How WrestleMania Almost KILLED WWE - Tales From Backstage
WhatCulture Wrestling
WhatCulture Wrestling
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🗓️ 27 April 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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The incredible true story of how WWE's greatest event, WrestleMania, almost wiped the company out of existence, as Vince McMahon gambled family money to bring wrestling to the next level, recruiting mainstream stars like Mr. T, Muhammad Ali, and Cyndi Lauper to complement Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, and Roddy Piper in the McMahons' biggest roll of the dice...
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| 0:45.1 | Right, my friends, buckle up because I, Gareth Morgan, am about to take you on a brand new |
| 0:51.5 | what culture ride. In this series, we're going to be diving into the backstage world of pro wrestling, |
| 0:58.0 | unpacking stories about some of the most important and shocking moments in the history of this great business. |
| 1:05.0 | And with WrestleMania right around the corner, it seems like a good time to take a closer look at how WrestleMania actually |
| 1:11.8 | almost killed WWE. Yeah, that's right. So I'm Gareth. You are watching What Culture Wrestling |
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