Least favorite moments and matches

This was a hard show to watch from start to finish. Martel and Zenk were there to start a story and not wrestle, Hercules and Billy Jack put their match out of its misery with a double countout, watching Harley Race walk at this point made my hips hurt for him, and so on and so forth.

It was just a slow-moving card that was built around a main event that was overshadowed by the Intercontinental Championship match. None of this means it was a terrible show, it just means that it was held up by the highest of highs and weighed down by the lowest of lows.

Ugh, like the six-man tag match featuring Hillbilly Jim and two little people wrestlers vs. King Kong Bundy and two little people wrestlers. I don't know why there was such a fascination in this, but at least the company gave these hard-working wrestlers a big spot and hopefully a solid paycheck. Also, Gorilla and Jesse Ventura's commentary over any wrestler of color in the 1980s does not hold up very well, at all. More "shuckin' and jivin'" comments and things of that nature that don't belong.

Does it hold up?

Good lord almighty, two WrestleManias in and I’m shocked at some of the stuff that is said on commentary. Bobby Heenan “hates midgets,” and for some reason “shuckin’ and jivin’” was the way WWF described how black men walked around the ring. Weird stuff to hear.

The Savage-Steamboat match absolutely holds up and always will, but that’s about it when it comes to match rewatchability. For the main event, just skip ahead to the slam, pop and the end of the show.

The in-ring action is slow, boring and lacking just about any element that helps create an exciting wrestling match. Outside of Savage-Steamboat, Bret Hart’s Mania in-ring debut is the only other thing that kept my eyes glued to the screen.

Final thoughts:

I’m a lifelong Michigander so this show holds a special place in my heart. It’s amazing to see the now demolished Pontiac Silverdome with that many people in it as they watched two of the most talked about matches in company history.

Three shows in and WrestleMania already feels special, even when it bores you half to death. It’s all about the spectacle, and WrestleMania III was all spectacle.

This is the third in a Court of Nerds and Geekiverse collaboration that will present “34 Days of WrestleMania” as we look back on each Showcase of the Immortals as we lead you into WrestleMania 34. Keep an eye out for a couple of podcasts in the near future from Austin Brunner and Benjamin Raven as we break down each decade in podcast form.

See below for a roundup of those already up:

34 days of WrestleMania: How does the first WrestleMania hold up?

34 Days of WrestleMania: How does WrestleMania 2 (the one with 3 cities) hold up?

Also, Savage delivered this promo on the same damn day because GOAT: