WrestleMania 2 information

WrestleMania 2
WrestleMania 2
	Promotional poster featuring Hulk Hogan and King Kong Bundy
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	April 7, 1986
City	Uniondale, New York; Rosemont, Illinois; Los Angeles, California;
Venue	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum; Rosemont Horizon; Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena;
Attendance	40,085 (combined)
Tagline(s)	The Premier Sporting Event of the Year!; What the World Has Come To!
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WrestleMania 2 was the second annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE).^[a] The event took place on April 7, 1986 (a Monday), making it the only WrestleMania that was not held on the traditional Sunday until the two-night WrestleMania 36 in April 2020. The event took place at three venues simultaneously: the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, the Rosemont Horizon in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois, and the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California.

Each venue had its own card of four matches each, totaling 12 matches for WrestleMania 2. The main event in Uniondale was a boxing match pitting Mr. T against "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. In Chicago, the main event saw a 20 man “Over-The-Top-Rope” Battle Royal. The main event in Los Angeles featured WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan defending his title against King Kong Bundy in a steel cage match. The undercard in Uniondale also saw WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion "Macho Man" Randy Savage defend his title against George "The Animal" Steele, while the event in Chicago featured a 20-man battle royal involving WWF wrestlers and National Football League players.

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "WrestleMania II Facts/Stats". WWE. Archived from the original on March 23, 2008. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c "WrestleMania 2 review". Gerweck.net. Archived from the original on June 23, 2008. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
^ "Wrestlemania 2 main event". WWE. Archived from the original on December 31, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
^ Cawthon, Graham (2013). the History of Professional Wrestling Vol 1: WWF 1963 - 1989. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1492825975.

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[pwh-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "WrestleMania II results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Archived from the original on March 29, 2007. Retrieved May 25, 2008.

[wm2facts-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "WrestleMania II Facts/Stats". WWE. Archived from the original on March 23, 2008. Retrieved May 25, 2008.

[gerweck.net-3] "WrestleMania 2 review". Gerweck.net. Archived from the original on June 23, 2008. Retrieved May 25, 2008.

[4] "Wrestlemania 2 main event". WWE. Archived from the original on December 31, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2014.

[WWF6389Book-5] Cawthon, Graham (2013). the History of Professional Wrestling Vol 1: WWF 1963 - 1989. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1492825975.

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