Live from Huntsville, AL
Airdate: March 25, 1996
Attendance: 3,300
Hosted by Eric Bischoff, Bobby “The Brain” Heenan, and Steve “Mongo” McMichael
Opening montage.
Since only one title was on the line last night, three titles will be defended tonight.
Live from Charlotte, NC
Airdate: July 6, 1985
Attendance: 27,000 (32,000 was quoted within the video)
Hosted by Gordon Solie and Bill Apter
Match commentary by Tony Schiavone
This would be the Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s Ringmasters 60-minute version of the show. Since this show was too big for the Independence Arena, Jim Crockett Promotions held the show at Memorial Stadium.
Live from Tupelo, MS
Airdate: March 24, 1996
Attendance: 9,000 (7,300 paid)
Hosted by Tony Schiavone, Bobby “The Brain” Heenan, and the “American Dream” Dusty Rhodes
To say I’m feeling trepidatious about reviewing this show considering all the negative criticism surrounding it would be putting it mildly. But, I aim to please my readership and will saunter through this show accordingly.
Live from Chattanooga, TN
Airdate: March 18, 1996
Attendance: 7,009 (6,008 paid)
Hosted by Eric Bischoff, Bobby “The Brain” Heenan, and Steve “Mongo” McMichael
Opening montage.
Match 1 for the World TV title: Lex Luger (champion) versus Loch Ness
**BREAKING NEWS**
Do you remember back at SuperBrawl when “Mean” Gene Okerlund stated that a former WWF titleholder may be headed to WCW? On 3/5/1996, Kevin Nash, a.k.a. Diesel, gave his 90-day notice to the WWF and signed a lucrative contract with WCW similar to Scott Hall’s contract. I wonder how that affects the live RAW this week.
In other news, Marc Mero (a.k.a. Johnny B. Badd) quit WCW on 3/11 and will sign with the WWF immediately. I wonder how this will be described on Nitro. Additionally, Dwayne Johnson as well as Mankind made their WWF debuts in Corpus Christi on 3/10.
Let’s return to our regularly scheduled program:
Live from Irving, TX
Airdate: May 5, 1985
Attendance: 26,153
Hosted by Marc Lowrance.
Match 1: The Dynamic Duo (“Gentleman” Chris Adams & the “Handsome half-breed” Gino Hernandez) versus the Great Kabuki and Scott Casey (w/ Sunshine)
This is an exclusive rant for rockstargary.com. While I share my reflections on 80s supershows on Scott Keith’s blog, I wanted to continue recapping the Monday Night War for my readers. I hope you enjoy this exclusive presentation:
Taped from Cincinnati, OH
Airdate: March 4, 1996 (taped 2/19)
Attendance: 8,500
Hosted by Vince McMahon and Jerry “The King” Lawler
Opening montage.
Live from New York, NY
Airdate: March 31, 1985
Attendance: 19,121
Hosted by Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse “The Body” Ventura
Here we are--the very first WrestleMania that has spawned over three decades for the WWF/WWE. Let’s dig in to how the WWF got to this point:
Live from Greensboro, NC
Airdate: November 22, 1984
Attendance: 16,000
Hosted by Gordon Solie and Bob Caudle
The ending of the main event from last year’s show is shown as Flair became the NWA World Champion for the second time.
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