Hulk Hogan Reveals Former A-Team Cast Member as the Biggest Menace in the Build Up to His WrestleMania I Match

WWE’s WrestleMania is often the most awaited PLE of the year. This event draws the biggest crowd and gets record viewership every single year for the WWE. WrestleMania always has something great in store for the fans. Going back to when it all started, ‘WrestleMania I’, was a significant moment in the history of the WWE. But as Hulk Hogan recalls, one cast member from ‘The A-Team’ was the biggest headache for him during the entire event.

Mr. T caused a lot of difficulties at WrestleMania I

The first ever WrestleMania in 1985 was supposed to be a huge deal and to add to the grandeur, Vince McMahon invited ‘A-Team’ and ‘Rocky lll’ star Mr. T to be part of the main event. Mr.T had a massive fan following because of the success of the show and the movie. So McMahon involved him in the main event tag team match.

The match was between Hulk Hogan and Mr. T against “Rowdy” Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff which Hulk Hogan and Mr. T eventually won. In his autobiography, Hogan recalled that the biggest source of the stress that night was none other than Mr. T. His celeb status was just too much, and he was not ready to act prudently as he considered himself to be a really big star.

Things started getting on Hogan’s nerves as Mr. T arrived late to the event knowing very well that the WWE has a fixed schedule to follow. In addition, Mr. T arrived with his entourage whom the security was not allowing. And Mr. T being the star that he is, was almost ready to back out of the match.

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It was Hulk Hogan who had to personally persuade him to change his decision. But Hulk Hogan was not the only wrestler who had a problem with Mr. T.

The late ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper couldn’t stand Mr. T

Right from the get go, Roddy Piper has always been someone who is very upfront and doesn’t hide his emotions. That’s why the fans loved him so much. Because he was just so raw and that was as real as could get in the WWE.

Mr. T was brought to ‘WrestleMania I’ as a celebrity attraction. But Piper had already mentioned before that he and other wrestlers disliked Mr. T as he was a celebrity and not a real wrestler. Post WrestleMania, their in-ring feud continued with a boxing match at ‘WrestleMania II’ which was the first of its kind in the WWE. Mr. T won that match in round 4 as Roddy Piper got disqualified for attacking the referee and body-slamming Mr. T.

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But in later years Mr. T revealed that all that heat between the two of them was just to sell more tickets. Both superstars had an equal amount of respect for each other with Mr. T actually calling Piper, “the ultimate professional”.

But going back to Hulk Hogan, do you think Mr. T is to be blamed for all the problems that night at ‘WrestleMania I’.