Lex hit a clothesline followed by a powerslam.
An elbow drop on Bulldog missed, so he tagged in Luger for the hot tag. Body slam on Bulldog as Vince busted out his first “what a match” of the show. Bulldog hit a clothesline, the brothers cheated and the other one came in to hit a clothesline on Bulldog. The twins hit a double boot to the face on Bulldog as they continued to isolate him. Bulldog got a small package, but the ref was occupied with Luger who was trying to prevent cheating. The twins cheated behind the ref’s back to get control. Vince called Jacob a “big mountain man.” I guess that explains their gimmick. They hit a back elbow as Bulldog worked on Jacob (we think) and hit his delayed suplex to a big pop. Luger & Bulldog hit body slams and clotheslines at the beginning. The Blu twins had a few incarnations in wrestling, most notably as the Harris Brothers. Luger failed as a singles star in WWE, so they put him in a team with the British Bulldog. The Allied Powers (British Bulldog & Lex Luger) vs. Heel Lawler was a lot of fun while Vince was always good at putting over moments, but he wasn’t the best at calling moves. This was their second year in a row as the announce team. She did well.Īt ringside, Vince McMahon & Jerry Lawler welcomed us to the show.
Special Olympian Kathy Huey sang America The Beautiful. It’s interesting that two years earlier they barely had any celebrity involvement and the year before it was minimal, but they felt the need to increase the involvement here. Then they showed the celebrities that would be involved in this show. It was a good idea since Lawrence Taylor was the selling point of this event. We got a video package that focused on all the celebrities that were involved in the first ten WrestleManias. Let’s find out.įrom the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut I remember going into this one wondering what match would go on last, whether it would be the title match or the Taylor match. It’s something that they continue to do to this day. The other worthwhile fact relating to WWE in 1995 is that they started to do monthly PPVs after WrestleMania. It’s better than having 10 or 11 matches and sticking too much filler on the show. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, though.
Bret Hart’s role was decreased a bit, moving down from the World Title level into a feud with Bob Backlund, who had become a crazy heel.ĭue to having such a thin roster (WCW was gaining a lot of steam at this time by plucking away some WWE talent), this was only a seven match card. The match was built off well thanks to Michaels having a dominant win at the 1995 Royal Rumble by winning the match after being the first entrant. Meanwhile, the WWE World Title feud featured Shawn Michaels challenging his former bodyguard Diesel, who became the champion a few months earlier and the new face of the company in a lot of ways. This was Pamela in her prime too, so that was a pretty good get by Vince McMahon.
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They also brought in Pamela Anderson, who was famous for being on the TV show Baywatch and also because of her numerous Playboy appearances. Taylor was one of the best defensive players in NFL history, so it was a big name that garnered a lot of attention from the mainstream media. It was an angle that was started at the Royal Rumble a couple of months earlier. They upped the celebrity involvement at this show too, bringing in recently retired NFL legend Lawrence Taylor to wrestle Bam Bam Bigelow in the main event of the show. Business wise, the company wasn’t doing so great and were doing everything they could to create new stars while also elevating others in hope that they would become the draws that guys like Hogan & Savage were. It was one of those shows where they were hoping to get by based on the WrestleMania name more than anything. It was the first WrestleMania since the first one to have a celebrity wrestling in the main event of the show. What they did bring back was celebrity involvement. The pageantry of Madison Square Garden was not there since the event was taking place in Hartford. The eleventh WrestleMania did not have as much fanfare as its predecessor.
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