Friday, April 5, 2013

WrestleMania III



WrestleMania III was the third annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The event was held on March 29, 1987 at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan.

The event is particularly notable for the record attendance of 93,173, the largest recorded attendance for a live indoor sporting event in North America.





The show featured twelve professional wrestling matches.


* The Can-Am Connection (Rick Martel and Tom Zenk) defeated Bob Orton and The Magnificent Muraco (with Mr. Fuji)





* Billy Jack Haynes and Hercules (with Bobby Heenan) fought to a double countout





* Hillbilly Jim, The Haiti Kid and Little Beaver defeated King Kong Bundy, Little Tokyo and Lord Littlebrook by disqualification






* Loser Must Bow match
Harley Race (with Bobby Heenan and The Fabulous Moolah) defeated The Junkyard Dog






* The Dream Team (Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake) (with Johnny Valiant and Dino Bravo) defeated The Fabulous Rougeaus (Jacques and Raymond)




* Hair vs. Hair match
Roddy Piper defeated Adrian Adonis (with Jimmy Hart)





* 6-man tag team match
The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart) and Danny Davis (with Jimmy Hart) defeated The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and The Dynamite Kid) and Tito Santana






* Butch Reed (with Slick) defeated Koko B. Ware





* WWF Intercontinental Championship
Ricky Steamboat (with George Steele) defeated Randy Savage (c) (with Miss Elizabeth)





* Honky Tonk Man (with Jimmy Hart) defeated Jake Roberts (with Alice Cooper)








* The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff (with Slick) defeated The Killer Bees (B. Brian Blair and Jim Brunzell) by disqualification






* WWF Championship
Hulk Hogan (c) defeated André the Giant (with Bobby Heenan)

WrestleMania 2




WrestleMania 2 was the second annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (although the first WrestleMania was only on pay-per-view in select areas). It took place on April 7, 1986 at three venues: the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois, and the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California.

The ring announcers were Howard Finkel (New York), Chet Coppock (Chicago), and Lee Marshall (Los Angeles).

 first WrThis was theestleMania event to be shown on pay-per-view.


To date, this is the only WrestleMania to be held on a Monday.




WrestleMania 2 emanated from three arenas and The show featured twelve professional wrestling matches  : 
i) Results from the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York* Paul Orndorff and The Magnificent Muraco (with Mr. Fuji) fought to a double countout









* WWF Intercontinental Championship
Randy Savage (c) (with Miss Elizabeth) defeated George Steele





* Jake Roberts defeated George Wells






* Boxing match
Mr. T (with Joe Frazier and The Haiti Kid) defeated Roddy Piper (with Bob Orton and Lou Duva) by disqualification





ii) Results from the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois 

* WWF Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah (c) defeated Velvet McIntyre





* Flag match
Corporal Kirchner defeated Nikolai Volkoff (with Freddie Blassie)






* Twenty-man battle royal
André the Giant defeated 19 other participants by last eliminating Bret Hart
The other participants were: Jimbo Covert (NFL player – Chicago Bears), Pedro Morales, Tony Atlas, Ted Arcidi, Harvey Martin (Former NFL player – Dallas Cowboys), Danny Spivey, Hillbilly Jim, King Tonga, The Iron Sheik, Ernie Holmes (Former NFL player – Pittsburgh Steelers), B. Brian Blair, Jim Brunzell, Big John Studd, Bill Fralic (NFL player – Atlanta Falcons), Jim Neidhart, Russ Francis (NFL player – San Francisco 49ers), Bruno Sammartino, and William Perry (NFL player – Chicago Bears)





* Tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship
The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and The Dynamite Kid) (with Ozzy Osbourne and Lou Albano) defeated The Dream Team (Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake) (c) (with Johnny Valiant)





iii) Results from the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California

* Ricky Steamboat defeated Hercules Hernandez







* Adrian Adonis (with Jimmy Hart) defeated Uncle Elmer






* Terry Funk and Hoss Funk (with Jimmy Hart) defeated the Junkyard Dog and Tito Santana





* Steel cage match for the WWF Championship

Hulk Hogan (c) defeated King Kong Bundy (with Bobby Heenan)


WrestleMania



WrestleMania (chronologically known as WrestleMania I) was the first annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event (only in selected areas), produced by the World Wrestling Federation. It took place on March 31, 1985, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The attendance for the event was 19,121 fans. The event was viewed by over one million fans through closed-circuit television, making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time. The event was the start of the Rock 'n' Wrestling gimmick, which brought together professional wrestling and the music industry, and matches aired on MTV during the build up to the event.


The show featured nine professional wrestling matches 

* Tito Santana defeated The Executioner




* King Kong Bundy (with Jimmy Hart) defeated Special Delivery Jones




* Ricky Steamboat defeated Matt Borne




* David Sammartino (with Bruno Sammartino) fought Brutus Beefcake (with Johnny Valiant) to a double disqualification




* WWF Intercontinental Championship
Junkyard Dog defeated Greg Valentine (c)(with Jimmy Hart) by countout




* Tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship
Nikolai Volkoff and The Iron Sheik (with Freddie Blassie) defeated The U.S. Express (Mike Rotundo and Barry Windham) (c) (with Lou Albano)




* $15,000 Body Slam Challenge 
André the Giant defeated Big John Studd (with Bobby Heenan)




* WWF Women's Championship
Wendi Richter (with Cyndi Lauper) defeated Leilani Kai (c) (with The Fabulous Moolah)




* Tag team match with special guest referees Muhammad Ali and Pat Patterson
Hulk Hogan and Mr. T (with Jimmy Snuka) defeated Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff (with Bob Orton)