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- Welcome to WrestleMania.

- WrestleMania.

The showcase of the Immortals.

The grandest stage of them all.

- The greatest Sports
Entertainment spectacular

of all time.

- You can cut the electricity in
the air with a knife.

It is something else.

- Oh, they're on their feet.

- This global spectacle has
become the pinnacle

of Sports Entertainment, where
superstars become legends.

- It's over.

We have a new champion.

- And eras are redefined.

- This is one of the greatest
matches I've ever seen.

- Today we look back at the
classic era of WrestleMania,

the 1980s.

- Greatest wrestling event of
all time.

- Unbelievable.

- This is WWE's Greatest
Moments.

- Acknowledge me.

- My God.

- Stone Cold with a beer bath.

- This is surreal.

- Look at this.

He slammed him.

- Welcome, everyone, to WWE's
Greatest Moments.

I'm Michael Cole, and on this
edition,

we celebrate the beginning

of Sports Entertainment's
grandest stage, WrestleMania.

And there's no better place to
kick things off

than with where it all began,
the very first WrestleMania.

Emanating from the world's most
famous arena,

Madison Square Garden
in New York City.

WWE put on a spectacle unlike
anything fans

had ever seen before.

- Welcome, everyone.

As the World Wrestling --
presents WrestleMania.

- This is the biggest wrestling
extravaganza

that's coming across the nation.

- The main event that evening
was a colossal tag team match

featuring Hall of Famers Rowdy
Roddy Piper and Mr. Wonderful,

Paul Orndorff facing off against
the immortal Hulk Hogan

and television icon Mr. T.

- And now our main event.

- WrestleMania, is really
what put WWE on the map.

Really was the key launching pad

that took WWE to the
top in the 80s.

- It felt like the Super Bowl,
the World Series

all rolled into one
massive event.

- And all four of them are going
at it in the corner.

Chaos five minutes into the
match.

- It doesn't get any bigger than
that.

The entertainment value was so
high.

- Piper with a chair.

- I think he kicked me,
and I bend down-

And that's when I went for the
fireman.

- Oh, nice fireman's carry.

Oh.

Drops him like yesterday's
newspaper.

- It was wild.

It's only I can say,
it was just wild.

- From off the-
look out.

- Oh, he got Orndorff-

- Unbelievable.

- -with the cast, down for the
cover, Pat Patterson-

he got him.

- They got 'em

- I stayed there as long as I
could, and I said,

"I've got to remember this.

I've got to remember this the
rest of my life."

And I still do to this day.

- Unbelievable pandemonium here
in The Garden.

- It was a perfect springboard
for what we needed

to launch the WWE into
the stratosphere.

The night could not have been
better.

- We're seeing the greatest
spectacle

in wrestling history right now.

- The sheer intensity of The
Ultimate Warrior

cannot be understated.

Warrior brought a new definition
to the term lightning rod.

- I want the intercontinental
belt for you little Warriors.

- But one superstar was
determined to stop him

in his tasseled tracks.

Ravishing Rick Rude.

- He put that steel bar just
nailed him.

- At WrestleMania 5.

The Ravishing one faced the
Ultimate one

for the Intercontinental title.

- WrestleMania 5-

Ultimate Warrior

Ravishing Rick Rude.

Warrior is IC champion,
Rick Rude Disrobes.

- Look at that.

He's already got the
Intercontinental Title

right on it.

- It's only imprinted on his
tights, Jess.

- Yes.

- That's when I knew he did
that,

he was focused on winning that
title right there.

- Pile driver.

- Rick was a
thinker to a fault.

I mean, he'd stay up all night
just looking in the mirror,

thinking of ways to make a match
work.

- Ultimate Warrior's showing you
why,

in fact, he is the champion.

Possesses that unbelievable
strength.

- The match is usually with
Bobby Heenan participating

even outside of the ring-

were much better because of what
he could do to incite a crowd.

- Heenan with a lot of concern
as well.

He should be right now.

- Bobby Heenan was the
catalyst.

- And look at Heenan.

He doesn't know what to do.

- Rude was on the
outside and Warrior

was going to press him in
over the top rope,

and I had to reach down and trip
him,

and he went down and I held his
foot.

- He's holding on.

- He did it.

He did it.

- I said they'd outsmart him.

- And new Intercontinental
Champion-

- Yeah.

- Ravishing Rick Rude.

