Summary: Let us at The Lapsed Fan wrestling podcast be the first to say … The Road to Wrestlemania 31 starts now!<br><br>That’s right. The first week of September.<br><br>That’s because for the next – count em – 30 weeks, Lapsed Fan hosts Jack Encarnacao and JP Sarro will embark on a quixotic journey through each and every Wrestlemania, in order, in their signature fashion. They begin, of course, with the Wrestlemania 1, March 31, 1985, in Madison Square Garden, a momentous night to say the least.<br><br>And the table is expertly set by the expert himself, as Wrestling Observer newsletter editor Dave Meltzer chimes in to talk about living through Wrestlemania 1 and, over the next several months, reporting on wrestling as each Wrestlemania dawned, including never-before-told stories.<br><br>Journey this week with Jack and JP through the short-lived, but incredibly successful, Rock n Wrestling connection, including:<br><br>- Which superstar Gene Okerlund – with a straight face – said on MTV weeks before the show “combines compassion, brute strength, intuition, and the latest in wrestling science.”<br><br>- The story behind the very first WM match, The Executioner v. Tito Santana<br><br>- Who the real main attraction was in the building that night, and how it foreshadowed a blueprint Vince McMahon would use over the years to spark interest in his product<br><br>- The true MVP of this show. Hint: Roddy Piper.<br><br>- The Gorilla Monsoon “It’s a happening!” Wrestlemania 1 drinking game<br><br>- Richard Belszer desperately tries to convey the Hulk Hogan choke-out incident wasn’t a work<br><br>- Andy Warhol desperately tries to convey that wrestling is a work, ironically of course<br><br>- Andre the Giant’s leg kicking game<br><br>- An incredibly nervous Al Hayes<br><br>- The historical curiosity that is Wendi Richter<br><br>All that, and so … much … more. Get Lapsed across the face with the damnedest Wrestlemania 1 review you’ve ever heard, with 29 more coming your way. It’s exhaustive. It’s exhausting. It’s worth it.
