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WWF WrestleMania 2 - "What The World Is Coming To" (Halle 1)

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Name of the event:
WWF WrestleMania 2 - "What The World Is Coming To" (Halle 1)
Attendance:
16.585
Broadcast type:
Live
Broadcast date:
07.04.1986
TV station/network:
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Buyrate (relative):
7.01

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Valid votes: 274
Number of comments: 106
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Average rating: 1.89  [274]
Average rating in 2026: 1.17  [29]
Average rating in 2025: 1.58  [43]
Average rating in 2024: 1.86  [44]
Average rating in 2023: 1.67  [43]
Average rating in 2022: 2.05  [19]
Average rating in 2021: 2.50  [8]
Average rating in 2020: 2.08  [12]
Average rating in 2019: 1.50  [4]
Average rating in 2018: 2.12  [17]
Average rating in 2017: 3.20  [5]
Average rating in 2016: 2.00  [10]
Average rating in 2015: 2.00  [3]
Average rating in 2014: 1.67  [3]
Average rating in 2013: 3.33  [3]
Average rating in 2012: 4.00  [2]
Average rating in 2011: 2.00  [3]
Average rating in 2010: 2.67  [3]
Average rating in 2009: 3.00  [2]
Average rating in 2008: 1.75  [8]
Average rating in 2007: 2.77  [13]
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Jamildo2 wrote on 06.07.2026:
[0.0] "This show had nothing. It was an absolute disaster. The mass hypnosis surrounding these shows as someone who wasn't alive when they came out has been JARRING. I have no idea who the guest announcer was, but she was awful. Vince frankly was no better, his performance made my ears bleed. Not one good match."
WoahItsDaryl wrote on 25.03.2026:
[2.0] "The Nassau Coliseum (Part One) of this Mania gets just a 2 rating from me. That's purely on the basis that there are only two matches beyond the 5-minute mark to be able to judge it off of."
Ruthless Attitude wrote on 16.03.2026:
[1.0] "A total disaster. There's nothing good about the first part of WrestleMania 2 and it truly stands out as part of a bad failed experiment where we got three 1 hour WrestleMania events happening in three different cities. There's no real good matches at all here and the only things that spared me from rating it 0 was Jake Roberts and Macho Man! Roberts had an okay sprint with Wells and while Macho Man vs Steele isnt really that great as a match, they did a decent job with the storytelling. Orndorff plummeted from main eventing the first WrestleMania, to being in a completely bogus double count out finish in the opener and the main event is the main reason this show was so bad as it was an atrocious Mr. T vs Roddy Piper fake boxing match! And to top it off, who the hell thought Susan St. James would be a great commentator? She's unbelievably irritating throughout the entire portion of the event and for the love of god do not turn 'uh oh' into a drinking game! New York seriously got short changed with this show even more than those that brought the PPV on TV as this was it for them! [WrestleMania 2 Overall Rating: 4.0]"
WG20 wrote on 07.03.2026:
[1.0] "Unfortunately the New York crowd got the short end of the stick in terms of the matches they ended up with. A stupid idea to put this Wrestlemania in 3 different cities."
SebasDiaz wrote on 18.02.2026:
[1.0] "There's nothing like a mystery on this, taking out the first match of Paul Orndorff vs Magnificent Muraco, all the event was lame, really a bad decision to make this WrestleMania 2 on 3 different cities, 1/10"
LuminousPink wrote on 12.02.2026:
[1.0] "Hilarious that this show is split into three entries on here. First match had me confused as to how it ended and had the whole place booing, indicative of the whole show tbh. Vince McMahon and Susan St. James on commentary exhausted me, and the production was surprisingly horrible. Piper vs Mr.T has to be one of the worst and most baffling main events to any wrestling show ever."
