WrestleMania 3: The Biggest Event in Wrestling History (or Was It...?)

About this episode

The episode discusses the historic significance of WrestleMania 3 and the iconic match between Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant.

It was billed as the biggest event and the biggest matchup in the history of professional wrestling. Held at the Pontiac Silverdome, WrestleMania 3 not only became historic from a wrestling perspective, but also set a new world indoor attendance record. And it was all built on the back of Andre the Giant vs Hulk Hogan. A match that, even up to the day of the event, was still up in the air as to who would win. Would Andre pass the torch to recognize Hogan as the new face of the business going forward? A lot was riding on WrestleMania 3, but on that night back in March 1987, history was truly made. Hulk Hogan would pull off the seemingly impossible, and a record crowd of 93,173 was there to see it happen. But was that historic number actually a myth...? Get the first look at new episodes, early and ad-free: Patreon.com/80s

People in this episode

Host: Jamie Logie

Topics covered

• professional wrestling
• WrestleMania
• 1980s history
• Hulk Hogan
• Andre the Giant
• attendance records

Keywords

• WrestleMania 3
• Hulk Hogan
• Andre the Giant
• Pontiac Silverdome
• wrestling history
• attendance record
• 1987

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Pontiac Silverdome

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