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WrestleMania IV was the fourth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on March 27, 1988 at the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The main event was the finals of a fourteen-man tournament for the undisputed WWF Championship, where 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, Brutus Beefcake versus The Honky Tonk Man for the WWF Intercontinental Championship and a 14-man tournament for the vacated WWF Championship.
55 Cast Members
Hulk Hogan
Hulk Hogan
André Roussimoff
André the Giant
Randy Poffo
"The Macho Man" Randy Savage
Ted DiBiase Sr.
"The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase
Rick Blood Sr.
Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
John Wisniski Jr.
Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
Don Muraco
"The Rock" Don Muraco
Aurelian Smith Jr.
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Rick Rood
"Ravishing" Rick Rude
Scott Bigelow
Bam Bam Bigelow
George Gray
The One Man Gang
Jim Duggan
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
Adolfo Bresciano
Dino Bravo
Ed Leslie
Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake
Wayne Farris
The Honky Tonk Man
Ray Fernandez
The Mighty Hercules
Jim Hellwig
The Ultimate Warrior
Tom Billington
The Dynamite Kid
David Smith
Davey Boy Smith
Sam Fatu
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