Loser Must Bow Match
Hulk Hogan beat André the Giant to retain the WWF Heavyweight Championship in the Main Event at WrestleMania III
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WrestleMania III
WrestleMania III
Date: March 29, 1987
Location: Pontiac Silverdome in Pontich, Michigan
Backstage Commentary: “Mean Gene” Okerlund
Ring Commentary: Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse “The Body” Ventura
Guest Ring Commentary: Mary Hart and Bob Uecker
Ring Announcer - Howard Finkel
* Aretha Franklin sang “America the Beautiful”
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Matches
The Can-Am Connection (Rick Martel and Tom Zenk)
vs
"Cowboy" Bob Orton and “The Magnificent” Don Muraco
Winners: The Can-Am Connection
Time: 5:37
Manager
Mr. Fuji (Orton & Muraco)
Billy Jack Haynes
vs
Hercules
Winner: Double Countout
Time: 7:44
Manger
Bobby “The Brain” Heenan (Hercules)
Haiti Kid, Hillbilly Jim and Little Beaver
vs
King Kong Bundy, Little Tokyo and Lord Littlebrook
Six-man tag team match
Winner: Haiti Kid, Hillbilly Jim and Little Beaver (By Disqualification)
Time: 3:25
Guest Ring Commentary: Mary Hart
"The King" Harley Race
vs
The Junkyard Dog
* Loser Must Bow match
Winner: "The King" Harley race
Time: 4:22
Manager
Bobby “The Brain” Heenan and The Fabulous Moolah (Harley Race)
The Dream Team (Brutus Beefcake and Greg Valentine)
vs
The Rougeau Brothers (Jacques and Raymond)
Winner: The Dream Team
Time 4:03
Manager
Johnny Valiant & Dino Bravo (The Dream Team)
Guest Ring Commentary: Bobby “The Brain” Heenan
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
vs
Adrian Adonis
Winner: “Rowdy” Roddy Piper
* Hair vs. Hair match
Time: 6:33
Manager
“Mouth Of the South” Jimmy Hart
Dangerous Danny Davis and The Hart Foundation
vs
The British Bulldogs and Tito Santana
Six-man tag team match
Winner: Dangerous Danny Davis and The Hart Foundation
Time: 8:52
Manager
“Mouth Of the South” Jimmy Hart (Davis & Hart Foundation)
Guest Ring Commentary: Bob Uecker
“The Natural” Butch Reed
vs
Koko B. Ware
Winner: “The Natural” Butch Reed
Time: 3:39
Managers
Slick (Reed)
Randy "Macho Man" Savage
vs
Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
* For the WWF Intercontinental Championship
Winner: Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat (New Champion)
Time: 14:35
Managers
George “The Animal” Steele (Steamboat)
Miss Elizabeth (Savage)
* Voted “Match of the Year” of 1987 by Pro Wrestling Illustrated
* After the match Steamboat described the match as "the moment in time that defined me as a wrestler”
The Honky Tonk Man
vs
Jake “The Snake” Roberts
Winner: The Honky Tonk Man
Time: 7:04
Managers
“Mouth of the South” Jimmy Hart (Honky Tonk)
Alice Cooper (Roberts)
The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff
vs
The Killer Bees (B. Brian Blair and Jim Brunzell)
Winner: The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff (By Disqualification)
Time: 5:44
Manager
Slick (Sheik and Volkoff)
Main Event
Hulk Hogan
vs
André the Giant
* For the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
Winner: Hulk Hogan (Defended Title)
Time: 12:01
Manager
Bobby “The Brain” Heenan (André the Giant)
WrestleMania III set a record for the largest indoor event with 93,173 in attendance
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Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat beat Randy "Macho Man" Savage for the WWF Intercontinental Championship
Winner.
Voted “Match of the Year” of 1987 by Pro Wrestling Illustrated.
After the match Steamboat described the match as "the moment in time that defined me as a wrestler”.
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Fun 80s Wrestling Facts!
"Match of the Year"
1980 - Bruno Sammartino vs. Larry Zbyszko (Steel Cage Match)
Showdown at Shea Flushing, NY
1981 - André the Giant vs. Killer Khan
Rochester, NY
1982 - Bob Backlund vs. Jimmy Snuka
Steel Cage Match
* For the WWF Heavyweight Championship
New York, NY
1983 - Ric Flair vs. Harley Race
* For the NWA Heavyweight Championship
St. Louis, MO
1984 - Ric Flair vs. Kerry Von Erich
* For the NWA Heavyweight Championship
David Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions
Irving, TX
1985 - Hulk Hogan and Mr. T vs. Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff
WrestleMania I
New York, NY
1986 - Ric Flair vs. Dusty Rhodes
Steel Cage Match
* For the WWF Heavyweight Championship
The Great American Bash
Greensboro, NC
1987 - Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat
* For the WWF Intercontinental Championship
WrestleMania III
Pontiac, MI
1988 - Hulk Hogan vs. André the Giant
* For the WWF Heavyweight Championship
The Main Event I
Indianapolis, IN
1989 - Ricky Steamboat vs. Ric Flair
* For the NWA Heavyweight Championship
WrestleWar
Nashville, TN
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Wrestler of the Year
1980 - Bob Backlund
Runner Up: Harley Race
1981 - Ric Flair
Runner Up: Bob Backlund
1982 - Bob Backlund
Runner Up: Ric Flair
1983 - Harley Race
Runner Up: Nick Bockwinkel
1984 - Ric Flair
Runner Up: Hulk Hogan
1985 - Ric Flair
Runner Up: Hulk Hogan
1986 - Ric Flair
Runner Up: Hulk Hogan
1987 - Hulk Hogan
Runner Up: Ric Flair
1988 - Randy Savage
Runner Up: Jerry Lawler
1989 - Ric Flair
Runner Up: Hulk Hogan
Intercontinental Championship
"The King" Harley Race with Managers Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and The Fabulous Moolah beat The Junkyard Dog in the "Loser Must Bow Match"
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The Main Event