10 Fascinating WWE SummerSlam 1988 Facts
1. The Event Did Well Enough On Pay-Per-View
Macho Madness and Hulkamania remained hot commodities in the summer of 1988, and the allure of big-time WWE wrestling continued to hold plenty of drawing power on pay-per-view. The injection of an August event on a largely-untested pay-per-view landscape came with some financial risk, but SummerSlam would prove to be a success.
In all, the pay-per-view did about 400,000 buys, quite impressive for the era. The fact that flagship WrestleMania pulled in 485,000 buys five months earlier makes SummerSlam's total all the more noteworthy, meaning that fans viewed SummerSlam as being relatively on par with the pre-established Super Bowl of wrestling.
After all, there have been 28 SummerSlams since, with the thirtieth annual on the way this summer, so calling the first SummerSlam a success for WWE is quite an understatement.