• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (March 31, 1985) – WWF WrestleMania 1
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on March 31, 1985, the World Wrestling Federation aired ‘WrestleMania’ LIVE on closed-circuit-television from the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
This was the first ever WrestleMania, where Vince McMahon Jr. put everything on the line. Had it not been a success, the WWF and the McMahon family would have filled for bankruptcy.
The celebrities for this event were Muhammad Ali, Cindy Lauper and Liberace.
Even nowadays WrestleMania is still by far the biggest professional wrestling event on the planet each year.
Here are the PPV results:
Tito Santana defeated The Executioner
King Kong Bundy defeated Special Delivery Jones
Ricky Steamboat defeated Matt Borne
Brutus Beefcake vs. David Sammartino ended in a double-DQ
WWF Intercontinental Championship: Junkyard Dog defeated Greg Valentine (c) via countout
WWF Tag Team Championship: The Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff defeated The U.S. Express (c)
$15,000 Body Slam Challenge: André the Giant defeated Big John Studd
WWF Women’s Championship: Wendi Richter defeated Leilani Kai (c)
Hulk Hogan & Mr. T defeated Paul Orndorff & Roddy Piper
Vince McMahon’s exclusive Coliseum Video for Wrestlemania, followed by the intro for the show it self, where Easy Lover is dubbed over by the Coliseum theme.
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