Here are some photos of Andre the Giant from the Duluth Arena card in 1988.

Here's more recently unearthed Duluth wrestling photos from Barrett Chase's $20 camera in the 1980s.



The Macho Man warms up behind the scenes, with Duluth Arena security standing by.



Macho Man and the lovely Miss Elizabeth.



"The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase offers a bribe.



Dino Bravo (Adolfo Bresciano) with his manager Johnny Valiant (John Sullivan).

And another Duluth Arena batch:



Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake has shears in his hands. I think he has just defeated Jimmy Valiant and is preparing to cut his hair.



Jim Brunzell has some guy in a headlock here. Exiting the ring appears to be Tom "Dynamite Kid" Billington, who Brunzell must have been teaming with.



Here's another shot of Da Crusher and Bobby Heenan from the bout documented in the aforementioned older PDD post. 



Intercontinental Champion Wayne "Honkey Tonk Man" Ferris with his manager, "The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart.



Koko B. Ware and his macaw Frankie.

Well that link certainly allows for a more in-depth look at what went down (with the exception of 2/14/88 and 12/8/88):

May 14, 1987
* Tom Magee defeated Terry Gibbs with a backbreaker
* Brad Rheingans defeated Jimmy Jack Funk
* WWF Women's Tag Team Champions Judy Martin & Leilani Kai defeated Velvet McIntyre & Candice Perdue
* Brutus Beefcake defeated Johnny V via submission with the sleeper
* The Islanders defeated Don Muraco & Bob Orton Jr.
* Koko B. Ware defeated Danny Davis
* Hercules defeated Billy Jack Haynes in a chain match

August 8, 1987
Ken Patera did not appear as advertised
Sika pinned Brad Rheingans
Killer Khan pinned Outback Jack
Davey Boy Smith (sub. for B. Brian Blair) & Jim Brunzell defeated Don Muraco & Bob Orton Jr.
Don Muraco pinned David Sammartino
Brutus Beefcake defeated Dino Bravo via disqualification
Superstar Billy Graham pinned Hercules; Bobby Heenan was handcuffed to the Crusher for the duration of the bout

October 8, 1987
Sivi Afi & Brady Boone defeated the Shadows
Dan Spivey defeated S. D. Jones
WWF Women's Champion Sensational Sherri defeated Princess Jasmine
Koko B. Ware defeated the One Man Gang via count-out
Killer Khan defeated the Junkyard Dog
WWF IC Champion the Honkytonk Man defeated Randy Savage via disqualification

February 14, 1988
Included Jim Duggan

May 10, 1988
WWF Superstars of Wrestling taping
Koko B. Ware pinned Bobby Heenan
Ken Patera defeated Dino Bravo via disqualification in a tug-o-war contest when Frenchy Martin interfered; after the contest, Patera cleared both men from the ring
Jake Roberts pinned Rick Rude
Brutus Beefcake defeated WWF IC Champion the Honkytonk Man (w/ Jimmy Hart) via disqualification when Hart interfered
WWF World Champion Randy Savage pinned Ted DiBiase (w/ Virgil) with a roll up after DiBiase collided with Virgil on the ring apron
Andre the Giant defeated Jim Duggan via count-out after hitting him with his own 2x4
5/21/88 - included an interview with Brutus Beefcake in which Beefcake was hit by the Honkytonk Man's guitar after becoming distracted by Jimmy Hart, causing Beefcake to bleed from the back of the head; later in the show, DeGeorge interviewed Beefcake in his lockerroom, with Beefcake promising to tear Honky limb from limb; featured an 'Update' segment focusing on the Hogan/Zhukov match the previous week:
WWF World Champion Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth) pinned Virgil (w/ Ted DiBiase) at 5:34 with the flying elbow drop after dropping Virgil throat-first over the top rope; after the bout, Savage and DiBiase had to be seperated by officials and other wrestlers (High Flyers, Macho Madness)
Greg Valentine (w/ Jimmy Hart) defeated Jim Evans via submission with a shinguard assisted figure-4 at 2:16
Bret Hart pinned Steve Lombardi with a piledriver at 1:48; early in the match, Jimmy Hart appeared ringside but Bret sent him backstage, against Jimmy's wishes; during the match, Jim Neidhart cut an insert promo regarding Bret's feud with Bad News Brown (The Brains Behind the Brawn)
Don Muraco (w/ Superstar Billy Graham) pinned Billy Anderson at 1:25 with the tombstone
âRick Rude (w/ Bobby Heenan) pinned Scott Casey with the Rude Awakening at 1:37
WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition (w/ Mr. Fuji) defeated Buck Zumhoffe & Warren Bianchi at 1:47 when Ax pinned Bianchi following the Decapitation
Koko B. Ware pinned Terry Gibbs at the 2-minute mark with the Ghostbuster
5/28/88 - included an 'Update' segment showing the Ken Patera / Dino Bravo tug of war contest from the previous week's Wrestling Challenge; featured Craig DeGeorge conducting an interview with Ted DiBiase & Virgil discussing Randy Savage; included the Jim Duggan / Hercules match from the 4/30 SNME, shown in full:
Jake Roberts pinned Barry Horowitz with the DDT at 1:24
Bad News Brown pinned Mike Richards at 1:19 with the Ghetto Blaster
Tito Santana & Rick Martel defeated Rick Renslow & Dave Wagner at 3:29 when Santana pinned Wagner with the flying forearm
WWF IC Champion the Honkytonk Man (w/ Jimmy Hart) pinned Brady Boone with the Shake, Rattle, & Roll at 2:25
The Junkyard Dog pinned Tim Patterson at 1:28 with the powerslam
6/4/88 - included Craig DeGeorge conducting an interview with Jacques & Raymond Rougeau where they said they were not like Dino Bravo and, to show their appreciation to the USA, they began waving 2 small American flags:
Rick Rude (w/ Bobby Heenan) pinned Tim Yates at 1:32 with the Rude Awakening
Nikolai Volkoff & Boris Zhukov (w/ Slick) defeated Billy Bowman & Ricky Ataki at 2:15 when Volkoff pinned Ataki following a knee drop
The Ultimate Warrior pinned Steve Lombardi at 1:37 with the press slam/splash combo
Ted DiBiase (w/ Virgil) defeated Buck Zumhoff via submission with the Million $ Dream at 1:27
Dino Bravo (w/ Frenchy Martin) pinned Frank DeFalco at 1:24 with the side suplex
Brutus Beefcake defeated Tom Stone via submission with the sleeper at 1:36
Greg Valentine (w/ Jimmy Hart) defeated JT Thomas via submission with the shinguard-assisted figure-4 at 2:57
6/11/88 - included Craig DeGeorge conducting an interview with Jake Roberts where he introduced his wife Cheryl, who said Rude was not man enough for her or Jake; featured an 'Update' segment focusing on Greg Valentine and how he has been using his shinguard to cause further injury to opponents with the figure-4:
Jim Duggan pinned Billy Anderson at 1:07 with the running clothesline
WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition (w/ Mr. Fuji) defeated Jim Powers & Paul Roma via disqualification at 4:47 in a non-title match when Rick Martel & Tito Santana interfered when Ax was about to use Fuji's cane
Koko B. Ware pinned Rick Gantner at 2:05 with the Ghostbuster
Hercules (w/ Bobby Heenan) defeated Chris Bassett via submission at 1:55 with the backbreaker
Ron Bass pinned Louie Spicolli at 1:38 with the Pedigree; after the bout, Bass attacked his opponent with Miss Betsy, and hung him over the top rope
Ken Patera defeated Larry Simpson via submission at 1:37 with the full nelson
Sam Houston, Jacques & Raymond Rougeau defeated Danny Davis, Chris Curtis, & Pete Sanchez at 3:29 when Raymond pinned Curtis following a double-team move off the top from the Rougeaus; after the bout, Sanchez was given a similar move and Houston seemed confused as to why the Rougeaus attacked Sanchez

