WrestleMania 2 - Definition and Overview

Wrestlemania II was the second in the WWE's series of WrestleMania supercards. It was held on April 7, 1986 at three venues:

• The Los Angeles Sports Arena in Southern California
• The Rosemont Horizon in suburban Chicago
• The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Long Island, New York

Each venue had one main event matches with a large undercard. As with the first Wrestlemania, the matches were shown on closed-circuit television across North America.

Match Results

• "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff wrestled The Magnificent Muraco to a double countout.
• "Macho Man" Randy Savage defeated George "The Animal" Steele.
• Jake "The Snake" Roberts defeated jobber George Wells.
• Mr. T defeated "Rowdy" Roddy Piper by disqualification.
• The Fabulous Moolah defeated Velvet McIntyre to retain the WWF Women's Championship.
• Corporal Kirschner defeated Nikolai Volkoff.
• Andre the Giant won a 20 man Battle Royal that included both wrestlers and several NFL stars, including William "The Refridgerator" Perry.
• The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and The Dynamite Kid) defeated Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake to capture the WWF Tag Team Championship.
• Ricky Steamboat defeated Hercules.
• Adrian Adonis defeated Uncle Elmer.
• Terry Funk & Hoss Funk defeated Junk Yard Dog and Tito Santana.
• Hulk Hogan defeated King Kong Bundy in a steel cage match to defend the WWF Heavyweight Championship.

The show also featured Joan Rivers as a guest ring announcer, and Susan St. James as a guest commentator, while Ray Charles sang America the Beautiful.