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WrestleMania was not suffixed by Roman numerals until the 3rd WrestleMania, when it became clear that it would be an annual event - the first two WrestleMania just had numbers after their name, not numerals. This is from the official guide to WrestleMania published by

McPhail 22:27, 31 July 2005 (UTC)[reply
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  • Support. – AxSkov (☏) 09:27, 16 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose WWE.com's Wrestlemania history page is showing Roman numerals for this event--JB 05:25, 17 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I've moved it to

WrestleMania (1985) as the name of it was not suffixed by any numeral. This is, of course, open to discussion but I do think it works best. violet/riga (t) 09:07, 18 August 2005 (UTC)[reply
]

King Kong Bundy v SD Jones

I was just watching the match. I timed it also. My timer says 22.58Seconds and the Ring Anouncer says the match was finished in 9 seconds!! heh. (should both times be noted?) Govvy 22:19, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The discrepency is already noted. TJ Spyke 22:20, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
KK, I was just watched it, it did officially say 23 seconds in the event. So I shaved a second off. Govvy 22:24, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I just watched the match. 9 seconds is the Kayfabe number. The match clearly lasts 22. It should be changed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CE08:C8D0:C104:D709:B24F:8531 (talk) 19:48, 30 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Image alignment in this article

The alignment of the images needs fixing. Govvy 13:59, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I took care of it, got rid of the space caused by how close the first two pics were to each other. TJ Spyke 22:48, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like this one [[Image:WMsantana.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Tito Santana vs. The Executioner]] has to be right under the ==Results== header. Now the bottom one needs fixing. Govvy 23:19, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your edit created a huge white speace between the section heading and the first match result. I'm guessing you use Firefox since I have IE and the current version of the page is fine, everything is alligned fine (I have noticed in the past that Firefox users have problems with Wikipedia). TJ Spyke 23:23, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

ye, I have been experiencing problems, I thought I try an edit and view both. Seems to work better when they are all under the results header. Govvy 23:29, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed the alignment for better view in both firefox and Internet Explorer. It should look good now.--
3:16 23:31, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply
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The way you did it Govvy looks horrible for me. --

3:16 23:34, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply
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LOL you made it look much worse for me in IE and Firefox!! I got major whitespace!! Govvy 23:36, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your edit made all of the images line up at the very top of the results section for me man. --
3:16 23:37, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply
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and the whitespace? Govvy 23:38, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

what version of IE are you using? Try upgrading it, see if it'll work. --
3:16 23:40, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply
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I have the latest versions of Firefox and IE! Govvy 23:43, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No way man, I have the latest version of both too and the article looks fine to me w/o any white spaces. Maybe it has something to do with the resolution of your screen. I have mine set to default. --
3:16 23:44, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply
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I have 1024 by 768 what do you have? Govvy 23:49, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I also have the latest version of IE. I don't use Firefox, I tried it but didn't care for it. My resolution is 1280x800 (the default, I have a widescreen monitor). TJ Spyke 23:50, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have same as TJ's on this comp and 1024 by 768 on my other one. Both look fine to me so I don't know whats up with yours Govvy.--
3:16 23:53, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply
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Expansion

Surely the most famous WWF event of all time could use a little expansion, correct? I'd love to see this with enough info to become a good article, or even featured. FamicomJL 19:47, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have begun work on the expansion. Anyone like to help? FamicomJL 00:03, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

First PPV

This article claims that it's a "common misconception" that the Wrestling Classic was the first PPV but the official website of WWE claims that WrestleMania 2 was the first WrestleMania on PPV and it makes no mention of WrestleMania being the first PPV on the facts section of it. Links: WM Facts WM2 Facts I looked through the edit history and it was originally this

"However, contrary to popular belief, WrestleMania was not the inaugural pay-per-view event in the WWF's history. It aired only on closed circuit television, set up in various venues throughout the United States. The first actual pay per view event the WWF, held on November 7, 1985, was called The Wrestling Classic. The first WrestleMania to be shown on pay-per-view was WrestleMania 2, held on April 7, 1986."