KadenW0201 wrote on 26.12.2025:
[1.0] "Absolutely terrible i mean imagine going to a huge wrestling event and not even getting to see 15 min of wrestling. Show began with ray charles which was the best part of the whole damn mania to be honest. Then we got a natch you would think would be a classic on card but was a massive waste of time. Savage vs Animal was fun but nothing special. It would be harmless if the rest of the card was good. Jake roberts vs george wells was certainly a match i dont know what to say about it. The boxing match was hilarious and i heard their is some shoot fighting that was real. But ending it in a dq just completely takes away what happened. Absolutely awful."
ItsComingHome2026 wrote on 01.12.2025:
[1.0] "A double count out, a squash match, and a terrible boxing match ending in DQ for the main event. Randy Savage saves it from being a 0 with a bad but at least watchable match"
SiticEye wrote on 27.10.2025:
[1.0] "Can you imagine going to this disastrous, mind-numbing, dogshit show, saying you went to a WrestleMania, and then having to be like, "Yeah...WrestleMania 2...""
Giantfan1980 wrote on 27.08.2025:
[3.0] "Only like this segment for the Jake Roberts match because I have been a Snake mark since childhood. Everything else is FF if you have seen it before."
SkyIcons wrote on 09.05.2025:
[0.0] "Absolutely zero positive things on this show. Horrible wrestling, horrible commentary, and the crowd is just whatever for most of it. Piper vs Mr. T was so bad it was funny. Macho Man somehow could not even have a good match to save it. The other 2 matches were just there."
StanleyMason wrote on 05.05.2025:
[1.0] "I'm gonna be real here: this part of the card stank, but not as much as my other reviews on this site indicate (Jake Roberts vs. George Wells was painfully average, but not terrible). The card consisted of two matches that were too short to really get excited about and two matches that were complete blunders. An under-spoken failing of this event as well was the commentary work of Susan Saint James, who really felt boring behind the mic, almost as if she were reading off of a teleprompter the entire time. Overall, though, there's still only so much a commentary team can do. Even if we were working with the best commentary teams of all time, it still would've been a stinker portion of this show. [1.38/10 match score] FULL LIST OF MATCH RATINGS (DUD-*****): - Paul Orndorff vs. Magnificent Muraco = * - George Steele vs. Randy Savage (WWF Intercontinental Championship match) = DUD - Jake Roberts vs. George Wells = *3/4 - Mr. T vs. Roddy Piper (Boxing Match) = DUD"
KKeanel wrote on 23.04.2025:
[1.0] "Free quick miserable bouts and a bad scripted boxing match? Not so far from the worst "spectacles" in wrestling in a specific arena."
niclaswrestling wrote on 13.04.2025:
[1.0] "Four minute double countout into a bad 5 minute IC Title match into a 3 minute nothing match into a 10 minute "boxing match"... Straight up awful and barely redeemable. Really really bad."
GimliJr wrote on 07.03.2025:
[1.0] "Hard to do worse for a wrestling show that claims to be the biggest event of the year. All the matches are bad, and the main event is even worse. In-ring quality: 1/5. Angles and segments outside matches: 0/3. Bonus/Malus: Unworthy of a wrestling show, let alone a Wrestlemania -1.5. Total: 1.5/10. Show seen on WWE Network."
LFT81 wrote on 05.03.2025:
[1.0] "By far and away the worst section of Wrestlemania 2 (and that's a massive accomplishment), If I was in New York this night I'd be demanding a refund. Muroco vs Orndorff was boring with a dog shit finisher. Savage vs Steele... man what a difference a year can make, to think Savage went from this to a 5 star match with Steamboat the following year is incredible. Why on earth is the there a jobber match at wrestle fucking mania? Jake vs George Wells was a waste of time. But in the end this got topped by Mr T vs Roddy Piper, but not in any ordinary match... BUT IN A BOXING MATCH! This was the shits with a somehow shittier finish then Muroco/Orndorff. Overall a complete bastardization of not just wrestlemania but pro wrestling as a whole"
ChristianCaged wrote on 27.02.2025:
[2.0] "This is easily the worst section of the ill-advised three-location WrestleMania II, which feels like a psy-op in how much you can spit in the face of a paying audience by giving them a third of an event. The best match in this portion is probably the PPV debut of Jake Roberts against George Wells. It's a fine enhancement match (**) that achieves its goal. Savage also makes the best of his contest with George Steele, which at least tells a coherent story (*1/2) with its limited action. Unfortunately, Muraco vs. Orndorff (DUD) is possibly the worst WM opener of all time, while Piper and Mr.T's boxing match (which I can't rate as it doesn't even qualify as wrestling) is an interminable bore with a predictably bad finish."
