King of the Ring 1988

First Round:

 * Ken Patera defeated Nikolai Volkoff (10:20)
 * Patera pinned Volkoff with a sunset flip.
 * Ted DiBiase defeated Brutus Beefcake (7:32)
 * DiBiase pinned Beefcake with a knee to the back as Beefcake became distracted by Ron Bass at ringside.
 * Hercules fought Bad News Brown to a double countout (6:05)
 * Randy Savage defeated Virgil (5:43)
 * Savage pinned Virgil after a flying elbow.
 * Ron Bass defeated The Barbarian via disqualification (7:02)
 * Barbarian was disqualified for choking Bass with his own bullwhip.
 * Shawn Michaels defeated Danny Davis (3:37)
 * The Red Rooster defeated Marty Jannetty (11:00)
 * Rooster pinned Jannetty by using the tights for leverage.
 * Mike Sharpe defeated Boris Zhukov (6:27)
 * Sharpe pinned Zhukov after hitting him with a loaded forearm.
 * Sharpe was a substitute for The Warlord.

Flag Match:

 * Jim Duggan defeated Dino Bravo (w/Frenchy Martin (8:43)
 * Duggan pinned Bravo after Martin accidentally hit Bravo with the flagpole.

Quaterfinal Round:

 * Ron Bass defeated Shawn Michaels (7:39)
 * Bass pinned Michaels with an elbow drop.
 * Ted DiBiase (w/Virgil) defeated Ken Patera (5:42)
 * DiBiase pinned Patera with a clothesline as Virgil held his legs from the outside.
 * The Red Rooster defeated Mike Sharpe (3:27)
 * Rooster made Sharpe submit to the Scorpion Deathlock.

Semifinal Round:

 * Randy Savage defeated The Red Rooster (7:21)
 * Savage pinned Rooster after a flying elbow.
 * Ted DiBiase defeated Ron Bass via forfeit
 * DiBiase paid off Bass to fake an injury and say he was unable to compete.

Final Round:

 * Ted DiBiase (w/Virgil) defeated Randy Savage via countout (6:11)
 * Savage was counted out after becoming distracted by Virgil on the floor.