The WrestleMania Project: Part 3

In which our hero attempts to watch every WrestlemaMania in chronological order, in an effort to gain a greater understanding of the history of wrestling. Here are his results.

WrestleMania 3

March 29, 1987

Pontiac Silverdome - Pontiac, Michigan

93,173 in Attendance (A record)

 "America The Beautiful" as sung by Aretha Franklin. Really.

On commentary: Gorilla Monsoon, Bob Ueker, Mary Hart, and Jesse "The Body" Ventura

The Can-Am Connection (Rick Martel and Tom Zenk) defeated Bob Orton and The Magnificent Muraco (with Mr. Fuji): Nothing of note, here.

So that's where his son gets it from.

Billy Jack Haynes and Hercules (with Bobby Heenan) fought to a double count-out: Again, didn't do much for me. Nobody likes a double count-out

Hillbilly Jim, The Haiti Kid and Little Beaver defeated King Kong Bundy, Little Tokyo and Lord Littlebrook by disqualification: 

A simpler time.

Harley Race (with Bobby Heenan and The Fabulous Moolah) defeated The Junkyard Dog: Not much of a match. Kind of disappointing, considering the characters involved. Harley won with shenanigans.

 The original King.

 People love the JYD

 DATS RACIST!!!

 There ya go.

"Put it on, Dog" - Gorilla Monsoon.

The Dream Team (Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake) (with Johnny Valiant and Dino Bravo) defeated The Rougeau Brothers (Jacques and Raymond)

Roddy Piper defeated Adrian Adonis (with Jimmy Hart): This was Roddy's farewell match. An excited fan jumped into the ring and (eventually) got taken out by security.

 Kiss the Chimel for luck.

 "Hey. You're not supposed to be here."

Worth it.

The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart) and Danny Davis (with Jimmy Hart) defeated The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and The Dynamite Kid) and Tito Santana: It must be something about the big stadium that made these potentially great matches kind of unspectacular.

Too sweet.

Butch Reed (with Slick) defeated Koko B. Ware

Ricky Steamboat (with George Steele) defeated Randy Savage (c) (with Miss Elizabeth): Often considered one of the greatest matches of all time. I agree; it was very good.

 Like a leaf on the wind...

 Dat leverage.

Sure, he took the title...

But Randy neve goes home empty-handed.

The Honky Tonk Man (with Jimmy Hart) defeated Jake Roberts (with Alice Cooper)

These guys looked old as hell back then.

The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff (with Slick) defeated The Killer Bees (B. Brian Blair and Jim Brunzell) by disqualification

 Haters gonna hate.

Geez.

Hulk Hogan (c) defeated André the Giant (with Bobby Heenan): This was a win or go home match for the Hulkster. This was André's first loss.

That's why you eat your vitamins.

Grade

A lot of subpar matches hurt this WrestleMania, which is too bad considering the stars involved. If it had half as many (there were 12) it may have been great.

2 out of 5 stars