• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (March 29, 1987) – WrestleMania III
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on March 29, 1987, WrestleMania III took place at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan.
This event held the record for the most attended WWF/E event for decades (with an attendance of 93,173), before it was broken in 2016 by WrestleMania 32 (with an attendance of 101,763).
The main event of the show featured Hulk Hogan defeating Andre the Giant to retain the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. Below are the results:
– The Can-Am Connection (Rick Martel and Tom Zenk) def. Bob Orton and The Magnificent Muraco (with Mr. Fuji)
– Billy Jack Haynes vs. Hercules (with Bobby Heenan) ended in a double countout.
– Hillbilly Jim, Haiti Kid and Little Beaver def. King Kong Bundy, Little Tokyo and Lord Littlebrook via DQ.
– Loser Must Bow Match: Harley Race (with Bobby Heenan and The Fabulous Moolah) def. Junkyard Dog
– Hair vs. Hair Match: “Rowdy” Roddy Piper def. Adrian Adonis (with Jimmy Hart)
– Dangerous Danny Davis and The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart) (with Jimmy Hart) def. The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid) and Tito Santana
– Butch Reed (with Slick) def. Koko B. Ware
– WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship Match: Ricky Steamboat (with George Steele) def. “Macho Man” Randy Savage (c) (with Miss Elizabeth) to win the Title.
– The Honky Tonk Man (with Jimmy Hart) def. Jake Roberts (with Alice Cooper)
– The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff (with Slick) def. The Killer Bees (B. Brian Blair and Jim Brunzell) via DQ.
– WWF World Heavyweight Championship Match: Hulk Hogan (c) def. André the Giant (with Bobby Heenan) to retain the Title.
You can watch the highlights from this event in just 60 seconds below:
• Raw Stars Welcome Their Baby Daughter
Raw Superstars The Miz & Maryse have officially become parents now as Maryse gave birth to their baby daughter. Below is what The Miz posted on Instagram:
“Of course our little girl arrived early. Welcome to the world Monroe Sky Mizanin 3/27/18 11:40pm.”
