5 Things I learned from WrestleMania IV (1988)

The fourth time was not a charm

#1 Randy Savage winning his first Heavyweight title is a big WrestleMania moment

One of the iconic shots of WrestleMania history.

Yes, I wasn’t really a fan of the booking of the 14-man tournament but the outcome is one of the better moments of WrestleMania IV or any WrestleMania. We have Randy Savage winning his first Heavyweight Title after wrestling in four matches in one night. The sight of him hoisting up an emotional Elizabeth is quite a sight to end a WrestleMania.

You cannot argue Savage didn’t deserve it. He wrestled Butch Reed, Greg Valentine, One Man Gang and Ted DiBiase on one show. He put in nearly twenty-five minutes of in-ring time in a three and a half hour show. That was the most any WrestleMania performer had done up to that point.

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The final match was overbooked a bit with Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant getting involved. Heck, Hogan again did the not-so-babyface act and hit The Million Dollar Man with a steel chair. It wasn’t the cleanest way for Savage to win the title but it didn’t make the emotional moment of finally getting there any less important.


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