WrestleMania X
Template:Short description Template:Infobox Wrestling event WrestleMania X was a 1994 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was the 10th annual WrestleMania and took place on March 20, 1994, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. It was the second WrestleMania held at this venue after the inaugural WrestleMania in 1985.
The central focus of the pay-per-view was the WWF Championship, which was defended in two matches. Due to Lex Luger and Bret Hart being named the co-winners of the 1994 Royal Rumble match, both challenged champion Yokozuna. Luger was first but was disqualified for pushing the referee. Hart faced Yokozuna later in the evening and won the championship by pinning Yokozuna. This led to a lengthy worked feud between Bret and his brother Owen,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> who had defeated Bret in the opening match of the pay-per-view.
Several other major feuds were also highlighted. Razor Ramon defeated Shawn Michaels in a Ladder match to resolve an angle in which the two had argued over the rightful holder of the WWF Intercontinental Championship. Bam Bam Bigelow gained revenge against Doink the Clown, with whom he had been feuding, by teaming with Luna Vachon to defeat Doink and his partner Dink. Randy Savage settled his feud with Crush by defeating him in a Falls Count Anywhere match.
WrestleMania X was the first edition of the event not to include Hulk Hogan, who had been seen as the public face of the WWF.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The card also marked Randy Savage's last televised match for the company.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
ProductionEdit
BackgroundEdit
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WrestleMania is considered the World Wrestling Federation's (WWF, now WWE) flagship professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event, having first been held in 1985. It is held annually between mid-March to mid-April.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was the first of the WWF's original four pay-per-views, which includes Royal Rumble, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, which were dubbed the "Big Four",<ref>Ian Hamilton. Wrestling's Sinking Ship: What Happens to an Industry Without Competition (p. 160)</ref> and one of the "Big Five", along with King of the Ring that was established in 1993.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> WrestleMania X was scheduled to be held on March 20, 1994, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, the same venue of the first WrestleMania.<ref name=pwh/>
StorylinesEdit
The storyline surrounding the WWF Championship began at the 1994 Royal Rumble when the final two wrestlers, Lex Luger and Bret Hart, simultaneously eliminated each other.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After a disagreement between two referees, Jack Tunney, the WWF President, declared Luger and Hart co-winners.<ref name=rugged>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Tunney announced that both wrestlers would get a WWF Championship match at WrestleMania, the prize given to the winner of the Royal Rumble match,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and both wrestlers would have to wrestle two matches for the pay-per-view.<ref name=rugged/>
Tunney announced that a coin toss would be used to decide who faced Yokozuna for the belt first. If Luger won, he would face Yokozuna first.<ref name=rawjan31/> Hart would then wrestle his brother Owen Hart before facing the winner of the Luger-Yokozuna match.<ref name=rawjan31>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> If Hart won the coin toss, he would get the first title shot, and Luger would wrestle Crush earlier on the card.<ref name=rawjan31/> On the January 31, 1994 episode of Monday Night Raw, Luger won the coin toss and the right to face Yokozuna first.<ref name=rugged/>
Bret Hart was booked to face his brother Owen, with whom he was in the middle of a feud. The storyline between the Hart brothers began at Survivor Series 1993, where they were competing on the same side of an elimination match. As Owen was fighting in the ring, Bret, who had sustained a kayfabe injury, was staggering along the ring apron. Owen ran into Bret, causing Owen to lose his focus and get eliminated from the match.<ref name=onslaughtss93>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After the match, Owen returned to the ring and had a confrontation with Bret.<ref name=onslaughtss93/> In the following weeks, Owen demanded a match with Bret, but Bret refused to accept the challenge.<ref name=rugged/> Eventually, the storyline had the brothers reunite to face The Quebecers at Royal Rumble 1994.<ref name=rugged/> During the match, Bret sustained another kayfabe injury, causing the referee to end the match.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In a planned turn, Owen got upset by the loss and attacked Bret to restart the feud.<ref name=owen>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Luger's feud with Yokozuna began on July 4, 1993, at the Yokozuna Bodyslam Challenge. In June, Mr. Fuji, Yokozuna's manager, challenged all American athletes to attempt to bodyslam Yokozuna on the deck of the Template:USS.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After several athletes failed,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the storyline saw Luger arrive by helicopter and successfully bodyslam Yokozuna.<ref name=owwluger>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This began a strong push for Luger, who was then scheduled to challenge Yokozuna for the WWF Championship at SummerSlam 1993. Luger won the match by countout but did not win the title.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The WWF claimed that the match stipulations did not allow Luger a rematch.<ref name=histtitle3>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The storyline saw Luger campaigning for entry into the 1994 Royal Rumble, as he wanted the title shot that would be given to the winner.<ref name=wwf1994/> Luger was eventually entered into the match, although The Great Kabuki and Genichiro Tenryu were also entered, on Mr. Fuji's behalf, to attempt to prevent Luger from winning.<ref name=histtitle3/> Kabuki and Tenryu were unsuccessful, however, as Luger won the match and gained a match for the WWF Championship.
