WWE WrestleMania 3 Results – March 29, 1987 – Hogan vs. Andre

By Ry

March 29, 1987 from the Pontaic Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan which set an indoor attendance record of 93,173 fans at the time.

The Card:
– “The Can Am Connection” Rick Martel and Tom Zenk defeated Bob Orton & Don Muraco
– Billy Jack Haynes and Hercules wrestled to a double-countout
– Hillbilly Jim, Haiti Kid & Little Beaver defeated King Kong Bundy, Little Tokyo & Lord Littlebrook via DQ
– Harley Race defeated Junk Yard Dog
– Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake defeated the Rougeau Brothers
– Roddy Piper defeated Adrian Adonis in which was billed as “Piper’s Retirement match”
– The Hart Foundation & Danny Davis defeated the British Bulldogs and Tito Santana
– Butch Reed defeated Koko B. Ware
– Ricky Steamboat defeated Randy Savage to for the Intercontinental Championship
– Honky Tonk Man defeated Jake :the Snake” Roberts
– Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff defeated the Killer Bees via DQ
– World Wrestling Federation Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Andre the Giant

Title Changes:
Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat defeated Randy Savage for the Intercontinental title, this was the first time that the IC title changed hands at WM.

WM FACTS:
– 93,173 fans in attendance, enough said.
– Wrestlemania III featured not only the classic Savage/Steamboat match which is one of the greatest matches of all time, but saw the “Passing of the Guard” as Andre the Giant lost to Hulk Hogan in the main event of Wrestlemania III.
– Roddy Piper’s Retirement match up at III was just another Wrestling cliche, as Piper went on wrestling wll over a decade, even facing off with Bret Hart at Wrestlemania 7 for the Intercontinetal title.
– Brutus Beefcake’s Barber Gimmick debuted at Wrestlemania III as after partner Greg Valentine turned on Beefcake in the Dream Team’s match with Rougeau Brothers, Beefcake returned in the aftermath of Piper’s retirement match up with Adrian Adonis to clip Adonis’s hair.
– Entertainers, Mary Hart, Bob Ueker, Aretha Franklin, and Alice Cooper all took part in Wrestlemania III in some shape or form.
– The Tag team titles were not defended at Wrestlemania III as the current tag team champions at the time, the Hart Foundation participated in a 6 man tag.
– Ricky Steamboat after his classic match up with Randy Savage at Wrestlemania III went on to lose the Intercontinental title weeks later to the self proclaimed “Greatest Intercontinental Champion of All time,” The Honky Tonk Man.