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Bait And Switch Main Event – WrestleMania IX

By On June 30, 2010 · 2 Comments · In The WrestleMania Project

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.  [...]

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WrestleMania – The Original Grandaddy

By On October 6, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In The WrestleMania Project

Event: WrestleMania
Date: March 31, 1985
Venue: Madison Square Garden (New York, New York)
Attendance: 19,121

If you’ve never seen this show before and you’re a fan of modern day WWE stuff the first thing you’ll notice is the production value here absolutely blows.  But don’t judge them too harshly.  First off, [...]

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