wrestlemania xiv was the date of the first wrestlemania.
wrestlemania xiv was the date of the first wrestlemania.
what was the date of the first wrestlemania?
wrestlemania xiv
the world wrestling federation staged the first wrestlemania on march 31, 1985 at madison square garden in new york city. the main event was a tag-team match between the wwf world heavyweight champion hulk hogan and mr. t, accompanied by jimmy snuka against the team of roddy piper and paul orndorff, who were accompanied by cowboy bob orton. the financial and critical success of the event secured the company's status as the most successful promotion in the united states, rising above competitors such as the national wrestling alliance and american wrestling association. in attendance were business celebrity sy sperling and broadcasting executive tony d'angelo. wrestlemania 2 was held the following year and took place in three venues across the country. the nassau veterans memorial coliseum in uniondale, new york, the rosemont horizon (now allstate arena) in the chicago suburb of rosemont, illinois, and the los angeles memorial sports arena in los angeles. they each featured multiple matches that led up to the main event; this saw wwf world heavyweight champion hulk hogan defeat the challenger king kong bundy in a steel cage match.
wrestlemania
wrestlemania xxx was the 30th annual wrestlemania event produced by wwe on april 6, 2014 at the mercedes-benz superdome in new orleans, louisiana. the event was the first wrestlemania to be held in the state of louisiana. it saw daniel bryan defeat triple h in the opening match. per the stipulation, this gave bryan a spot in the main event, where he won the wwe world heavyweight championship by making batista submit in a triple threat match which also included randy orton. it was the first wrestlemania where the wwe divas championship was defended, with aj lee retaining the title in the "vickie guerrero divas championship invitational". wrestlemania xxx also saw the end of the undertaker's undefeated streak at wrestlemania as he was defeated by brock lesnar in what was described as 'the most shocking result in sports-entertainment history'. at wrestlemania xxx, bray wyatt's undefeated streak since his debut came to an end at the hands of john cena. also, at wrestlemania xxx, the shield defeated kane and the new age outlaws (road dogg and billy gunn) in a six-man tag team match, and cesaro won the first ever andre the giant memorial battle royal by body slamming big show outside of the ring, in similar fashion to hulk hogan body slamming andre the giant, at wrestlemania iii.
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