WrestleMania VII

WrestleMania VII was the seventh annual flagship pay-per-view event of the World Wrestling Federation. It was held in Los Angeles, California at the Los Angeles Sports Arena on March 24, 1991. The subtitle for the event was Superstars And Stripes Forever, and is remembered for it's theme of American patriotism (American flags were hung all over the arena and the ring apron and banners were colored red, white, and blue), which was the basis for the main event between Hulk Hogan and Sgt. Slaughter for the WWF Championship. WrestleMania VII is mostly remembered for the emotional reunion between "Macho Man" Randy Savage and his manager, Ms. Elizabeth, which occurred following Savage losing a "Retirement Match" to the Ultimate Warrior.

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Pay-per-view - World Wrestling Federation - Los Angeles - California - Los Angeles Sports Arena - March 24 - 1991

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WrestleMania VII was originally suppose to be held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Buildup to WrestleMania VII began during the original pay-per-view broadcast of WrestleMania VI on April 1, 1990, with commercials predicting that 100,000 fans would fill up the Coliseum for WreslteMania VII. These commercials ran throughout 1990 and into 1991, but by January 1991, only 16,000 tickets had been sold. With only two months left until the pay-per-view, it was decided to move the event from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to the Los Angeles Sports Arena which was right next door. The WWF claimed the reason for the venue change was because a bomb threat had been issued towards the company on the day of WrestleMania VII. The WWF/E has held on to this claim to this very day. The L.A. Sports Arena can only hold about 16,000, so the event was a sellout, although the pay-per-view buyrate was significantly lower than WrestleMania VI's buyrate. Still, the WWF proclaimed WrestleMania VII to be "the most watched pay-per-view of all-time" for a few months following the event.

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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum - WrestleMania VI

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