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WrestleMania 2 was the second annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (although the first WrestleMania was only on pay-per-view in select areas).〔 It took place on Monday, April 7, 1986, making it the only WrestleMania that was not held on the customary Sunday. WrestleMania 2 took place at three venues: the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois, and the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California.〔〔〔 As with the first WrestleMania, the matches were shown on closed-circuit television across North America.〔 The event was also the first WrestleMania to air on the national pay-per-view market.〔http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/history/wm2/factsstats/〕 The commentating teams consisted of Vince McMahon and Susan Saint James in New York, Gorilla Monsoon, Gene Okerlund, and Cathy Lee Crosby in Chicago and Jesse Ventura, Alfred Hayes, and Elvira in Los Angeles. The ring announcers were Howard Finkel (New York), Chet Coppock (Chicago), and Lee Marshall (Los Angeles).〔 Each venue had one main event match and an undercard. The respective main events were a boxing match pitting Mr. T against Roddy Piper at Uniondale, New York,〔 a 20-man battle royal involving WWF wrestlers and NFL football players at Chicago〔 and a WWF Champion Hulk Hogan defending his title against King Kong Bundy in a steel cage match at Los Angeles.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=King Kong Bundy vs. Hulk Hogan Steel Cage WWE Championship Match )〕 Matches on the respective undercards saw Intercontinental Champion Randy Savage defending his title against George Steele〔 and Tag Team Champions The Dream Team (Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake) losing their titles against The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid).〔〔 ==Background== WrestleMania 2 consisted of professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that were played out on ''Championship Wrestling'', ''All-Star Wrestling'', ''Saturday Night's Main Event'' and ''Prime Time Wrestling'' — the World Wrestling Federation's (WWF) television programs. Wrestlers portrayed a villain or a hero as they followed a series of events that built tension, and culminated into a wrestling match or series of matches.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Live & Televised Entertainment of World Wrestling Entertainment )〕 Three of the main-event feuds were set up on the March 1, 1986, broadcast of ''Saturday Night's Main Event'': *The main feud heading into WrestleMania 2 was between Hulk Hogan and King Kong Bundy, with the two battling over the WWF Championship. Although they had wrestled occasionally beforehand, their first nationally televised encounter was on the November 2, 1985, edition of ''Saturday Night's Main Event'' where Hogan teamed up with André the Giant against André's rivals Bundy and Big John Studd. Hogan and André won the match.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Saturday Night's Main Event results – November 2, 1985 )〕 On March 1, Hogan defended his WWF title against The Magnificent Muraco. Just as Hogan was about to pin Muraco, Bundy ran into the ring and—with Muraco's help—initiated a 2-on-1 assault on Hogan, repeatedly crushing him with his body weight (with a move called the "Avalanche") to break his ribs.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Saturday Night's Main Event results – March 1, 1986 )〕 Hogan had a very serious (scripted) injury, while Bundy (gloating over his actions) challenged Hogan for the title. With revenge on his mind, Hogan decided not to heed his doctor's advice and accepted the challenge; a match was then booked between the two in a steel cage for the WWF title.〔 *The second feud heading into the event was between Mr. T and Roddy Piper. Piper established himself as the top heel in the WWF in 1984, and a year later joined Paul Orndorff and Bob Orton to feud with Hulk Hogan and Mr. T. Hogan and T defeated Piper and Orndorff in the main event of the first-ever WrestleMania.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Paul Orndorff and Roddy Piper with Cowboy Bob Orton vs. Hulk Hogan and Mr. T with Jimmy Snuka )〕 The Piper-Mr. T feud restarted in 1986 after their real-life hatred for each other became known, prompting the WWF to turn their animosity for one another into a feud. Piper and others disliked Mr. T because he was an actor and was unskilled wrestling-wise. In response, Mr. T became a special WWF boxer and began competing in boxing matches. On the March 1 ''Saturday Night's Main Event'', Mr. T defeated Orton in a boxing match.〔 After the match, Piper distracted Mr. T, allowing Orton to attack from behind and start a 2-on-1 assault. Mr. T then demanded revenge, leading to his boxing match against Piper. *The third main feud heading into WrestleMania was between The Dream Team (Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake) and The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid) over the WWF Tag Team Championship. On August 24, 1985, Beefcake and Valentine won the tag titles from The U.S. Express (Barry Windham and Mike Rotundo).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dream Team's first World Tag Team Championship reign )〕 Immediately after their title win, they were challenged by British Bulldogs for the titles. They retained their titles against Bulldogs at a house show on September 11 by getting disqualified. They defended the titles against Bulldogs again on ''Saturday Night's Main Event'', where they emerged victorious against Bulldogs.〔 After Bulldogs failed in winning the titles twice, Dream Team agreed to defend their titles against Bulldogs for a final time with a title match set at WrestleMania. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WrestleMania 2」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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