callanvass Live from Las Vegas, NV (Caesar's Palace)Attendance: 16,891Intercontinental ChampionshipShawn Michaels (C) (W/Luna Vachon) Vs Tatanka (W/Sensational Sherri)Tatanka wins by countout. Shawn Michaels keeps the title. This was a pretty good match! It started off slow, but really kicked into gear after a while with some great action. I lost track of how many near- falls there were near the end. The drama with Sherri and Luna was good as well.***1/4The Steiner Brothers Vs The Headshrinkers (W/Afa)The Steiner's win. This match featured some impressive spots from both teams. It was a very physical battle that I enjoyed for the most part. The right team went over here.**3/4Doink The Clown Vs CrushDoink wins after another Doink interferes. As much as I don't care for Doink, the finish was pretty well done. The match itself is very forgettable, though. *1/2Razor Ramon Vs Bob BacklundRamon wins with a small package. It's surprising that Ramon didn't win with the Razor's Edge. I guess the point they were trying to make is that Razor could wrestle his way to victory. This was just a filler match. The crowd loved Razor, and Razor was still a heel at this juncture.*1/4Tag Team ChampionshipMoney Inc (C) Vs Hulk Hogan & Brutus Beefcake (W/Jimmy Hart)Money Inc wins by DQ after a very controversial finish. This match was pretty brutal! It had a big match feel, but the execution wasn't very good. The finish was stupid as well. I'm being generous with the rating.*1/2Lex Luger Vs Mr. PerfectLuger wins in another controversial finish. This match was decent. Perfect could work wonders with anybody at this juncture, and he did just that with Lex Luger. **1/2The Undertaker (W/Paul Bearer) Vs Giant Gonzalez (W/Harvey Whippleman)The Undertaker wins by DQ after using chloroform. This match is as bad as you've heard it is. It definitely deserves to be ranked as one of the worst Wrestlemania matches of all time. It's nothing but punching, kicking, and The Giant Gonzalez staggering around. ½*WWF ChampionshipBret Hart (C) Vs Yokozuna (W/Mr. Fuji)Yokozuna wins the title after Fuji throws salt in Bret Hart's eyes. This match has always angered me. Bret Hart didn't get a proper run with the WWF title. It's almost like he was treated as an after- thought during his first run as champion.**We're not done yet! Hulk Hogan comes out to check on Bret. Mr. Fuji challenges Hogan on Yokozuna's behalf and offers to put the title on the line. Bret Hart tells Hogan to go for it. Yokozuna holds Hogan for Mr. Fuji to throw salt in Hogan's eyes, but Hogan ducks. Hogan delivers the legdrop on Yokozuna and wins the WWF title. The crowd went absolutely bonkers for Hogan's title win, but it really was selfish BS on Hogan's part. He didn't need the title at this juncture. It's a memorable moment for the wrong reasons.DUDThis is notorious for being an awful Wrestlemania. I'd have to say it's one of the worst of all time. The main event is average if you exclude Hogan winning afterwards. Every Wrestlemania is worth a watch, just don't be surprised if you end up with a bad taste in your mouth.4/10

amanwhorocks First, what I saw was "Caesar" and "Cleopatra" on an elephant, how childish...1. Intercontinental Championship: Champ-Shawn Michaels (go first, blah) Vs. Tatanka - Most of the match was average, end was way better, but stupid count-out ending. 6/10 2. HeadShrinkers Vs. The Steiner Brothers - Some nice moves, but Steiners could do it better 6/10 3. Crush Vs. Doink - That was average bout, but with funny ending. 5.5/10 4. Razor Ramon Vs. Bob Backlund - Quick fresh match. Razor finishes with Cradle Pin. Crowd chant for heel Razor! Funny, isn't it? 6/10 5. Tag Team Championship: Champs go first...-I.R.S./Million Dollar Man Vs. Hulk Hogan/Brutus Beefcake - Yes, Brutus "Ridiculous" Beefcake without charisma is back. *SIGH :-/ Match was boring old-school wrestling. BUt Hulkamania running wild, lol. 4/10 6. Mr. Perfect Vs. Lex Luger - Luger is terrible wrestler and he beats Mr. Perfect in a match, that was quite boring. Shame. 5.5/10 7. Giant Gonzales (THE GREATEST LOL) Vs. The Undertaker - Fu*k, that was bad, Gonzáles should never wrestle. 4/10 8. WWF Championship: Yokozuna Vs. Champ-Bret Hart - It was so predictable that Bret drop the belt for Yokozuna, and that set belt for Hogan, but why that happened in 1 evening? Pfff. 6/10 For Hogan's next title reign -5/10

