WWE WrestleMania 32: 5 Great Wrestlemania matches you might have forgotten

Over the years, Wrestlemania has become one of the biggest spectacles in all of sports.There have been plenty of matches at Wrestlemania that wrestling fans will never forget. Whether it’s one of the Undertaker’s iconic duels with the likes of Kane, Triple H and Brock Lesnar, a classic ladder match between Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon or, more recently, Seth Rollins’ cash-in at Wrestlemania 31 – some matches are permanently stored in Wrestlemania lore.Others, though, aren’t recalled as easily but were impressive in their own right. In the weeks leading up to Wrestlemania 32, we’ll explore those matches chronologically. This year, it’s the top tilts from Wrestlemania 1 through 6.

#1 Volkoff/Sheik def. U.S. Express

Foreign heels Nikolai Volkoff and the Iron Sheik took home the tag team titles at the first Wrestlemania.

Some of the most memorable matches, like Daniel Bryan’s big victory at Wrestlemania 30, get that designation because the ultimate good guy gets the win. That wasn’t the case with the tag team title match at Wrestlemania 1.

In that one, the foreign heels Nikolai Volkoff and the Iron Sheik took down the U.S. Express – consisting of Barry Windham and Mike Rotundo – to take home the belts, and they did it through nefarious means.

The win came via manager Freddie Blassie’s cane, and the story of the match was a classic one of good guys vs. bad guys.

#2 Savage def. Steele

George “The Animal” Steele even bit open the turnbuckle cover during this Intercontinental Championship match.

Wrestlemania 2 was unique in that it was contested in three different arenas in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. And one of the more interesting matches from that card was an Intercontinental Championship match between champion Randy Savage and challenger George Steele.

Steele, the hairy babyface, still managed to get some bites in on savage and even ripped open the turnbuckle cover with his teeth.

The two also bashed each other with flowers that a fan brought for Savage’s manager and girlfriend, Miss Elizabeth. In the end, it was Savage who got the win by gaining leverage on a pin by putting his feet over the second rope.

#3 Six-man tag

There was a lot of action to keep up with during this six-man tag team match at Wrestlemania 3.

At Wrestlemania 3, the tag team champions Hart Foundation teamed up with former dirty referee Dangerous Danny Davis against the British Bulldogs and Tito Santana. Much of the story of the match was the three faces trying to get at Davis, who had cost them all title gold in the months prior to the event.

With Davey Boy Smith, Santana and the Harts involved, the in-ring action was expectedly crisp, and the men got plenty of emotion into the proceedings. Davis got the win by hitting Smith with Jimmy Hart’s megaphone, further establishing his reputation.

#4 Hercules def. Haku

Hercules got some decent height for this elbow drop on Haku at Wrestlemania 5.

Some matches are great because they involve great technical action, and some are more known as heavy-hitting brawls, and the match between Haku and Hercules to kick off Wrestlemania 5 was in the latter category.

Even though Haku was and is one of the most feared superstars of all time in real life, Hercules got the best of him with a suplex after a match that allowed both big men to show off some agility and athleticism in addition to their brutal attack styles within and outside the ropes.

#5 Brutus Beefcake def. Mr. Perfect

The late Mr. Perfect wasn’t able to live up to his name at Wrestlemania 6.

There were a lot of small things done right in the match between Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake and Mr. Perfect at Wrestlemania 6, even if Beefcake’s strange gimmick wasn’t one of them. Throughout the match, Perfect – real name Curt Hennig – sold everything that Beefcake did as though the moves were having a real effect on him.

That worked just fine, when it happened, selling that the face Beefcake was clearly a strong competitor and allowing him to show off in the ring. But it really paid off in the match’s finish, as Beefcake rebounded from a beating to slingshot Perfect into the corner.

Mr. Perfect went all the way to the ring post and hit his head, which led to the pin.