The storyline leading to the match between "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Crush focused on the supposedly strained friendship between the two wrestlers. On the July 12, 1993, episode of Monday Night Raw, Crush challenged Yokozuna for the WWF Championship. At the end of the match, Yokozuna performed the Banzai Drop to win the match.<ref name=rawjul12>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After the match, he performed three more Banzai Drops while various wrestlers ran to the ring to stop the attack.<ref name=rawjul12/> Savage eventually came to the ring to help Crush.<ref name=rawjul12/> Following the match, Crush was not seen on televised matches for several months, although he continued to appear at house shows.<ref name=wwf1994>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On October 18, Crush appeared on Monday Night Raw accompanied by Yokozuna and Yokozuna's manager, Mr. Fuji. Crush criticized Savage for not intervening sooner during the July 12 match.<ref name=wwf1994/> In a worked promo, Crush announced that he had turned against Savage and the United States in order to align himself with Yokozuna and Fuji.<ref name=wwf1994/> He then attacked Savage by dropping him on the ringside guard rail. Yokozuna performed the Banzai Drop on Savage before a group of referees came to the ring to break up the fight.<ref name=wwf1994/> During the November 8, 1993 episode of Monday Night Raw, Savage left his position as commentator to attack Crush.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The following week, Jack Tunney announced that Savage was suspended from commentating as a result of the previous week's attack.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The feud intensified at Survivor Series 1993 when Savage and Crush caused each other to be eliminated from their respective matches.<ref name=onslaughtss93/>
Bam Bam Bigelow and Doink the Clown was engaged in a feud that began in the fall of 1993. Doink annoyed Bigelow with a series of pranks, such as throwing water and confetti on him and tripping him with a broom.<ref name=bigdoink>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Bigelow retaliated against Doink and Doink's midget sidekick Dink.<ref name=bigdoink/> A match was booked for Survivor Series 1993, but Bigelow was unable to get revenge because Doink did not compete. Instead, the WWF prolonged the feud by having Bigelow's team face The Bushwhackers and Men on a Mission dressed as Doinks.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The feud eventually culminated in a match scheduled for WrestleMania X. In the match, Bigelow and his storyline girlfriend Luna Vachon competed against Doink and Dink in a Mixed tag team match.
