7 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE WrestleMania I
1. History In The Making
It's almost comical to consider how WWE once transformed the landscape of professional wrestling within the confines of a 2:16 runtime when the product it later became barely books cogent title switches over 7 hours, but in less time than it takes to sit through two thirds of a Monday Night Raw, Vince McMahon changed everything.
For those already clinging on to his 'Rock N Wrestling' juggernaut, this was validation that professional wrestling was the place to be. For those that hadn't yet seen the faddy phenomenon, it was perhaps the best possible exhibition.
Celebrities were worth more than the sum of their parts in creating the spectacle McMahon craved, but the likes of Muhammad Ali, Liberace and Cyndi Lauper were legitimate megastars lending their names and credibility to the project.
WrestleMania I informed not just a wary wrestling audience but a brand new mainstream one that it was cooler to be on the inside of the operation than locked outside.