List of WrestleMania III Stipulation Matches

Hair vs. Hair Match

Roddy Piper vs. Adrian Adonis — The Loser Gets Their Head Shaved

The Hair vs. Hair stipulation meant the loser would have their head publicly shaved in front of 93,000 fans. For Roddy Piper — whose long flowing hair was his most distinctive physical feature — the stakes were personal and symbolic. For Adrian Adonis — whose 'Adorable' character was built on appearance and vanity — losing his hair would be a humiliation perfectly calibrated to his persona. The stipulation was the ideal dramatic framework for a retirement match between two of the most theatrically gifted performers in WWF history. Piper's victory and the subsequent shaving of Adonis' head gave the crowd one of the most celebratory post-match moments of the entire event.

Full Nelson Challenge

Billy Jack Haynes vs. Hercules — Who Is the Real Master of the Full Nelson?

The Full Nelson Challenge stipulation uniquely placed the finishing move itself at the centre of the match's competitive stakes. Bobby Heenan had spent weeks claiming Hercules was the true master of the Full Nelson — the submission hold both men used as a primary weapon. The match's competitive logic meant that whichever man applied the Full Nelson successfully and made the other submit would definitively answer the question. The double countout ending left the question unresolved — providing built-in justification for a rematch.

Loser Must Bow Match

King Harley Race vs. Junkyard Dog — The Defeated Must Bow to the Winner

The Loser Must Bow stipulation gave the match a uniquely personal dignity angle — Junkyard Dog had loudly and repeatedly declared he would never bow to King Harley Race. The stipulation forced him to publicly break that vow if defeated. The crowd's investment in Dog's refusal to submit to Race's royal pretensions made the stipulation genuinely compelling. Dog's post-match chair shot after briefly bowing gave the crowd the cathartic act of defiance they needed.

Six-Man Mixed Tag — Midget Wrestlers Combined With Full-Size

Hillbilly Jim's Team vs. King Kong Bundy's Team

While not a traditional special stipulation, the six-man mixed tag match combining full-size WWF superstars with midget wrestlers was itself a unique structural stipulation — a match format the WWF had used periodically but never on a WrestleMania stage. The implicit rule governing the match was that full-size wrestlers were expected to compete only with other full-size competitors, and midget wrestlers would contest their own internal battles. Bundy's violation of this understanding — attacking the much smaller Little Beaver — was treated as the most egregious illegal act of the match and resulted in disqualification.