10 Fascinating Facts About WWE WrestleMania III
5. The Six Man Tag Was Meant To Take Pressure Off Of Dynamite Kid
Conspicuous by its absence from the WrestleMania 3 card was a Tag Team Championship bout (as opposed to today, where a lack of such a match is as commonplace as the ring ropes). Champions The Hart Foundation would have presumably put the gold on the line against the team they screwed over for them, The British Bulldogs. It seemed like a logical bout, but Dynamite Kid's health was a concern.
The real-life Tom Billington suffered a horrific back injury in December 1986, necessitating the title switch, and what about looked like the probable end of Dynamite's career. Bret Hart later asserted that the six man, tacking on conniving official Danny Davis with the Harts, and Tito Santana (whom Davis had also done dirty) with the Bulldogs, would prevent the need for Dynamite to throw himself around with reckless abandon, as was his norm.