Rock’s war of words with Cena in the lead-up marginalised the WWE Champion The Miz in his only WrestleMania main event to date. The build for this match would see the host of WrestleMania, a returning Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson heavily involved. John Cena – WrestleMania XXVII – WWE Championship – 2011 There’s no real reason for a WrestleMania event to have a planned ending of a disqualification, or for that matter, a count-out. A title change, a clean finish, and a hugely feel-good moment.
WrestleMania VIII would have been much better served if the main event had seen the Macho Man Randy Savage defeat the villainous Flair for the WWE Championship. The two heroes would clear the ring and embrace in the best possible attempt to wash the bad taste of the end of the match out of everyone’s mouths. The inimitable strains of The Ultimate Warrior’s music then filled the arena and the crowd erupted as Warrior sprinted to the ring. With the match over Shango sauntered to the ring to help Justice continue the attack on Hogan. Despite Wippleman not putting his hands on Hogan yet. The referee Earl Hebner called for the bell and the disqualification when Justice’s manager Harvey Wippleman entered the ring. By now, despite Gorilla Monsoon’s later commentary to the contrary, the match was already over. And when I say, miss his cue, it wasn’t even close.Īfter the kick-out, Shango would jog out to the entranceway, stopping halfway to survey the scene. As is well documented, Justice would kick out of Hogan’s leg drop after Papa Shango missed his cue to break up the pin. Where this match really fell apart was towards the finish. The match itself showcased very little from Justice and Hogan – but there is no denying the crowd was firmly behind Hulk, even after his Rumble antics. Thankfully, this wouldn’t mark the end of Hogan’s in-ring career as it would not remotely be a fitting end for the legend. In the build-up there was a lot of talk about this possibly being Hogan’s last match from the commentary table as the era of Hulkamania wound down. This led to WrestleMania VIII and Hogan’s seventh Mania main event. Justice was rightly peeved and words would be exchanged between him and Hogan while a gaggle of officials tried to keep the two apart. Hogan would take exception to this, grabbing on to Justice allowing Flair to dump him to the outside and win the match and the title.
Hogan’s back was turned to Justice who then legitimately eliminated the Hulkster from the match. With that match down to the final three competitors – Hogan, Justice, and Ric Flair, Hogan would put the boots to Flair. With the WWF Championship vacated at the time due to shenanigans in matches between Hogan and The Undertaker, the 1992 Rumble match would crown a new champion. The background to this match started at the 1992 Royal Rumble. The first non-title main event since the first edition of WrestleMania in 1985. Can you imagine the reaction if social media had been around in 1993? Best not to. Hulk would leave with the title but no match ever really took place. No bell would ring to end the match either. Not even a big boot in sight!Īnother reason to discount this as the main event of WrestleMania IX – the bell never rang to start the match. The champ went down allowing Hogan to hit a clothesline followed by his leg drop for the pin. Fuji then attempted to blind Hogan by throwing salt in his eyes, missing and blinding the massive Yokozuna instead.
With Bret urging the apparently reluctant Hulkster on, Hogan accepted. Fuji would challenge Hogan on the spot to a match. Hulk Hogan would come out to help Bret Hart after Hart’s WWE Title loss to Yokozuna. However, it was in no way the advertised main event. Yes, this was the last match on the WrestleMania IX show.
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