Wrestlemania History Lesson - #2
So this is going to be the 2nd WM review and it will be about Wrestlemania II.
Wrestlemania II:
A.Live From New York:
1.Paul Orndorff vs The Magnificent Muraco {w/Mr.Fuji}ended in a Double Countout - 04:10
2.Randy Savage {C} {w/Miss Elizabeth} defeated George Steele to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship - 05:10.
3.Jake Roberts defeated George Wells - 03:10
4.Mr.T {w/Joe Frazier & The Haiti Kid} defeated Roddy Piper {w/Bob Orton and Low Duva| by a Disqualification in a Boxing match - 13:15.
B.Live From Chicago:
5.The Fabulous Moolah {C} defeated Velvet Mclntyre to retain the WWF Women's Championship - 01:25
6.Corporal Kirchner defeated Nikolai Volkoff {w/Freddie Blassie} in a Flag match - 02:05
7.Andre The Giant defeated 19 other participants in a Twenty Man Battle Royal by last eliminating Bret Hart - 09:09.
8.The British Bulldogs {Davey Boy Smith and The Dynamite Kid} {w/Ozzy Osbourne & Lou Albano} defeated The Dream Team {Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake} {w/Johnny Valiant} - 13:03.
C.Live From Los Angeles:
9.Ricky Steamboat defeated Hercules Hernandez - 07:19.
10.Adrian Adonis {w/Jimmy Hart} defeated Uncle Elmer - 03:00.
11.Terry Funk and Hoss Funk {w/Jimmy Hart} defeated Junkyard Dog and Tito Santana - 13:00
12.Hulk Hogan {C} defeated King Kong Bundy {w/Bobby Heenan} in a Steel Cage match to retain the WWF Championship with Robert Conard as the special guest referee - 11:00.
Now this show was a pretty decent show.So let's start from the NY part: Orndorff vs Muraco was a nice opener but in my opinion Orndorff should have just won here and have the crowd warmed up for the rest of the show.Savage retained the IC title in a forgettable decent match against George Steele which showcased Savage in his first WM match.Roberts vs Wells was not needed in that card and I wouldv'e put Roberts in an indifferent match at WM.Now for the ME of this Part of the show.Mr T defeated Roddy Piper via a DQ in a Boxing match which was a nice ME which they have build for a year and I enjoyed watching it.
The Chicago Part:The first match for the Women's title between Moolah and Mclntyre was a forgettable match and I have nothing more to say about it.The flag match was fun but also a forgettable match.Now the NFL and WWF Superstars battle royal was good and of course the right decision was made with Andre winning here.Now the ME of this part was British Bulldogs vs The Dream Team for the tag titles with the Bulldogs winning which was a great ending for a great match and absolutley the greatest match of this PPV.
The LA Part:Steamboat vs Hercules was a nice match but in my opinion they needed to put Steamboat in high profile matches like i've said that they should have done at WM I & like they did of course the next year at WM III.Adonis vs Elmer was just a filler match and I would have just leave both card out of this card.The tag team match was great with the Funks vs Junkyard Dog and Santana but in my opinion Junkyard Dog and Tito Santana should have won this match but I have no problem with the Funks winning because it was a decent match.And now for the Main Event of Wrestlemania Hulk Hogan defeated King Kong Bundy in a steel cage match which was not a bad match but also not a good match in my opinion and they could have found replacments for Bundy to this match.Of course the right booking decision was made with Hogan retaining and end the show in a happy notice.
