According to Ricky Steamboat (Richard Blood), Randy Savage planned every single move in their match. Wrestling matches are usually improvised except for the finish. But Savage was such a perfectionist that he wrote every step in the match on papers and faxed them to Steamboat for him to memorize.
Aretha Franklin was stuck in traffic moments before WrestleMania III went on the air. Breaking free of the traffic jam, she rushed to the Pontiac Silverdome and performed "America the Beautiful" without a sound check.
Only WWF PPV where Gorilla Monsoon calls a match with Jesse "The Body" Ventura and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan at the same time.
In an effort to boost the live attendance numbers, the entire state of Michigan was excluded from pay-per-view access for this event.