#3 Hulk Hogan & Mr. T vs Roddy Piper & Paul Orndorff
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Mr. T may get a bad rap, depending on who you talk to about his pop culture influence of the 1980’s, but it is safe to say that he was a hugely important player in getting WrestleMania off the ground. Co-hosting SNL the night before the inaugural event in New York is just scratching the surface.
He was feuding with Piper and his cronies across entertainment platforms in the lead-up and teaming with the biggest star in Hogan offered the perfect setting to settle the score.
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The squabble would, of course, continue onto their ‘boxing’ fight at Mania II, but the less said about that the better.
The first main event delivered in spades and the part-timers of today can thank T for their paychecks. Again, this is not the best technical match in the world but had enough happening to send the fans home happy and excited for more.
If they ever manage to utilise a celebrity better than this at WrestleMania, I will never criticise the WWE’s creative capacity again. I await eagerly to see what they can possibly come up with to break through as significantly as they did at the end of March in 1985.
