Originally broadcast on television. "Sunday, March 29, 1987: Pontiac Silverdome"--Container. Content on both discs is same except for extras. Extras: Disc 1. Intercontinental Championship Match: "Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. George "The Animal" Steele (Saturday Night's Main Event, 1/3/87); Ken Resnick interviews Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat (Wrestling Challenge, 1/31/87); Gorilla Monsoon & Ken Resnick interview "Macho Man" Randy Savage (Boston Garden, 2/7/87); Gorilla Monsoon interviews Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat (Boston Garden, 2/7/87); Disc 2: Gene Okerlund interviews Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat and Hulk Hogan (Wrestling Challenge, 2/21/87); Andre the Giant & Hulk Hogan contract signing (Wrestling Challenge, 2/27/87); 20 Man Battle Royal (Saturday Night's Main Event, 2/27/87); Gene Okerlund interviews Andre the Giant (Wrestling Challenge, 3/21/87). Various wrestlers.
Contents:
discs 1 & 2. Aretha Franklin sings "America the Beautiful" -- The Can-Am Connection vs. "The Magnificent" Don Muraco & "Cowboy" Bob Orton -- Billy Jack Haynes vs. Hercules story recap -- Gene Okerlund interviews Hercules and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan -- Full Nelson Challenge: Billy Jack Haynes vs. Hercules -- King Kong Bundy, Little Tokyo & Lord Littlebrook vs. Hillbilly Jim, Little Beaver & the Haiti Kid -- Mary Hart interviews "Macho Man" Randy Savage w/ Miss Elizabeth -- Junkyard Dog vs. Harley Race -- Vince McMahon interviews Hulk Hogan -- The Rougeau Brothers vs. The Dream Team: Brutus Beefcake & Greg "The Hammer" Valentine -- Hair Match: "Rowdy" Roddy Piper vs. Adrian Adonis -- Six-man Tag Team Match: The Hart Foundation & Danny Davis vs. the British Bulldogs & Tito Santana -- Gene Okerlund interviews Andre the Giant & Bobby "The Brain" Heenan -- "The Natural" Butch Reed vs. Koko B. Ware -- Intercontinental Championship Match: Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage -- Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. Honky Tonk Man -- Gene Okerlund makes announcement on record-setting attendance -- The Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff vs. The Killer Bees -- Gene Okerlund interviews Andre the Giant & Bobby "The Brain" Heenan -- Gene Okerlund interviews Hulk Hogan -- Bob Uecker introduction -- Mary Hart introduction -- WWE Championship Match: Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant -- Wrestlemania III recap.
Summary:
"It set an indoor attendance record, and to this date no sports-entertainment crowd has been bigger. Two of the biggest WrestleMania matches of all time took place, as well as countless additional memories. WrestleMania III was a worldwide phenomenon, and now this Championship edition will allow fans to experience it in a whole new light, with a championship experience version of the event that gives fans pop-ups of extra tidbits and factoids."--Container.
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