WrestleMania VII
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| Promotion | World Wrestling Federation | |
| Date | March 24, 1991 | |
| Venue | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena | |
| City | Los Angeles, California | |
| Attendance | 16,158 | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Royal Rumble 1991 | WrestleMania VII | SummerSlam 1991 |
WrestleMania VII was the seventh annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event from the World Wrestling Federation. It took place on March 24, 1991 at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California. The tagline for the event was Superstars And Stripes Forever, and is remembered for its theme of American patriotism (American flags were hung all over the arena and the ring apron and banners were colored red, white, and blue), which was the basis for the main event between Hulk Hogan and Sgt. Slaughter for the WWF Championship. WrestleMania VII is mostly remembered for the emotional reunion between "Macho Man" Randy Savage and his manager, Ms. Elizabeth, which occurred following Savage losing a "Retirement Match" to the Ultimate Warrior.
WrestleMania VII was originally supposed to be held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, however, it was decided to move the event to the adjacent Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. The World Wrestling Federation's reason for the venue change was because a threat had been issued towards the company on the day of WrestleMania VII. The company has since held on to this claim.
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[edit] Results
- Dark match: Koko B. Ware defeated The Brooklyn Brawler
- Ware pinned the Brawler.
- The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) defeated The Barbarian and Haku (w/Bobby Heenan) (10:41)
- Michaels pinned Haku with a Flying Crossbody.
- The Texas Tornado defeated Dino Bravo (w/Jimmy Hart) (3:11)
- Tornado pinned Bravo following a Discus Punch.
- The British Bulldog defeated The Warlord (w/Slick) (8:15)
- Bulldog pinned Warlord after a Running Powerslam.
- The Nasty Boys (Jerry Saggs and Brian Knobbs) (w/Jimmy Hart) defeated The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart) to win the WWF Tag Team Championship (12:10)
- Knobbs pinned Neidhart after Neidhart was hit with Jimmy Hart's motorcycle helmet.
- Jake Roberts defeated Rick Martel in a Blindfold Match(8:34)
- Roberts pinned Martel following a DDT.
- The Undertaker (w/Paul Bearer) defeated Jimmy Snuka (4:20)
- Undertaker pinned Snuka following a Tombstone Piledriver.
- The Ultimate Warrior defeated Randy Savage (w/Queen Sherri) in a Retirement Match (20:48)
- Warrior pinned Savage after a series of Diving Shoulder Blocks.
- Tenryu and Kitao defeated Demolition (Crush and Smash) (w/Mr. Fuji) (4:44)
- Tenryu pinned Smash after a Powerbomb.
- The Big Boss Man (w/André the Giant) defeated WWF Intercontinental Champion Mr. Perfect (w/Bobby Heenan) by disqualification (10:47)
- Perfect was disqualified after Barbarian and Haku interfered, Perfect retained the Intercontinental Championship.
- Earthquake defeated Greg Valentine (3:14)
- Earthquake pinned Valentine after an Earthquake.
- The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal) defeated Power and Glory (Paul Roma and Hercules Hernandez) (w/Slick) (0:59)
- Hawk pinned Roma following a Doomsday Device.
- Virgil (w/Roddy Piper) defeated Ted DiBiase (7:41)
- DiBiase was counted out after attacking Piper outside the ring.
- The Mountie (w/Jimmy Hart) defeated Tito Santana (1:21)
- Mountie pinned Santana after stunning him with a shock stick.
- Hulk Hogan defeated Sgt. Slaughter (w/General Adnan) to win the WWF Championship (20:26)
- Hogan pinned Slaughter following a Leg Drop.
[edit] Other on-screen talent
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[edit] Notes
- Willie Nelson sang a rendition of "America the Beautiful" before the show.
- This was the first WrestleMania not to feature Jesse Ventura as a color commentator. Gorilla Monsoon hosted the event with Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. When Heenan had to manage at ringside, Monsoon was joined on the commentary by Jim Duggan, and later Lord Alfred Hayes. In addition, Regis Philbin helped with commentary on the main event.
- The logo for this WrestleMania was slightly changed during the event. The alternate logo[1] had a red, white and blue color scheme and it was straight instead of curved.
- Celebrity guests in attendance for WrestleMania VII included Regis Philbin, Alex Trebek, Marla Maples, George Steinbrenner, Willie Nelson, Paul Maguire, Macaulay Culkin, Donald Trump, Lou Ferrigno, Chuck Norris, and Henry Winkler.
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