December 8, 1988
Included Andre the Giant & Brutus Beefcake

One thing that is bugging me about the rundown of matches is that the TV taping includes a match with "Tim Yates."

I have a pretty strong memory of a "Kim Yates" being announced as "from Superior, Wisconsin." Maybe I heard the first name wrong and it just stuck with me all these years, but I've always been wondering when I would bump into Kim Yates at the Anchor Bar. I guess I should have been looking for Tim.

One more obsessive note: I speculated that the Dynamite Kid teamed with Jim Brunzell in one of the photos above. The match results indicate it was Davey Boy Smith. I would trust the match results on that.

However, the match results report Brunzell/Smith defeated Don Muraco and Bob Orton. That can't be correct, because the guy Brunzell has in a headlock in the photo is clearly not Don Muraco or Bob Orton.

Oooohhh yeah! There was a Macho Madness Day in Duluth. I can't remember which event it was connected to, though.

About a year after Mayor Herb Bergson proclaimed April 4-10, 2004, as "Geek Week" in the city of Duluth -- in connection with Geek Prom -- I considered writing a column about all the weird proclamations Duluth mayor's have issued over the years. So I called the city's communications director at the time, Jeff Papas, and asked him for information about past proclamations. 

He told me the city didn't really keep close track of them all, but he remembered Macho Madness Day. I can't remember the exact context of the following quote all these years later -- I never bothered writing that column -- but I still have in my notes that Papas said, referring to the Macho Man:

"I probably would not want to make him upset. His elbow-drop off the top turnbuckle was absolutely devastating."

I think maybe he was suggesting/joking Randy Savage bullied the city into issuing the proclamation. I can't really remember, though.

I also have in my notes that Papas said Mayor Bergson seemed to issue more proclamations than his predecessor, Gary Doty. 

"Herb did about 100 proclamations in 2004," he said. "Mayor Doty averaged about 50."

He said he was pretty sure there was a file somewhere listing recent proclamations, but probably no list going back more than a few years. So I gave up. (Or, since we're on the subject of wrestling, I should probably say I submitted.)

Yeah, it would have been either October 8, 1987 or May 10, 1988.

Apparently Mick Foley was on one of those 1988 cards, probably wrestling under the name Jack Foley or Nick Foley.

Duluth News Tribune: For former wrestler, it's a whole new show

Looking at the various photos and match results, the best key for establishing which Macho Man photos go with which card looks like this:

Oct. 8, 1987 - purple trunks (Elizabeth in black dress)
Dec. 27, 1987 - green trunks (Elizabeth in white tank top with gold dress)
Feb. 14, 1988 - red trunks (Elizabeth does not appear in photos)
May 10, 1988 - red trunks again (this was a TV taping and Elizabeth might have changed outfits during the show; some photos have her in a white dress, others a black dress.)