Wrestlemania 1 MVP

[darthobiwan]

Here is the start of the Wrestlemania MVP game I will do...

We will of course begin with the first one, which began in 1985.

You may vote for the top 10 people who you felt were the MVP of each Wrestlemania. Regardless if they won, lost, drew, and even wrestled at all (yes, all announcers, interviews, cameos, and celebrities are eligible), as long as they appeared at that Wrestlemania you can vote for them. Your vote can be based on performance, influence at that Wrestlemania, are just bland who you preferred more. Please number them from 1-10. #1 will get ten points, #2 9, and so on until #10 gets 1. The top 10 in points will be considered the 10 MVPs of that Wrestlemania, and also based on their finish will get points added onto the all-time Wrestlemania MVP tournament coming later on. PM me your list when you are ready.

To remind everyone about Wrestlemania 1, here is a link to the results. www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/1/results

I will most likely give till Christmas Eve (Dec 24th) or until the votes starts slowing down. Either way I will give everyone a heads up when the final deadline is.

[Spider2024]

Cool idea. *sent*

[darthobiwan]

ill give everyone 1 more day to send in their list.

[RadcapRadsley]

list sent

[darthobiwan]

Thanks to all that voted. I will tally them up now and post results shortly.

[SAJ Forth]

Can't wait to see the results.

[darthobiwan]

First here are the ones who received votes but did not make it into the top 10 (20 individuals got votes all together). There was one tie for 10th which was decided by the one who had the higher single vote placement (like 1st over 2nd). The next tiebreaker will be who was in the most important match (main event first, then semi-main, wwe title/world title match, ic title).

King Kong Bundy- 10 (3rd was highest placement, lost tiebreaker for 10th)

Iron Sheik- 7

SD Jones- 6

Nikoli Volkoff- 5

Big John Studd- 5

Liberace- 5

Tito Santana- 5

Bruno Sammartino- 4

Muhammad Ali- 4

Leilani Kai- 2

[darthobiwan]

#10

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Bobby Heenan- 10 (won tie breaker by having just 1 1st place vote!)

The brain literally sneaked into the top 10 with someone's 1st place vote, lol. Anyway while the brain did not compete at wrestlemania he was the manager of John Studd, who was involved in one of the feature macthes against Andre the Giant. Although Studd lost Heenan made sure Andre did not get the spoils as he stole the $15,000 prize money he won.

[darthobiwan]

#9



Cyndi Lauper- 15 (1 2nd place finish)

Cyndi Lauper was a huge pop-star during this time and helped bring a lot of media hype to Wrestlemania. She cheered Wendi Richter onto victory in the Women's title match and kept Moolah at bay.

I'll just post the rest of them now.

#8



Ricky Steamboat- 17 (1 3rd place vote)

The dragon pinned Matt Bourne at the first Wrestlemania.


#7



Junkyard Dog- 18 (1 1st place vote)

While JYD did not win the IC title he still beat Greg Valentine by countout.


#6



Wendi Richter- 26 (1 4th place vote)

Wendi Richter beat leilani Kai to regain the Women's title. This could be considered the semi-main at Wrestlemania 1.


#5



Paul Orndorff- 27 (1 3rd place vote)

Mr. Wonderful was involved in the first wrestlemania main event. He was the one who got pinned too.


#4



Andre the Giant- 32 (4 4th place votes)

Andre slammed John Studd to win $15,000. He did put his career on the line too.


#3



Mr. T- 38 (3 2nd place votes)

Mr. T teamed with Hulk Hogan in the main event and beat Roddy Piper and Paul orndorff. Mr. T is also the highest placing celebrity.


#2

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Roddy Piper- 41 (2 2nd place votes)

The Hot rod may have lost in the main event, but he did not get pinned or submitted lol.





AND #1

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Hulk Hogan- 53 out of a possible 60 (4 1st place votes)

Whats you gonna do brother! It should be no surprise that the Hulkster got first since he the the wwf champion, got the pin in the main event, and was the biggest star in wrestling at that time.

I will also post results in the original thread along with overall point for all-time list.