If we look at celebtiry involvment in this show there were a lot of them involving:
Mr.T {fought Piper} & Robert Conard {special referee for Hogan vs Bundy} & Cathy Lee Crosby & Susan St. James & Cassandra Peterson {guest commentators} & Joan Rivers {guest ring announcer} & Rick Schorder {guest time keeper} & Dick Butkus {special referee} & Lou Duva {manager of Piper} & Darryl Dawkins {referee in the Mr. T vs Piper match} & Jim Covert & Bill Fralic & Russ Francis & Ernie Holmes & Harvey Martin & William Perry {wresteled in the battle royal} & Ed Jones {Guest referee} & Tommy Lasorda {guest ring announcer} & Ray Charles {sang America The Beautiful} & Cab Calloway {judge for the Mr. T vs Piper match} & Ozzy Osbourne {Manager of the British Bulldogs} & Chet Coppock {guest ring announcer} & John Menick as Herb {guest time keeper} & G.Gordon Liddy {Judge for the Mr.T vs Piper match} & Clara Peller {guest time keeper}.I believe this is the WM with the most celbrities involved in it {I beliebe there are about 30 man here} so this was a good thing to have so much celbrities on your show and the focus was still on the wrestling.
As far as changes goes I have a lot of changes for this show and they are:
NY Part:
1.Paul Orndorff defeated The Magnificent Muraco [w/Mr.Fuji}
2.Randy Savage {C} {W/Miss Elizabeth} defeated George Steele to retain the IC Title.
3.Mr T defeated Roddy Piper via a DQ in a Boxing match.
Chicago Part:
4.The Fabulous Moolah {C} defeated Velvet Mclntyre to retain the Women's title.
5.Corporal Kirchner defeated Nikolai Volkoff in a Flag match.
6.The British Bulldogs defeated The Dream Team {C} to win the tag team titles.
7.Andre the Giant winning the 20 man battle royal by last eliminating Bret Hart.
LA Part:
8.King Kong Bundy defeated Jake Roberts.
9.Terry Funk and Hoss Funk {w/Jimmy Hart and Adrian Adonis} defeated Junkyard Dog and Tito Santana.
10.Hulk Hogan {c} defeated Ricky Steamboat to retain the WWF Championship with Robert Conard as the special guest referee.
This is just my opinion on how this show should have been and with a Main event like Hogan vs Steamboat it would have been light years better.Now this show was aired from 3 venues I get the point where you have you're show from the 3 most important cities in the US but the technical problems that were in this show + the fact that this show was not a good show made this show one of the worst 10 and maybe in the worst 5 Wrestlemanias of all time.
Wrestlemania II:
A.Live From New York:
1.Paul Orndorff vs The Magnificent Muraco {w/Mr.Fuji}ended in a Double Countout - 04:10
2.Randy Savage {C} {w/Miss Elizabeth} defeated George Steele to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship - 05:10.
3.Jake Roberts defeated George Wells - 03:10
4.Mr.T {w/Joe Frazier & The Haiti Kid} defeated Roddy Piper {w/Bob Orton and Low Duva| by a Disqualification in a Boxing match - 13:15.
B.Live From Chicago:
5.The Fabulous Moolah {C} defeated Velvet Mclntyre to retain the WWF Women's Championship - 01:25
6.Corporal Kirchner defeated Nikolai Volkoff {w/Freddie Blassie} in a Flag match - 02:05
7.Andre The Giant defeated 19 other participants in a Twenty Man Battle Royal by last eliminating Bret Hart - 09:09.
8.The British Bulldogs {Davey Boy Smith and The Dynamite Kid} {w/Ozzy Osbourne & Lou Albano} defeated The Dream Team {Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake} {w/Johnny Valiant} - 13:03.
C.Live From Los Angeles:
9.Ricky Steamboat defeated Hercules Hernandez - 07:19.
10.Adrian Adonis {w/Jimmy Hart} defeated Uncle Elmer - 03:00.
11.Terry Funk and Hoss Funk {w/Jimmy Hart} defeated Junkyard Dog and Tito Santana - 13:00
12.Hulk Hogan {C} defeated King Kong Bundy {w/Bobby Heenan} in a Steel Cage match to retain the WWF Championship with Robert Conard as the special guest referee - 11:00.
Now this show was a pretty decent show.So let's start from the NY part: Orndorff vs Muraco was a nice opener but in my opinion Orndorff should have just won here and have the crowd warmed up for the rest of the show.Savage retained the IC title in a forgettable decent match against George Steele which showcased Savage in his first WM match.Roberts vs Wells was not needed in that card and I wouldv'e put Roberts in an indifferent match at WM.Now for the ME of this Part of the show.Mr T defeated Roddy Piper via a DQ in a Boxing match which was a nice ME which they have build for a year and I enjoyed watching it.
