WrestleMania IV
WrestlingFeuds documents five storylines that ran through WrestleMania IV, held on March 27, 1988.
Storylines that built through here
Hulk Hogan vs. André the Giant (Jan 1987 – Aug 1988)
André the Giant turned on his friend Hulk Hogan and challenged him for the WWF Championship at WrestleMania III, the biggest match of the 1980s wrestling boom.
Hulk Hogan · André the Giant · Bobby Heenan
Hulk Hogan vs. Macho Man Randy Savage (Oct 1987 – Apr 1989)
The partnership between Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage collapsed at WrestleMania V in one of the WWF's most carefully built storylines, driven by jealousy over Miss Elizabeth and the WWF Championship.
Hulk Hogan · Randy Savage · Miss Elizabeth
Jake The Snake Roberts vs. Ravishing Rick Rude (Mar 1988 – Nov 1988)
Rick Rude tried to kiss a woman in the crowd who turned out to be Jake Roberts' real wife, then had her face airbrushed onto his wrestling tights; Roberts warned him not to wear them to the ring, and when Rude did anyway, tore them off for real, a genuine threat carried out inside a storyline built on someone's actual marriage.
Jake Roberts · Rick Rude · Cheryl Roberts · Bobby Heenan
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Macho Man Randy Savage vs. Ricky The Dragon Steamboat (Nov 1986 – Oct 1987)
Randy Savage crushed Ricky Steamboat's throat with a ring bell. The revenge match, planned move by move on a legal pad, stole WrestleMania III. Steamboat's reward lasted 64 days.
Randy Savage · Ricky Steamboat · Miss Elizabeth · George Steele
Rick The Model Martel vs. Tito Santana (Apr 1989 – Nov 1990)
Rick Martel walked out on tag partner Tito Santana mid-match at WrestleMania V after an accidental forearm, ending Strike Force and launching Martel's Model gimmick, and the two spent the next year and a half trading wins on TV, at a King of the Ring final, and at Survivor Series before Martel closed the rivalry with a clean Boston crab submission.
Rick Martel · Tito Santana