WrestleMania 2 WrestleMania 2 was the first and last WrestleMania event to be staged in 3 different locations at the same time . 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 . 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 World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan defending his title against King Kong Bundy in a steel cage match at Los Angeles . Matches on the respective undercards saw Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion " Macho Man " 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 . Three of the main - event feuds were set up on the March 1 , 1986 , broadcast of " Saturday Night ' s Main Event " : Event . WrestleMania 2 emanated from three arenas : 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 . New York . In the first match of the show and the New York arena , Paul Orndorff faced The Magnificent Muraco . Both men fought to a double countout . Next was a WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship match between Macho Man Randy Savage and George " The Animal " Steele . Savage was seconded by his real - life wife Miss Elizabeth . He pinned Steele with a roll - up and put his both feet on the ropes for leverage . As a result , Savage retained the Intercontinental Heavyweight Title . Late in the match Steele became the first man to ever kick out of Savage ' s patented elbow from the top turnbuckle . The third match from the Coliseum was between Jake Roberts and George Wells . He hit a DDT on Wells and pinned him to win the match . After the match , Roberts allowed his snake Damian to slither over Wells , who vomited . The first main event of WrestleMania 2 was a boxing match between Mr . T and Rowdy Roddy Piper . T was seconded by real life boxer Joe Frazier while Piper was seconded by real life boxing trainer Lou Duva . Piper was disqualified for bodyslam ming T at 1 : 15 in the fourth round . Chicago . The first match from the Chicago portion of WrestleMania 2 was a WWF Women ' s Championship match between The Fabulous Moolah and Velvet McIntyre . McIntyre attempted a splash on Moolah from the second turnbuckle , but Moolah sidestepped and McIntyre missed the move . Moolah took advantage and pinned McIntyre to retain her title . The second match was a flag match between Corporal Kirchner and Nikolai Volkoff . Volkoff was seconded by Freddie Blassie . Blassie threw his cane to Volkoff but Kirchner caught it and hit Volkoff with it and then successfully pinned Volkoff for the victory . The third match was a 20 - men battle royal involving WWF wrestlers and National Football League players ; NFL players included Jimbo Covert , Bill Fralic , Russ Francis , Ernie Holmes , Harvey Martin and William " The Refrigerator " Perry , while WWF stars included André the Giant , Ted Arcidi , Tony Atlas , The Hart Foundation ( Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart ) , The Killer Bees ( B . Brian Blair and Jim Brunzell ) , Hillbilly Jim , The Iron Sheik , King Tonga , Pedro Morales , Bruno Sammartino , Danny Spivey and Big John Studd . In the end of the match , André the Giant and both members of the Hart Foundation were the final three participants . André first eliminated Neidhart and then Hart to win the battle royal . The second main event of WrestleMania was a WWF Tag Team Championship match between The British Bulldogs ( Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid ) and The Dream Team ( Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake ) . Bulldogs were seconded by ex - Black Sabbath lead singer Ozzy Osbourne and Lou Albano . Smith pushed Valentine into the corner where Valentine knocked heads with Dynamite Kid . Kid fell to the floor while Smith pinned Valentine to win the tag titles and end Dream Team ' s seven - month reign . Los Angeles . Ricky Steamboat faced Hercules in the first match from Los Angeles . Hercules tried to hit a flying bodypress but missed it . Steamboat followed by hitting a flying bodypress of his own for a successful pinfall victory . Adrian Adonis , seconded by Jimmy Hart defeated Uncle Elmer after a diving headbutt . Terry and Hoss Funk faced Junkyard Dog and Tito Santana in a tag team match . Funk brothers were seconded by Jimmy Hart . The referee was distracted by Hoss . Hart took advantage and gave his megaphone to Terry who hit it on JYD and then pinned him to get the win . Next was a WWF World Heavyweight Championship steel cage match which was the third and final main event of WrestleMania 2 . It was the only steel cage in WrestleMania history . Hulk Hogan defended his title against King Kong Bundy . Hogan ' s ribs were heavily taped due to an assault by Bundy on March 1 , 1986 edition of " Saturday Night ' s Main Event " . Bundy was seconded by Bobby Heenan . In the beginning , Bundy removed the tape from Hogan ' s ribs . However , Hogan fought back and rammed Bundy ' s head into the steel cage . He tried to hit a scoop slam on Bundy but missed it . Bundy hit an avalanche and a big splash on Hogan . However , Hogan " Hulked up " and hit a power slam on Bundy followed by a leg drop . He climbed the steel cage but Bundy caught his legs . Hogan kicked Bundy and climbed over the top of the steel cage and climbed on the floor to win the match and retain the title . After the match , Hogan caught Heenan inside the cage ; as Bundy was reeling from the match , Hogan rammed Heenan ' s head into the cage before atomic dropping him outside . Aftermath . Macho Man Randy Savage and George The Animal Steele continued their feud with each other , leading to a rematch for the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship on the January 3 , 1987 edition of " Saturday Night ' s Main Event " where Steele ended up losing . Savage also feuded intensely with Hogan , but was unsuccessful in winning the WWF World Heavyweight Championship from him . The new WWF Tag Team Champions The British Bulldogs ( Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid ) prepared to face challenging tag team s . On the October 4 , 1986 edition of " Saturday Night ' s Main Event " , they defeated former champions Dream Team ( Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake ) in a two out of three falls match to retain the titles . Hulk Hogan continued his WWF World Heavyweight Championship reign . In addition to Savage , his top competition during 1986 included " Adorable Adrian " Adonis , Hercules Hernandez and , in his biggest feud of the year , Paul Orndorff . With Orndorff , a storyline was developed focusing on the friendship between Hogan and Orndorff , with Adrian Adonis eventually starting trouble between the two and causing the face Orndorff to turn against Hogan . Following his battle royal win , André the Giant ' s career was at a crossroads . Not yet evident to fans , André was beginning to suffer the health effects of his terminal illness known as acromegaly ; the syndrome that resulting from an excessive production of growth hormone and resulted in his gigantic size . Because of his health , a planned tour of Japan and accepting a starring role in the movie " The Princess Bride " , André took a brief hiatus from the ring . To explain the absence , a storyline was devised to have André no - show for a tag team match pitting him and a partner of his choosing against longtime rivals Big John Studd and King Kong Bundy , and then have André suspended ( at the insistence of manager Bobby Heenan ) . André would return , but competed under a mask as part of a new team called The Machines . Studd and Bundy insisted – but were never able to prove – that André and " The Giant Machine " were the same person . WrestleMania 2 marked the last major pay - per - view appearance for Roddy Piper during his initial heel run . Shortly before the event , he taped four weeks worth of " Piper ' s Pit " segments that would air on the WWF ' s syndicated programs in April , and then took a four - month hiatus from the ring . When Piper returned to the WWF in August , he became a face and began a violent feud with Adonis , who had in the meantime started his own " Piper ' s Pit " - type talk show called " The Flower Shop " . Production . This was the only WrestleMania to be held on a Monday . Ray Charles sang a rendition of " America the Beautiful " before the show at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale , New York . Celebrity guests in attendance for the New York portion of WrestleMania 2 included Cab Calloway , Darryl Dawkins , G . Gordon Liddy , Joan Rivers , Joe Frazier , Lou Duva , Mr . T , Ray Charles , Herb and Susan Saint James . Celebrity guests in attendance for the Chicago portion of WrestleMania 2 included Clara Peller , Dick Butkus , Ed Jones , Ozzy Osbourne , Bill Fralic , Ernie Holmes , Harvey Martin , Jim Covert , Russ Francis , William Perry , and Cathy Lee Crosby . Celebrity guests in attendance for the Los Angeles portion of WrestleMania 2 included Ricky Schroder , Robert Conrad , Tommy Lasorda , and Elvira . Reception . Rob McNew of 411Mania gave the boxing match * out of * * * * * , stating " Big pull apart brawl afterward . Absolute crap that took way too long and ended in a non - finish . " On the WWF Tag Team Championship match , McNew said " Tremendous match that breaks the streak of suck that had been this show thus far . One of the things that I really liked about this match was it seemed to break from the traditional tag team formula . There was no extended face in peril sequence nor was there a hot tag at any point . Easily the match of the night . " He awarded it * * * 1 / 2 . He gave the Steel Cage match between Hogan and Bundy , which was the final main event , * * , saying " This felt more like a Saturday Night Main Event match than a WrestleMania main event . " McNew entire event a score of 2 out of 10 . He said " It lacks the historical significance of WrestleMania I to even watch it for that purpose . This was three hours of pain I ’ d love to have back . Thankfully the WWF would redeem themselves in a huge way the next year , but for this show , huge disappointment . "