30 Week Journey: Wrestlemania II (1986)




The Lapsed Fan show

Summary: The Lapsed Fan continues its 30-week, 30 Wrestlemania journey with what the world had come to in 1986, Wrestlemania 2.<br><br>It’s the deuce, in perhaps more ways than one, as the WWF aims too high in trying to push the same buttons that made the first Wrestlemania such a success – a litany of celebrities and Mr. T mixing it up – while trying to basically have three Wrestlemanias at once. One city wasn’t enough – this had to play out in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles.<br><br>Hosts Jack Encarnacao and JP Sarro – with another enlightening contribution from the guru Dave Meltzer – journey and lampoon their way through the second Grand Daddy of them All, including:<br><br>- The New York Athletic Commission’s insistence that they regulate Mr. T versus Roddy Piper in a worked boxing match, only to stand idly by as Piper threw a stool at T in between rounds and committed a litany of other heinous breaches without consequence<br>- Fans are left asking “where’s the beef?” when a mic fails<br>- The Wrestlemania debuts of event icons Jake Roberts and Randy Savage<br>- Susan St. James brings her … perspective to the color commentary chair<br>- Dynamite Kid and Terry Funk’s one real chance to strut their stuff on the WWF’s grand stage<br>- The NFLer who had heat with Andre leading into the Battle Royal<br>- Big John Studd no-sells Bill Fralic<br>- The debut of the blue cage<br>- Hogan slams Bundy and victimizes Heenan<br>- Check your drawers, it’s G. Gordon Liddy<br><br>Jump on this speeding locomotive that is The Lapsed Fan’s 30-week Wrestlemania mission!