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March to WrestleMania X

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March to WrestleMania VIII

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-	'''''March to WrestleMania VIII''''' aired on USA Network as a special episode of ''[[~~WWF~~ Prime Time Wrestling]]'' on March 29, 1992, 7 days prior to [[IWF WrestleMania 8\|WrestleMania VIII]]. It was filmed on March 10 in [[Biloxi, Mississippi]].	+	'''''March to WrestleMania VIII''''' aired on USA Network as a special episode of ''[[IWF Prime Time Wrestling]]'' on March 29, 1992, 7 days prior to [[IWF WrestleMania 8\|WrestleMania VIII]]. It was filmed on March 10 in [[Biloxi, Mississippi]].

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	During the late 80s and early 90s, the IWF regularly ran specials on the [[USA Network]] to promote their [[pay-per-view]] events. Similar to this series, ''[[IWF Survivor Series Showdown\|Survivor Series Showdown]]'' and ''[[IWF SummerSlam Spectacular\|SummerSlam Spectacular]]'' also ran the week prior to that year's [[IWF Survivor Series\|Survivor Series]] and [[IWF SummerSlam\|SummerSlam]], respectively.		During the late 80s and early 90s, the IWF regularly ran specials on the [[USA Network]] to promote their [[pay-per-view]] events. Similar to this series, ''[[IWF Survivor Series Showdown\|Survivor Series Showdown]]'' and ''[[IWF SummerSlam Spectacular\|SummerSlam Spectacular]]'' also ran the week prior to that year's [[IWF Survivor Series\|Survivor Series]] and [[IWF SummerSlam\|SummerSlam]], respectively.
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	==''March to WrestleMania VIII''==		==''March to WrestleMania VIII''==
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	'''''March to WrestleMania VIII''''' aired on USA Network as a special episode of ''[[WWF Prime Time Wrestling]]'' on March 29, 1992, 7 days prior to [[IWF WrestleMania 8\|WrestleMania VIII]]. It was filmed on March 10 in [[Biloxi, Mississippi]].		'''''March to WrestleMania VIII''''' aired on USA Network as a special episode of ''[[WWF Prime Time Wrestling]]'' on March 29, 1992, 7 days prior to [[IWF WrestleMania 8\|WrestleMania VIII]]. It was filmed on March 10 in [[Biloxi, Mississippi]].
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	==''March to WrestleMania IX''==		==''March to WrestleMania IX''==

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| align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#A9A9F5" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:125%;" |'''March to WrestleMania''' 
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="3" |
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;"|'''Genre'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |[[Professional wrestling]]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;"|'''Created by'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |[[Vince Matteson]]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;"|'''Starring'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |[[List of IWE personell|International Wrestling Federation roster]]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;"|'''Country of origin'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |[[United States of America|United States]]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;"|'''Original language(s)'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |English
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;"|'''No. of seasons'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |3
|- valign="top"
| bgcolor=#A9A9F5 align="center" colspan="3" |'''Production'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;"|'''Running time'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |120 minutes
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;"|'''Production company'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |[[International Wrestling Federation]]
|- valign="top"
| bgcolor=#A9A9F5 align="center" colspan="3" |'''Release'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;"|'''Original network'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |[USA Network]]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;"|'''Original release'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |March 29, 1992 – March 13, 1994
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'''''March to WrestleMania''''' is a [[professional wrestling]] [[television program]] that was produced by the [[International Wrestling Federation]] (IWF). Three separate specials aired one week prior to that year's respective [[IWF WrestleMania|WrestleMania]].

During the late 80s and early 90s, the IWF regularly ran specials on the [[USA Network]] to promote their [[pay-per-view]] events. Similar to this series, ''[[IWF Survivor Series Showdown|Survivor Series Showdown]]'' and ''[[IWF SummerSlam Spectacular|SummerSlam Spectacular]]'' also ran the week prior to that year's [[IWF Survivor Series|Survivor Series]] and [[IWF SummerSlam|SummerSlam]], respectively.

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==''March to WrestleMania VIII''==
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| align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:135%;" |'''March to WrestleMania VIII''' 
|-
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Professional Wrestling Promotion|Promotion]]'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[International Wrestling Federation]]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Date'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |March 10, 1992 
(aired March 29, 1992)
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Venue'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[Mississippi Coast Coliseum]]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''City'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[Biloxi, Mississippi]]
|- valign="top"
| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''March to WrestleMania event chronology'''
|- valign="top"
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''← Previous''' —
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Next →''' [[#March to WrestleMania IX|IX]]
|}
'''''March to WrestleMania VIII''''' aired on USA Network as a special episode of ''[[WWF Prime Time Wrestling]]'' on March 29, 1992, 7 days prior to [[IWF WrestleMania 8|WrestleMania VIII]]. It was filmed on March 10 in [[Biloxi, Mississippi]].

