30 Week Journey: Wrestlemania III (1987)

Published: July 22, 2015, 11:03 p.m.

b'The latest Lapsed Fan is bigger, it\\u2019s badder, and it\\u2019s better. Anything less would be inappropriate.

Hosts Jack Encarnacao and JP Sarro dive into the cavernous environs of the once-mighty Pontiac Silverdome for a wall-to-wall breakdown of Wrestlemania III, a banner night for professional wrestling and a true milestone on the Lapsed Fan\\u2019s 30-week, 30-Wrestlemania journey.

We cover all bases, from Aretha Franklin to Hulk Hogan slamming Andre the Giant, with a tremendous assist from wrestling guru Dave Meltzer. The show covers:

- The real 78,000 attendance figure for show, and how we can be sure

- A sentimental sojourn to the Silverdome\\u2019s parking lot in 2007

- What there is to learn about a perfect wrestling payoff from Piper v. Adonis

- Steamboat v. Savage, and why it\\u2019s annoying to pretend it wasn\\u2019t an all-time classic

- Recollections of whether or not Andre got the 3 on Hogan\\u2019s first botched slam attempt

- Bundy squashes a midget (commentators\\u2019 term, not ours)

- Alice Cooper\\u2019s strange combination of apprehension and stubbornness while wielding Jake\\u2019s snake

- Your hosts take tremendous artistic liberties envisioning the conversation between Vince McMahon and Andre on the set of \\u201cThe Princess Bride,\\u201d trying to sell the big man on working the big show

- And laughing. So much laughing you\\u2019ll tell yourself you\\u2019re going to stop listening (but you won\\u2019t)

Get on board that Lapsed Fan locomotive, as we make our third stop in Pontiac, 1987, the big one, Wrestlemania III.'