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rated the event as average, citing that it "wasn't the greatest". Despite his overall rating, he praised several moments, including Orton hitting Orndorff with his cast, King Kong Bundy's win, and André the Giant throwing the money into the crowd. Powell listed Mr. T wrestling as his least favorite
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and punches on Valentine. As the action went back and forth, Hart climbed on the ring apron, where Valentine accidentally hit him. Later, Valentine pinned Junkyard Dog with his feet on the ropes for leverage, which is an illegal maneuver. As a result, Tito Santana ran down to the ring and explained
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into a front chinlock —a move that cuts off the flow of blood to the brain. Belzer, however, fell to the floor unconscious and began to bleed profusely. His injury required eight stitches. Belzer later sued Hogan for $ 5 million, but they eventually settled out of court. The night before
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on The Sheik. After nearly being pinned, The Sheik hit Windham in the head with Blassie's cane as the referee had his back turned. After Volkoff got the pin, Volkoff and The Sheik were crowned as the new tag champions, becoming the first people to win a championship at WrestleMania.
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In late 1985, Wendi Richter lost her WWF Women's Championship in controversial fashion. She wrestled a masked female wrestler known as The Spider Lady, who pinned Richter to win the title. After the match, the Spider Lady was revealed as the Fabulous Moolah. This finish was a
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to the referee what had happened and the match was restarted. Junkyard Dog eventually won the match by count-out as Valentine failed to re-enter the ring. Valentine, however, kept his title as titles do not change hands through count-out.
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in the finals. After André the Giant defeated Big John Studd at the event, Studd formed a tag team with King Kong Bundy, and the duo faced André and Hulk Hogan on a number of occasions. Later, the team of Studd and Bundy teamed up in
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WrestleMania would become considered the WWF's flagship event. It has since become the longest-running professional wrestling event in history and is held annually between mid-March to mid-April. Following the advent of
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franchise. A rights agreement which Barry Diller, head of USA Network co-owner Paramount, pushed by 1983 also allowed for better access to programming at the Madison Square Garden, including on any regional
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article, written by Keith Loria, the main event was ranked third in the top ten matches in WrestleMania history. In contrast to Powell, Loria believed that Mr. T "proved to be an adequate grappler".
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In a new storyline after WrestleMania, Roddy Piper began training Bob Orton as a boxer. Hulk Hogan accepted a challenge on the behalf of Mr. T to face Orton in a match on the February 15, 1986
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on The Executioner, which was a shot at current Intercontinental Champion Greg Valentine, as the figure four was his finishing move as the first WrestleMania match ended in submission.
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and landing on him stomach-first, Bundy pinned Jones. The WWF's official time for the match is a then-record time of nine seconds (a record since surpassed by
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The card consisted of nine matches that resulted from scripted storylines. Three championships were defended at WrestleMania: the WWF Women's Championship,
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Approximately three months after WrestleMania, on July 6, 1985, Greg Valentine lost the Intercontinental Championship back to Tito Santana in a
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in 1988—WWF's four original pay-per-views—the four would eventually be dubbed the "Big Four". WrestleMania would eventually be described as the
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moment of the pay-per-view, saying the main event match, in which Mr. T took part, was humorous despite its lack of technical wrestling.
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stated, "The match itself was far from a technical-wrestling classic, but it delivered in terms of entertaining the crowd." In another
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In the months leading up to the first WrestleMania, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper began a talk-show segment on WWF television entitled "
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over the Intercontinental Heavyweight belt. Valentine defeated Santana on September 24, 1984, for the championship.
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The main event of WrestleMania would also be the last time that a tag team match would main event the show until
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During the 1980s, World Wrestling Federation's main competition in the professional wrestling industry was from
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Volkoff (right) and Sheik (left) celebrate winning the WWF Tag Team Championships with manager Blassie (center)
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connection, which led to a confrontation with Hulk Hogan. In February 1985, the two men faced each other at
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The attendance at the event was 19,121. In addition, the event was seen by over one million viewers through
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Mr T. hoists Roddy Piper up onto his shoulders as Hulk Hogan cheers in the background during the main event
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The WWF's official time for the match is a then-record time of nine seconds (a record since surpassed by
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between Piper and Mr. T. At the second annual WrestleMania, Piper was disqualified in the Fourth round.
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and Barry Windham won the WWF Tag Team Championship three months before WrestleMania from the team of
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Richter and Lauper (back) face off against Kai and Moolah (front, facing away) before the match
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Sex, Lies, and Headlocks: The Real Story of Vince McMahon and the World Wrestling Federation
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was the ring announcer. The opening theme for the event was the instrumental portion of the
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showing of a wrestling event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time.
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Sex, Lies and Headlocks: The Real Story of Vince McMahon and the World Wrestling Federation
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Kai in a pinning position. With this pin, Richter became the new Women's Champion.
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Burkett, Harry, ed. (June 2007). "Historical Cards: WrestleMania I (03-31-1985)".
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The event consisted of nine professional wrestling matches. In the main event,
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titled "The 50 Greatest Moments at Madison Square Garden", ranking at No. 30.
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did interviews near the entrance to the locker room, right outside the ring.
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honor. The event was included in a July 2007 special that aired on the
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made their way to the ring. After crushing his opponent against the
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performed commentary. Okerlund also did interviews backstage, and
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in the main event of Night 1, in what would be the first time a
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For the first WrestleMania, McMahon began cross promoting with
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The first match was between Tito Santana and The Executioner (
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The first championship defense of WrestleMania was between
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annual events, which began airing in 1983, by creating the
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As part of the promotion for the event, Hogan appeared on
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After all the men had left ringside, it was time for the
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André the Giant (bottom) bodyslams John Studd (top)
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WrestleMania (1985)

Hulk Hogan
Mr. T
Promotion
World Wrestling Federation
New York City, New York
Madison Square Garden
Tagline
The Wrestling Classic
WrestleMania
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WrestleMania
professional wrestling
pay-per-view
event
World Wrestling Federation
Madison Square Garden
New York City
closed-circuit television
pay-per-view
Hulk Hogan
Mr. T
Paul Orndorff
Roddy Piper
Wendi Richter
Cyndi Lauper
Leilani Kai
WWF Women's Championship
Nikolai Volkoff

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