10 Major Shows Missing From The WWE Network

5. WWE WrestleFest 1988

While a lot of the Coliseum Video releases have been made available on the WWE Network, there are nonetheless some notable omissions.

One of those is WrestleFest 1988, an event that wasn’t a pay-per-view or televised but was taped for home video release. Some of the matches cut from the video were aired on Prime Time Wrestling in the weeks following the show.

Emanating from the Milwaukee County Stadium on July 31st, WrestleFest drew around 25,000 people, most of whom came to see the Cage Match between Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant.

A marquee match if there ever was one, The Hulkster against the Eighth Wonder of the World inside the big blue bars wasn’t a classic by any means – Andre was really suffering physically at this point – but the fans are very into it and it has an incredible aura about it.

Elsewhere on a stacked show, Randy Savage defended his WWE Title against Ted DiBiase, a bout that showed up on the Macho Madness video, The Ultimate Warrior took on Bobby Heenan in a Weasel Suit Match, Rick Rude and Jake Roberts collided and Demolition defended their Tag Titles against the British Bulldogs.

As well as matches from the event showing up here, there and everywhere, an edited version did air on WWE 24/7 and there was a Tagged Classics DVD release in the UK but, as of now, your 9.99 a month doesn’t give you access.

However, if you search WrestleFest 1988 on the Network, you do get a 58 second clip of Macho Man talking about the event. So there’s that...