Just what I expected

Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Sometimes it just takes a huge event, a "happening" in the words of Gorilla Monsoon, to jump- start a product. The WWF's big tournament to crown a champion in the wake of a vacated belt was just that for the Wrestlemania brand.For the past three years, Wrestlemania had relied a bit too much on celebrities and gimmicks to get by. It was still a unique event, but until Steamboat/Savage & Hogan/Andre in Wrestlemania III the matches really didn't seem to mean all that much or create enough drama. That all changes in Wrestlemania IV because of the tournament, where every single match takes on added significance.Basically, this is the event where the WWF finally lets the matches "do all the talking", so to speak. There is very little celebrity involvement (a recurring bit regarding Vanna White and Bob Uecker is pretty funny) in lieu of solid matches. Besides the Jake Roberts vs. Rick Rude contest, I can't really say that any of the matches in this event are boring (again, because of the presence of the tournament format). The wrestling speaks for itself, as do the personalities behind it.Wrestlemania IV is still announced by the Monsoon/Ventura team...the best in the business, IMHO.So, this is the first Wrestlemania that the WWF really gets right and produces a very polished product. It just took the large-scale tournament format to kickstart the process.

this fourth installment of wrestlemania was one of my favorites. it is certainly better than any of the recent ones. of course i am not a big fan of wrestling these days. too many stupid story lines and it just seems to be way too outrageous. back in these days you just had your interviews and then it was straight to the ring. the matches might not have been as fast paced, but at least most of the time it ended with a real winner. i stopped watching raw years ago when the main event always ended in outside interference. it just got old watching the same show every single week. anyway #4 had some good matches, especially if your macho man fan. he is my favorite of all time. macho/valentine was a good match. so was macho/ dibiase. the battle royal was pretty good and marked bret hart's turn from bad guy to good guy. it was also the first time of three that demolition got their hands on the tag titles.(why ,oh why, did they ever have to bring in crush)? i always thought ax and smash were pretty cool. anyway if your interested in watching wrestling when it was good this is worth a look. if your more interested in the garbage thats on t.v. today then you will probably find it boring. by the way miss elizabeth dressed like a real woman should dress and she was 10x hotter than any of the sluts on today.

March 27th 1988 - Atlantic City, New Jersey, Trump PlazaMatch #1 20 Man Invitational Battle Royal Winner: Bad News BrownWWF Title Tournament Round 1 Matches 1. "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase Vs "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan 2. "The Rock" Don Muraco Vs Dino Bravo 3. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine Vs Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat 4. "Macho Man" Randy Savage Vs "The Natural" Butch Reed 5. One Man Gang Vs Bam Bam Bigelow 6. "Ravishing" Rick Rude Vs Jake "The Snake" RobertsMatch #8 Ultimate Warrior Vs Hercules Winner: Warrior By PinfallWWF Title Tournament Round 2 Matches 9. Hulk Hogan Vs Andre The Giant 10. "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase Vs "The Rock" Don Muraco 11. "Macho Man" Randy Savage Vs Greg "The Hammer" ValentineMatch #12 WWF Intercontinental Championship Champ: Honky Tonk Man Vs Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake Winner: Beefcake By DQMatch #13 Bobby "The Brain" Heenan & The Islanders Vs Koko B.Ware & The British Bulldogs Winner: Heenan & The Islanders By PinfallWWF Title Tournament Round 3 Match 14. "Macho Man" Randy Savage Vs One Man GangMatch #15 Tag Team Championship Champs: Strike Force Vs Demolition Winner: Demolition By Pinfall - New ChampionsMAIN EVENT WWF Championship Tournament Final "Macho Man" Randy Savage Vs "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase Winner: Savage By Pinfall - New Champion

Ya know, I use to love this show, but on further review...it was pretty damn boring! Way to many matches, and not really any good ones. The World Title Tourny is cool idea, but it lead to alot of quick matches, instead of any worthwhile longer matches. Do yourself a favor, don't bother with this one (unless your a big Randy Savage fan, and I am) But I still didn't care to much for this show.