On this day in Pro Wrestling history on March 29, 1987, the World Wrestling Federation aired ‘WrestleMania III’ LIVE on PPV from the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan.
This was the 3rd annual WrestleMania event with the inaugural WrestleMania happening in 1985. Even nowadays, WrestleMania is still by far the biggest professional wrestling event on the planet every year.
WWF announced 93,173 fans in attendance for this event. This event held the record for the highest attendance for any WWF/E show, until WrestleMania 32 in 2016.
Here are the PPV results:
– The Can-Am Connection defeated Bob Orton Jr. & The Magnificent Don Muraco
– Billy Jack Haynes wrestled Hercules to a double count-out
– Haiti Kid, Hillbilly Jim & Little Beaver defeated King Kong Bundy, Little Tokyo & Lord Littlebrook by DQ
– Loser Must Bow: Harley Race defeated Junkyard Dog
– The Dream Team defeated The Rougeau Brothers
– Hair vs. Hair: “Rowdy” Roddy Piper defeated Adrian Adonis
– The Hart Foundation & Dangerous Danny Davis defeated The British Bulldogs & Tito Santana
– Butch Reed defeated Koko B. Ware
– WWF Intercontinental Championship: Ricky Steamboat defeated Randy Savage (c)
– The Honky Tonk Man defeated Jake Roberts
– The Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff defeated The Killer Bees by DQ
– WWF World Heavyweight Championship: Hulk Hogan (c) defeated André the Giant
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