Only a few years ago did I found out that I was lucky enough to have sat through several television tapings and close to five hours of then non-stop WWF action.
Being only four-years old at the time of the event, I only remember a few things from that night. I remember wearing a a blue shirt that said "Hulk Jr" in sparkling gold letters, which I wore under my yellow "Hulk Rules" tanktop my dad bought me at the event that night.
The other thing I remember, other than the event ending really late, was waiting all night just to see Hulk Hogan wrestle, as he was my childhood hero. When Hogan finally came out for his main-event match against the Big Boss Man, I felt like I was the only person in the arena. It was something words cannot describe and if they could, wouldn't do it justice. Luckily for me being a young Hulk-a-maniac, Hogan won his match against the Boss Man via count-out after handcuffing the Boss Man to the top rope.
Below are some photos, and the event sheet, from the event my parents took that have luckily survived the last 20-years thanks to my mom putting them in a special photo album
Enjoy some one-of-a-kind photos........
The event card
My ticket for the event
Ring shot before the event started
Brutus the Barber Beefcake giving a post match haircut
Honkytonk Man & Greg Valentine
The Hart Foundation in tag-team action
Ravishing Rick Rude w/Bobby Hennan
Koko B. Ware & The Blue Blazer entering the ring
Jake "The Snake" Roberts after his match
Ken Patera vs. Ron Bass
Ted DiBiase vs. Tito Santana
The Ultimate Warrior making his entrance
Sam Houston & Jim Powers vs. The Bolshvics
Hulk Hogan vs. The Big Bossman
Hulk Hogan post-match posing
Me as a happy four-year old with my dad
As a special bonus, here is the entire card from that night, courtesy of the history of WWE website:
WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - November 15, 1988 (14,600; 12,200 paid; sell out)
WWF Superstars taping:
Jim Duggan pinned Darryl Peterson
Mr. Perfect pinned Lee Hansen
King Haku pinned Eric Simms
WWF IC Champion the Ultimate Warrior pinned Randy Tyler
Brutus Beefcake pinned Ron Bass
Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition via count-out
Jake Roberts (w/ Cheryl Roberts) pinned Rick Rude with the DDT; pre-match stipulations stated that the wrestlers could only attempt a pin after hitting their respective finisher; after the bout, Cheryl slapped Rude several times before Roberts wrapped Damien around his opponent
Hulk Hogan defeated the Big Bossman (w/ Slick) via count-out after handcuffing Bossman to the top rope and clotheslining him over the top to the outside after Bossman attempted to use the cuffs on Hogan
Prime Time Wrestling - 11/22/88: Ted Dibiase (w/ Virgil) defeated Tito Santana via disqualification at 11:59 when Hercules interfered; after the bout, Hercules and Santana cleared Dibiase and Virgil from the ring
Prime Time Wrestling - 12/5/88: Ron Bass pinned Ken Patera at 7:24 with an elbow drop after a running kneelift to the back
Prime Time Wrestling - 12/5/88: The Blue Blazer & Koko B. Ware defeated the Conquistadors at 8:57 when Koko scored the pin with a missile dropkick
Prime Time Wrestling - 11/29/88: Akeem, Nikolai Volkoff, & Boris Zhukov (w/ Slick) defeated Sam Houston, Paul Roma, & Jim Powers when Akeem pinned Houston with a splash at 8:49
12/3/88 - included WWF World Champion Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth as guests of the
Brother Love Show:
Brutus Beefcake defeated Chuck Campbell via submission with the sleeper at 2:08
Dino Bravo (w/ Frenchy Martin) pinned Ricki Ataki at 1:34 with the airplane spin and side slam
Harley Race pinned Jim Gorman at 1:46 with a fisherman suplex; prior to the bout, Race did an untelevised promo saying he wanted to regain his throne from King Haku and that Bobby Heenan never visited him or contacted him while he was injured
Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart defeated Barry Horowitz & Iron Mike Sharpe at 2:16 when Bret pinned Horowitz following the Hart Attack
Akeem (w/ Slick) pinned Louie Spicolli with a splash at 1:22
Rick Rude (w/ Bobby Heenan) pinned Nito Gomez at 1:25 with the Rude Awakening
12/10/88 - included footage of Hulk Hogan and Slick on the Brother Love show from SNME:
Jim Duggan pinned Darryl Peterson at 1:53 with the running clothesline
Jake Roberts pinned the Black Knight at 2:37 with the DDT
Bad News Brown pinned Frankie Valdez at 1:58 with the Ghetto Blaster
The Red Rooster (w/ Bobby Heenan) defeated Scott Casey via submission with the Scorpion
Death Lock at 2:33
Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty fought Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (w/ Bobby Heenan) to a no contest when all four men began brawling on the floor prior to the match beginning; eventually, both teams battled their way backstage with numerous referees and officials trying to seperate them
Ted Dibiase (w/ Virgil) defeated Lanny Poffo via submission with the Million $ Dream at 1:50
Jacques & Raymond Rougeau (w/ Jimmy Hart) Sam Houston & Stefan Diablo at 3:37 when Raymond pinned Diablo after a double team move off the top
12/17/88 - included Andre the Giant & Bobby Heenan as guests of the Brother Love Show:
WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition defeated Nick Ferrari & Art Penna at 2:45 when Ax pinned Penna with the Decapitation; prior to the bout, an untelevised Brother Love Show segment took place with Demolition as guests; during the segment, Brother Love said they couldn't win a match without the help of Mr. Fuji; to prove him wrong, Mr. Fuji went to the back and Demolition wrestled the match without him; this was done to explain his absence at ringside since the bout would air after the Survivor Series where Fuji and Demolition split up
Hercules defeated Steve Lombardi via submission with the backbreaker at 1:27
Mr. Perfect pinned Nito Gomez with the Perfect Plex at 2:05
King Haku (w/ Bobby Heenan) pinned Frankie Valdez with a side kick at 1:42
The Big Bossman (w/ Slick) pinned Pete Kitchum at 1:36 with the sidewalk slam; after the bout, Bossman handcuffed his opponent to the middle rope and beat him with the nightstick
WWF IC Champion the Ultimate Warrior pinned Conquistador #1 with the gorilla press slam / splash combo at 1:32
Greg Valentine & the Honkytonk Man (w/ Jimmy Hart) defeated Paul Brown & Rex Farmer at 4:10 when Brown submitted to Valentine's figure-4, applied while wearing the Heartbreaker shin guard
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lol just found this blog. I was there and was the same age lol.
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