SPEAKER: And never, number one, asked for a title match
and number two, never wanted a title match.
SPEAKER: He can tell you he wanted it Walter your knowledge is wrong
because right he's got one and he definitely asked for it.
He ripped the shirt off the champion as well as the crucifix.
I figure that's a direct way of asking for it.
SPEAKER: Yeah, it certainly is but all that came
with the provocation of that guy right there
with the white waiter's jacket on, Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan.
SPEAKER: There he is, 7 foot 5", 525, neck 24, chest 71,
biceps 21, hands 16, wrist 11 inches, forearm 17,
thighs 36, calves 22.
SPEAKER: We could be looking at the next heavyweight champion of the world.
And I just gave you the tail of the tale.
SPEAKER: And now his opponent. (CROWD CHEERS)
He is from Venice Beach California, weighing in at 294 pounds
he is the World's Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Champion,
Hulk Hogan! (CROWD CHEERS WILDLY)
SPEAKER: The roof of the Silverdome about to explode here
as the Hulkstar greets at least 93,00 fans greet him.
You're looking at him.
The greatest professional athlete in the world today
the world's heavyweight champion.
SPEAKER: Oh right now Gorilla, he may not be a few moments from now.
Let me run it down, Hogan 6 foot 8", 294, neck 21, chest 58,
biceps at a phenomenal 24 inches, forearms 18, wrists 9 inches,
hands 13.5, thighs 30.5, calves 20, (INAUDIBLE)
SPEAKER: A phenomenal individual and Hulkamania, look at him Jess.
It's a lights and running well.
SPEAKER: You got 93,173 fans standing on their feet for this one Gorilla,
and I hope my voice holds up.
SPEAKER: It's holding up just fine Jess.
And look at the Hulkstar. What an unbelievable individual he is.
And what a representative as the world's heavyweight champion.
SPEAKER: This is the biggest match in the history of professional wrestling.
SPEAKER: No question. This is the final time chest
win, lose or draw for the Hulkstar to wear that particular belt into the ring.
SPEAKER: And what pressure on referee Joey Marella
refereeing the biggest match in history right here.
SPEAKER: Look at the stare of the champion against the challenger.
The irresistible force reading the immovable object.
SPEAKER: Look at the size of The Giant. I mean Hogan is 6 foot 8".
SPEAKER: Andre is 7 foot 5". (CROWD CHEERS)
The bell is gone, this one is officially underway.
Look at the look of disdain on the face of Andre.
SPEAKER: What's Hogan saying to him I wonder?
What could Hogan possibly be saying to him?
SPEAKER: I'd certainly like to be able to read lips at this point.
SPEAKER: He's on though, he's hulking up right now.
SPEAKER: Shoved by Andre and the champion retaliates.
Oh, big right hand blocked by the champion (CROWD CHEERS)
and the Hulkstar unloading, body slam! Oh,he almost got him up.
Oh, he collapsed, one two!
Two count only.
SPEAKER: Was that two or was that three?
SPEAKER: Two count only.
SPEAKER: Oh that was close Gorilla!
SPEAKER: Shoulder was up.
SPEAKER: Oh, was that close, Andre thinks he won
and just like that, Hogan is hurt.
Hogan went for a body slam earlier in the bout
and he may have injured his back.
SPEAKER: The man hurt that lower back area for sure
with that extreme weight of Andre the giant.
Referee showing the timekeeper that it was a two count
and his shoulder came up.
SPEAKER: Well that was very very close, Hogan may be injured.
(LOUD THUD)
Oh Andre is going to work on the back. He definitely is, Hogan's back is hurt.
That's a bad sign for the champion this early in the bout.
(CROWD CHEERS)
SPEAKER: Referee riding down and questioning the champion.
And Andre just patiently grinding away with those awesome forearm shots
into the kidney area of the champion.
SPEAKER: You know, I gotta say Andre's making it look easy right now Gorilla.
SPEAKER: He certainly is Jess.
SPEAKER; You know, the champion may have signed himself out.
He may have gotten so hyped for this match and he's blown himself out
before it even happens.
SPEAKER: That adrenaline has got to be flowing through the body
of the world's heavyweight champ. Oh, a knee lift by Andre
and the Hulk's in serious serious trouble.
SPEAKER: And the big man keeps him down, and the man, it's trouble alright.
SPEAKER: Oh slam. Andre picked him up with ease.
(BODY SLAMS, HULK GROANS)
And puts him right in that lower lumbar region,
that kidney area that's already been damaged.
SPEAKER: He almost broke Hogan right through the back of it Andre.
