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#22 WrestleMania succeeds (WrestleMania 1)
It's easy to think of WrestleMania as being timeless today, but back in 1985, it was a tremendous gamble. Vince McMahon and the WWF could have gone under if the event didn't succeed. With that in mind, he made an unusual main event on the night. It wasn't for the title, but featured the champion, Hulk Hogan, teaming with Mr. T of Rocky III fame, against Roddy Piper and Paul Orndoff. Muhammad Ali and Pat Patterson were the guest referees.
Elsewhere, celebrities loaded the event, and the ending with Mr. T and Hulk Hogan standing tall was satisfying. It would be nothing special by today's standards, but it succeeded in doing what it needed to do at the time, and that should demand special recognition from fans today who might not have even been alive at the time this took place (which includes me, by the way).
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