Timeline: WrestleMania IV March 27, 1988 Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall Atlantic City, NJ That’s right, there was a Rock before Dwayne Johnson. Don Muraco took on former World Champion Superstar Billy Graham as a mentor of sorts. Even with a walking stick, Graham still looks a hundred times more imposing than Bravo’s second, Frenchy…
Month: May 2016
308. World Heavyweight Championship: Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan (w/ AJ Lee)
Timeline: WrestleMania XXVIII April 1, 2012 Sun Life Stadium Miami, FL One of the most famous matches in WrestleMania history for all (well, most of) the wrong reasons. The match is simple. Bryan is the champ. Sheamus is the Royal Rumble winner. Just a year ago, their US Title match went to a no contest…
309. Butterbean vs. Bart Gunn
Timeline: WrestleMania XV March 28, 1999 First Union Center Philadelphia, PA In this preposterously dumb match, Butterbean knocks out Bart Gunn in under a minute. This was a shoot fight from the Brawl For All series after Gunn had won that competition. Idiotically, the WWE thought that if they brought in a guy who fights…
310. 23-Man Battle Royal
Timeline: WrestleMania XXVII April 3, 2011 Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA Participants: Sheamus, Daniel Bryan, Tyler Reks, Curt Hawkins, Yoshi Tatsu, R-Truth, Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, Mark Henry, Primo, Zack Ryder, Chavo Guerrero, David Hart Smith, JTG, Trent Baretta, Tyson Kidd, Johnny Curtis, Chris Masters, Evan Bourne, William Regal, Ted DiBiase, Jr., Drew McIntyre, The Great…
311. World Tag Team Championship: Lance Storm & Chief Morley (w/ The Dudley Boyz (D-Von & Bubba Ray)) vs. Rob Van Dam & Kane
Timeline: WrestleMania XIX Safeco Field Seattle, WA This is the most quintessentially Sunday-Night-Heat-before-WrestleMania match of all time. The action is fine, and the stadium makes it a spectacle, but the match features an underappreciated title, being defending by a makeshift team, and even has a commercial break in the middle of it. Not only that…
312. Brutus Beefcake (w/ Luscious Johnny V) vs. David Sammartino (w/ Bruno Sammartino)
Timeline: WrestleMania March 31, 1985 Madison Square Garden New York City, NY This match is preceded by unquestionably the worst WrestleMania promo of all time. Johnny V tries to sell his charge, but when the mic turns to Beefcake, all he can do is break the initial awkward silence with a much more awkward snort….
313. Billy Jack Haynes vs. Hercules (w/ Bobby The Brain Heenan)
Timeline: WrestleMania III March 29, 1987 Pontiac Silverdome Pontiac, MI This is the Full Nelson Challenge—which means literally nothing. Hercules appears to be the literal mythical Hercules in kayfabe if his pre-match interview is to be believed. Billy Jack Haynes is incredibly proud to be from Oregon, covered from head to toe in OR themed…
314. Hunter Hearst Helmsley (w/ Sable) vs. The Ultimate Warrior
Timeline: WrestleMania XII March 31, 1996 Arrowhead Pond Anaheim, CA This is a bizarre couple of minutes. Warrior hadn’t wrestled for WWE in nearly 4 years. Jerry Lawler was spreading rumors that he had shaved his head and was 400 pounds. Sable was debuting with Triple H. Before Warrior even gets his coat off, Helmsley…
315. The Mountie (w/ Jimmy Hart) vs. Tito Santana
Timeline: WrestleMania VII March 24, 1991 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA Maybe putting 14 matches on a show isn’t your best plan. This is match 13 out of 14 on the night, the cool down segment before the World Title match. Santana has control for the entirety until Jimmy Hart slips The…
316. Dino Bravo (w/ Frenchy Martin) vs. Rugged Ronnie Garvin
Timeline: WrestleMania V April 2, 1989 Trump Plaza Atlantic City, NJ This match inexplicably leads from introducing the wrestlers, to announcing that Jimmy Snuka is here…and will not be involved in this match in anyway, apparently we just wanted to delay the start of this shitshow. When it does start…I don’t know. Bravo does some…
317.Adam Bomb (w/ Harvey Whippleman) vs. Earthquake
Timeline: WrestleMania X March 20, 1994 Madison Square Garden New York City, NY Clearly, time was running short on WrestleMania X, because these two men could barely squeeze 30 seconds out of their match. Prior to the match, Harvey Whippleman does his gimmick where he grabs the mic from Fink and berates him. Fink knocks…
318. Power & Glory (Hercules & Paul Roma w/ Slick) vs. The Legion of Doom (Hawk & Animal)
Timeline: WrestleMania VII March 24, 1991 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA Before The Fink is even finished announcing LoD, Power & Glory attacks. That lasts for about three seconds before the LoD takes advantage. Hercules bumbles around outside impotently while in the ring the Legion of Doom hits the Doomsday Device on…
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