brilliant actors, brilliant editing

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Well Wrestlemania was a success and now the WWF had become a coast-to-coast organization and for Wrestlemania 2, Vince McMahon decided to capitalize on this fact by holding Wrestlemania from three separate venues in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Unfortunately, this takes away from the show.The New York portion of the card consisted of: - Paul Orndorff fighting to a double countout with the Magnificent Muraco. Orndorff was very popular at this point and the crowd booed the hell out of the finish. - Jake Roberts, a few months into his WWF run, beat some random jobber named George Wells with the usual move (DDT) and usual post-curricular activities (Damien). - Randy Savage defeats Geroge Steele to retain his IC title. They couldn't find a better guy for Savage to feud with. - Mr. T defeats Roddy Piper by DQ in round four in a boxing match. This was T's last appearance in the WWF and the end of Piper's monster heel run and his ascent towards one of the most loved workers of all-time.The Chicago portion of the card consisted of: - Velvet McIntyre loses to The Fabulous Moolah in a Ladies Championship match. Next. - Corporal Kirshener (who?) defeated Volkoff in a flag match. Yeah, yeah a minute of my life I won't get back. - Andre the Giant won a Battle Royale that involved football players as well as Bret Hart, Jim Neidhart, The Iron Sheik, Hillbilly Jim, The Killer Bees, John Studd, Ted Arcidi, Tonga Kid (Haku), Dan Spivey, Russ Francis, Fridge Perry, Jimbo Covert, Harvey Martin, Bill Fralic, Bruno Sammartino, Tony Atlas, Pedro Morales and somebody whose name escapes me. Anyways cool to see Bret in WM debut and he is last eliminated by the big man. - British Bulldogs (with Ozzy) beat Beefcake and The Hammer to win tag titles. Good match, um...Dynamite took a nasty bump at the end. No wonder he's in a wheel chair.LA portion - Steamboat pins Hercules who was crazier than normal. Steamboat was talented. - Adrian Adonis beats some guy named Uncle Elmer (quoi) and well I didn't bother watching. - Terry Funk & Hoss Funk beat JYD and Chico Santana when the Funks hit JYD with the Colonel's megaphone. - Hogan beat Bundy in a steel cage mathc.

Wrestlemania II (1986) was shot at three different locations (bad idea). Vincent K. McMahon tried to be different and it nearly killed the series. Whenever you try to do an event such as this one in three seperate events, the quality is going to be anywhere from average to very poor. But hey you can't fault the man for trying. Most notable from this event is the great "boxing" match between Mr. T and "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. Piper's promos are worthy enough to sit through the rest of the matches. Mr. T is slouch either. The rest of the card is a mixed bag. For sideshow viewing you have the wrestlers/football players battle royale, the Funk Brothers in action (Terry and Dory jr. a.k.a. Hoss) and as always George "The Animal' Steele. Hulk Hogan (juiced to the gills) is locked in a brutal cage match with King Kong Bundy. Wrestling wise it's better than Wrestlemania I but it has it's boring and dull matches as well.For big fans of 80's wrestling.B

*POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD*I'll only say what hasn't already been said here (and I'll continue this for the rest of my WWF/WWE comments).If you're going to have a Women's title match, at least make it interesting, rather than just a squash to put over the current champion. I guess Moolah couldn't handle an intense match but they wanted to have the legend in a WrestleMania.I thought the Killer Bees were wasted in WrestleManias, especially here. I became a fan in 1989, about a year after the B. Brian Blair was gone and Jim Brunzell became a canvas back. So I didn't realize for a while that they were a top tag team, even top contenders.But I loved seeing Bill Fralic in the battle royal. He really came into his own here, creating a cocky heel character in a pre-match interview and even making an elimination in the battle royal. Besides Steve McMichael and Kevin Greene, he is the only professional athlete from my generation with any respect for wrestling (anyone remember Dennis Rodman?). And what was with the Hart Foundation's ridiculous green tights?

A very lackluster show. I remember being like "What a show!" Back when I first saw it. Well 17 years later and I really dont like any of the card at all. Well thats what happens when you turn from Mark to Smark.The Funks vs. JYD and Tito match was suprinsgly good, while Match of the night honours go to Bulldogs vs. Valentine/Beefcake.Not recommended.BTW, if you want to chat about the good old days of wrestling just drop me an e-mail!