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SummerSlam (1988) (known on-air as SummerSlam 88) was the first annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event. It was produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and took place on August 29 1988 in Madison Square Garden located in New York New York. The pay-per-view was created to help the company compete against rival promotion World Championship Wrestling (formerly Jim Crockett Promotions).