Andre telling the champion get up. Get up!
SPEAKER: There is almost literally a hush here in the Silverdome Jess.
SPEAKER: You know it's almost seemed at this point the bout, it's a mismatch.
SPEAKER: Hulkstar trying to make it to his feet,
Andre gets him up and puts him in another slam.
How many times can the champion take that?
SPEAKER: The big giant's working him. Wow, look at this!
(HULK GROANS)
SPEAKER: Walking right over the back of the champ.
SPEAKER: You know, The Brain's gotta be feeling good right now,
Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan, he's gotta be feeling good.
SPEAKER: Anxiety running through his veins as well as he is...
What a golden opportunity for him to walk out of here
the manager of the new world's heavyweight champion.
SPEAKER: You know I've never seen Hogan beaten down like this.
I've never seen Hogan crawling on the mat it's obvious he's hurt his back
attempting to go for that big body slam earlier in the bout.
SPEAKER: Andre picks him up literally by the tights,
rips him into the side. Further damage done.
And Andre's just taking his time, Andre seems to have no fear at all
for Hogan's strength.
SPEAKER: None whatsoever but a lot of guys have made that mistake as well Jess.
Hard again once into the turnbuckles. (CROWD SHOUTS)
And the referee right over there taking a good look at the champ
as we look over the shoulder of Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan.
SPEAKER: I heard on Andre yell what do you think of your champion now?
(GRUNTS)
SPEAKER: Andre with a shoulder block into the stamina,
you can hear Bobby 'The Brain' screaming again, again!
SPEAKER: And I'll tell you, Hogan started off quick
but has had virtually no offence since going for that big body slam
at the start.
(GRUNTS)
SPEAKER: Oh, champ's gotta get out of that corner,
he is getting crushed in there.
SPEAKER: Gorilla...
SPEAKER: Oh, The Brain just screamed headbutt him, and Andre delivers.
SPEAKER: If Hogan doesn't get out of this predicament right now
we're gonna see a new champion Gorilla.
SPEAKER: You got that right.
SPEAKER: How much punishment can the champion Hogan take?
SPEAKER: A whole lot Jess, I've seen him do it on a number of occasions.
SPEAKER: But never from a guy 525 pounds.
SPEAKER: Absolutely not. (CROWD CHEERS WILDLY)
Oh the Hulkstar sneaked out under the back door.
(CROWD CHEERS WILDLY)
He's out of the corner and it's the Hulk with a right hand
and another one, walk the ropes, a big roundhouse right!
He's got the giant stunned!
SPEAKER: He's got him stunned, can he keep him? Big elbow.
SPEAKER: An elbow, and Andre is just teetering.
(LOUD SMACK)
SPEAKER: Hogan's giving it everything he's got right here,
he's got the giant reeled into the corner.
SPEAKER: It's the champion with the upper hand right now and he rams Andre.
Once, twice, three times, four times! (CROWD CHEERS WILDLY)
Hitting that top turnbuckle time after time (CROWD CHEERS WILDLY).
Andre dazed, the eyes were looking very strange there.
As the Hulk comes after (CROWD GROANS)
Ran right into that size 22.
SPEAKER: Andre with a tremendous desperation move
caught the champion coming in flush on the jaw
with that size 22/24 boot, and Hogan's back on the mat
and back in trouble again.
SPEAKER: He is grinning like a giant, are you alright?
And he looked down and nodded affirmatively.
(LOUD SMACK, HULK GROANS)
Wow! What a chop by Andre.
Oh, the bear hug!
SPEAKER: He could get a submission on this.
(CROWD CHEERS)
SPEAKER: I will be the Hulk's surprise guy in all these 93,000 plus,
if the Hulkstar submits to this.
SPEAKER: Well he may not have no choice Gorilla.
He has never been put in a hold in a bear hug like this
by a man with the size and the strength of Andre.
SPEAKER: This guy has guts personified.
SPEAKER: I'm not denying that, I'm not denying that for a minute.
He's a tremendous champion but he's facing a man
who has never been beaten in 15 years.
(CROWD CHEERS)
SPEAKER: The record of the reigning world's heavyweight champion
is not a shabby one either Jess. (CROWD CHEERS)
SPEAKER: Heenan's yelling out, ring the bell, ring the bell.
You can hear Bobby Heenan yelling to referee Joey Marella
it's over, ring the bell.
SPEAKER: Referee right there, checking every side.
Checking to see if the Hulkstar indeed wants to quit.
Highly unlikely in my book.
But going from side to side as the hulk tries to ram that right hand,
he was unsuccessful Jess.