Kislozelje wrote on 22.02.2025:
[10.0] "I'll be honest, to me this Wrestlemania was a lot better than the 1st one. Sure was nothing to spectacular but at least didn't gave the midcard feel like the first one did. Sure Susan St James was the worst commentator, vut still didn't ruin the enjoyment of watching it, and didn't feel like dragging"
HugoRoids wrote on 12.02.2025:
[1.0] "Just straight ASS from start to finish. They really robbed everyone in attendance with this one. Possibly the worst Wrestlemania of all time, and this is by far the worst third. No real wrestling, just segments, non finish galore, a laughably bad boxing match, and plenty of buyers remorse from the audience."
The Sandflan wrote on 30.01.2025:
[1.0] "Utterly abysmal, it's honestly surprising that this didn't kill Wrestlemania, breaking down the card we start with a mediocre bout between Orndorf and the Magnificent Miraco into one of the worst Randy Savage matches I've ever had the displeasure of watching followed by A Jake "The Snake Abuser" Robert's match which is always a displeasure and finally we wrap up the first leg of Mania II with a horrifyingly bad Boxing match between Roddy Piper and Mr T, if you ever wanted to watch one of the worst boxing "matches" of all time you'll surely be content watching this drivel. I feel genuinely embarrassed on behalf of some of the guys on this show. 1/10"
Your5Guy wrote on 02.01.2025:
[2.0] "Wrestlemana 2 part 1, man these matches were bad, and completely unremarkable, only two of them lasted more than five minutes, and the boxing match between Mr. T and Roddy Piper was awful, because Roddy Piper, very unfortunately, is not a boxer. And only four matches in this event? Splitting all the matches against 3 different events was a very bad idea."
Willie 19200 wrote on 20.12.2024:
[3.0] "This stretch of matches were all very bad and only two of them went beyond 5 minuets. I didn't care for anything in this stretch and just didn't find anything super entertaining so I was basically just super bored for a couple hours."
BlueAwfulWaffle wrote on 03.12.2024:
[3.0] "This stretch of matches were a disappointment. The only redeeming match was George Steele vs. Macho Man. The rest of the matches were forgettable and should be lost to history. WrestleMania is supposed to be a celebration of the best of the best in the business. Matches ending in disqualification or count out should not be a thing, especially with no build."
Obird122 wrote on 26.10.2024:
[1.0] "This stretch of matches is AWFUL to go back and watch now. There are only a couple of memorable moments, and absolutely no quality in ring wrestling. If maybe there were matches I would want to go back and watch again I would rate it higher, but for this hour of Wrestlemania 2, a 0 is the only thing i feel comfortable giving for the amount of enjoyment I got while watching."
Treyman610 wrote on 21.10.2024:
[0.0] "The first three matches make the show feel like a glorified house show and right when the main event was supposed to save the card, it decided to brutally shit on the whole show. A worked boxing match? ! What the fuck. To make it worse the fans then had to watch the rest of the not great card on little monitors."
