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Background. The event was held at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, the Rosemont Horizon in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois, and the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California.
WrestleMania 2 was the second annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on Monday, April 7, 1986 and took place at three venues: the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, the Rosemont Horizon...
- The Main Event was Hulk Hogan at his most Hulk Hogan. Whatever you think of Hulk Hogan, you cannot deny he was insanely over. Fans would cheer his every move and mannerism.
- Ok, Dynamite Kid is amazing. You have to go through many terrible matches to get to a true quality tag match. It was the British Bulldogs versus Brutus Beefcake and Greg “The Hammer” Valentine, in what was a well-built storyline that gave the Bulldogs their first tag title.
- Just don’t have boxing matches at WrestleMania. If you want to see boxing, go see an actual boxing match. Despite this simple idea, the WWE decides from time to time to have “so-called” boxing matches, complete with judges as if it is a real contest.
- Future WrestleMania Stars get off to terrible starts. WrestleMania 2 had some truly terrible matches. I don’t think I need to see a match with Uncle Elmer, Corporal Kirchner or a 59 second Women’s Title match ever again.
WrestleMania 2 emanated from three different cities – New York, Los Angeles and Chicago – and featured a Triple Main Event. WrestleMania 2 was the first WrestleMania which was available on pay-per-view television.
Shortly after the previous year's WrestleMania (1985), WWF Chairman Vince McMahon secretly pitched an angle where Jimmy Snuka would turn heel, starting a feud with Hulk Hogan that would culminate in a steel cage match between Hogan and Snuka at WrestleMania 2.
WrestleMania 2. WrestleMania made history again by emanating from three separate venues: New York’s Nassau Coliseum, Illinois’ Rosemont Horizon and California’s Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. Among the evening’s highlights was a 20-Superstar Battle Royal featuring WWE Superstars and pro football players, the Ozzy Osbourne-seconded ...
Second WrestleMania on April 7th, 1986, airing simultaneously in Uniondale, Chicago and Los Angeles. In the different venues, it is Hulk Hogan vs. Roddy Piper, the Dream Team vs. the British Bulldogs and Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy.
