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<div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vQ7a3kGiryU/UyIRYapnkeI/AAAAAAAAQws/cOG6ZKZ-7aw/s1600/savagesteele.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vQ7a3kGiryU/UyIRYapnkeI/AAAAAAAAQws/cOG6ZKZ-7aw/s1600/savagesteele.jpg" height="358" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Part of the festivities from last night<br />Photo Credit: WWE.com</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Last night, a small but dedicated group of readers and I took on the task of watching WrestleMania II and live-tweeting thoughts about it. We relived the show, and at least I got a whiff of why the event is the forgotten WrestleMania. WOOF. When you book a show with Randy Savage, Roddy Piper, Junkyard Dog, Fabulous Moolah, Ricky Steamboat, Bret Hart, Terry Funk, Tito Santana, Greg Valentine, and the Dynamite Kid, and the best match on it is Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy, the least one could say is that WWE misappropriated its talents egregiously.<br /><br />Then again, I didn't pick the show because I thought it would be good. Rather, I wanted to see how the readers would react to it, and I wanted to throw some weird stimuli at them, not the least of which included Jesse "the Body" Ventura's hat. After the jump is a curation of the best tweets from last night. Enjoy!<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Vince McMahon's suit looks like someone spilled a lot of glue on it. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Crimson Mask (@ACrimsonMask) <a href="https://twitter.com/ACrimsonMask/statuses/443899531659202560">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Vince McMahon and Susan St James have no chemistry together, but they're still better than the current Raw commentary team. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Adam Wilson (@GingerPimpernel) <a href="https://twitter.com/GingerPimpernel/statuses/443906930420244480">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">"I'll never paint myself black," Roddy Piper. Well he only went half way there to be fair. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— KMB (@KMB2476) <a href="https://twitter.com/KMB2476/statuses/443901758981828608">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">I do like how Paul Orndorff's hair is a mix between helmet and Woody Harrelson on Cheers. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Mike Pankowski (@mikepankowski) <a href="https://twitter.com/mikepankowski/statuses/443902669078659072">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Is that a bullshit chant? Was this taped in front of 2002 Ring of Honor? <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Joe Roche (@JRoche3MR) <a href="https://twitter.com/JRoche3MR/statuses/443902910871928832">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Cigarette banner on the wall! It is 1986! <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Crimson Mask (@ACrimsonMask) <a href="https://twitter.com/ACrimsonMask/statuses/443904126443745281">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">YES! He's pulling out his snake! <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23twbmaniaii&src=hash">#twbmaniaii</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23phrasing&src=hash">#phrasing</a><br />— David (@chudleycannons) <a href="https://twitter.com/chudleycannons/statuses/443907655242096640">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">This explains why you dont know George Wells, he was shoot murdered at WM2 <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Joe Roche (@JRoche3MR) <a href="https://twitter.com/JRoche3MR/statuses/443908070779781120">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">1.) Randy "Macho Man" Savage is a weird placement of the nickname. 2.) He was really the prototype for the guys "we" love. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Joe OToole (@BitterOldJoe) <a href="https://twitter.com/BitterOldJoe/statuses/443904338885230592">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">I wish this was the Animal we were getting in WM30's main event. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Kaiterra (@Kaiterra_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Kaiterra_/statuses/443904364524994560">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Ahhh boy is Elizabeth lucky. She can go either with the paranoid controlling jerk or the weirdo creep stalking her. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— KMB (@KMB2476) <a href="https://twitter.com/KMB2476/statuses/443904365422989313">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Can't believe there's no DQ call there! Those flowers aren't legal! <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— wrestlefeed (@wrestlefeed) <a href="https://twitter.com/wrestlefeed/statuses/443905104769327104">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Bob Orton is wearing something that would get him so laid in Brooklyn in 2014. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Crimson Mask (@ACrimsonMask) <a href="https://twitter.com/ACrimsonMask/statuses/443910465672843264">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">I'm sure glad Vince went and got this mix of shooting and booking right 12 years later with the Brawl for All. Oh wait... <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— KMB (@KMB2476) <a href="https://twitter.com/KMB2476/statuses/443910953370144769">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Who would have imagined that Clubber Lang would be such a terrible boxer? <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Mike Pankowski (@mikepankowski) <a href="https://twitter.com/mikepankowski/statuses/443912509645676544">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Basically, Wrestemania 2 is three hours of throwing shit at the wall, and watching almost none of it stick. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— wrestlefeed (@wrestlefeed) <a href="https://twitter.com/wrestlefeed/statuses/443914658202664960">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Can't believe the people of Chicago would disrespect the Soviet anthem like that. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Mike Pankowski (@mikepankowski) <a href="https://twitter.com/mikepankowski/statuses/443916412374224896">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23accordingtowiki&src=hash">#accordingtowiki</a> WWE mistakenly announced the death of Kirchner in 2006. He found out from his mom. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— wrestlefeed (@wrestlefeed) <a href="https://twitter.com/wrestlefeed/statuses/443916554044858369">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Fun fact this is the only Wrestlemania match Bruno Sammartino officially competed in <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— KMB (@KMB2476) <a href="https://twitter.com/KMB2476/statuses/443917829256249344">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Dick Butkus being guest referee for this battle royal was all the qualifications he needed to be an XFL coach. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Mike Pankowski (@mikepankowski) <a href="https://twitter.com/mikepankowski/statuses/443918164133691392">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Fridge and Studd doing the Hogan-Sid bit six years ahead of time. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Star of Savage (@StarOfSavage) <a href="https://twitter.com/StarOfSavage/statuses/443922165952704512">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">I was a huge Brutus Beefcake fan as a child, in retrospect I was stupid <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Joe Roche (@JRoche3MR) <a href="https://twitter.com/JRoche3MR/statuses/443924417346019328">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br />In reference to Uncle Elmer...<br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Overall jorts <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Mike (@85mf) <a href="https://twitter.com/85mf/statuses/443932412595412992">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Hillbilly Jim wears overalls and no shirt, and a completely straight face, watches Hulk lift. "Doctor" wearing no sleeves. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Star of Savage (@StarOfSavage) <a href="https://twitter.com/StarOfSavage/statuses/443939191970615296">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">How about a 30 years of Wrestlemania match between Ricky Schroeder and Jonathan Taylor Thomas? <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— KMB (@KMB2476) <a href="https://twitter.com/KMB2476/statuses/443940652523724800">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br />The tweets petered out by the end of the night, and again, I blame the quality of the card. However, I think the response was enough to do this again next month. I'll try to pick a better event, I promise! But thanks to everyone who came out and participated though. I had a good time, even if Mania II was kind of a dud.</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vQ7a3kGiryU/UyIRYapnkeI/AAAAAAAAQws/cOG6ZKZ-7aw/s1600/savagesteele.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vQ7a3kGiryU/UyIRYapnkeI/AAAAAAAAQws/cOG6ZKZ-7aw/s1600/savagesteele.jpg" height="358" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Part of the festivities from last night<br />Photo Credit: WWE.com</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Last night, a small but dedicated group of readers and I took on the task of watching WrestleMania II and live-tweeting thoughts about it. We relived the show, and at least I got a whiff of why the event is the forgotten WrestleMania. WOOF. When you book a show with Randy Savage, Roddy Piper, Junkyard Dog, Fabulous Moolah, Ricky Steamboat, Bret Hart, Terry Funk, Tito Santana, Greg Valentine, and the Dynamite Kid, and the best match on it is Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy, the least one could say is that WWE misappropriated its talents egregiously.<br /><br />Then again, I didn't pick the show because I thought it would be good. Rather, I wanted to see how the readers would react to it, and I wanted to throw some weird stimuli at them, not the least of which included Jesse "the Body" Ventura's hat. After the jump is a curation of the best tweets from last night. Enjoy!<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Vince McMahon's suit looks like someone spilled a lot of glue on it. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Crimson Mask (@ACrimsonMask) <a href="https://twitter.com/ACrimsonMask/statuses/443899531659202560">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Vince McMahon and Susan St James have no chemistry together, but they're still better than the current Raw commentary team. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Adam Wilson (@GingerPimpernel) <a href="https://twitter.com/GingerPimpernel/statuses/443906930420244480">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">"I'll never paint myself black," Roddy Piper. Well he only went half way there to be fair. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— KMB (@KMB2476) <a href="https://twitter.com/KMB2476/statuses/443901758981828608">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">I do like how Paul Orndorff's hair is a mix between helmet and Woody Harrelson on Cheers. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Mike Pankowski (@mikepankowski) <a href="https://twitter.com/mikepankowski/statuses/443902669078659072">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Is that a bullshit chant? Was this taped in front of 2002 Ring of Honor? <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Joe Roche (@JRoche3MR) <a href="https://twitter.com/JRoche3MR/statuses/443902910871928832">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Cigarette banner on the wall! It is 1986! <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Crimson Mask (@ACrimsonMask) <a href="https://twitter.com/ACrimsonMask/statuses/443904126443745281">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">YES! He's pulling out his snake! <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23twbmaniaii&src=hash">#twbmaniaii</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23phrasing&src=hash">#phrasing</a><br />— David (@chudleycannons) <a href="https://twitter.com/chudleycannons/statuses/443907655242096640">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">This explains why you dont know George Wells, he was shoot murdered at WM2 <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Joe Roche (@JRoche3MR) <a href="https://twitter.com/JRoche3MR/statuses/443908070779781120">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">1.) Randy "Macho Man" Savage is a weird placement of the nickname. 