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Additional Info Premiere: September 07, 1988 Country: Distributor: MTV Networks Websites: Production Companies MTV Networks Distributors MTV Networks   (1988) (United States) (TV) Filming Locations Universal Amphitheater - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.8 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #15,210 / 21,127 Site Ranking #15,205 The Best Of WWE: The Best Of Sasha Banks (2020) #15,206 Solitude Of The Tormentors (2022) #15,207 Conjuring Baba (2022) #15,209 The Sierra Nevada Murders (2020) #15,210 1988 MTV Video Music Awards (1988) #15,211 Haunted Connecticut (2022) #15,215 Mister Dissolute (2009) #15,219 The Alien Within (1990) #15,220 WWF: Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments (1987)