- Yeah.

- The whole point of that was it
just showed you

how important the manager was.

- How can Rude enjoy his new
title?

Look what's happening.

- Really sneaky stuff.

Great stuff though.

- The Rock 'N Wrestling
Connection was alive and well

heading into the first
WrestleMania.

At the forefront of it all is
pop icon Cyndi Lauper.

The managerial services of the
multi-time Grammy winner

were enlisted by Wendi Richter.

- Lou is going down.

- Yeah.

- Lou is going down.

- Yes.

- As she was on a collision
course against women's champion,

Leilani Kai.

- I didn't lose that belt to one
person,

I lost it because Moolah
interfered in my match,

and I'm dead set on getting
it back where it belongs.

- The first time I met Wendi
Richter, I kind of felt like,

"Oh, we could do
something fun."

- This is what it's all about.

The ladies world championship.

- Wedni Richter fighting-

and, like, finally seeing a
female in there doing her thing.

I was like, oh, okay, this is
this is cool.

- Leilani Kai trying to hold on
to that coveted women's title.

- It integrated everything, and
women's wrestling was just

starting to be as popular as the
men's wrestling.

- Leilani grabbed a little bit
of hair

and took Wendi down right there.

- It was one of the most talked
about matches on the card

because of breaking down that
barrier.

- Here comes Cyndi Lauper and we
got a melee on the floor, Geno.

- No.

- Whoa.

Hooks the leg.

She got her.

- It was electric at The Garden.

It was wired.

- And new World Wrestling --
ladies champion Wendi Richter.

- I was so proud of the women
who were standing in the ring.

- I wanted to be a role model
for the girls,

so I tried very hard to
be that role model.

It was probably the highlight of
my life.

- History made here at
WrestleMania.

- There is perhaps no greater
tag team rivalry in the 1980s

than that of the Hart Foundation
and the British Bulldogs.

These four superstars put on an
absolute clinics

every time they competed
against each other.

- Ooh, look at that.

- Another chapter in their
storied history.

The Hart Foundation and
"Dangerous" Danny Davis took

on Tito Santana and the British
Bulldogs

for a six man tag team match
up at WrestleMania 3.

- This is a six man
tag team match.

- Oh my gosh,
WrestleMania 3-

Hart Foundation against
the British Bulldogs.

We had Danny Davis and
they had Tito Santana.

- Definitely adds to the
spectacle when you add the

outsiders and a six man is
actually more exciting.

- Here we go.

- Oh, pandemonium broken loose.

All six men inside the ring.

- Pontiac, Michigan with 90,000
people.

The Hart Foundation and the
Bulldogs-

All my brothers in law.

We were like rockets in there,
racing around and hitting each

other at full blast.

- Plenty of action going on.

- It ticked all the boxes in
making it this epic

that we all know it to be.

- Double team effort.

Look out.

Hitman on the second turnbuckle.

Inside-

Nails him.

Look at this.

- You got to be kidding-

Give me a break.

- WrestleMania is where it all
culminates.

It's only natural for the
Bulldogs

and the Hart Foundation to kind
of land there.

- I just know it was such a
happy time for all of us,

all of us to be together
on the stage.

It was very powerful stuff.

- Mr. T, one of the most
recognizable faces in television

history, formed an incredible
relationship

with WWE in the early 1980s.

But there was one superstar

who never took kindly
to T's visits.

- This is exactly what you could
end up looking like here.

- Rowdy Roddy Piper.

- Here comes Piper.

Wait a minute.

- Oh.

- And after an assault
during exhibition boxing match

at Saturday Night's Main Event,
Mr. T laid out the challenge.

- You humiliated me in front of
my two kids.

They was crying and whatnot, so
I got to avenge that.

So you're going to be in trouble
April the 7th.

- At WrestleMania 2,

the gloves would be on for this
historic encounter.

- All right.

- And now a scheduled
ten rounds of boxing.

- The best rivalries in WWE are
the ones where you truly

are invested in their hatred.

- Look at his face.

- Oh, look at that.

- Hey, I don't want none of
that.

- There was so
much bad blood,

I didn't know what was going to
happen.

- T with a peek-a-boo.

Look at this.

Not getting hit at all.

Look at left hand of Mr. T.

- We had the gloves on, so-

so we was punching and whatnot.

- In round two,
Piper pounds Mr. T.

Mr. T seems like he's in danger.

