Worse. It was "mawage."

Tsk, tsk, tsk! It figures that <b>you'd</b> be a fan of such a crass and plebian spectacle.

PS- I think that it was Wrestlemania 3 where Hulk fought Andre the Giant. In Wrestlemania 1 didn't Hulk and Mr. T fight Rowdy Roddy Piper and Brutus Beefcake? With Liberace as the co-announcer with Billy Martin?

And Bert Kennedy as the special guest referee.

Ah, too bad. If it was Plantar Facetious, we maybe coulda got Dread Pirate Roberts to fix up WinterWillie.

Here's a blast from the past..and no I don't mean what happens the day after JR eats chili for dinner...

http://www.brunosammartino.com/

Actually I'm more of a fan of Dominic T DeNucci Sr.
http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com...denucci/01.jpg

[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Jun 23rd, 2004 at 11:30 AM]

Maybe, I'd stopped watching by then. But the match where Andre turns over the belt was before Wrestlemania. When Andre gave up the belt, "Commissioner" McMahon ruled that the heavyweight title was vacant. Hulk lost it, Andre gave it up, and Million Dollar Man didn't beat anybody to get it. So no champ. They set up a single-elimination tournament with 14 or 16 guys to see who would come out as the champ. And I think that tournament was basically Wrestlemania I.

Holy sh1te.

Someone's stolen Chuck's password...

Nope. Wrestlemania 111- just like I said:
http://www.wrestlemaniahistory.com/wm03/main.html
http://www.wrestlemaniahistory.com/w...main_image.jpg

I almost had Wrestlemania 1 right too. Rowdy Roddy Piper's partner was Paul Orndorf instead of Brutus Beefcake.
http://www.wrestlemaniahistory.com/wm01/main.html

I retract my apology (for the time being, at any rate). According the website,
But this is NOT what happened in the match that we were talking about. Andre won the match that we were discussing, taking the title from Hogan. Then Andre handed over the belt to DeBiossie, leaving the title vacant. So when did that happen?

Ok, here it is. It was Wrestlemania IV. According to http://www.wrestlemaniahistory.com/wm04/fstats.html ,

The Andre/Hulk match must've been in the days just prior to Wrestlemania IV; and then they fought again at the event.

So I re-issue my apology, since I was wrong about it being Wrestlemania I, but it wasn't Wrestlemania III either. Nyah, nyah.

[Edited by ChuckElias on Jun 23rd, 2004 at 01:14 PM]

Damn, I hate when I have to apologize.

Chuck, I apologize too. You almost had it completely right. I bow down to your vast knowledge of professional wrestling. Who woulda thunk it?

See link below. Andre the Giant beat Hulk Hogan on 02/05/88. They took it away from him and held a 16 man tournament at Wrestlemania 4 on 03/27/88. Macho Man Randy Savage beat Ted DeBiase for the championship, with help from Hulk Hogan. The good twin, Blaine Kennedy was the referee.
http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/tiwwf.html

rainmaker-
wsohl & smoref had it correct. Wrestlers are assigned a color for ID purposes as their uniforms may be the same or simlar. The official raises the arm with the color of the scoring wrestler and indicates with his fingers how many points were earned.
As far as the references to Andre, Hulk, etc..., that is entertainment not athletics. Just check out their name, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).

Yea, I could tell the difference between real wrestling and the WWE stuff. It's easy to tell just by the names. Real wrestling has people like John Smith, and Jose Vasques. WWE has names like Smasher, Digger and so on. See, Jurassic, the study of baby names can be very enlightening and practical!

I don't think that word means what you think it means.