The feud between Razor Ramon and Shawn Michaels also dated back to the fall of 1993. Jack Tunney announced that he was stripping Michaels of the WWF Intercontinental Championship for not defending the title often enough.<ref name=raz1>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> There have been reports that the real reason for vacating the title was because Michaels refused to drop the belt.<ref name=mich>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Ramon won the title after competing in a battle royal and defeating Rick Martel, the other finalist in the match. In the angle, Michaels refused to acknowledge the title change, however, as he insisted that he was the true Intercontinental Champion.<ref name=mich/> To gain revenge against Ramon for taking the belt, Michaels attacked Ramon and helped Irwin R. Schyster to steal Ramon's gold chains.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
EventEdit
| Role: | Name: |
|---|---|
| Commentators | Vince McMahon |
| Jerry Lawler | |
| Interviewer | Todd Pettengill |
| Ring announcer | Bill Dunn |
| Howard Finkel | |
| Donnie Wahlberg Template:Small | |
| Burt Reynolds Template:Small | |
| Referee | Mike Chioda |
| Danny Davis | |
| Jack Doan | |
| Earl Hebner | |
| Joey Marella |
In a dark match before the pay-per-view aired, The Heavenly Bodies faced The Bushwhackers. Near the end of the match, The Bushwhackers gained control when they performed the Battering Ram on Jimmy Del Ray.<ref name=dark>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Tom Prichard, Del Ray's partner, attacked Bushwhacker Butch before he was able to pin Del Ray.<ref name=dark/> This allowed Del Ray to recover and pin Butch to win the match.<ref name=dark/> As the broadcast began, Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler were introduced as commentators for the event and Little Richard sang "America the Beautiful".<ref name=toa>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The first televised match was between Bret and Owen Hart. The beginning of the match went back and forth with neither wrestler gaining a strong advantage. The tension between the two was demonstrated by Owen's bragging and Bret's refusal to let Owen leave the ring.<ref name=oo>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Owen eventually gained momentum by using a camel clutch on Bret and performing suplexes and a Tombstone piledriver.<ref name=toa/> When Owen stood outside the ring to recuperate, Bret jumped over the top rope to attack him. Bret landed awkwardly, however, and suffered a kayfabe injury to his knee.<ref name=oo/> Owen used a figure four leglock to capitalize on Bret's sore leg.<ref name=toa/> Bret was able to recover, and he kicked Owen in the back of the head and used a Bulldog and sleeper hold to weaken Owen.<ref name=toa/> Owen regained the advantage, however, and applied the Sharpshooter on Bret.<ref name=toa/> Bret was able to escape and perform a Sharpshooter on Owen.<ref name=toa/> Bret then attempted to end the match with a victory roll, but Owen blocked it and pinned Bret to win the match.<ref name=oo/>
Sy Sperling, the president of hair restoration company Hair Club for Men, appeared in the ring before the next match. He announced that he was at WrestleMania to introduce one of his latest clients, ring announcer Howard Finkel. Finkel came to the ring wearing a toupée, showing off his new hair while the crowd applauded.<ref name=toa/> The match then began, as Bam Bam Bigelow and Luna Vachon came to the ring to face Doink the Clown and Dink. Bigelow attacked Doink at the beginning of the match with a dropkick and a powerslam.<ref name=oo/> When Dink entered the match, the rules stated that Bigelow had to tag Vachon into the match.<ref name=toa/> Dink ran around the ring avoiding Vachon, but she eventually caught him. She kicked him and powerslammed him, but she then missed a moonsault attempt.<ref name=oo/> Doink and Bigelow re-entered the match, and Doink performed a DDT on Bigelow.<ref name=oo/> Bigelow reversed the momentum to win the match after a diving headbutt on Doink. Bigelow pinned Doink to win the match, and he and Vachon then attacked Dink.<ref name=toa/>
