G1 Finals (1988)

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G1 Finals 1988 was the fourth G1 Finals event produced by World Wrestling Federation which took place on 9th October 1988

## Background

The main match heading into the show is the G1 Tournament Final Match between Hulk Hogan and Big Boss Man, after 2 months of eliminations, Hogan defeated Mr.Perfect and Sting, Boss Man defeated One Man Gang and Bret Hart to get this spot, the winner will be getting a WWF Championship shot next month at Survivor Series. Hogan and Boss Man have history as Boss Man debuted at Wrestlemania IV and cost Hogan a match against Harley Race, since then, Harley, One Man Gang and Boss Man have tormented Hogan at any chance.

Brutus Beefcake won a NO1 Contendership match at Superstars 151, Warrior has been dominating as WWF Champion with all of his matches ending in less than 5 minutes, Beefcake believes he can end this reign but nobody else believes that.

Mr.Perfect ended Bret Hart's 728 day IC championship reign at Summerslam 1988 in Canada with the help of the debuting Brainbusters, Bret only wants 1 thing now and that's to get his title back, the title that not only made him a legit star but also a title that he helped legitimize. Gorilla Moonson ensured that this match was clean as if anyone interfered in Perfect's behalf, the title would go to Bret.

Ted Dibiase and Andre The Giant started teaming up in early 1987 for seemingly no reason other than beating up Hulk Hogan, Andre The Giant was suspended for putting his hands on president of WWF Jack Tunney at Superstars 136, he returned at Superstars 149 demanding the money he was promised by Ted Dibiase for teaming up with him, Dibiase refused and ran away from Andre at any chance he got, at SNME September 1988 Andre defeated Dibiase's lackey Virgil and Dibiase accepted a match against him under 1 condition, if Dibiase won, Andre could not compete on the Royal Rumble or Wrestlemania PPV's.

At SNME September 1988, Bad News Brown won a fatal 4 way to gain 20 points in the G1, after the match he kept on beating up Roddy Piper as he was a former WWF Champion and BNB hated those, he put a chair on Piper's leg and put him out of action yet again, Jake Roberts tried to save Piper but he was too late. Due to this injury, Piper was removed from the G1 and Bad News Brown was punished by being put in a Sudden Death match, Jake Roberts interfered and made sure BNB lost and was eliminated from the G1, tonight Bad News Brown picks a fight against yet another WWF champion, Jake Roberts.

Koko B.Ware won the 24/7 Championship at Superstars 152 and ran away in a limo, that limo was driven by former President of WWF Jack Tunney who wanted the belt, the car spiraled out of control and crashed causing Jack Tunney's death and Koko B.Ware to suffer major injuries, the 24/7 Championship was vacated and will be put in the line tonight in a 20-Men Royal Rumble match.

Brainbusters made sure Bret Hart lost the triple threat to enter the G1 Finals as Big Boss Man won that one, Twin Towers immediatly attacked Brainbusters demanding a tag title match and if they didn't give it to them, they would interfere in Mr.Perfect's triple threat and ensure he loses, Brainbusters accepted

## Details

* The Mountie debuted as Jacques Rougeau's new gimmick
* Jim Duggan made a surprise appearence at the rumble
* Bret Hart locked in the sharpshooter and Mr.Perfect hit him with brass knuckles ending this match in a DQ and Perfect got out safe
* Warrior defeated Beefcake in under a minute
* Twin Towers helped Boss Man win the G1