM FACT
- WrestleMania IV featured a 14-man tournament for the vacant World Wrestling Federation Championship – one of only two such championship tournaments in Federation history. The other took place over 10 years later, at the 1998 Survivor Series.
- WrestleMania IV featured the first time that the Federation Championship changed hands at WrestleMania, when Randy Savage was crowned WWF Champion.
- The WWF Championship was declared vacant in the days leading up to WrestleMania IV – the first time the title had ever been vacant since Buddy Rogers became the first WWWF Champion in 1962.
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