10 Fascinating WWE WrestleMania 1 Facts

3. Don Muraco Was Kept Off The Show Due To Future Plans

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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?

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