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WrestleMania is a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the American promotion WWE, formerly known as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), and is considered the flagship event of the company. The events feature wrestlers from the promotion's roster competing in a variety of professional wrestling matches.
According to a 2014 study by Eastern Michigan University examining professional wrestlers who were active between 1985 and 2011, mortality rates for professional wrestlers are up to 2.9 times greater than the rate for men in the wider United States population. [1]
Christopher Michael Benoit (/ b ə ˈ n w ɑː / bə-NWAH; May 21, 1967 – June 24, 2007) was a Canadian professional wrestler.He worked for various pro-wrestling promotions during his 22-year career, but is notorious for murdering his wife and youngest son.
Main event: Shawn Michaels (with José Lothario) def. Bret Hart (C) in 1:56 of sudden death overtime of a 60-minute Iron Man Match to win the WWF Championship WrestleMania 13 Date: March 23, 1997
His last in-ring appearance was at WrestleMania III in the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, in 1987, at the age of 52. [5] Giroux, wrestling as Little Beaver, teamed with Hillbilly Jim and fellow midget wrestler the Haiti Kid , defeating King Kong Bundy and his midget tag-team partners Little Tokyo and Lord Littlebrook , after Bundy was ...
WrestleMania is an annual event that is put on by the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). It is the biggest show of the year for the company, which in turn is the biggest in professional wrestling.
That year they won the NWA World Tag Team Championship, [10] and the father/son duo held it until 1975 with successful defenses over The Mongols and Brazil and Curry. [11] While still tag-team champions, the Poffos moved on to the St. Louis Wrestling Club and continued to defend their championship. In 1975 they lost the title and returned to ...
The main attraction of this WrestleMania was the WWF Championship contested in an Iron Man match; whereby the winner would be the man to win most falls over sixty minutes. . Michaels had earned the opportunity to face reigning champion Bret Hart by winning the 1996 Royal Rumble, and had also defeated Owen Hart at In Your House 6 for the right to keep the WrestleMania title sh