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WrestleMania III is often described as the pinnacle of professional wrestling's boom in the 1980s. A reported 93,173 fans packed the Pontiac Silverdome to witness then-WWE Champion Hulk Hogan face the undefeated Andre the Giant in the main event, breaking indoor attendance records at the time. This figure, however, has been disputed on several occasions, as some speculate the actual attendance was about 78,000. The fast-paced Intercontinental Title bout at the event between Randy Savage and Ricky Steamboat is considered to be one of the greatest professional wrestling matches of all time. The constant reversals, near-falls and high-risk maneuvers between the two made for a genuinely suspenseful, exciting contest.
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Fast Facts:
- Date: March 29, 1987
- Venue: Pontiac Silverdome
- City: Pontiac, Michigan
- Attendance: 93,173 (reportedly)
- Tagline: "Bigger, Better, Badder"
- Commentators: Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse Ventura
- Aretha Franklin sang "America the Beautiful"
Main Event:
- WWE Championship
- Hulk Hogan def. Andre the Giant
Undercard:
- *Steamboat def. Randy Savage
- *Iron Sheik def. Nikolai Volkoff
- *Honky Tonk Man def. Jake Roberts
- *Butch Reed def. Koko B. Ware
- *Hart/Neidhart/Davis def. Smith/Dynamite/Santana
- *Roddy Piper def. Adrian Adonis
- *Valentine/Brutus def. Fabulous Rougeaus
- *Harley Race def. Junkyard Dog
- *Billy Jack Haynes and Hercules DCO
- *Can-Am Connection def. Orton/Muraco
- *Hillbilly Jim/Haiti Kid/Little Beaver def. King Kong Bundy/Little Tokyo/Lord Littlebrook
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WrestleMania III is often described as the pinnacle of professional wrestling's boom in the 1980s. A reported 93,173 fans packed the Pontiac Silverdome to witness then-WWE Champion Hulk Hogan face the undefeated Andre the Giant in the main event, breaking indoor attendance records at the time. This figure, however, has been disputed on several occasions, as some speculate the actual attendance was about 78,000. The fast-paced Intercontinental Title bout at the event between Randy Savage and Ricky Steamboat is considered to be one of the greatest professional wrestling matches of all time. The constant reversals, near-falls and high-risk maneuvers between the two made for a genuinely suspenseful, exciting contest.
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Fast Facts:
- Date: March 29, 1987
- Venue: Pontiac Silverdome
- City: Pontiac, Michigan
- Attendance: 93,173 (reportedly)
- Tagline: "Bigger, Better, Badder"
- Commentators: Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse Ventura
- Aretha Franklin sang "America the Beautiful"
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Main Event:
- WWE Championship
- Hulk Hogan def. Andre the Giant
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Undercard:
- *Steamboat def. Randy Savage
- *Iron Sheik def. Nikolai Volkoff
- *Honky Tonk Man def. Jake Roberts
- *Butch Reed def. Koko B. Ware
- *Hart/Neidhart/Davis def. Smith/Dynamite/Santana
- *Roddy Piper def. Adrian Adonis
- *Valentine/Brutus def. Fabulous Rougeaus
- *Harley Race def. Junkyard Dog
- *Billy Jack Haynes and Hercules DCO
- *Can-Am Connection def. Orton/Muraco
- *Hillbilly Jim/Haiti Kid/Little Beaver def. King Kong Bundy/Little Tokyo/Lord Littlebrook
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Is this true? >> 93,173 people attended WrestleMania III, the largest indoor attendance for any event in history http://bit.ly/3sbMMt
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@majornelson wow. That story on the silverdome and michigans economy is sad. I remember going to wrestlemania III at the silverdome.
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Now that the Silverdome was sold, can we relive Wrestlemania III? http://bit.ly/1AnDh0
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*LOL* The state of Michigan is just sad right now. The Pontiac Silverdome - site of Wrestlemania III - sold for $583K. Took $53M to build!
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WWE News: Site of famous Hulk Hogan-Andre the Giant match at WrestleMania III ...: The site of WWE's Wrestl.. http://bit.ly/1BJg9v
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