We thought it would be cool to go way back... Back to August 13, 2017 and relive the very first episode we ever did here at Hamin Media... So sit back and enjoy Episode #1! Special shout out to Tommy Wonder Billy Ray Valentine, 8- Trac Brown and Ryan K Bowman for being a huge part of our sucess!
ORIGINALLY RECOREDED 8/13/17
In this week’s episode of The Pro Wrasslin’ Reflection Podcast… WRESTLEMANIA 1!
Big Ray, "The Professor" Anthony Quintana & Travis Voeltz review this classic event!
WrestleMania (sequentially known as WrestleMania I) was the inaugural WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event (only in selected areas) produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on March 31, 1985, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The attendance for the event was 19,121. The event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television, making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time. During the 1980s, Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation (WWF)'s main competition in the professional wrestling industry was from Jim Crockett Promotions. In this episode of the PWRP, Big Ray, Travis Voeltz and “The Professor” Anthony Quintana break down this event and discuss the booking, in ring talents and importance of the historic event in Pro Wrestling History! Basically, we will give you a full review of this event as if it just happened today! Enjoy your trip in our time machine!
The match card for Wrestlemania 1 goes as followed:
Tito Santana vs. The Executioner (“Play Boy Buddy Rose”) Singles match
King Kong Bundy (with Jimmy Hart) vs. Special Delivery Jones
"Hawaiian" Ricky Steamboat vs. Matt Borne (“Doink the Clown”) Singles match
David Sammartino (with Bruno Sammartino) vs. Brutus Beefcake (with Johnny Valiant) Singles match
Junkyard Dog vs. Greg Valentine (c) (with Jimmy Hart) Singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship
Nikolai Volkoff and The Iron Sheik (with Freddie Blassie) vs. The U.S. Express (Mike Rotundo and Barry Windham) (c) (with Lou Albano) in a Tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship
André the Giant vs Big John Studd (with Bobby Heenan) Body Slam Challenge for $15,000 Singles match
Wendi Richter (with Cyndi Lauper) vs. Leilani Kai (c) (with The Fabulous Moolah) Singles match for the WWF Women's Championship
Hulk Hogan and Mr. T (with Jimmy Snuka) vs. Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff (with Bob Orton) Tag team match with Muhammad Ali and Pat Patterson as special guest referees. Specail guest time keeper, Liberace. Guest Ring Annoucer, Billy Martin.