Gimmick Some (Wrestlemania) Lovin': The Blue Bars of Doom

Crockett Did What?

When we looked at the infamous "I Quit" Match from Starrcade 1985, we noted that the match was part of a two-city spectacular emanating simultaneously from Greensboro, North Carolina, and Atlanta, Georgia; fans watching on closed circuit (since the pay-per-view era wouldn't begin in full until after the match we're focusing on today) were treated to a broadcast alternating between the two cities throughout the evening.

McMahon, seeing an opportunity to one-up the competition, announced that his company's next spectacular would air from three separate cities, in three separate time zones, no less! Each city would have its own card, with its own main event. Unlike Starrcade, however, each city would present an uninterrupted stream of matches and segments before handing the broadcast over to the next town.

Thirty-two years later, fans were still somehow shocked that McMahon sold them tickets to basically watch wrestling on an arena's jumbo screens while the ring sat empty.

The Uniondale, New York, portion of the card would be headlined by "Rowdy" Roddy Piper vs. Mr. T in a boxing match, Chicago's main event saw The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and The Dynamite Kid) capture the WWF Tag Team Championships from The Dream Team (Greg "The Hammer" Valentine and Brutus "Not Yet the Barber" Beefcake), and, closing out the show both in Los Angeles and nationwide, was Hulk Hogan defending his WWF Championship against King Kong Bundy in a steel cage match.