On this episode, Dylan returns to The Old Icebox for another retro review. This time around, we go all the way back to March 31, 1985 to visit an event that ended up being very significant for the world of professional wrestling today: the very first WrestleMania.
Taking place in Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, the inaugural Grandest Stage of Them All was a major make or break gamble for Vince McMahon, the World Wrestling Federation, and the entire wrestling industry during the 1980s boom period because of the hype surrounding this event. So how does its match card and stories behind it stand nearly 40 years later?