SPEAKER: Yeah, I'm telling you, Gorilla what's happening here,
Andre is putting the squeeze on He's taking the air away from Hogan.
Hogan is not being allowed to get a full breath of oxygen in there,
and that's subsequently gonna make him light headed,
and it's gonna make the knees shake and it could set him up.
SPEAKER: Well eventually he'll put him away with it if possible,
he'll just squeeze all the air out of him and not allow any air to get in.
And the fans watching him try to bring in that oxygen.
SPEAKER; You can see Hogan's appealing to the 93,000 Hulkamanians
here in the Silverdome.
SPEAKER: Give you that little bit of extra something that you need,
to get that adrenaline flowing once more
to combat the likes of Andre the Giant.
SPEAKER: Andre holding tough with him though,
Andre's, you know, he's got him ready for this bumping.
'Cause Andre has rushed nothing, Hogan's arm is going down.
This could be history right here Gorilla Monsoon.
SPEAKER: The Hulkstar just withering away here.
Referee checking the arm, wow, look at that.
SPEAKER: One more time and it's over. One more time if that arm drops
and it's over.
SPEAKER: Dropped again. It's gotta be three times I believe Jess.
Wow, look at that! It's up now. (CROWD CHEERS WILDLY)
Listen to these fans. (CHEERING CONTINUES)
SPEAKER: He's still got it, where'd the hold go?
SPEAKER: He's still the champion. (CROWD CHEERS WILDLY)
Hulk fighting with every ounce of courage in him.
Right on the side of the ear with a right.
And another one, still hasn't broken the hold.
The third one did, and another one, and another one.
(CROWD CHEERS WILDLY)
And the champion unloading with everything he's got.
SPEAKER: He's still in, he finally broke the hold.
SPEAKER: Andre being stunned now. (CROWD CHEERS)
The champion hurting his hand but he's hurting the giant as well.
It's the champion on the ropes.
Coming off once again, driving Andre back a few steps.
SPEAKER: Unbelievable Monsoon, I can't believe it.
SPEAKER: Ram's hard into the champ. (CROWD CHEERS)
SPEAKER: Hogan is down, Andre needs to do something here to finish him off.
SPEAKER: Andre is shaking his head and trying to clear the cobwebs.
Picks up the champion (INAUDIBLE) downed him with that boot
and the Hulkstar's out. Out onto the floor.
SPEAKER: Don't let this match end in a countdown.
SPEAKER: Andre going right out after him.
Andre the Giant continuing to administer the punishment.
What a job. Referee is counting both men.
SPEAKER: Oh! Andre headbutted the post. (CROWD CHEERS WILDLY)
SPEAKER: He sure did. The champion dropped right out of the way.
Look at the Hulk crawling around the side
trying to figure out where he's at.
SPEAKER; What do you think he's doing?
SPEAKER: He's rolling back that canvas area
SPEAKER: For what?
SPEAKER: To expose that concrete. (CROWD CHEERS WILDLY)
The world's champion Hulk Hogan, oh look at this!
He's going for a palm driver Jess. (CROWD CHEERS WILDLY)
SPEAKER: He can't possibly get it. (CROWD CHEERS WILDLY)
SPEAKER: Andre turned it over. Hulkstar made a big mistake there.
SPEAKER: I'll tell you what that there, I don't know what Hogan
was thinking up there, but that was horrible sportsmanship
on his part.
Pull him back in, and Andre's firing him back into the ring.
SPEAKER: The champion being thrown back in
and Andre underneath the bottom rope as well.
(CROSSTALK)
SPEAKER: At least we won't get a countdown
we don't wanna see any countdown I wanna see a winner.
SPEAKER: Absolutely. Andre now with an Irish weapon.
SPEAKER: He misses the foot.
SPEAKER: And the Hulk's stepped underneath that!
(LOUD THUD)
SPEAKER; Oh! He dropped the big guy! (CROWD CHEERS WILDLY)
Look at Heenan, he's been out of shape. (CROWD CHEERS WILDLY)
SPEAKER: That's the first time I think that the Giant's
ever been knocked off his feet one time. (CROWD CHEERS WILDLY)
SPEAKER: Look at the look on the face of the champion.
(CROWD CHEERS WILDLY)
He's hulking up Jess.
SPEAKER: I don't know if he's got enough left in him.
SPEAKER: Well adrenaline can do wonders! (CROWD CHEERS WILDLY)
We're seeing what this guy is really made of, what he is.
The greatest professional athlete in the world today.
Look at this (LOUD THUD, CROWD CHEERS WILDLY)
SPEAKER: He slammed him. I don't believe it.