The next match was a Falls Count Anywhere match between Randy Savage and Crush. The rules stated that any time a wrestler was pinned, he then had to make it back inside the ring within sixty seconds or he would lose the match.<ref name=oo/> Savage tried to attack Crush before the bell rang, but Crush reversed the attack. He used a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker to injure Savage and then dropped Savage across the guard rail to get the first pinfall.<ref name=oo/> While Savage was returning to the ring, Mr. Fuji hit him with the Japanese flag to stall him. Savage made it back to the ring with two seconds remaining, so the match continued.<ref name=oo/> Inside the ring, Crush tried to throw salt in Savage's eyes, but Savage countered by throwing the salt in Crush's eyes.<ref name=oo/> Savage then performed a diving elbow drop and rolled Crush outside of the ring for the pinfall.<ref name=toa/> Fuji helped revive Crush, which allowed Crush to return to the ring before the count had expired.<ref name=toa/> Savage and Crush then brawled down the aisle and into a room backstage. Savage scored a pinfall and tied Crush's legs to a pulley.<ref name=oo/> Crush was left hanging upside down and could not return to the ring, so Savage was declared the winner.<ref name=oo/>
Alundra Blayze defended her WWF Women's Championship against Leilani Kai in the next match. Blayze began the match by using a leg sweep and two sunset flips.<ref name=oo/> Kai came back with a powerslam and a suplex.<ref name=oo/> Blayze got the win, however, by pinning Kai after performing a German suplex.<ref name=oo/>
In the next match, Men on a Mission challenged The Quebecers for the WWF Tag Team Championship. Although The Quebecers attacked Men on a Mission before the bell, Mabel quickly recovered and clotheslined both Quebecers.<ref name=oo/> The Quebecers used several double-team moves against their opponents, but Mabel reversed the momentum after Pierre missed a senton bomb.<ref name=oo/> Mabel eventually missed an Avalanche, allowing The Quebecers to suplex him.<ref name=oo/> The Quebecers performed an assisted senton on Mabel but did not get a pinfall.<ref name=oo/> Men on a Mission regained the advantage, prompting The Quebecers' manager, Johnny Polo, to pull his wrestlers out of the ring.<ref name=toa/> Men on a Mission won the match by countout, but they did not win the belts.<ref name=toa/>
The first WWF Championship match came next, as Lex Luger challenged Yokozuna. Mr. Perfect was revealed to be the guest referee for the match, while Donnie Wahlberg was the guest ring announcer and Rhonda Shear was the guest timekeeper.<ref name=hoff>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After a verbal confrontation between Luger and Yokozuna, Luger gained the early advantage by knocking Yokozuna out of the ring.<ref name=toa/> After getting back into the ring, Yokozuna removed the turnbuckle padding from a corner of the ring.<ref name=toa/> Yokozuna used a nerve hold and a belly to belly suplex to wear down Luger.<ref name=oo/> As he tried to throw Luger's head into the exposed turnbuckle, however, Luger blocked him and hit Yokozuna's head into the turnbuckle.<ref name=oo/> Luger then performed clotheslines and a powerslam on Yokozuna before knocking Yokozuna kayfabe unconscious with a running forearm smash.<ref name=toa/> Yokozuna's managers, Mr. Fuji and Jim Cornette jumped onto the ring apron to distract Luger, and Luger pulled them into the ring and attacked them.<ref name=hoff/> Luger covered Yokozuna, but Mr. Perfect was tending to the fallen managers and did not make the count. When Luger pushed him, Mr. Perfect disqualified Luger and left the ring, thereby turning heel.<ref name=toa/>
Adam Bomb and his manager Harvey Wippleman entered the ring for the next match, and Wippleman criticized Finkel's new hair and tore the pocket off Finkel's suit.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Earthquake came to the ring and attacked Bomb from behind. He powerslammed Bomb and performed the Earthquake splash to get the pinfall victory in thirty-five seconds.<ref name="Earthquake/Bomb">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
