During an episode of WWF Superstars on November 22, 1984, WWF Champion Hulk Hogan teamed up with Bret "The Hitman" Hart against Big John Studd and "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff in a star-studded tag-team match. Hogan's team won after Hart forced Studd to tap out to the Sharpshooter. However, over the next few months, a feud between Hogan and Hart began to unfold. The Hulkster and The Hitman were the #1 and #2 babyfaces in the WWF, respectively. For Hogan, his road to superstardom began in January of 1984, when he won the WWF Championship from the Iron Sheik and singlehandedly began Hulkamania. For Hart, he had to take a longer road to the top. After training in the Hart Dungeon for several years, Vince McMahon was so impressed with his talent that he gave the Hitman a WWF contract. In 1980, Hart teamed with Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart as the Hart Foundation. They found instant success as a tag team, winning the World Tag Team Championship on five different occasions. In 1983, Neidhart moved back to Calgary to help mentor the Hart Dungeon students. From there, Hart found success as a singles wrestler as well, beating "Cowboy" Bob Orton for the Intercontinental Championship on the Christmas edition of WWF Superstars on December 23, 1983. He held the title twice after that for a total of three Intercontinental Championship reigns. His surging popularity helped him become a main-eventer, and soon, rumors of Hulk Hogan facing Hart for the WWF Championship started spreading like wildfire. On January 22, 1985, those rumors became a reality. Hart beat Studd, Orton, Orndorff, and Bob Backlund in a five-way match to earn a WWF Championship opportunity. The dream match was going to come true. On February 27, 1985, Hogan announced he would face Hart for the title at the first-ever WrestleMania. Both men claimed to have great respect for one another, but it would be thrown aside when they stepped foot in the ring at WrestleMania. Tickets for the show sold out in only 45 minutes. Many people had even bought tickets in advance. On March 25, 1985, six days before the event on WWF Superstars, the two had a contract signing for the match. Hogan claimed that no matter what Hart throws at him, he'll throw it back 10 times harder at WrestleMania. Hart said that the only thing Hogan will throw to him will be the WWF Championship when he wins it for all his friends and family back in Calgary. The two had a brawl to end the show.