10 Shocking Moments from Wrestlemania 1

#6 America is humbled by the Tag-team title match

Huge upset.

As well as being a wrestling supercard with high profile celebrity involvement, Wrestlemania was also a celebration of American culture. With the All-American WWF Champion Hulk Hogan in the main event, and the Star Spangled Banner being sung to open the show, Vince was obviously keen to demonstrate his patriotism through his chosen art form.

This is why, when it came to the WWF Tag Team Championship match, fans were so shocked to see the babyface American team, made up of Mike Rotundo and Barry Windham lose out to the allied powers of the Iranian Iron Sheik and the Soviet, Nikolai Volkoff.

The team's whole gimmick was designed to create as much heat as possible amongst the fanbase, with Sheik spitting at the very mention of the USA while claiming that Iran and Russia were 'number one'.

Typically, a hostile foreign gimmick like this normally lends itself to a big feelgood moment at the conclusion of the match where the Patriots eventually squash their foes, reaffirming America's greatness over its enemies.

Instead, Vince decided to go a different way at Mania and placed the belts on Sheik and Volkoff instead. This was a useful springboard for the team who would go on to feud with some of the company's biggest babyfaces in the following months and years.