WrestleMania Rewind: WrestleMania II - Hulk Hogan vs King Kong Bundy
The wait for the granddaddy of them all, WrestleMania is almost over. The anticipation for the extravaganza is sky high among the WWE Universe. And since the pay-per-view is richer than Richie rich when it comes to history, we have decided to take a look back at some of the best WrestleMania matches with this latest series.Now let us travel back to the year 1986. The second annual WrestleMania PPV was held on April 7, 1986 at New York, Illinois and Los Angeles, California. This was the only WrestleMania till date that was held on a Monday contrary to the customary Sunday every year. The match that stole the show in this year’s Mania was between Hulk Hogan and King Kong Bundy at Los Angeles sports arena for the WWF Championship inside a Steel Cage.
#1 The Build-Up
On November 2nd, 1985 episode of ‘Saturday Night’s Main event’, Hogan and Andre the Giant fought against Bundy and Big John Studd with the former winning the match. On March 1st 1986, Hogan was defending his WWF title against The Magnificent Muraco and just when Hogan was about to pin Muraco, Bundy attacked Hogan. Bundy and Muraco teamed up and launched a 2-on-1 assault on Hogan and Bundy delivered his signature move, ‘Avalanche’ which broke Hogan’s ribs.
Bundy challenged Hogan for the WWF Championship at WrestleMania-2 and Hogan accepted the challenge, not heeding the doctor’s advice. So, a Steel cage match for the WWF Championship was set up at WrestleMania II.