WrestleMania 2 was the first and last WrestleMania event to be staged in 3 different locations at the same time. WrestleMania 2 was the second annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (although the first WrestleMania was only on pay-per-view in select areas). It took place on April 7, 1986 at three venues: 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.
Each venue had one main event match with a large undercard. As with the first WrestleMania, the matches were shown on closed-circuit television across North America. The event was also the first WrestleMania to air on the national ppv market. This was the first WrestleMania to use cardinal numbers (Arabic numerals). The commentating teams consisted of Vince McMahon and Susan Saint James in New York, Gorilla Monsoon, Gene Okerlund, and Cathy Lee Crosby in Chicago and Jesse Ventura, Lord Alfred Hayes, and Elvira in Los Angeles. The ring announcers were Howard Finkel (New York), Chet Coppock (Chicago), and Lee Marshall (Los Angeles).
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The main event at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum was a boxing match where Mr. T defeated Roddy Piper by disqualification. Matches on the undercard were Randy Savage versus George Steele for the WWF Intercontinental Championship, Jake Roberts versus George Wells and Paul Orndorff versus The Magnificent Don Muraco. The main event at Rosemont Horizon was a 20-man battle royal which included WWF wrestlers and NFL footballers. The undercard featured a WWF Tag Team Championship match where British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid) defeated champions Dream Team (Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake) to win the titles, a WWF Women's Championship match between The Fabulous Moolah and Velvet McIntyre and a flag match between Corporal Kirchner and Nikolai Volkoff. The main event at Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena was a WWF Championship match where Hulk Hogan defeated King Kong Bundy in a steel cage match to retain the title. The undercard featured Terry Funk and Hoss Funk versus Junkyard Dog and Tito Santana in a tag team match, Adrian Adonis versus Uncle Elmer and Ricky Steamboat versus Hercules.
Results
Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- Don Muraco (w/Mr. Fuji) & Paul Orndorff ended in a Double Countout (4:10)
- Randy Savage (w/Miss Elizabeth) defeated George Steele to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship (5:10)
- Jake Roberts defeated George Wells (3:15)
- Mr. T (w/Joe Frazier) defeated Roddy Piper (w/Bob Orton & Lou Duva) in a Boxing Match by DQ (1:15, Round 4)
- (Judges: Cab Calloway, Darryl Dawkins & G. Gordon Liddy)
Rosemont, Illinois
Results
Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- The Fabulous Moolah defeated Velvet McIntyre for the WWF World Women's Championship Match (1:15)
- Corporal Kirchner defeated Nikolai Volkoff (w/Freddie Blassie) in a Flag Match (2:05)
- Andre The Giant defeated B. Brian Blair, Big John Studd, Bill Fralic, Bret Hart, Bruno Sammartino, Danny Spivey, Ernie Holmes, Harvey Martin, Hillbilly Jim, Jimbo Covert, Jim Brunzell, Jim Neidhart, King Tonga, Pedro Morales, Russ Francis, Ted Arcidi, The Iron Sheik, Tony Atlas & William Perry in a WWF & NFL Battle Royal (Special Referees: Dick Butkus & Ed Jones)
- The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith & The Dynamite Kid) (w/Captain Lou Albano & Ozzy Osbourne) defeated The Dream Team (Brutus Beefcake & Greg Valentine) (w/Johnny V) for the WWF World Tag Team Championship (13:03)
Los Angeles, California
Results
Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- Ricky Steamboat defeated Hercules Hernandez
- Adrian Adonis (w/Jimmy Hart) defeated Uncle Elmer
- The Funk Brothers (Hoss Funk & Terry Funk) (w/Jimmy Hart) defeated The Junkyard Dog & Tito Santana (13:00)
- Hulk Hogan defeated King Kong Bundy in a Cage Match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship with Robert Conrad as Special Referee (11:00)
Also See
DVD and Video releases
External links and references
- WrestleMania 2 (New York) at CAGEMATCH.net
- WrestleMania 2 (Illinois) at CAGEMATCH.net
- WrestleMania 2 (California) at CAGEMATCH.net
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