WrestleMania II (1986)

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

Don Muraco Vs. Paul Orndorff - Huray, double DQ from the start :-/5/10Intercontinenta Championship: George Steel Vs. CHampion: Macho Man- Please no more stuff like this. The only interesting part was kick-out from Macho's finishing elbow. Heh. :)3/10George Wells Vs. Jake Roberts6/10Boxing Match Mr. T. Vs. Piper - WTF?! Why is this c*ap on the card.2/10Women's Championship: Welvet McIntyre Vs. Champion: Fabulous Moolah - 1-minute long match? God, this is really weak event.4/10Corporal Kirchner Vs. Nikolai Volkoff - 2-minute match. Good old classic... (insert ironic smile) 4/10Battle Royal - Solid fun, but Andre "Benefiting from Legend" Giant, like a winner? 7/10Brutus Beefcake/Greg Valentine Vs. The British Bulldogs - I give credit, where it deserves. Good match.7/10Hercules Hernandez Vs. Ricky Steamboat 6/10Adrian Adonis Vs. Uncle Elmer - Only PPV appearance of Stan Franzier, worst wrestler for year 1985.3/10Terry Funk/Hoss Funk Vs. Tito Santana/Junkyard Dog 5/10Cage: Hogan Vs. King Kong Bundy - What entertained this crowd? Can't get it. 4/10BTW: Listening to Piper's interviews is like pain in the a.. :-(

Well Wrestlemania was a success and now the WWF had become a coast-to-coast organization and for Wrestlemania 2, Vince McMahon decided to capitalize on this fact by holding Wrestlemania from three separate venues in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Unfortunately, this takes away from the show.The New York portion of the card consisted of: - Paul Orndorff fighting to a double countout with the Magnificent Muraco. Orndorff was very popular at this point and the crowd booed the hell out of the finish. - Jake Roberts, a few months into his WWF run, beat some random jobber named George Wells with the usual move (DDT) and usual post-curricular activities (Damien). - Randy Savage defeats Geroge Steele to retain his IC title. They couldn't find a better guy for Savage to feud with. - Mr. T defeats Roddy Piper by DQ in round four in a boxing match. This was T's last appearance in the WWF and the end of Piper's monster heel run and his ascent towards one of the most loved workers of all-time.The Chicago portion of the card consisted of: - Velvet McIntyre loses to The Fabulous Moolah in a Ladies Championship match. Next. - Corporal Kirshener (who?) defeated Volkoff in a flag match. Yeah, yeah a minute of my life I won't get back. - Andre the Giant won a Battle Royale that involved football players as well as Bret Hart, Jim Neidhart, The Iron Sheik, Hillbilly Jim, The Killer Bees, John Studd, Ted Arcidi, Tonga Kid (Haku), Dan Spivey, Russ Francis, Fridge Perry, Jimbo Covert, Harvey Martin, Bill Fralic, Bruno Sammartino, Tony Atlas, Pedro Morales and somebody whose name escapes me. Anyways cool to see Bret in WM debut and he is last eliminated by the big man. - British Bulldogs (with Ozzy) beat Beefcake and The Hammer to win tag titles. Good match, um...Dynamite took a nasty bump at the end. No wonder he's in a wheel chair.LA portion - Steamboat pins Hercules who was crazier than normal. Steamboat was talented. - Adrian Adonis beats some guy named Uncle Elmer (quoi) and well I didn't bother watching. - Terry Funk & Hoss Funk beat JYD and Chico Santana when the Funks hit JYD with the Colonel's megaphone. - Hogan beat Bundy in a steel cage mathc.

Wrestlemania II (1986) was shot at three different locations (bad idea). Vincent K. McMahon tried to be different and it nearly killed the series. Whenever you try to do an event such as this one in three seperate events, the quality is going to be anywhere from average to very poor. But hey you can't fault the man for trying. Most notable from this event is the great "boxing" match between Mr. T and "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. Piper's promos are worthy enough to sit through the rest of the matches. Mr. T is slouch either. The rest of the card is a mixed bag. For sideshow viewing you have the wrestlers/football players battle royale, the Funk Brothers in action (Terry and Dory jr. a.k.a. Hoss) and as always George "The Animal' Steele. Hulk Hogan (juiced to the gills) is locked in a brutal cage match with King Kong Bundy. Wrestling wise it's better than Wrestlemania I but it has it's boring and dull matches as well.For big fans of 80's wrestling.B

This one is not quite as bad as the first, but it does suck. The tag-title match is good, and I like battle royals, so that is a fun watch (even with pro-footballers in there) But the three different locals sticks. YOu get stuck with different annoucers & crowds and just breaks up the show. Take a pass on this one for sure.