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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 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 →

Posted in The WrestleMania Project | Tagged adrian adonis, alice cooper, Andre The Giant, billy jack haynes, bob orton, bobby "the brain" heenan, bret "the hitman" heart, brutus "the barber" beefcake, butch reed, can-am connection, danny davis, davey boy smith, dino bravo, don muraco, dynamite kid, george "the animal" steele, greg "the hammer" valentine, harley race, hercules, hillbilly jim, Hulk Hogan, jake "the snake" roberts, jim neidhart, jimmy hart, johnny valiant, king kong bundy, Koko B. Ware, little beaver, little tokyo, lord littlebrook, Macho Man Randy Savage, michigan, midget, miss elizabeth, mr. fuji, nikolai volkoff, plain dealer, pontiac, pontiac silverdone, rick martel, ricky "the dragon" steamboat, Roddy Piper, slick, the british bulldogs, the dream team, the fabulous moolah, the fabulous rougeaus, the haiti kid, the hart foundation, the honky tonk man, the iron sheik, the junkyard dog, the killer bees, tito santana, tom zenk, wrestlemania iii, WWF Championship, WWF Intercontinental Championship | 2 Comments

WrestleMania – The Original Grandaddy

Published October 6, 2009 | By Chewie

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, this show was 25 years ago and it was the first time something like this had ever been done.

The first voice we hear is Gorilla Monsoon and he’s sitting next to Jesse “The Body” Ventura. As an old school wrestling fan this is definitely my favorite combination… Continue reading →

Posted in The WrestleMania Project | Tagged "classy" freddie blassie, Andre The Giant, barry windham, big john studd, bob orton, bobby "the brain" heenan, bruno sammartino, brutus "the barber" beefcake, captain lou albano, cyndi lauper, david sammartino, gorilla monsoon, greg "the hammer" valentine, howard finkel, Hulk Hogan, jesse "the body" ventura, jimmy "superfly" snuka, jimmy hart, johnny valiant, king kong bundy, leilani kai, madison square garden, matt borne, mean gene okerlund, mike rotundo, Mr. T, new york, nikolai volkoff, Paul Orndorff, ricky "the dragon" steamboat, Roddy Piper, special delivery jones, the executioner, the fabulous moolah, the iron sheik, the junkyard dog, the u.s. express, tito santana, wendi richter, WrestleMania, WWE, WWF, WWF Intercontinental Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship, wwf women's championship | Leave a comment

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