A note on the pop-up notes for this, however: It said that Martel held the WWE tag team titles with Tony Garea, which shows the danger of changing history. Muraco & Orton, Martel bodyblock - pin Muraco, 5:35, **) This was fine for what it was - a shortened tag match to get the crowd going. It’s BONZO GONZO and the heels get whipped into each other, which leads to Martel finishing Muraco in the melee. Orton drops an elbow for two off a Muraco neckbreaker, but Martel quickly gets the hot tag to keep things moving. Back to Martel, who stays on the arm of Orton, and then Zenk goes after Muraco’s arm before a cheapshot from Orton switches things up. Zenk controls Orton via the arm and they trade full nelsons, which sets up a heel miscommunication spot with Muraco hitting his partner by mistake to break it up. The Can-Ams likely would have won the tag titles from the Hart Foundation and held them for like 10 years had they not self-destructed. Over to Zenk for a double-team monkey-flip and the heels regroup outside. Martel comes back with a monkey flip that looked like a headscissor attempt, but either way did the job. Martel grabs a headlock on Muraco to start, but gets pounded in the corner. Man, there’s a position you don’t necessarily want - opening the biggest show of all time in front of the biggest crowd of all time. The Can-Am Connection (Rick Martel & Tom Zenk) – Your hosts are Gorilla Monsoon & Jesse Ventura (both inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame according to the trivia track).īob Orton & Don Muraco v. At any rate, this is the complete PPV version, rather than the more briskly-edited Coliseum version most of us old farts are more familiar with. And hey, I work cheap and would gladly do text commentaries for all their catalogue releases in my spare time. This version has pop-up video facts and cut-in interviews with the people involved, which is pretty neat and is something lacking on their DVD releases, especially historical ones.

– This is another one that needed a redo, and with the “digitally remastered” version playing on 24/7 right now, this is as good a time as any. The SmarK Retro Re-Rant for Wrestlemania III: Championship Edition They are re-published “as is” with relative commentary from when they were written. This Smark Wrestlemania Rant by Scott Keith is part of a series of reposts counting down to this year’s Wrestlemania.

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