JoKu2311 wrote on 23.09.2024:
[3.0] "Imagine getting tickets to Wrestlemania and this is what you get. Being in this venue of all three probably felt pretty insulting. We had two absolutely meaningless matches, a bland title match and a goofy boxing match. Muraco vs Orndorff actually started quite decently. The problem? It was over after that. Well, on to the next one. Savage and Steele had a match that would have been forgotten instantly if it was not for Savage who is just charismatic whenever he appears. Jake Roberts gets a little showcase match. Cool. At Wrestlemania? Not so cool. The main event is hated by a lot of people. I do not hate it, but I think it is bad. I just dislike it less than others. Yes, this first third of Wrestlemania 2 is not a good start. I am writing these ratings as I watch the show so let us begin with the second venue now my expectations are not exactly through the roof."
brooksavage2004 wrote on 22.09.2024:
[0.0] "The decision to have WrestleMania, let alone the second ever one, to be split up into three different venues across different parts of the US wasn't a good idea at all and the first third of WWF WrestleMania 2 (1986) is the worst of the bunch with most of the matches being nothing squashes and the boxing match being absolutely awful."
cjm550506 wrote on 18.09.2024:
[2.0] "Genuinely terrible. Squashes and celebrities. I couldn't imagine paying to attend this and probably paying a pretty penny to do so to get 12 minutes of unimportant wrestling and 10 minutes of awful boxing with an actor that did not have the athleticism and cardio to handle what was asked of him. Unless you're a completionist or a masochist don't waste your day on this."
bogurt wrote on 28.08.2024:
[0.0] "The 4 matches in the first section of Wrestlemania 2 were all truly awful. The first 3 matches offered nothing in terms of wrestling mostly being quick squash matches. The main event is easily one of the worst matches I've watched, the "boxing" was awful, boring and all over the place. Feel bad for the people that paid to see this especially seeing as WM was split between 3 venues."
Suit Williams wrote on 14.08.2024:
[0.0] "Since these hours are split into three separate entries, I have no problems hitting this one with the dreaded ZERO. Not a lot of pomp here, and the main event is one of the worst match-type segments in WWF history. Jake vs. George Wells was a solid little match though."
SpecialAgentCooper wrote on 20.07.2024:
[4.0] "I'm going to use the same review and rating on each venue's entry, because that's how I graded things in my spreadsheet. So, WM2... from a technical standpoint, this is an absolute laugher. At one point, we have overlapping/competing audio from a ring announcer in one venue, a wrestler cutting a promo interview in a second venue and the broadcast commentators in that second venue ALL AT ONCE. It is insane. We also have the "Where's the Beef" woman either with a dead mic or not understanding how to use a mic. And who could forget Susan St. James? Without a doubt, the most obnoxious, clueless and repetitive person to ever strap on a headset microphone for the WWF/WWE. "Uhhh ohhh". Yeah, "uh oh" is right whenever I rewatch this show and remember I have to choose between her and the mute button. Oh, the matches? A highly mixed bag of solid, occasionally good and terrible/pointless, but I think the better bouts were an improvement over WrestleMania I's best bouts. There's nothing even close to the quality of the Bulldogs vs Dream Team tag match back on WM1."
RealGrapsThomsen wrote on 22.05.2024:
[2.0] "This was the city that had it the worst here. The first 3 matches were only five minutes squashes, then the main event was a heatless and boring boxing match with a predictable winner."
sleepinggiant wrote on 03.04.2024:
"6.2 Mr. T and Roddy brought the house down, Idc what people say The event overall was bloated for not having much substance No Hogan was felt, and Rickys match wasnt the best. I'll be honest the production value, though I'm sure was great for its time. Is hard to get through"
parachutingparakeet wrote on 03.04.2024:
[2.0] "Very bloated show with C to D tier celebrities. Where WrestleMania 1 used celebrities to get some mainstream attention, especially Muhammid Ali's appearance to bring in real sports fans. The main event was adequate, but seriously worse than the previous year."
