WrestleMania 2

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WrestleMania 2
Details
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	April 7, 1986
Venue	Nassau Coliseum Rosemont Horizon L.A. Sports Arena
City	Uniondale, New York Rosemont, Illinois Los Angeles, California
Attendance	16,585 (Nassau Coliseum) 9,000 (Rosemont Horizon) 14,500 (L.A. Sports Arena)
Pay-per-view chronology
The Wrestling Classic	WrestleMania 2	WrestleMania III

WrestleMania 2 was the second annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event from the World Wrestling Federation (although the first WrestleMania was only on pay-per-view in select areas). It took place on April 7, 1986 at three venues:

• The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York
• The Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois
• The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California

Each venue had one main event match with a large undercard. As with the first WrestleMania, the matches were shown on closed-circuit television across North America. This was the first WrestleMania to use cardinal numbers (Arabic numerals). The commentating teams consisted of Vince McMahon & Susan St. James in New York, Gorilla Monsoon, Gene Okerlund, and Cathy Lee Crosby in Chicago and Jesse Ventura, Lord Alfred Hayes, & Elvira in Los Angeles. The ring announcers were Howard Finkel (New York), Chet Coppock (Chicago), and Lee Marshall (Los Angeles). The tagline for this event was What The World Has Come To.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Nassau Coliseum 1.2 Rosemont Horizon 1.3 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 2 Other on-screen talent 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Results

[edit] Nassau Coliseum

• Paul Orndorff wrestled The Magnificent Muraco to a double countout (4:10).
• Randy Savage defeated George Steele to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship (5:10)
  • Savage pinned Steele with a roll up and both feet on the ropes.
• Jake Roberts defeated George Wells (3:15)
  • Roberts pinned Wells after a DDT.
• Mr. T defeated Roddy Piper by DQ in a boxing match (13:14)
  • Piper was DQ'd for body-slamming T at 1:15 in the 4th round.
    

    

    Randy Savage vs. George Steele for the Intercontinental Championship

[edit] Rosemont Horizon

• The Fabulous Moolah defeated Velvet McIntyre to retain the WWF Women's Championship (1:25)
  • Moolah pinned McIntyre after a splash.
• Corporal Kirschner defeated Nikolai Volkoff (w/ Freddie Blassie) by pinfall in a flag match (2:05)
  • Kirschner pinned Volkoff after hitting him with Blassie's cane.
• André the Giant won a twenty man battle royal that included both wrestlers and NFL stars (9:13)
  • The participants were introduced in this order: Jimbo Covert (NFL Star - Chicago Bears), Pedro Morales, Tony Atlas, Ted Arcidi, Harvey Martin (Former NFL Star - Dallas Cowboys), Danny Spivey, Hillbilly Jim, King Tonga, The Iron Sheik, Ernie Holmes (Former NFL Star - Pittsburgh Steelers), B. Brian Blair, Jim Brunzell, Big John Studd, Bill Fralic (NFL Star - Atlanta Falcons), Bret Hart, Jim Neidhart, Russ Francis (NFL Star - San Francisco 49ers), Bruno Sammartino, and William "Refrigerator" Perry (NFL Star - Chicago Bears).
• The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and The Dynamite Kid) (w/Ozzy Osbourne and Lou Albano) defeated The Dream Team (Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake) (w/Johnny V) to win the WWF Tag Team Championship (13:03)
  • Smith pinned Valentine after Valentine and Dynamite collided head-to-head.

[edit] Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena

• Ricky Steamboat defeated Hercules Hernandez (7:27)
  • Steamboat pinned Hernandez after a Flying Body Press.
• Adrian Adonis defeated Uncle Elmer (3:01)
  • Adonis pinned Elmer after a Flying Headbutt.
• Terry Funk & Hoss Funk (w/Jimmy Hart) defeated the Junkyard Dog and Tito Santana (11:42)
  • Terry pinned JYD after hitting him with Hart's megaphone.
• Hulk Hogan defeated King Kong Bundy in a steel cage match to retain the WWF Championship (10:15)
  • Hogan escaped the cage after bodyslamming and leg-dropping Bundy.

[edit] Other on-screen talent

Commentators: Vince McMahon (New York), Gorilla Monsoon (Chicago), Gene Okerlund (Chicago), Jesse Ventura (Los Angeles), Lord Alfred Hayes (Los Angeles)

Guest Ring Announcers: Joan Rivers (Nassau Coliseum), Tommy Lasorda (L.A. Sports Arena)

Guest Announcers: Susan Saint James (New York), Cathy Lee Crosby (Chicago), and Horror Queen Elvira (Los Angeles)

Guest Timekeepers: Ricky Schroeder (L.A. Sports Arena), Clara Peller (Chicago)

NY Vocalist: Ray Charles

[edit] Notes

• Ray Charles sang a rendition of "America the Beautiful" before the show.
• This was not the first WrestleMania to be shown on pay-per-view, as believed by many.

• Celebrity guests in attendance for the New York portion of WrestleMania 2 included Cab Calloway, Darryl Dawkins, G. Gordon Liddy, Joan Rivers, Joe Frazier, Lou Duva, Mr. T, Ray Charles, and Susan St. James.
• Celebrity guests in attendance for the Chicago portion of WrestleMania 2 included Clara Peller, Dick Butkus, Ed Jones, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Fralic, Ernie Holmes, Harvey Martin, Jim Covert, Russ Francis, William Perry, and Cathy Lee Crosby.
• Celebrity guests in attendance for the Los Angeles portion of WrestleMania 2 included Ricky Schroder, Robert Conrad, Tommy Lasorda, and Elvira.
• WrestleMania XX, WrestleMania 21, and WrestleMania 22 would take place from the three locations that hosted WrestleMania 2 (WrestleMania XX from New York, WrestleMania 21 from Los Angeles, and WrestleMania 22 from Chicago).

[edit] References

• WrestleMania 2 Facts/Stats

[edit] External links

• The Official Website of WrestleMania 2

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