#1 The Main Event Was A Big, Fun Chaotic Mess
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The main event was the make or break moment for WrestleMania 1. It was a tag match with Hulk Hogan & Mr T versus Roddy Piper and “Mr Wonderful” Paul Orndorff. If it didn’t work, we likely wouldn't have had any future WrestleManias to love or complain about. Needless to say, Vince McMahon threw everything at the match.
Look at the celebrities. You had New York Yankees manager Billy Martin as the ring announcer. We had Liberace as the guest timekeeper. You even had Muhammad Ali as a special guest referee on the outside. If you throw in the managers (Cowboy Bob Orton and Jimmy Snuka) you have a lot of people involved in one tag match.
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It is really hard to describe the match because it is so chaotic. You have managers trying to interfere constantly. You had Muhammad Ali having to break up interference regularly. You have Roddy Piper playing the cocky heel throughout, but the crowd loved every minute of it, and it was fun.
It ended rather famously with Cowboy Bob attempting to interfere and hitting Mr Wonderful with his cast. This allowed Hogan to cover for a pin fall. Hogan winning without a leg drop? Scandalous. Sure it was all over the place, but it was fun. Fun is what we all want out of a WrestleMania main event right?Another point worth noting is that the main event almost did not happen. Mr T reportedly had beef with Roddy Piper, who didn’t appear to like him in real life at all. Being afraid of being legitimately hurt by Piper, Mr T chose to back out at the last minute, but it was Hulk Hogan himself had to be the voice of reason for Mr. T and convince him to do the match, which he eventually did end up doing.
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