10 Fascinating WWE WrestleMania 1 Facts
3. Don Muraco Was Kept Off The Show Due To Future Plans
Numerous recognizable performers were omitted from the WrestleMania card for one reason or another, and perhaps none was more conspicuous than "Magnificent" Muraco. The dry-witted powerhouse, and two-time former Intercontinental Champion, had returned from a hiatus of several months in early 1985, now managed by Mr. Fuji. He took up a full schedule again, so his absence from the maiden WrestleMania feels a bit odd.
Muraco would later claim in a shoot interview that he was being saved to work a series of WWE Championship bouts with Hulk Hogan post-Mania. Sure enough, the two worked at the Garden three times between April and June 1985, culminating with Hogan thwarting him a steel cage match. Still, couldn't Muraco have squashed someone like Rocky Johnson or Barry O on the show, to build him up more?