The Chicago Part:The first match for the Women's title between Moolah and Mclntyre was a forgettable match and I have nothing more to say about it.The flag match was fun but also a forgettable match.Now the NFL and WWF Superstars battle royal was good and of course the right decision was made with Andre winning here.Now the ME of this part was British Bulldogs vs The Dream Team for the tag titles with the Bulldogs winning which was a great ending for a great match and absolutley the greatest match of this PPV.
The LA Part:Steamboat vs Hercules was a nice match but in my opinion they needed to put Steamboat in high profile matches like i've said that they should have done at WM I & like they did of course the next year at WM III.Adonis vs Elmer was just a filler match and I would have just leave both card out of this card.The tag team match was great with the Funks vs Junkyard Dog and Santana but in my opinion Junkyard Dog and Tito Santana should have won this match but I have no problem with the Funks winning because it was a decent match.And now for the Main Event of Wrestlemania Hulk Hogan defeated King Kong Bundy in a steel cage match which was not a bad match but also not a good match in my opinion and they could have found replacments for Bundy to this match.Of course the right booking decision was made with Hogan retaining and end the show in a happy notice.
If we look at celebtiry involvment in this show there were a lot of them involving:
Mr.T {fought Piper} & Robert Conard {special referee for Hogan vs Bundy} & Cathy Lee Crosby & Susan St. James & Cassandra Peterson {guest commentators} & Joan Rivers {guest ring announcer} & Rick Schorder {guest time keeper} & Dick Butkus {special referee} & Lou Duva {manager of Piper} & Darryl Dawkins {referee in the Mr. T vs Piper match} & Jim Covert & Bill Fralic & Russ Francis & Ernie Holmes & Harvey Martin & William Perry {wresteled in the battle royal} & Ed Jones {Guest referee} & Tommy Lasorda {guest ring announcer} & Ray Charles {sang America The Beautiful} & Cab Calloway {judge for the Mr. T vs Piper match} & Ozzy Osbourne {Manager of the British Bulldogs} & Chet Coppock {guest ring announcer} & John Menick as Herb {guest time keeper} & G.Gordon Liddy {Judge for the Mr.T vs Piper match} & Clara Peller {guest time keeper}.I believe this is the WM with the most celbrities involved in it {I beliebe there are about 30 man here} so this was a good thing to have so much celbrities on your show and the focus was still on the wrestling.
As far as changes goes I have a lot of changes for this show and they are:
NY Part:
1.Paul Orndorff defeated The Magnificent Muraco [w/Mr.Fuji}
2.Randy Savage {C} {W/Miss Elizabeth} defeated George Steele to retain the IC Title.
3.Mr T defeated Roddy Piper via a DQ in a Boxing match.
Chicago Part:
4.The Fabulous Moolah {C} defeated Velvet Mclntyre to retain the Women's title.
5.Corporal Kirchner defeated Nikolai Volkoff in a Flag match.
6.The British Bulldogs defeated The Dream Team {C} to win the tag team titles.
7.Andre the Giant winning the 20 man battle royal by last eliminating Bret Hart.
LA Part:
8.King Kong Bundy defeated Jake Roberts.
9.Terry Funk and Hoss Funk {w/Jimmy Hart and Adrian Adonis} defeated Junkyard Dog and Tito Santana.
10.Hulk Hogan {c} defeated Ricky Steamboat to retain the WWF Championship with Robert Conard as the special guest referee.
This is just my opinion on how this show should have been and with a Main event like Hogan vs Steamboat it would have been light years better.Now this show was aired from 3 venues I get the point where you have you're show from the 3 most important cities in the US but the technical problems that were in this show + the fact that this show was not a good show made this show one of the worst 10 and maybe in the worst 5 Wrestlemanias of all time.
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