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#4 Hogan slams Andre (WrestleMania 3)
As far as work rate goes, the match was poor, infamously earning Dave Meltzer's "worst worked match of the year" award in 1987. As far as spectacle goes, though, no other WrestleMania moment, Attitude Era included, matches this. This was a contest years in the making, with the dominant, popular champion in Hulk Hogan against the "undefeated" Andre the Giant.
Listen to the crowd as Hogan bodyslams Andre. Feel the electricity in the air. WrestleMania may have had its genesis two years prior, but this was its coming of age, and ever since this match and ending, it has been the undisputed flagship event for the company. This was the "WrestleMania moment" from which all other WrestleMania moments sprang and have tried to live up to, the measuring stick for every other Showcase of the Immortals.
Hogan's victory that night cemented his place as an icon.
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