SPEAKER: Hulk drops in a big leg. (CROWD CHEERS WILDLY)
Over for the cover. (REFEREE COUNTS)
It's over. (CROWD CHEERS WILDLY)
SPEAKER: Unbelievable! (CROWD CHEERS WILDLY)
I never thought it could be done Gorilla.
SPEAKER: Neither did these 93,000 plus (CROWD CHEERS WILDLY)
as the world's heavyweight champion Hulk Hogan has proven to everyone
what he's made of. (CROWD CHEERS WILDLY)
SPEAKER: What can I say?
I never thought it could be done Gorilla Monsoon.
SPEAKER: He's thanking the guy upstairs Jess, as he always does.
Let's get the official announcement.
SPEAKER: The winner of the bout
and still World Wrestling Federation's Heavyweight Champion
Hulk Hogan! (CROWD CHEERS WILDLY)
SPEAKER: Listen to their voices. ('REAL AMERICAN' BY HULK HOGAN PLAYS)
He is truly a real American man. ('REAL AMERICAN' BY HULK HOGAN PLAYS)
SPEAKER: What can I say Gorilla? I don't know,
I'm the man who tells it like it is, I'll give credit where credit's due.
I never though the man could ever defeat Andre the Giant.
(CROWD CHEERS WILDLY)
SPEAKER: Never underestimate the ability of the world's heavyweight champion,
Hulk Hogan. He proved a lot of guys wrong.
SPEAKER: That he did Gorilla.
SPEAKER: You're looking at a tremendous individual.
SPEAKER: That's the first time in 15 years Andre the Giant
had ever defeated. ('REAL AMERICAN' BY HULK HOGAN PLAYS)
SPEAKER: Never been slammed for that matter Jess.
SPEAKER: Wow. I mean that's 525 pounds and that's not dead barbell weight.
That's 525 pounds of living flesh that he picked up and slammed.
SPEAKER: There go the losers, look at Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan.
Andre still extremely upset and that man right there
has won the hearts of everyone including you.
SPEAKER: Look at The Brain. The Brain thought he had it Gorilla
I thought he had it, the world thought he had it.
SPEAKER: The Brain obviously despondent.
What a chance this was for him to make all History,
and wishes come true and let's look at this.
Look at what the Hulk is giving them now Jess.
Exactly what they want.
SPEAKER: He already gave them what they wanted, the win,
this is just his egomaniac self out there now.
SPEAKER: When you can do what he's done right here,
in this record breaking event, you can do anything you wanted.
SPEAKER: Well, you know what Monsoon?
I may have to come out of retirement to win this title.
SPEAKER: Oh boy, I'd pay to see that Jess.
There he is, the greatest professional athlete in the world today
the world's heavyweight champion, Hulk Hogan.
And he is proud of himself, and rightly so.
(CROWD CHEERS)
SPEAKER: How many millions and millions of people have seen this
and witnessed the greatest match I've ever seen?
('REAL AMERICAN' BY HULK HOGAN PLAYS)
SPEAKER: Greatest wrestling event of all time.
Wrestlemania 3 here in the Silverdome and the Hulkstar once again,
thanking, as he usually does, the man upstairs.
SPEAKER: Who knows, maybe his next events will have to be against Bob Uecker.
SPEAKER: I'll tell you something. They're all on their feet Jess.
They've been on their feet for most of the afternoon and evening here
and this just culminates it all.
SPEAKER: I'll tell you Gorilla, there were 93,173 here
and I'd say right now there's still 80,000 of them here.
SPEAKER: Oh, at least.
SPEAKER: There's nobody leaving.
SPEAKER; And the Hulkstar's giving them exactly what they want.
Down on one knee, thanking the guy up there
who makes it all possible and he fulfills that dream
by keeping it all together.
This has been a happening Jess. ('REAL AMERICAN' BY HULK HOGAN PLAYS)
History is made here in the Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan,
and that guy right there, has made history all over the world.
SPEAKER: Well I gotta tell it like it is, I didn't think it could be done Gorilla,
but he did it.
SPEAKER: Proving a lot of skeptics wrong, world's heavyweight champion,
Hulk Hogan put an end to the undefeated streak.
The 15 year reign of Andre the Giant as undefeated,
he'll never be able to say that again.
SPEAKER: That' s right.
ROB: Being from Michigan I was fortunate enough to land a 24th row ticket
and when you're seeing the unimaginable
when Hulk Hogan picked up Andre the giant and body slammed him.
93,000 people screaming their heads off and I was one of them.
That was definitely a memory.