2.) He was really the prototype for the guys "we" love. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Joe OToole (@BitterOldJoe) <a href="https://twitter.com/BitterOldJoe/statuses/443904338885230592">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">I wish this was the Animal we were getting in WM30's main event. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Kaiterra (@Kaiterra_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Kaiterra_/statuses/443904364524994560">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Ahhh boy is Elizabeth lucky. She can go either with the paranoid controlling jerk or the weirdo creep stalking her. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— KMB (@KMB2476) <a href="https://twitter.com/KMB2476/statuses/443904365422989313">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Can't believe there's no DQ call there! Those flowers aren't legal! <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— wrestlefeed (@wrestlefeed) <a href="https://twitter.com/wrestlefeed/statuses/443905104769327104">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Bob Orton is wearing something that would get him so laid in Brooklyn in 2014. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Crimson Mask (@ACrimsonMask) <a href="https://twitter.com/ACrimsonMask/statuses/443910465672843264">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">I'm sure glad Vince went and got this mix of shooting and booking right 12 years later with the Brawl for All. Oh wait... <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— KMB (@KMB2476) <a href="https://twitter.com/KMB2476/statuses/443910953370144769">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Who would have imagined that Clubber Lang would be such a terrible boxer? <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Mike Pankowski (@mikepankowski) <a href="https://twitter.com/mikepankowski/statuses/443912509645676544">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Basically, Wrestemania 2 is three hours of throwing shit at the wall, and watching almost none of it stick. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— wrestlefeed (@wrestlefeed) <a href="https://twitter.com/wrestlefeed/statuses/443914658202664960">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Can't believe the people of Chicago would disrespect the Soviet anthem like that. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Mike Pankowski (@mikepankowski) <a href="https://twitter.com/mikepankowski/statuses/443916412374224896">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23accordingtowiki&src=hash">#accordingtowiki</a> WWE mistakenly announced the death of Kirchner in 2006. He found out from his mom. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— wrestlefeed (@wrestlefeed) <a href="https://twitter.com/wrestlefeed/statuses/443916554044858369">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Fun fact this is the only Wrestlemania match Bruno Sammartino officially competed in <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— KMB (@KMB2476) <a href="https://twitter.com/KMB2476/statuses/443917829256249344">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Dick Butkus being guest referee for this battle royal was all the qualifications he needed to be an XFL coach. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Mike Pankowski (@mikepankowski) <a href="https://twitter.com/mikepankowski/statuses/443918164133691392">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Fridge and Studd doing the Hogan-Sid bit six years ahead of time. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Star of Savage (@StarOfSavage) <a href="https://twitter.com/StarOfSavage/statuses/443922165952704512">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">I was a huge Brutus Beefcake fan as a child, in retrospect I was stupid <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Joe Roche (@JRoche3MR) <a href="https://twitter.com/JRoche3MR/statuses/443924417346019328">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br />In reference to Uncle Elmer...<br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Overall jorts <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Mike (@85mf) <a href="https://twitter.com/85mf/statuses/443932412595412992">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Hillbilly Jim wears overalls and no shirt, and a completely straight face, watches Hulk lift. "Doctor" wearing no sleeves. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— Star of Savage (@StarOfSavage) <a href="https://twitter.com/StarOfSavage/statuses/443939191970615296">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">How about a 30 years of Wrestlemania match between Ricky Schroeder and Jonathan Taylor Thomas? <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TWBManiaII&src=hash">#TWBManiaII</a><br />— KMB (@KMB2476) <a href="https://twitter.com/KMB2476/statuses/443940652523724800">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br />The tweets petered out by the end of the night, and again, I blame the quality of the card. However, I think the response was enough to do this again next month. I'll try to pick a better event, I promise! But thanks to everyone who came out and participated though. I had a good time, even if Mania II was kind of a dud.</div>
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