In what has since been billed as the “biggest main event in sports entertainment,” Hulk Hogan defended the WWF World Heavyweight Championship against Andre The Giant in the main event of WrestleMania III.
The finish saw Hogan scoop slam the 525 lb (238 kg) Giant before hitting the ropes and executing his leg drop pin to get the win and retain the championship.
Speaking on the Full Send Podcast, Hogan looked back on the iconic match.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On the lead-up to the match: “I’d never beaten the giant before, and there was no shame in getting beat by him because no one had ever beaten him. I asked Vince. I said, ‘You know here we are the night before, what are we doing tomorrow?’ Vince goes, ‘I don’t know […] I’m sure Andre will do the right thing.’ Vince wanted me to sit in the dressing room with Andre just to try to, like, make things cool, you know. I got to the building at noon and I sat next to Andre and I watched him drink three-fifths of Crown Royal. [I asked him the plan and he said], ‘Don’t Worry.’”
On the actual match: “All of a sudden, when the match was almost over he goes, ‘Slam!’ I thought I heard what I heard, and as he came towards me I took a step back and scooped him, and then got his momentum and I barely got him over. Then I dropped a leg thinking that he was going to kick out, and he didn’t kick out.”
On the win settling in backstage: “I realized what he had done for me. He had just made my career there brother. I was on a roll anyway, that was like hitting double nitrous buttons for me. [Vince] was excited. He knew we pulled a rabbit out of the hat. It could have went the other way because Andre was hurt real bad. […] There was a damn good chance we could have s**t the bed that night and ruined everything.”
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