jjcharg77 wrote on 22.03.2024:
[1.0] "I try to rank old shows on if the crowd enjoys it and on the rewatchablity. at most George Steele/ Macho Man match and Jack Roberts/ George Wells nut even those are just filler matches that aren't that good and are extremely short. not a fan of the boxing match either. there seemed to be weird undertones"
VileVirgil wrote on 24.02.2024:
[2.0] "A terrible start to Wrestlemania 2. The best match was Savage vs Steele and it wasn't even that great. One okay match with three boring stinkers. 2/10"
TrailsOfPersona wrote on 01.11.2023:
[3.0] "The first part of Wrestlemania 2 doesn't kick it off well. All in all, it's probably the worst part of the event, but part 2 is barely much better. The boxing match is incredibly boring, and all of the other matches are either equally boring, or have bad finishes. I think Jake's match gets his character over very well, but it's s squash match at Wrestlemania of all events. And I don't think a double countout is exactly a confident way to start off such a huge show. For what it's worth, I think Susan St. James is EASILY the best of the 'guest commentators' for Wrestlemania 2. She's far from an expert, but she actually has some insightful things to say as an outsider. She's worlds better from Cathy Lee in part 2, who barely seems to be there, and Elvira in part 3 who adds nothing but annoyance."
JacquesRougeauCanHaveMyWife wrote on 09.09.2023:
[2.0] "The worst part of the second WrestleMania. There was basically no good match, as even when you had one tallented guy his opponent was quite the opposite. Orndorff vs Muraco was a lazy count out finish, Roberts had a squash match against Wells and Savage had to put up with Steele's awful stuff. The main event was a horrible idea and it had no right to work at all. Poor Uniondale got the worst things on their plate."
Itayboi wrote on 20.08.2023:
[1.0] "One of the bigest wastes of time in humen history, that is the only way i can describe the new york portion of mania 2. The opener is not the worst but the finish rightfully got bulshit chants (bulshit chants in 86 btw) . Savge vs the animal was a mistake amd a waste of one of the best ever by puting him with a man who just can not work to save his life. The jacke roberts match was booked backwards with the no name jober kiling jake untill jake wcws (as in gose out of the ring and atckes his aoponent when they get back in) the jober and hits the DDT making him look like a loser, but the after ware cool. And the main event was worked boxing done badly . Also the coumentry on this show was real bad. At least this is as low as it gose"
Hitman26 wrote on 05.08.2023:
[2.0] "The first part of Wrestlemania 2 was dead pretty much. The show starts with Paul Orndorff fighting Muraco which is too short and it ends in a double count out. Then after that Randy Savage wrestled George Steele who is a funny character but his wrestling skills aren't so good. So this match was more of a comedy to be honest. After that there is a squash match including Jake Roberts so nothing to comment on that really. And then the main event a boxing match of Piper and Mr. T this was soooo slow and boring. Despite being a historical ppv I wouldn't recommend watching the first part."
celticinvader wrote on 22.07.2023:
[2.0] "This New York portion of Wrestlemania 2 was pretty terrible. One good storyline to a very poor main event, and a series of filler matches with talent who deserved better."
Rjepic1 wrote on 20.07.2023:
[2.0] "WrestleMania 2 is not that good of a show. I gave the show as a whole a 4 but I will give separate ratings for each Halle for Cagematch. Halle 1 (New York) gets a solid two, Halle 2 (Chicago) a 3, and Halle 3 a five. There's like two, maybe three matches I remember fondly from this show as a whole."
CMFunk007 wrote on 28.05.2023:
[2.0] "April 1986, I was 11 years old and my best friend came over on a Monday night to watch the big Wrestlemania 2 card in which Hulk Hogan and King Kong Bundy would fight inside a steel cage. The WWF decided to split the card up between 3 different venues, which I feel would have been a rip off if I had attended live. This first section, in New York, was the worst of the trilogy. As a kid, I loved Mr. T and would have loved to have seen him in person, which I did in 194 when I attended Starrcade 1994, but him in a boxing match trying to emulate his Clubber Lang role was never good. Orndorff and Muraco had a quick match that went nowhere. George Steele and Randy Savage continued their neverending feud with Savage getting another victory over him in a bad match. And Jake Roberts squashed George Wells. I used to watch Wrestlemania 2 on a loop, mostly due to not having a vast library of wrestling back then. This beginning card was terrible."
