Wrestlemania III may not have been a genuine 93,000 sell out as WWF proclaimed it was, but its still a massive crowd, and the supershow boasts two industry defining moments that managed to cement Wrestlemanias legacy as the premier professional wrestling event of the year from that moment on: Ricky the Dragon Steamboats defeat of the Macho Man Randy Savage for the Intercontinental championship has gone down in history as one of the greatest Wrestlemania matches of all time. The other defining moment? Clearly Hulk Hogan bodyslamming Andre The Giant and pinning him to retain the WWF championship. The slam itself reverberates throughout wrestling history more than the win a few seconds later, but the crowd are pretty insane for the entire match. As a technical effort its a lame duck, naturally even in his prime Hogan was as poor a wrestler as he was a genius at connecting with the crowd, and Andre was a good few years past his own prime. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H_RbnnX-II Nonetheless, professional wrestling is about a lot more than just flawless technical work, and this is the match that proves it, probably more than any other.
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