WrestleMania III

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WrestleMania III was the third pay-per-view in WWE's annual WrestleMania series. The event took place in the Pontiac Silverdome on March 29, 1987. It is particularly notable for being reported as setting an attendance record of 93,173, the largest North American indoor crowd to witness a live sporting event and largest paid crowd in the history of professional wrestling. It held the overall indoor attendance record until a visit by Pope John Paul II broke the record. The actual attendance of WrestleMania III is in dispute, as some sources later claimed attendance as being around 78,000. It is possible the confusion stems from paid attendance vs actual attendance, as typically some seats are given away and some critics may not feel as if people who did not pay to attend deserve to be counted. Regardless, it is widely considered to be the pinnacle of the 1980's wrestling boom.

Match Results

• The Can-Am Connection (Rick Martel and Tom Zenk) defeated Cowboy Bob Orton and The Magnificent Muraco.
• Billy Jack Haynes wrestled Hercules to a double-countout.
• Hillbilly Jim,with midgets Haiti Kid and Little Beaver defeated King Kong Bundy and midgets Little Tokyo and Lord Littlebrook by disqualification.
• "The King" Harley Race defeated Junk Yard Dog.
• Greg "The Hammer" Valentine and Brutus Beefcake defeated The Fabulous Rougeaus (Jacques and Raymond)
• "Rowdy" Roddy Piper defeated Adrian Adonis.
• The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart) and Danny Davis defeated The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and The Dynamite Kid) and Tito Santana.
• Butch Reed defeated Koko B. Ware.
• Ricky Steamboat defeated "Macho Man" Randy Savage to capture the Intercontinental Championship in a match that is regarded as a classic.
• Honky Tonk Man defeated Jake "The Snake" Roberts.

NOTE: Rock star Alice Cooper escorted Roberts to the ring.

• Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff defeated The Killer Bees (B. Brian Blair and Jim Brunzell) by disqualification.

Main Event

• Hulk Hogan defeated André the Giant to successfully defend the WWF Heavyweight Championship.

The show also featured Aretha Franklin's performance of "America the Beautiful," and appearances by Bob Uecker and Mary Hart.

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