It seems to be supported by those links. But then T00C00L came in and changed it to what it is now and he also changed the article on The Wrestling Classic. No citation at all and the article for The Wrestling Classic even acknowledges the WWE.com thing yet it's still treated as absolute fact in the PPV chronology. Why is this? Shouldn't it be changed back or at the very least need a citation needed? 24.159.39.11 (talk) 23:52, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

From what i've read, it was available on a very limited PPV (PPV was still pretty new). TJ Spyke 00:08, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know how I would source this, but on the WWE 24/7's airing of The Wrestling Classic, Ricky Steamboat introduces The Wrestling Classic as the first ever WWF PPV. Loosie (talk) 21:41, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Here's what I'm gonna say, if it was watched on PPV in some parts of the country instead of Closed Circuit Television, I would count this as the inaugural PPV for the WWE. Because unless you're someone who was alive back then or goes on Wikipedia and looks up WWE, you're never gonna know what the Wrestling Classic was.--Nascarking (talk) 19:58, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:WMandre.jpg

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Fair use rationale for Image:WMsantana.jpg

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Mr. T problems?

I was reading the

WrestleMania
article and read there were some troubles with Mr. T

"Mr. T entered the world of

WrestleMania
. Hulk Hogan wrote in his autobiography that Mr. T saved the main event of WrestleMania I between them and "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff because when he arrived, security would not let his entourage into the building. Mr. T was ready to skip the show until Hogan personally talked him out of leaving. Piper has said that he and other fellow wrestlers disliked Mr. T because he was an actor coming into wrestling and had never paid his dues as a professional wrestler."

My question is what exactly did they mean "entourage" ? Was it like the entourage they have in boxing? I just don't get what Mr. T needed all that for, although in the early 1986

SNME i did notice Mr. T had a group of people with him, i wonder if that's who they were making reference to. --Terminator14 (talk) 19:17, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply
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"The 50 Greatest Moments at Madison Square Garden"

I was just watching "The 50 Greatest Moments at Madison Square Garden" last Saturday, July 12, 2008 on

ION Television and "Wrestlemania" was mentioned being at number thirty. Is this important information and if so should this be mentioned in the article? Any feedback would be appreciated. Gibsonj338 (talk) 05:36, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply
]

Added. Nikki311 22:09, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pre-GA review

Sorry about not getting to this sooner. Once again, I think you've written a great article. A few things to consider:

  1. I believe the picture of Hulk Hogan and Mr. T needs a separate fair use rationale for this article. I don't believe that listing the articles as part of the rationale is sufficient.
    Done. Nikki311 00:27, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. In the preliminary matches section, the repetition of "Windham" in "After Rotundo tagged in his partner Windham, Windham performed a bulldog on The Sheik." is kind of awkward. He is stated to be Rotundo's partner earlier in the paragraph, so perhaps something could be trimmed from "his partner Windham".
    Done. Nikki311 00:27, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. The quotation from Powell in the quotation box is repeated from the prose in the Reception section, which seems redundant. My suggestion is to summarize the quotation in the prose instead (eg. "He claimed the main event match, in which Mr. T took part, was humorous despite its lack of technical wrestling.").
    Done. Nikki311 00:27, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Consistency is needed in the References section for the publishers: World Wrestling Entertainment vs. WWE.com.
    Done. Nikki311 00:27, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  5. It is best not to begin paragraphs with a number, so a slight rephrasing at the beginning of the Production section would help.
    Done. Nikki311 00:27, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I hope this helps. GaryColemanFan (talk) 19:49, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Great suggestions! You're always a big help! Nikki311 00:27, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is
Talk:WrestleMania (1985)/GA1
. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Hello, I am CarpetCrawler, and I will be the Good Article reviewer for this article. It seems a lot has changed from when I used to do these, this new good article review process is unbelievably confusing! At any rate, check this section of the talk page in a day or two, as I will fully review this article, and check and see if it passes as a good article. Thank you very much for reading, and I must say, what a wonderful job you've done to this article! If you have any questions, by all means you may ask on my talkpage. CarpetCrawler (talk) 00:03, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Alright...will do. Thanks so much! Nikki311 04:14, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GA review

I have just a few issues with this article, as it stands right now. They are:

  • "Nine professional wrestling matches, performances with pre-determined outcomes between wrestlers with fictional personalities that are portrayed as real, were featured." - Is that really necessary to say? Hopefully people reading the article know that professional wrestling is pre-determined! Not really saying to get rid of it, just pointing out how it looks out of place in the lead.
  • That was added in to the article in response to FA reviewers saying that the article needs to 100% make it clear that wrestling is predetermined. They cited
    WP:FICTION. Nikki311 22:11, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply
    ]
  • "For the first WrestleMania, Vince McMahon began cross promoting with MTV and several celebrities like Muhammad Ali, Liberace and Cyndi Lauper appeared during the build up to and at the event." - This sentence is particularly sloppy. Perhaps a re-write is in order?
  • Both "Brawl to End It All" and "The War to Settle the Score" are red links in the article, and not too much information is given about either show. Perhaps more info could be given for both shows? Right now I suggest that both are de-wikified, and perhaps an article is done for each at a later date?
  • Both articles definitely need to be created. I'll delink for now, though. Nikki311 22:11, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wikify "coconut" in the "Background and promotion" section
  • "Bundy defeated Jones in record making time. The WWF's official time for the match is nine seconds." I've seen the match, and it's very obvious to me that the match went way over nine seconds. Perhaps a mention of the fact that the time given by the WWF was incorrect should be made? Just to clarify, I mean the paragraph in the article getting a mention added, I know that the results box says 23 seconds. However, it will confuse the reader to see two different times listed in the same article.
  • The "Reception" paragraph is a little short. I suggest that you add another paragraph or another review, or so.
  • Someone, in a post above my review, mentioned that MSG Network put this on their list of the 50 Greatest Moments at MSG. I think that would be great for the reception page. I know that the episode aired in 2007, so if you want to go and use the cite episode template, you can do so.

Until all of my issues have been fixed, I will place this article on hold, and give you an adequate amount of time to meet my requirements. Thank you, and if you have any questions, feel free to ask on here or my talkpage! CarpetCrawler (talk) 19:51, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

All finished! Nikki311 22:21, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The article has passed! Wonderful job! I'll just fix the link to

ION Television, as its original airings were on the MSG Network. Congratulations! CarpetCrawler (talk) 04:36, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply
]

Cool. Thanks! Nikki311 18:43, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned references in
WrestleMania (1985)

I check pages listed in

WrestleMania (1985)
's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "Gerweck":

  • From WrestleMania 2000: "WWE WrestleMania 2000 Results". Gerweck.net. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
  • From WrestleMania X8: "WrestleMania X8 results". Gerweck. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
  • From WrestleMania X-Seven: "WrestleMania X-Seven report". Gerweck. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
  • From Bobby Heenan: "Bobby Heenan Interview". gerweck.net. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
  • From WrestleMania XIX: "WrestleMania XIX Results". Gerweck.net. Retrieved 2008-02-22.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 23:25, 2 June 2010 (UTC) --Nascarking (talk) 17:00, 19 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Moved behind our backs

This has been discussed that we moved WrestleMania I to WrestleMania (1985). Whoever moved it back did so without consensus.I never did see a move request in the last 7 days or so on this talk page. I could be wrong but I haven't seen one.--Nascarking 22:11, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Final Discussion

{{movenotice|WrestleMania (1985)}} Over the last few days Feedback has moved this page from WrestleMania (1985) to WrestleMania I without even once putting this up for discussion with any of the members of WikiWrestling. I tried to move it back to what we had come to a consensus the 1st time WrestleMania (1985), but Feedback moved it back without giving any notice. So I've decided enough is enough. We're putting this up to a Final Discussion and settling this ONCE AND FOR ALL! We're gonna decide weather we should keep it as WrestleMania I or move it to WrestleMania (1985) and leave it there for GOOD.--Nascarking 21:55, 1 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

But it was discussed over at
Truth-- 02:28, 2 October 2010 (UTC)[reply
]
Wikipedia disagrees with you, as you have had pointed out to you on multiple occasions in the past. This article isn't the property of a single Wikiproject, so the discussion should be open to Wikipedia as a whole. GaryColemanFan (talk) 22:32, 2 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Know your role GCF... Nascarking has retracted his opposition... 'less you got anything else to add.--
Truth-- 22:52, 2 October 2010 (UTC)[reply
]
I am well aware that my role is continually pointing out to you the fact that you rely on bullying and intentional ignorance to bypass Wikipedia policies and guidelines. GaryColemanFan (talk) 21:35, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Well I hope you feel better knowing that. Smiley :) --
Truth-- 21:49, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply
]

Vandals

68.102.212.199 has been vandalizing wrestling pages. Check the edit history. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CE6B:CA60:61FA:29F2:D92E:21B1 (talk) 23:22, 9 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Contemporary reception needed

Looking back on a show is fun, but it would be useful to relay what people at the time thought. I hear it was indeed a happening. InedibleHulk (talk) 18:04, 24 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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