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Only A Few Matches But A Great Show – WrestleMania XII

Published September 7, 2010 | By Chewie

Event: WrestleMania XII Date: March 31, 1996 Venue: Arrowhead Pond (Anaheim, California) Attendance: 18,853

Still coming to you as the World Wrestling Federation. Damn if I can’t remember when the switch came. I could have sworn it was around this time. We start off with a Bret Hart/Shawn Michaels promo and go right into the action – No America The Beautiful or National Anthem.

Camp Cornette (Vader, Owen Hart and The British Bulldog) (with Jim Cornette) defeated Yokozuna, Jake Roberts and Ahmed Johnson (with Mr. Fuji) Jake Roberts looks REALLY out of place on his team. The Sesame Street… Continue reading →

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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 →

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WrestleMania X – Ten Years In The Making

Published July 16, 2010 | By Chewie

Event: WrestleMania X Date: March 20, 1994 Venue: Madison Square Garden (New York, New York) Attendance: 18,065

We kick off the show with images from the original WrestleMania. Little Richard sings America The Beautiful poorly. Pretty sure he was lip syncing and he looks like a damn wax statue. Scary dude. We get Jerry “The King” Lawler and Vince McMahon on the mic.

Owen Hart defeated Bret Hart We get a great recap here pre-match. Probably the best of the series so far. We’re then treated to a weak ass fireworks display and then FINALLY nearly 15 minutes after the… Continue reading →

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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 →

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Super Stars And Stripes Forever – WrestleMania VII

Published May 11, 2010 | By Chewie

Event: WrestleMania VII Date: March 24, 1991 Venue: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (Los Angeles, California) Attendance: 16,158

At WrestleMania VI, it was announced that this event would be held at the LA Memorial Coliseum. Between WM VI and now, the venue was changed to the Sports Arena. According to the WWF at the time, this was due to some death threats that Slaughter had received. Other reports say it was due to slow ticket sales. Personally I’m of the opinion that it was the latter. WrestleMania VI had over 67,000 people in attendance and here we’ve got just over… Continue reading →

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WrestleMania VI – The Ultimate Challenge

Published March 10, 2010 | By Chewie

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 the “Ultimate Challenge”. Gorilla and Jesse are back once again (though Ventura is sans mustache). As we’re in Toronto, Bob Goulet sings the Canadian national anthem. It’s weird to start a WrestleMania event without America The Beautiful.

Rick Martel defeated Koko B. Ware This is a battle… Continue reading →

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WrestleMania V – The Mega Powers EXPLODE!!!

Published February 10, 2010 | By Chewie

Event: WrestleMania V Date: April 2, 1989 Venue: Trump Plaza (Atlantic City, New Jersey) Attendance: 18,946

For the second year in a row, WrestleMania is being held at the Trump Plaza. This is also the second event in the anthology that goes to two DVDs. After a WrestleMania IV card that had 16 matches, the WWF followed up with a 14 match card… that seemed to last FOREVER. That’s not to say that there aren’t any gems in here cause there are. Unfortunately we get off a really rocky start with current WWF Women’s Champion Rockin Robin singing America The… Continue reading →

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WrestleMania IV – Tournament To Crown A Champion

Published November 20, 2009 | By Chewie

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 on the card – the most in WrestleMania history. I remember this being a HUGE event as the whole Hogan/Andre thing had gone down in months previous with twin referees. Incidentally if you’ve never seen THAT fiasco you need to check it out… it’s pure brilliance.

20-Man Battle… Continue reading →

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WrestleMania III – Front Page Action

Published November 5, 2009 | By Chewie

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 the next day a huge photo of Hogan and Andre. In my mind this is the first time that WrestleMania was really an “event”. The opening shots of the crowd are very impressive and the venue is so big that the wrestlers need to be carted in from the dressing… Continue reading →

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WrestleMania 2 – Let’s Try That Again

Published October 22, 2009 | By Chewie

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 come to us from different locations. Essentially we get 3 “main events” – one from each of the locations. On the mic we get Vince McMahon and Susan Saint James (really WWF – this is the best “celebrity” you could come up with?) from New York. In Chicago… Continue reading →

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Only A Few Matches But A Great Show – WrestleMania XII

WrestleMania XI – The Lawrence Taylor Debacle

WrestleMania X – Ten Years In The Making

Bait And Switch Main Event – WrestleMania IX

Super Stars And Stripes Forever – WrestleMania VII

WrestleMania VI – The Ultimate Challenge

WrestleMania V – The Mega Powers EXPLODE!!!

WrestleMania IV – Tournament To Crown A Champion

WrestleMania III – Front Page Action

WrestleMania 2 – Let’s Try That Again

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