DanTalksRasslin wrote on 01.05.2023:
[1.0] "The first (New York) part of WrestleMania 2 was very much a dud, and an early indicator that the three-venue experiment just wasn't going to work out. We get a short double countout from Orndorff and Muraco, a passable but short IC Title match from Savage and Steele, a decent (but short) semi-squash from Roberts and Wells, and the disastrous Piper-Mr. T "boxing" match, all totaling less than 23 minutes of in-ring action. Honestly, the best part of this was the prospect of hearing Ray Charles sing, and they couldn't even get the PA system working for most of that. Imagine driving out to Long Island for this."
crs285 wrote on 01.04.2023:
[3.0] "Commentary was pretty bad as was the openers ending. I enjoyed Savage vs Steele but wrestling wise it was not good. Roberts and wells was an average squash match. Piper and Mr T was not that good as their personalities barely showed in the ring except during the breaks."
lukerocker9 wrote on 22.03.2023:
[2.0] "New York got the short end of the stick with this card. The opening match got the crowd chating Bullshit which is always a great sign. Savage/Steele was watchable but it doesn't feel like a PPV title match at all. Roberts vs Wells is a decent squash and the best out of the four bouts on this section, but once again it doesn't belong on this card. And to top it all off they got one of the worst Wrestlemania matches in history. Such a waste of talented wrestlers. At least it didn't last that long"
Matthew23claw wrote on 20.03.2023:
[4.0] "I thought this was bearable and actually slightly more entertaining then the first few matches at WrestleMania 1 at least in terms of characters with Macho Man and Jake Roberts making there Mania debuts, Macho Man vs Steele had some fun moments including a surprising elbow drop kick out, Jake Roberts attack with the snake was extra brutal here as well and actually quite terrifying. The boxing match started off okay with a big fight feel and ending terribly. In terms of everything non wrestling related Ray Charles performance was definitely one of the better and more iconic ones, still holds up and what does not hold up is the commentary god awful. 4/10."
violet011 wrote on 13.02.2023:
[3.0] "Yeah the first hour of this Wrestlemania is pretty awful. Book ending with a countout and DQ is a choice but the IC title match and Jake Roberts match were decent. If anything, the absurd and ridiculous booking made it somehow entertaining"
KingsCrossing wrote on 10.02.2023:
[1.0] "The first hour of WrestleMania 2 is not good at all. The opener is a joke - that finish was a horrible way to kick off any PPV let alone WrestleMania. The Intercontinental Title match is decent for some light entertainment but doesn't belong on WrestleMania. I didn't mind Roberts vs Wells, and as somebody unfamiliar with George Wells work I thought he looked like he had some potential, but once again, this simply did not belong at WrestleMania. The 'boxing' match was just flat out boring. Also worthy of mention is that the commentary is horrible - Susan St James sounds incredibly fake and clearly couldn't care less, and I don't think there are many people out there that would be surprised to hear that Vince's commentary was poor. If something similar was on a weekly televised event then I would give a more generous rating, but even for an early WrestleMania I don't think this warrants a passing grade in isolation from the other two parts of the show. Nothing here is really worth watching outside of an interest in pro wrestling history."
Der Galische Krieger wrote on 30.11.2022:
[4.0] "Not the greatest of PPV's not sure was this popular at the time looking back it could of easily been the death of Wrestlemania. Orndorff vs Muraco run of the mill 4*, followed by a poor enough match with Savage vs Steele. Roberts sold like a hero vs Wells but just another run of the mill match 4*. The finale not great at all, Piper kept it fun and outrageous. Overall with even the great atmosphere 3.5*"