==''March to WrestleMania IX''==
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| align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:135%;" |'''March to WrestleMania IX''' 
|-
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Professional Wrestling Promotion|Promotion]]'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[International Wrestling Federation]]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Date'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |March 7, 1993 (aired March 28, 1993)
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''City'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[Fayetteville, North Carolina]]
|- valign="top"
| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''March to WrestleMania event chronology'''
|- valign="top"
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''← Previous''' [[#March to WrestleMania VIII|VIII]]
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Next →''' [[#March to WrestleMania X|X]]
|}
'''''March to WrestleMania IX''''' aired on USA Network on March 28, 1993, 7 days prior to [[IWF WrestleMania 9|WrestleMania IX]]. It was filmed on March 7 in [[Fayetteville, North Carolina]]. In March 2019 it was uploaded to the [[IWE Network]] as a hidden gem.

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| align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:135%;" |'''March to WrestleMania X''' 
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Professional Wrestling Promotion|Promotion]]'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[International Wrestling Federation]]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Date'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |February 21, 1994 February 23, 1994 (aired March 13, 1994)
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''City'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[Poughkeepsie, New York]] [[Loch Sheldrake, New York]]
|- valign="top"
| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''March to WrestleMania event chronology'''
|- valign="top"
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''← Previous''' [[#March to WrestleMania IX|IX]]
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Next →''' —
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'''''March to WrestleMania X''''' aired on USA Network on March 13, 1994, seven days prior to [[IWF WrestleMania 10|WrestleMania X]]. Some of the matches for the special were filmed on February 21 in [[Poughkeepsie, New York]], while the remaining were filmed two days later in [[Loch Sheldrake, New York]]. The following night, a 1-hour version aired in place of ‘’[[IWE Raw]]’’. In March 2019 it was uploaded to the [[IWE Network]] as a hidden gem.

The first match of the event saw [[ Brent Huntley|Lex Luger]]]] defeat [[David Eugene Ferrant|Jimmy Del Ray]] by submission with the torture rack. Following the match [[Taylor  Anoa'i (wrestler)|Yokozuna]]Yokozuna]] and [[Mr. Fuji]] came out and stared Luger down.

The second match saw [[Derrick  Bigelow|Bam Bam Bigelow]] pin Ben Jordan.

The next match was for the [[IWF Intercontinental Championship]], which saw [[Scott Cummins|Razor Ramon]] defend the title against [[Neal DeArmond-DeVito|Tony DeVito]]. Ramon successfully retained the title via pinfall after hitting the "Razor's Edge".

Next, [[John Coleman|Earthquake]] defeated [[ Terry Flemming |The Executioner]] following a sit down splash.

Following match saw [[Brian Don Adams (wrestler)|Crush]] taking on [[Bret Heart]]. While Heart had an inside cradle on Crush, [[Mr. Fuji]] distracted the referee, allowing [[Owen Heart]] to reverse the inside cradle.

The next match was for the [[IWF World Tag Team Championship]], which saw [[The Quebecers]] ([[Darrell Rousseau|Jacques]] and [[Walter Jo Ordoyne|Pierre]]) defending against [[Michael  Beck (wrestler)|Mike Bell]] & [[Peter  Poche|PJ Walker]]. The Quebecers retained the titles after a top rope leg drop while having Bell in a Boston Crab.

The final match saw [[Taylor  Anoa'i (wrestler)|Yokozuna]], the [[IWE Championship|IWF World Champion]], take on [[Jessie Craig (wrestler)|Tatanka]] in a non-title match. Yokozuna picked up the victory following a belly to belly suplex and the "Bonzai Drop".

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|[[ Brent Huntley|Lex Luger]]]] defeated [[David Eugene Ferrant|Jimmy Del Ray]] (with [[Jim Cornette]] & [[Thomas Peterson |Tom Prichard]]) by submission
|[[Professional wrestling match types#Singles match|Singles match]]
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|2
|[[Derrick  Bigelow|Bam Bam Bigelow]] (with [[Gertrude Lorraine Vining|Luna Vachon]]) defeated Ben Jordan
|Singles match
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|[[Scott Cummins|Razor Ramon]] (c) defeated [[Neal DeArmond-DeVito|Tony DeVito]]
|Singles match for the [[IWF Intercontinental Championship]]
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|4
| [[John Coleman|Earthquake]] defeated [[ Terry Flemming |The Executioner]]
|Singles match
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|5
|Brian Don Adams (wrestler)|Crush]] (with [[Mr. Fuji]]) defeated [[Bret Heart]]
|Singles match
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|[[The Quebecers]] ([[Darrell Rousseau|Jacques]] & [[Walter Jo Ordoyne|Pierre]]) (c) defeated [[Michael  Beck (wrestler)|Mike Bell]] & [[Peter  Poche|PJ Walker]]
|[[Professional wrestling match types#Tag Team match|Tag team match]] for the [[IWF World Tag Team Championship]]
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|7
|[[Taylor  Anoa'i (wrestler)|Yokozuna]] (with [[Jim Cornette]] & [[Mr. Fuji]]) defeated [[Jessie Craig (wrestler)|Tatanka]]
|Sinltes match
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==Legacy==
In 2016 the ''March to WrestleMania'' name was expected to return, however the [[List of IWE Network events|IWE Network event]] was renamed to [[IWE Roadblock (March 2016)|Roadblock]].

==References==

{{Former IWE programs}}
{{USANetwork Shows}}