Wrestlemania 5

The Trump plaza, once again, was the venue for Wrestlemania; only this time Wrestlemania 5. The Trump plaza is the only venue to hold Wrestlemania twice in a row, and what would Wrestlemania ,being at the Trump Plaza, be without Donald Trump Himself; who was live in attendance. This PPV was the last one of the 80’s and it was jammed pack with amazing matches. Howard Finkel is back, as well as a new WWE Icon appearing for the first time. Not that many celebrities were on hand, but RUN DMC came out and preformed.



The first match I would like to talk to you about is the debut match, at Wrestlemania, of Shawn Michaels. Shawn Michaels is the “’Show Stopper”, “ The Main Event” “ The Heartbreak Kid”, but before all that he was a part of an up and coming tag team The Rockers. Shawn Michaels along with Marty jannetty took on the team of the “Twin Towers”. the “Twin Towers” we composed of The Big Boss Man and Akeem and they would end up defeating The Rockers; and putt the first loss at Wrestlemania on the records for Shawn Michaels. Although The Rockers lost the match, they amazed the crowd with their high flying action and precise double team maneuvers. The story of The Rockers only begins here and with the help of The Hart Foundation they put tag team wrestling on the map.

The next match would be for the Intercontinental Championship. After debuting at Wrestlemania 4, The Ultimate Warrior would continue his rise to fame. The Ultimate Warrior had become Intercontinental Champion for the first time and remained undefeated. Now an every year event, The Royal Rumble would begin this feud of The Warrior and The Ravishing One. At The Royal Rumble, both men competed in a posedown match. The ultimate Warrior would win, and Rick Rude then attacked The Warrior; which would lead to a match at Wrestlemania 5 for the title. “Ravishing” Rick Rude was a member of the heel faction: The Heenan Family, and the founder; Bobby “ The Brain” Heenan would accompany Rude down to ringside. The Ultimate Warrior would dominate most of this match until interference from Heenan. Rick Rude attempted his finishing move on The Warrior but The Warrior tosses him over the apron. As Rude tries to get back in the ring, The Warrior would grab him to attempt a suplex; he would then have his foot held by Heenan and have Rude fall on him to get the pinfall. This was Rude’s first title win, and this was the first loss for The Ultimate Warrior. This match would not put out the flame of The Warrior, going into the nineties he makes himself a heavyweight contender; and will headline Wrestlemania 6; but we’ll get to that next post.


Now the main event, the explosion of the Mega Powers. The Macho Madness was running wild; along side Hulkamania, until jealousy got in the way of their friendship. Randy Savage began to think Hogan was messing around with his wife Miss Elisabeth and started to feud with him. This match would begin the end of Macho’s rise to fame; as he looses to Hulk Hogan. Hogan would become WWF champion for the 2nd time and would later star in his first movie, “No Holds Barred”. Savage however would lose his wife Elisabeth, and become the top heel of the early 90’s.