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Friday, April 5, 2013

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)


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