bh_tafe3 1993 was a time of change in the WWE but for this Wrestlemania they decided to wind back the clock as Hulk Hogan returned, along with his good friend Brutus Beefcake, who had been out of wrestling since a paragliding accident in 1990.This was not a great event. Only two matches had any real build and the whole thing came off as being rushed. The in ring action wasn't great and the twist at the end, which I'll discuss later, really wasn't the earth shattering moment the WWE hoped it would be.This forgettable night started off with Shawn Micheals defending his Intercontinental Championship against the undefeated Tatanka. Tatanka had beaten Michaels a couple of times leading into the fight. Michaels had a new manager, Luna Vachon while Tatanka was accompanied by Michaels' former manager and future WWE Hall of Famer Sherri Martel. Tatanka won by DQ. Michaels kept his title and went straight back into his feud with Marty Janetty, which had been put on hold just for Wrestlemania. Why, I have no idea.Next up saw the Steiner Brothers (Scott and Rick) defeat the Headshrinkers (Samu and Fatu) with Scott scoring the pin after hitting Samu with the Frankensteiner. Good match.Doink the clown needed help from another clown to win his match against Crush. A second Doink distracting Crush when he was in complete control and allowing Doink to get the pin and the victory. Doink was an entertaining gimmick character, who got old rather quickly.Razor Ramon easily defeated the returning Bob Backlund in the next match.This brings us to the first in our double main event. As the Mega Maniacs Team of Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake, with the newly turned good guy Jimmy Hart in their corner, took on Hart's former buddies Money Inc (Ted DiBiase and Irwin R Shyster). This was a fairly sketchy finish. Beefcake, as mentioned, had been in a paragliding accident requiring full facial surgery and had wrestled the match with a face mask on. Shyster ripped the mask off him and beat Beefcake to a pulp. The ref went down, Hogan grabbed the face mask and knocked out DiBIase and Shyster and then Hart, who was wearing a referee shirt, counted the three. Another ref came down and reversed the decision, declaring Money Inc winners by DQ.Next up Lex Luger or the Narcissist as he was also known at the time defeated Mr Perfect. This match came about because Luger was being managed by Perfect's old manager Bobby Heenan. Perfect had is feet on the ropes when he was pinned, but the ref missed it.The Undertaker picked up a lacklustre DQ victory in a pretty poor match against the Giant Gonzales. THe Undertaker had earned the ire of Gonzales' manager Harvey Wippleman in 1992 and Taker had defeated his big monster Kamala at Survivor Series. Wippleman vowed revenge and took it at the Royal Rumble as Gonzales attacked Taker, costing him the match. Gonzales dominated Undertaker in this match, but was DQ'd for choking Taker out with chloroform. Weird finish to a bad match.This bought us to our main event as WWE Champion Bret Hart, seriously challenged as champion for the first time, put his title on the line against Mr Fuji's unstoppable monster Yokozuna. Yokozuna controlled the early going, but Hart resisted and then took control. He had Yokozuna in the sharpshooter, surely he would give in and Hart would be established as an heroic hero after taking out the big monster. But Fuji had other ideas, throwing salt in Hart's face, rendering the Canadian helpless as Yokozuna got the pin.What a downer ending. But wait here comes Hulk Hogan. He's checking Hart to make sure he's OK. Suddenly Fuji challenges Hogan to a WWE Title right then and there. Hogan accepts. Fuji throws salt towards Hogan, but hits Yokozuna instead. Hogan hits the leg drop and wins the match and the title. What did I just watch? And so, what most fans thought was going to be the night we either saw Hart establish himself as a giant killer, or Yokozuna establish himself as an unstoppable monster, we instead saw Hulk Hogan pick up a meaningless title win. A title that he would not defend for three months. As a matter of fact this was the only match Hogan wrestled for the WWE before the King of the Ring PPV in June 1993.

Spawn Devil Tatanka defeated Intercontinental Champion Shawn Michaels by DQThe Steiners defeated the Headshrinkers via pinfall Doink defeated Crush via pinfall Razor Ramon defeated Bob Backlund via pinfall Tag Team Champions Money Inc. defeated Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake via DQ Lex Luger defeated Mr. Perfect via pinfall Undertaker defeated Giant Gonzales via DQ Yokozuna defeated Bret Hart for the World Wrestling Championship Hulk Hogan defeated Yokozuna for the World Wrestling ChampionshipOverall Mark: C- (Minimum Pass)