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32 Things You Didn't Know About 'WrestleMania'

Edit Rollingstone 31 Mar 2016
Who can blame you? But a few of us still harken back to that same year's gimmicky blindfold match between Jake Roberts and Rick Martel, in which the foes went at it while wearing bags on their heads ... In fact, according to a 2014 interview, Roberts beams that he and Martel didn't even perspire, a feat that maybe wasn't repeated for another 21 years....

Stan Hansen Being Inducted Because Of WWE Network

Edit Inquisitr 22 Mar 2016
WWE rumors are circulating around Stan Hansen after Monday Night Raw. Management finally made the announcement that the former AWA World Heavyweight Championship is going to be inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame during Wrestlemania 32 weekend in Dallas, Texas, next month, according to WWE.com ... Hansen is being used to lure in fans from Japan to the WWE Network ... Stan Hansen vs Rick Martel [Image via WWE]....

Stan Hansen And His Bullrope To Be Inducted Into WWE Hall of Fame With Class ...

Edit Inquisitr 21 Mar 2016
The weekend of WrestleMania 32 is going to be one of the biggest for WWE in years, and for a number of reasons. Not only will the gigantic Pay-Per-View happen on Sunday. Not only will NXT Takeover. Dallas happen on Friday ... He was known for his sheer strength, brutality, and letting tobacco chaw spill down his chin and chest as he wrestled ... Other fans won’t forget how he won the AWA World Championship from Rick Martel in 1985....

Harley Race Timeline

Edit About.com 21 Feb 2016
Harley Race and "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase.  Ezra Shaw/Getty Images. The following is a timeline of the career of Harley Race ... 1965 ... 1966 ... 1967 ... 1973 ... 1975 ... 1977 ... 1979 ... 1980 ... 1981 ... 1983 ... 1985 ... 1986. 4/20 WrestleRock - fought Rick Martel to a double count-out ... 1987 ... 11/24 Survivor Series - Andre the Giant, Dino Bravo, Rick Rude, Harley Race, & Curt Hennig beat Jim Duggan, Jake Roberts, Scott Casey, Ken Patera, & Tito Santana....

Five Biggest Snubs of the WWE Hall of Fame

Edit About.com 21 Feb 2016
The WWE Hall of Fame selection process is shrouded in mystery. No one quite knows why certain wrestlers are in the Hall and others aren't ... Former champions like Bruno Sammartino, Randy Savage, Bob Backlund, and The Ultimate Warrior found themselves in this situation ... Chyna has yet to be enshrined in the WWE Hall of Fame ... He won the World Tag Team Championship with Haystacks Calhoun, Dean Ho, Larry Zbyzsko and twice with Rick Martel ... ....

Nikolai Volkoff Biography

Edit About.com 21 Feb 2016
Nikolai Volkoff during the "Legends of Wrestling" tour that came to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, Jan. 26, 2008.  Photo by Spc. George Welcome, USA  . The following is a timeline of the WWE career of Nikolai Volkoff as well as a few other career highlights ... Please note that he began his WWE career working under the name of Bepo Mongol ... 5/2 SNME #11 – Nikolai Volkoff & The Iron Sheik lost to Tom Zenk & Rick Martel....

Perfect 10 Tye Dillinger, NXT TV tapings at UCF in Orlando during WWE Royal Rumble Weekend

Edit The Miami Herald 21 Jan 2016
Tye Dillinger is making the most of a rare second life in WWE. His ‘Perfect 10’ gimmick has ‘Yes’ potential, and with it, he is climbing the NXT ladder. A breath of fresh air, the Perfect 10 causes reaction from the crowd ... He’s come a long way from those early days learning and wrestling in his homeland, north of the border ... ” ... Stands to reason, his favorite wrestlers -- The Model Rick Martel, Ravishing Rick Rude and, of course, Mr....

Mauro Ranallo lands dream gig as new voice of WWE's 'Smackdown'

Edit Yahoo Daily News 14 Dec 2015
When Mauro Ranallo was five years old and living in Canada, he dreamed of being an announcer for WWE. More than 30 years later, on Jan. 7 when the WWE's 'Smackdown' series moves to its new home on the USA Network, his dream will become a reality ... ... Ranallo grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia, watching the NWA and was enamored of stars such as Gene Kiniski, Don Leo Jonathan, The Funk brothers, Rowdy Roddy Piper and Rick Martell....

Kart Championship at state fairgrounds will end 2015 racing season

Edit Syracuse 04 Dec 2015
Syracuse, N.Y ... Rick Martell will be promoting the event for the final time before handing over the keys to longtime promoter Rich Murtaugh. During his tenure, Martell has seen some major growth in this form of racing. "Our pre-entries are almost double what they normally are," Martell said ... And according to Martell, not just kids are coming to karting ... "I think so many new people are involved," Martell said ... Bring the whole family ... ....

WWE news: Bubba Ray Dudley never wanted to be a singles star

Edit The Examiner 02 Nov 2015
The WWE has seen a resurgence of tag team wrestling over the last few months, with teams like New Day becoming the biggest tag team stars in the WWE in years. With Prime Time Players, Lucha Dragons, and more, it seems like the WWE tag team division is bigger than ever ... According to Bubba Ray, that was just fine by him ... He also talked about watching Tony Garea and Rick Martel as well as Mr. Fuji and Mr ... ....

WWE Hall of Famer Tito Santana on The Roman Show

Edit The Miami Herald 02 Aug 2015
“I hope so,” he said ... Santana had a long run in WWE including teaming with the Rick Martel and several individual accomplishments ... “When Strike Force, Santana and Martel, broke up I asked Vince McMahon to be the heel, but I guess they had it all worked out that Rick Martel was the heel,” he said, “but I always wanted to be the heel because they seem to have the most fun.” ... TitoSantanaRRShow....

Memories of wrestling icon 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper

Edit Toronto Sun 02 Aug 2015
We may write about professional wrestling here, but we're fans too. And who wasn't a fan of Roddy Piper, the key heel of the 1980s WWF who morphed into an iconic antihero? The SLAM! Wrestling staff share their thoughts on "Hot Rod" in a special SLAM! Speaks. JON WALDMAN ... Rick Martel and Mad Dog Vachon. I had the chance to witness live the camaraderie between Rick and Roddy a couple of years ago at WrestleReunion in Toronto ... ....

Steve Rickard, key figure in New Zealand's wrestling history, dead at 85

Edit Canoe 06 Apr 2015
In 2008, Flair talked about the title change with Simon Sweetman of the old www.nzpwi.com site ... but it's not one of the ones that officially counts ... And it worked ... The Kiwi then brought in two partners, Rick Martel and Peter Maivia. It was a short-lived partnership, said Martel ... ... He had two sons who both entered the wrestling business, and Martel knew them both well ... Tony loved the business, but he wasn't big enough," said Martel ... ....
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