Reader Review:Wrestlemania III:"Bigger, Better, Badder"

Wrestlemania III:"Bigger, Better, Badder"

Card=The Can-Am Connection vs Don Muraco & Bob Orton is a very good opening
tag
team contest with some wonderful wrestling from both teams and a fired up
crowd eating up every moment of it-7.5/10. The Can-Am Connection were
comprised of future WWF "Model" Rick Martel(representing Canada) and future
NWA/WCW "Z-MAN" Tom Zenk(representing America) and they were a sort of
prototype "Strike Force" which was formed later that year with Can Am member
Martel and former I-C Champion Tito Santana. Harley Race beat JYD in a poor
but surprisingly watchable match where the crowd obviously played a part.
Harley may have been a shell of his former self in 1987 but he still
managed to carry this match 2/10. Dream Team beat Rougeau
Brothers in a short but solid match 5/10. Honky Tonk Man beat Jake
Roberts(with Alice Cooper in his corner), in a solid enough match 4.5/10.
The Hart
Foundation & Danny Davis beat Tito Santana & The British Bulldogs in a good
tag team contest let down by Mary Hart on commentary(Didn't Vince learn
from Wrestlemania 2!) 7/10-theres an awesome
tombstone by Davey Boy to Danny to behold here! Hercules & Billy Jack
Haynes went to a double countout in a boring but watchable match
3/10-Haynes looks like "DR Death" Steve Williams younger twin! Nikolai
Volkoff & Iron Shiek beat Killer Bee's by DQ in an ok match when Jim Duggan
interfered 5/10. Butch Reed beat Koko B'Ware in a poor contest 2/10.
Hillbilly Jim, Little Beaver & Haiti Kid beat King Kong Bundy, Lord
Littlebrook & Little Tokyo by DQ in a mixed heavyweights/midgets tag match
that was only made barable by the crowd. Bundy got DQ'd when he demolished
Haiti Kid with an elbow drop! 1.5/10.(Hair vs Hair Match)Roddy Piper beat
Adrian Adonis in a match that would have stunk if the crowd wasn't so HOT!
2.5/10-Beefcake gave his first WWF Haircut after the match to Adonis.(I-C
Title)Ricky Steamboat
beat Randy Savage in an awesome match that i still think is abit overrated
today. The match had a few dull moments of stalling but when Savage &
Steamboat went at it in the ring at lightning speed and traded near fall
after near fall to the crowds deafening eruptions, any wrestling fan whose
witnessed this match can't help but watch in awe 9.5/10. (WWF Title)Hulk
Hogan vs Andre The Giant. Of all the main events in Wrestlemania history,
this has to be one of the top 3 best booked, most hyped and anticipated of
them all. The match itself was by no means good in
a wrestling sense, plus it had a painfully boring section where Andre
locked Hogan in a bearhug but the crowd really made this match the
spectacle it was and the moment Hogan slammed Andre is one of the most
memorable moments, not only in Wrestlemania history, but in Wrestling
history period! 6.5/10-Not the best match of alltime but still not as bad
as it should have been either and the crowd really made it watchable
throughout.

Overall=A big improvement on the previous year and to be honest, this
Wrestlemania has stood the test of time as being one of the better
ones-nowhere near the best but still a solid PPV with some great tag team
matches(Can-Am/Muraco/Orton, Harts/Davis/Bulldogs/Santana), a classic I-C
Title match and a spectacular main
event secure Wrestlemania III a "top 10 Wrestlemania's" spot for certain.
It's one of those events where even the poorest matches of the night were
watchable thanks to a fired up crowd who created one hell of an atmosphere
7/10. Best match=Savage/Steamboat. Worst Match=Heavyweights/Midgets Six Man
Tag.

My WM-III Card=[WWF Title]Hogan vs Andre, [I-C Title]Savage vs Steamboat,
[WWF Tag Team Titles]Bulldogs vs Hart
Foundation(although the six man they competed in was fine, i'd rather have
seen these two teams in a title match at Wrestlemania). Jake vs
Honky Tonk. Dream Team vs Rougeau's(Longer!). Santana vs Danny Davis. Bee's
vs Shiek/Volkoff-most of Wrestlemania 3's card was fine TBH

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