For the Ladder match, the Intercontinental belts belonging to Razor Ramon and Shawn Michaels were both hanging above the ring, and the first wrestler to use the ladder to reach both belts would be declared the winner.<ref name=toa/> Ramon began the match by chokeslamming Michaels.<ref name=oo/> Michaels recovered, however, and performed a neckbreaker on Ramon.<ref name=oo/> Michaels then threw Ramon out to the ringside, where Michaels' bodyguard Diesel clotheslined Ramon.<ref name=oo/> Referee Earl Hebner responded by ordering Diesel to return to the dressing rooms.<ref name=toa/> Ramon pulled up the padding from the concrete floor, but he was later thrown onto it after Michaels reversed Ramon's attempt to perform the Razor's Edge.<ref name=oo/> While Ramon was lying on the floor, Michaels brought the ladder to the ring and used it to hit Ramon in the stomach, chest, and back.<ref name=oo/> Michaels tried to retrieve the belts, but Ramon stopped him from climbing the ladder.<ref name=toa/> Michaels then set the ladder up in the corner of the ring and performed a splash onto Ramon.<ref name=oo/> Ramon recovered and Irish whipped Michaels into the ladder.<ref name=oo/> He then hit Michaels with the ladder several times before both men tried to climb up to get the belts.<ref name=oo/> Ramon suplexed Michaels off the ladder and tried to reach the belts.<ref name=oo/> Michaels dropkicked the ladder, which caused Ramon to fall off.<ref name=oo/> Michaels performed a superkick and a piledriver on Ramon and then propped the ladder up in the corner of the ring.<ref name=oo/> Michaels climbed the turnbuckles, jumped onto the ladder, and used his weight to push it down across Ramon's chest.<ref name=oo/> Michaels tried to retrieve the belts again, but Ramon pushed him off.<ref name=oo/> Michaels fell into the ropes and got tangled up, allowing Ramon to get the belts and win the undisputed Intercontinental Championship.<ref name=oo/>
A ten-man tag team match was supposed to take place next, but it was canceled due to time constraints.<ref name=subs>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The kayfabe reason given was that the heel team (Irwin R. Schyster, The Headshrinkers, Rick Martel and Jeff Jarrett) could not agree on who would be the team's captain for the match. Their opponents were scheduled to be the face team of the 1–2–3 Kid, Sparky Plugg, Tatanka and The Smoking Gunns.<ref name=subs/> Bob Holly ("Sparky Plugg"), stated in his 2013 autobiography The Hardcore Truth that the timekeeper backstage repeatedly told the referee over his earpiece to end the ladder match, but Michaels and Ramon ignored him and kept wrestling until officials were forced to cancel the tag team match.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The final match of the night and main event was the WWF Championship match between Yokozuna and Bret Hart. The guest referee for the match was "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, while the guest ring announcer was Burt Reynolds and the guest timekeeper was Jennie Garth.<ref name=hoff/> Yokozuna attacked Hart before the bell, and Hart attempted a couple of comebacks in vain.<ref name=toa/> Eventually, Yokozuna made a mistake and allowed Hart to knock him to the mat.<ref name=oo/> Cornette tried to distract Piper, but Piper punched him and knocked him off the ring apron.<ref name=frank>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Yokozuna performed a leg drop on Hart but then missed an Avalanche attempt.<ref name=oo/> Bret maintained the advantage for a little while, but Yokozuna came back with a belly to belly suplex.<ref name=oo/> When Yokozuna attempted the Banzai drop, however, he lost his balance and fell to the mat.<ref name=hoff/> Hart quickly pinned Yokozuna to win the title.<ref name=hoff/> This match also marked the first time in WWF (now WWE) history that two wrestlers faced each other in a WWF World Title match at two consecutive WrestleManias as well as Bret become first wrestler to win both Intercontinental Championship and World Championship at WrestleMania.
