March 27th 1988 - Atlantic City, New Jersey, Trump PlazaMatch #1 20 Man Invitational Battle Royal Winner: Bad News BrownWWF Title Tournament Round 1 Matches 1. "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase Vs "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan 2. "The Rock" Don Muraco Vs Dino Bravo 3. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine Vs Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat 4. "Macho Man" Randy Savage Vs "The Natural" Butch Reed 5. One Man Gang Vs Bam Bam Bigelow 6. "Ravishing" Rick Rude Vs Jake "The Snake" RobertsMatch #8 Ultimate Warrior Vs Hercules Winner: Warrior By PinfallWWF Title Tournament Round 2 Matches 9. Hulk Hogan Vs Andre The Giant 10. "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase Vs "The Rock" Don Muraco 11. "Macho Man" Randy Savage Vs Greg "The Hammer" ValentineMatch #12 WWF Intercontinental Championship Champ: Honky Tonk Man Vs Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake Winner: Beefcake By DQMatch #13 Bobby "The Brain" Heenan & The Islanders Vs Koko B.Ware & The British Bulldogs Winner: Heenan & The Islanders By PinfallWWF Title Tournament Round 3 Match 14. "Macho Man" Randy Savage Vs One Man GangMatch #15 Tag Team Championship Champs: Strike Force Vs Demolition Winner: Demolition By Pinfall - New ChampionsMAIN EVENT WWF Championship Tournament Final "Macho Man" Randy Savage Vs "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase Winner: Savage By Pinfall - New Champion

Wrestlemania IV (1988) marked the start of the end of Hulkamania's run as one of the biggest draws in pro wrestling. At this point wrestling was so huge that Donald Trump himself wanted a piece of the action. He had the next two Wrestlemanias (IV and V) held in the Trump Plaza. The Donald even had ringside seats for this four hour event. The storyline went like this Hulk Hogan lost to Andre the Giant in a very controversial match on N.B.C. 's Saturday Night's Main Event wrestling program. Immediately after the match Andre and his manager Bobby "the Brain" Heenan gave the belt to Ted "Million Dollar Man" Di Biase and he gave the Brain a suitcase full of money. Both parties were satisfied except the Hulkster who "cried" during a promo he gave after the match.The stage was set for Wrestlemania IV, W.W.F. "president" Jack Tunney organized a tournament set up involving all of the top singles competitors in the W.W.F. This was supposed to be the greatest wrestling spectacle of all time. Except the matches stunk and the event was four hours long!! The only matches of note was the battle royale (Bad News Brown was the man!) and the old school N.W.A. style match between Greg "The Hammer" Valentine and the Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat (those two put on one good match), They should have called this one Wrestlemania "Snore".But it's worth getting just to hear the most delusional promo ever recorded from the Hulkster!!B-

This show was on way too long. 4 HOURS! They only get 3 these days. And the whole show was lackluster. Although Savage winning the belt was special, the matches weren't. Andre vs. Hogan II was terrible. The match of the night went to Savage vs. Valentine and it was only ***! Yes! Just 3 stars!Not recommended.

Wrestlemania 4 is one of the best Wrestlemania's ever. It started with a big Battle Royal that started The Hitman's "face" lift, and ended with a NEW WWF world champion! I don't know about the single cassette video that's out now, but I have the original 2-cassette VHS event and it just plain rules! The only negative side of this event, I thought the Bob Ueker story about him finding Vanna White throughout the event was very lame. Another lame moment was that Ricky Steamboat dedicated the match to his son & lost! It wasn't only lame, but it was sad. I don't care if it's fake, but what an evil thing to do. I saw no point in that segment. The Hogan match was o.k., it wasn't near as good as the Hogan match in Wrest