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The "Macho Man" Randy Savage

R.I.P. Macho Man Randy Savage

By On May 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Professional Wrestling, Random Stuff

It’s with a heavy heart that I have to say goodbye today to one of my all time favorite wrestlers – The “Macho Man” Randy Savage.  Randy (real name Randall Poffo) passed away earlier today after a car accident.  Apparently he had a heart attack at the wheel while driving.  He was 58 years old.

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Double Main Event (Kind Of) – WrestleMania VIII

By On June 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In The WrestleMania Project

Event: WrestleMania VIII
Date: April 5, 1992
Venue: Hoosier Dome ( Indianapolis, Indiana)
Attendance: 65,167

This show was billed as having a “double main event” which rarely (if ever) works out.  I believe that this is the first Mania event that I watched live on PPV.  We get Gorilla and Bobby [...]

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WrestleMania VI – The Ultimate Challenge

By On March 10, 2010 · 7 Comments · In The WrestleMania Project

Event: WrestleMania VI
Date: April 1, 1990
Venue: SkyDome (Toronto, Ontario)
Attendance: 67,287

From the very beginning of this DVD you know you’re in for something special.  The intro is a voice over by Vince REALLY turning it on.  Images of a celestial Hogan and Warrior are shown and Vince booms about [...]

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WrestleMania IV – Tournament To Crown A Champion

By On November 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In The WrestleMania Project

Event: WrestleMania IV
Date: March 27, 1988
Venue: Trump Plaza (Atlantic City, New Jersey)
Attendance: 18,165

This is the first of the WrestleMania DVDs that are broken into 2 parts.  In my version it’s a double sided DVD with only a couple of matches on the flip side.  There are 16 matches [...]

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WrestleMania III – Front Page Action

By On November 5, 2009 · 2 Comments · In The WrestleMania Project

Event: WrestleMania III
Date: March 29, 1987
Venue: Pontiac Silverdome (Pontiac, Michigan)
Attendance: 93,173

This is the first WrestleMania that I remember a hype for outside of the wrestling world.  In addition to the pre-event hype, I remember vividly seeing on front page of the Cleveland Plain Dealer sports page [...]

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WrestleMania 2 – Let’s Try That Again

By On October 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In The WrestleMania Project

Event: WrestleMania 2
Date: April 7, 1986
Venue: The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, The Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois, and The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 40,085 (combined)

As you can see above, this is the first (and I believe only) WrestleMania event to [...]

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