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The second WestleMania is a unique one in may waysWe are just a month away from the biggest WWE PPV of the year – WrestleMania 32. The anticipation is sky high as we just can’t wait any longer to visit Texas and watch the show. It has been 32 years since WWE came up with the innovative idea of launching WrestleMania and the success the show has accrued over the years is unpararlled to any other PPV.Also read: WWE Wrestlemania: 5 Shocking Facts You Didn’t KnowWe, the WWE fans, stay tuned to the show for the enitre and eagerly wait for WrestleMania to arrive. We watch 54 RAWs, 54 SmackDowns, 54 NXTs, 11 other WWE PPVs and a host of other live-events, but still when it comes to WrestleMania, all these shows become just too ordinary. Mania is aloof and one of its own kind.WrestleMania 32 is very important for the company as the WWE ratings have abated in the past 12 months and the company would try to get back on track by reaping the maximum benefit from this show.With all this said, we will quickly go and recap some of the interesting things from WrestleMania 2-
#3 Date, Place, Venue and Match Card
The second edition of WrestleMania was very special and unique in a number of ways. Firstly, this was hosted in 3 different venues with each venue featuring a main-event and an undercard. Also, this was the only Mania till date that was not held on a Sunday.
WrestleMania 2 was held on 7th April 1986 at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois, and the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California. This event was presented under the WWF banner.
Let us quickly glance through the match card of WrestleMania 2 which contained 12 matches – 9 singles, 2 tag matches and a battle-royal. The matches were distributed equally among the three venues each getting their quota of 4 matches.
Singles Action
Paul Orndorff vs. The Magnificent Muraco
Randy Savage (c) vs. George Steele (IC Title)
Jake Roberts vs. George Wells
Mr. T vs. Roddy Piper (Boxing Match)
The Fabulous Moolah (c) vs. Velvet McIntyre (Women's Championship)
Corporal Kirchner vs. Nikolai Volkoff (Flag Match)
Ricky Steamboat vs. Hercules Hernandez
Adrian Adonis vs. Uncle Elmer
Hulk Hogan (c) vs. King Kong Bundy (WWE World Heavyweight Championship)
Tag Team Action
Terry Funk and Hoss Funk vs. Junkyard Dog and Tito Santana
The British Bulldogs vs. The Dream Team (Tag Team Championship)
André the Giant won by last eliminating Bret Hart (Battle Royal)
#2 Title changes and highlights from the Show
The first title match of the night at New York was between Randy Savage (c) and George Steele for the Intercontinental Championship in which Savage defended his IC title against Steele. Savage managed to grab the victory and eventually there was no title change.
The title match at Chicago took place between The Fabulous Moolah (c) and Velvet McIntyre for the WWE Women's Championship in which Moolah defended her title against McIntyre and was successful in her defence as she grabbed a quick win in just 01 minute 25 seconds.
The second title match from Chicago featured The British Bulldogs and The Dream Team for the WWE Tag Team Championship. This was also the main-event at Chicago, in which, The Bulldogs put on a great fight and defeated the latter to win the Tag titles and became the new Champs.
Yet another interesting match from the show was the 20-man Battle Royal in which Andre the Giant remained the last man inside the ring eliminating Bret Hart. The very interesting fact here is that this match also featured some famous NFL players of that time.
#1 The Main Event
The blockbuster main event from all the three venues combined was between King Kong Bundy and Hulk Hogan for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. This match was held inside a steel cage with Bundy being accompanied by Bobby Heenan, his manager.
Bundy launched a vicious attack on Hogan and repeatedly targeted his injured ribs, but Hogan used the Steel cage to his advantage and blasted Bundy’s head into the cage a few times. He then made a failed attempt of a ‘Scoop Slam’ which Bundy capitalized on, and delivered an ‘Avalanche’ which was followed up with a big splash.
The injured Hogan, however, hulked up and delivered a power slam and a leg drop in quick succession. Hogan started climbing the cage to escape, but Bundy caught his legs. But, the Hulk wasn’t to be deterred and he kicked Bundy to climb out of the cage.
With this, Hulk Hogan retained the WWF title, but the action was not over yet as Hogan didn’t spare Heenan from a beatdown – who was standing outside the ring.
