SummerSlam 1989 SummerSlam 1989 was the second annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay - per - view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) . It took place on August 28 , 1989 in the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford , New Jersey . The main event was a tag team match between The Mega Maniacs ( WWF Champion Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake ) and the team of Randy Savage and Zeus . The main matches on the undercard were Ted DiBiase versus Jimmy Snuka , Ultimate Warrior versus Rick Rude for the WWF Intercontinental Championship and Jim Duggan and Demolition ( Ax and Smash ) versus André the Giant and The Twin Towers ( Akeem and Big Boss Man ) . Event . Before the event began airing live on pay - per - view , Dino Bravo defeated Koko B . Ware in a Dark match . The first match of the pay - per - view was between the Brain Busters ( Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard ) , accompanied to the ring by Bobby Heenan , and The Hart Foundation ( Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart ) . In the middle of the match , Anderson tried to interfere , causing all four men to fight in the ring . Meanwhile , Heenan had the referee distracted , which allowed Anderson to perform a double ax handle , dropping his elbow onto the back of Hart ' s neck . Anderson then pinned Hart . The referee noticed the pin and began the count , as Anderson covered Hart ' s face , so it would not be discovered that Hart was not the legal team member in the match . The second match of the evening was between Dusty Rhodes and The Honky Tonk Man , who was managed by Jimmy Hart . Rhodes had the advantage until Hart distracted him . This allowed The Honky Tonk Man to grab Hart ' s megaphone and ram it into Rhodes ' midsection . The Honky Tonk Man continued in the offensive position until Rhodes ' was able to get back on his feet . The Honky Tonk Man , however , shoved Rhodes into the referee , knocking him out . This allowed The Honky Tonk Man to hold Rhodes while Hart attempted to hit Rhodes with The Honky Tonk Man ' s guitar . Rhodes , however , moved out of the way , and Hart hit The Honky Tonk Man instead . Rhodes then performed his finishing move , the Bionic Elbow , and pinned him for the win . The third match , which pitted Mr . Perfect against The Red Rooster , began with a shoving match in the center of the ring . Mr . Perfect performed several offensive maneuvers on The Red Rooster , even preventing Rooster from reversing a slam to the mat . Mr . Perfect ended the match by performing a dropkick and the Perfect Plex and then pinning him for the win . In the subsequent match - up , Rick Martel and The Fabulous Rougeaus ( Jacques and Raymond ) faced Tito Santana and The Rockers ( Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty ) . In the first moments of the match , Santana and The Rockers cleared all the opposing team members from the ring . Jannetty was the legal man for his team and faced all three opponents as they tagged each other into the match . Martel and the Rougeaus kept Jannetty isolated in their corner by utilizing illegal double team moves . After some time , Santana tagged Michaels into the match , who quickly regained the advantage . Near the end of the match , Jimmy Hart , who had accompanied The Rougeaus and Martel to the ring , distracted Jannetty , who was hit from behind by Jacques . As a result , Martel was able to pin Jannetty , even though Michaels never tagged out of the match and was still the legal man . The next match was a WWF Intercontinental Championship match between The Ultimate Warrior and the defending champion Rick Rude , who was accompanied to the ring by Bobby Heenan . The Warrior gained the early advantage in the beginning of the contest by press slamming Rude from the ring onto the arena ' s floor . He continued to have the advantage until Rude was able to thwart an offensive maneuver by pushing The Warrior from the top rope onto the turnbuckle . The two wrestlers swapped the offensive position until " Rowdy " Roddy Piper came down to ringside to distract Rude . This allowed The Warrior to perform a German suplex , press slam , and a Warrior Splash from the top rope . The Warrior then pinned Rude to become the new Intercontinental Champion . Jim Duggan and Demolition ( Smash and Ax ) defeated André the Giant and The Twin Towers ( The Big Boss Man and Akeem ) ( with Bobby Heenan and Slick ) . Smash pinned Akeem after Duggan hit Akeem in the head with his 2×4 . Hercules defeated Greg Valentine ( with Jimmy Hart ) by disqualification . Valentine pinned Hercules with his feet on the ropes . Guest ring announcer Ronnie Garvin ( who was feuding with Valentine at the time ) announced Hercules as the winner of the bout by disqualification . Ted DiBiase ( with Virgil ) defeated Jimmy Snuka by countout . DiBiase won when Snuka was counted out . In the main event , WWF Champion Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake faced Randy Savage and Zeus . In the beginning , Beefcake and Savage brawled on the floor and Zeus no - sold Hogan . Beefcake came out and made the save but was caught by Zeus in a bearhug . Hogan tried to save his partner but he also became victim of a bearhug by Zeus . Savage came off the top rope and hit Hogan with a diving double axe handle . He hit Hogan another double axe handle from the top rope and a running knee for a near - fall . Savage applied a chinlock on Hogan but Hogan hit Savage with shoulder blocks . He came off the ropes where Zeus assaulted him . Zeus got a tag and then he beat on Hogan and locked in a bearhug where he took Hogan to the mat for several near - falls . Zeus took him in their corner and then tagged Savage . Savage connected with a neckbreaker on Hogan and spitted on Beefcake , forcing him to get into the ring . Savage hit a belly to belly suplex on Hogan for a near - fall . Hogan tagged in Beefcake who hit Savage with a high knee for a near - fall . He locked in a Barber ' s Chair on Savage , who fell to the knees but then got up and drove Beefcake ' s head in the corner . Zeus tagged in and was very angry . Beefcake hit him with an eye rake and applied a Barber ' s Chair on Zeus . Savage took his manager Sensational Sherri ' s loaded purse and hit Beefcake in the back with it . Savage got a tag , calmed down Zeus and got a near - fall on Beefcake which ended after Hogan made the save . Savage went for another cover and Hogan came in again and chased Savage , who hid behind Hogan ' s manager Miss Elizabeth and was beaten up by Hogan . Zeus came in and locked a chokehold on Beefcake before tagging Savage . Savage and Beefcake knocked out each other . Beefcake tagged Hogan . Hogan connected with a corner clothesline on Savage and then assaulted Zeus . He hit a big boot on Savage , sending him to the floor . Hogan tried to suplex Savage in the ring from the apron but Sherri tripped him as Savage fell on Hogan for a near - fall . He clotheslined Hogan and he hit a Savage Elbow from the top rope but like WrestleMania V , Hogan no - sold it . He beat on Savage and sent him to the floor after an atomic drop . Zeus tagged in . He beat Zeus with clotheslines . Zeus fell on one knee . Elizabeth tripped Sherri and Beefcake tossed Savage on the mat . The referee was distracted . Hogan took advantage and hit Zeus with Sherri ' s loaded purse , followed by a scoop slam and a leg drop for the victory .