- Man, Piper is letting him have
it.

- Down goes Mr. T.

- Round three.

Mr. T is smacking around Roddy
Piper.

- Oh.

Oh right out of the ring.

- Roddy Piper is like, forget
this.

- Uh oh.

I told you, Vince.

- Oh my.

Oh, look at this.

- Oh, wait a minute.

- Big body slam right in the
middle of the ring.

[bell rings]

- Finally Piper disqualified.

- The tensions boiled over so
much that Piper had to take

matters into his own hands.

- So it will go down as a
victory for Mr. T.

- Piper and Mr. T.

40 years later, and we're
talking about it.

- Randy Savage truly
encapsulated the golden era of

WWE with his larger than life
persona

and his incredible in-ring
performances.

When the WWE Championship was
vacated, a one night, 14 man

tournament was held at
WrestleMania 4.

Savage was certainly one of the
odds on favorites to win.

- Who is going to win?

- Randy "Macho Man" Savage.

- Oh, I think Macho Man for
sure.

- Macho Man Savage I think he's
great.

- But he had an extremely tough
task ahead of him.

- The tournament's here.

We're going to find out

the undisputed World
Wrestling -- Champion.

- WrestleMania 4 was a
tournament.

- The title's vacant.

It's never happened in WWE
history,

but we'll settle all that.

- So Randy wrestled three times.

- Look it, he turned it into a
small package.

- Two count.

He got him.

- "Macho Man" Randy Savage over
the one man gang.

So that is your final.

- You can feel the electricity
in the air.

- Nice move.

Oh, look at that.

- Well, DiBiase said he'd do
anything to get that title.

- Savage in deep trouble.

- It looked bad for Randy-

And then to everyone's
exhilaration.

- Macho Man-

- Oh, he got him.

Look at Savage going to the
outside.

Savage the flying elbow.

Hooks the leg.

It's over.

- That night elevated Randy to a
great heights of superstardom.

He was living
his dream.

- This is Macho Man's finest
hour.

- The "Macho Man" Randy Savage
stood tall at the end

of WrestleMania 4 as WWE
champion,

with his best friend and
manager, both by his side.

- Standby for this one.

- Whatcha gonna do

when the Mega Powers come
Running through?

- No way to stop us now.

Uh uh, no way.

- But what a difference a year
makes.

The next few months saw hints of
jealousy from the champion

against his Mega Power partner,
Hulk Hogan,

as he claimed the Hulkster

was lusting after the
lovely Miss Elizabeth.

- You got lust for
Elizabeth right there.

- This guy, man.

Try and talk some sense to him.

[yelling]

- The world was indeed watching
WrestleMania 5

to see the Mega-Powers explode.

- This is the main event.

It don't get no bigger.

- This is sold out.

It's the hottest
ticket in town.

- What a matchup this is going
to be.

- He was just as intense as
ever.

And he would really turn the
dial up when he worked with me.

- Here we go.

Time for talk is ending.

- Miss Elizabeth chose to go
into a neutral corner,

and then she finds herself in
the middle of a match.

- Oh, come on, give me a break.

- It was pretty crazy.

- Referee Hebner just put Miss
Elizabeth out.

Savage perched up there on the
elbow.

- He got it.

- He nailed him.

- He got it.

- Oh God.

The Hulkster is out of there.

- I can't believe this is
happening.

- Oh there's the big boot.

- The boot.

- And the leg drop.

One, two-

He got him.

As once again, the
Hulkster holds up the gold

- You know, the timing and
everything felt magical.

It felt like we were on point,

but I didn't realize how special
it really was.

- During the 1980s, WWE
superstars truly seemed

larger than life.

Nobody encapsulated that more
than the Eighth Wonder

of the world Andre the Giant.

- I'm so happy to make the
wrestling fans happy and

I'll show them who is the
real giant.

- But one man thought he could
usurp Andre

as WWE greatest giant.

Big John Studd.

- There's only one and
it's John Studd, the giant.

- At WrestleMania 1, Studd
would challenge Andre to a

$15,000 Body Slam challenge.

- This is the $15,000
Slam match.

- It was one of those
big matches.

It was a matchup I wanted to
see.

- 15 grand in that little World
Wrestling -- briefcase.

That's what's at stake.

As these two behemoths just go
at each other.

- As a kid watching it, it's
just like watching those

Godzilla movies or something.

