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WrestleMania 13 – The Match That Made Austin

Published October 26, 2010 | By Chewie

Event: WrestleMania 13 Date: March 23, 1997 Venue: Rosemont Horizon (Rosemont, Illinois) Attendance: 18,197

Brief introduction package on what we’re going to see this evening. Vince, Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler on the call which is a great announcing lineup. We get right into the first match.

Four-way Tag Team Elimination Match The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher) defeated The New Blackjacks (Blackjack Windham and Blackjack Bradshaw), The Godwinns (Henry and Phineas) (with Hillbilly Jim), and Doug Furnas and Phil LaFon I’m not a big fan of tag team wrestling to begin with so I’m certainly not a fan of 4… Continue reading →

Posted in The WrestleMania Project | Tagged ahmed johnson, Animal, barry windham, blood, bob backlund, bret "the hitman" heart, Chyna, crush, doug furnas, faarooq, Goldust, Hawk, hillbilly jim, illinois, jbl, Jerry "The King" Lawler, jim ross, john bradshaw, Legion Of Doom, mankind, marlena, mosh, Owen Hart, Paul Bearer, phil lafon, ppv, rosemont, rosemont horizon, savio vega, Shawn Michaels, Stone Cold Steve Austin, submission, sycho sid, the british bulldog, the godwinns, the headbangers, the iron sheik, the nation of domination, the new blackjacks, The Rock, the sultan, The Undertaker, thrasher, Triple H, vader, Vince McMahon, wrestlemania 13, WWF Championship, WWF Intercontinental Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship | 2 Comments

WrestleMania XI – The Lawrence Taylor Debacle

Published August 25, 2010 | By Chewie

Event: WrestleMania XI Date: April 2, 1995 Venue: Hartford Civic Center (Hartford, Connecticut) Attendance: 16,305

The opening montage talks about the special guest stars that will be in attendance at the event including Pamela Anderson, Jenny McCarthy, etc. Looking like the WWF is starting to REALLY branch out into “sports entertainment” at this point. We get a Special Olympian’s rendition of America The Beautiful. She’s over singing BIG time complete with the waggle in her voice. I don’t care if she’s “special” – she sucks.

The Allied Powers (Lex Luger and The British Bulldog) defeated The Blu Brothers (Jacob… Continue reading →

Posted in The WrestleMania Project | Tagged allied powers, Bam Bam Bigelow, Billy Gunn, bob backlund, bret "the hitman" heart, connecticut, diesel, hartford, hartford civic center, i quit match, jeff jarrett, jenny mccarthy, Jim Cornette, king kong bundy, Lawrence Taylor, lex luger, mr. fuji, Owen Hart, pamela anderson, Paul Bearer, razor ramon, Shawn Michaels, sid, ted dibiase, the 1-2-3 kid, the blu brothers, the british bulldog, the roadie, the smoking gunns, The Undertaker, uncle zebekiah, WrestleMania XI, WWF, WWF Championship, WWF Intercontinental Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship, yokozuna | 1 Comment

Bait And Switch Main Event – WrestleMania IX

Published June 30, 2010 | By Chewie

Event: WrestleMania IX Date: April 4, 1993 Venue: Caesars Palace (Las Vegas, Nevada) Attendance: 16,891

Gorilla Monsoon on the mic for this outdoor event at Caesars Palace. They’re referring to it as “the world’s largest toga party”. I’m sure that’s supposed to be clever, but it comes across and being completely lame. When Howard Finkel is announced, he’s referred to as “Finkus Maximus”. I can’t begin to tell you how incredibly retarded this looks. Caesar and Cleopatra are paraded down to the ring to welcome the fans. I understand it’s Vegas, but this is ridiculous. Macho Man comes to the… Continue reading →

Posted in The WrestleMania Project | Tagged bob backlund, bobby "the brain" heenan, bret "the hitman" heart, brutus "the barber" beefcake, caesars palace, camel, crush, doink the clown, finkus maximus, giant gonzalez, gorilla monsoon, harvey wippleman, howard finkel, Hulk Hogan, irwin r. schyster, jimmy hart, las vegas, lex luger, Luna Vachon, money inc., mr. fuji, mr. perfect, nevada, Paul Bearer, razor ramon, sensational sherri, Shawn Michaels, tatanka, ted dibiase, the headshrinkers, the mega-maniacs, the steiner brothers, The Undertaker, toga party, wrestlemania ix, WWF Championship, WWF Intercontinental Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship, yokozuna | 2 Comments

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