- Look at this stop trying to
slam Andre.

[crowd chants "Slam."]

- You can hear the fans there
chanting slam.

- Andre picks him up.

He slammed him.

It's all over.

- Unbelievable.

Andre looking for the money.

He's got it.

Look at this.

He's throwing the money out.

- Uh oh, look at that Bobby "The
Brain" Heenan grabbed

the bag with the money.

- It's really a special match
because things like that

don't happen often.

But when they do, they happen at
WrestleMania.

- The winner, Andre the Giant.

- "Macho Man" Randy Savage is
riding high as Intercontinental

Champion for the better part of
1986.

- And he's from Sarasota,
Florida.

What's with the broom?

Wait a minute.

What is th-

- Professional wrestling

completely cleaned.

Oh, yeah.

- There was no length the Macho
Man wouldn't go in order to

retain his championship.

- Oh.

- Steamboat's grabbing his
throat.

- Whoa.

Steamboat can't breathe.

- After having his larynx
crushed in one of the most

brutal attacks in history.

Steamboat sought revenge on the
Intercontinental Champion,

and the two were set to
lock horns at WrestleMania 3

in what many consider to be the
greatest match of all time.

- This contest is for the

Intercontinental
Heavyweight Championship.

- We knew before it
happened it's like

this is gonna be the match
that raises the bar.

It's going to be the best match
on the card for sure.

- From an in-ring perspective,
with the Intercontinental Title

was all about, there was nothing
bigger or better.

Macho Man, Steamboat match-

One of the greatest matches
of all time.

- Deep arm drag by the Dragon.

- Oh, look at that.

You got to get up pretty early
in the morning

to outsmart the Macho Man.

- Anytime you have that type of
talent in the ring,

you should expect a great match.

- Talk about determination.

Look at the clothesline by
the Macho Man.

- What a move by Macho Man.

I don't know how Steamboat-

- Dragon gets out.

- I don't know how he's doing
it.

- Down in the middle.

One, two-

And Savage comes out once again.

- This is one of the greatest
matches I've ever seen.

- His favorite position.

Bombs away.

- He got him.

- He nailed him with it.

- That many eyes watching-

we wanted a match to steal the
show.

- Savage in a whole heap of
trouble.

Now a small package by The
Dragon.

He got him.

I can't believe it.

- Everywhere I go, people still
yell out

"WrestleMania 3, you and Savage.

WrestleMania 3, you and Savage."

Out of the 6000
that I had-

that match.

- WrestleMania 3 was
unquestionably the biggest

WrestleMania of the classic era,

with over 93,000
fans in attendance.

Macho Man and the Dragon put on
a classic,

and while that match may have
stolen the show,

it was the main event that
people paid their money to see.

- I'm here for one reason to
challenge you for a world

championship match in the
WrestleMania.

- Are you or are you not going
to fight him

at WrestleMania 3 for the World
Heavyweight Championship?

Yes or no?

- Yes.

- The immortal Hulk Hogan will
put his WWE Championship

on the line against the
undefeated Andre the Giant.

Our number one moment is the
irresistible force

meeting the
immovable object.

- This is the main event
of the evening.

- It was just the right time,

the right people,
the right place.

It was perfect.

- Look at the size of The Giant.

I mean, Hogan is 6'8.

- You needed a match
as big as possible,

and nothing was going
to be bigger than

Hogan and Andre
at the time.

- Hogan would get beat down In
the match

and he was just the guy that you
could believe in.

- One more time, if that arm
drops, it's over.

Oh, look at that.

It's up there.

Listen to these fans.

- The fans realize no matter
what the odds were,

he was never counted
out of a fight.

- Look at the look on the face
of the champion.

He's Hulking up.

Look at this.

He slammed him.

I don't believe it.

- Hulk dropping a big leg

Over for the cover.

- It's over.

- I knew that night the whole
world was watching.

WrestleMania 3 just launched
the WWE

to a whole nother level
from that point on.

- What can I say?

I never thought it could be
done.

- History is made here in the
Silverdome,

and that guy right there has
made history

all over the world.

- Hogan slamming Andre the Giant
has become a defining moment

in the history of WWE.

That'll do it for this edition
of WWE's Greatest Moments.

Hope you've enjoyed this

look back at WrestleMania, the
moments that became the

foundation for what makes
WrestleMania the greatest

spectacle in all of Sports
Entertainment.