Afterwards, Bret Hart celebrated in the ring with several of the face wrestlers including Lex Luger, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, Razor Ramon, Tatanka, The 1–2–3 Kid, Sparky Plugg and "Macho Man" Randy Savage. Others who joined in the celebration included Burt Reynolds, Rhonda Shear, Donnie Wahlberg, and WWF commentators Gorilla Monsoon and Vince McMahon. Owen Hart stood in the aisle, glaring at Bret, then quickly left; the brothers continued their feud for the remainder of 1994, with the WWF Championship often on the line.<ref name=wwf1994/><ref name=hoff/>
ReceptionEdit
The event was attended by 18,065 people, who paid a total of $960,000 in admission fees. The buy-rate for this pay-per-view was 1.68, down from the 2.0 buy-rate that the previous WrestleMania had achieved.<ref name=pwh/>
The event received positive reviews from various websites and wrestling publications. In 2010, Rob McNew of 411mania gave the event an overall score of 9.0 out of 10.0 and noted that WrestleMania X "may lack a lot of historical significance due to being during a relative downtime for the business, but this show kicked all kinds of ass." He further noted that "Bret-Owen and Razor-Shawn were both coin flip choices for not only match of the year, but match of the decade as well." He concluded the review citing how WrestleMania X was "easily one of the top five Wrestlemania’s ever."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Much of the praise towards the event was aimed at the ladder match between Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon. McNew of 411mania cited the match as "downright groundbreaking for the time" and an "amazing match that put the ladder match on the map." It received a five-star rating from Dave Meltzer and was voted Match of the Year (1994) by readers of his Wrestling Observer Newsletter publication. Pro Wrestling Illustrated readers also named that match PWI Match of the Year (1994). It was placed #3 on IGN's Top 20 Matches in Wrestlemania History and described as "one of the most ground-breaking matches in wrestling history".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The opening match between Owen Hart and Bret Hart has also garnered acclaim. McNew described it as the "best opening match in professional wrestling history". It was also #4 on the list of IGN's Top 20 Matches in Wrestlemania History; writer Jon Robinson described it as "the best opening match in pay-per-view history."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Multi-time world champion Chris Jericho stated: "For me, the best match on [WrestleMania X] was always Bret vs. Owen, and it kicked off the show and it was hard to follow...the story was amazing, it was kind of Owen's coronation – it was a great moment".<ref>Template:Cite episode</ref> Mike "The General" Lambertson, a former professional wrestler from Deep South Wrestling and contributor to voicesofwrestling.com called the match “The greatest sports entertainment event in Madison Square Garden’s history” on episode 138 of the "Talk is Jericho" podcast.
AftermathEdit
Men on a Mission continued to challenge The Quebecers for the tag team belts. Men on a Mission won the title on March 29, 1994.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This is said to have been an unplanned title change, as Mabel accidentally fell on Pierre to get the pinfall.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This title reign lasted only two days, however, as The Quebecers won the titles back in a rematch.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Lex Luger and Mr. Perfect were scheduled to face each other in a series of matches on the WrestleMania Revenge Tour. Mr. Perfect was replaced by Crush,<ref name=wwf1994/> however, and Mr. Perfect did not appear again in the WWF until Survivor Series 1995.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Adam Bomb and Earthquake had a rematch on the April 4, 1994 episode of Monday Night Raw, which Earthquake won.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The feud did not progress any further, as Earthquake left the WWF for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in May 1994.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Wippleman and Finkel wrestled a series of Tuxedo matches in 1994 that culminated in a match on the January 9, 1995 episode of Monday Night Raw.<ref name=wwf1994/> Finkel defeated Wippleman in a final Tuxedo match to end the feud.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
A few weeks after the match between Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon, Diesel begin to challenge Ramon for the Intercontinental championship. Michaels helped Diesel defeat Ramon for the title on April 13, 1994.<ref name=wwf1994/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This win began a push for Diesel that saw him win the WWF's Triple Crown Championship in one calendar year.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The ten-man tag team match took place on the April 4, 1994 edition of Monday Night Raw. The heel team won, as Irwin R. Schyster pinned the 1–2–3 Kid to win the match.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Bret and Owen Hart continued their feud throughout 1994. At King of the Ring, their real-life brother-in-law and Bret's former tag team partner Jim Neidhart became involved in the angle by helping Owen win the tournament.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During the coronation ceremony, Owen announced that he wanted to be referred to as the "King of Harts".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> At SummerSlam, Bret successfully defended his title against Owen in a Steel cage match but was attacked after the match by Owen and Neidhart, prompting another brother-in-law, Davey Boy Smith, to get involved on Bret's side.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> At Survivor Series, the storyline saw Owen partially responsible for costing Bret the WWF Championship. Bret faced Bob Backlund in a match with the stipulation that the winner would be declared when a competitor's cornerman threw a towel into the ring to signify a submission. After Owen caused Smith to knock himself unconscious, Owen pretended to feel sympathy for Bret.<ref name=towelbook>Template:Cite book</ref> While Backlund had Bret in a crossface Chickenwing, the angle had Owen convince his mother Helen to throw in Bret's towel, enabling Backlund to win the match and the title.<ref name=towelbook/> After the match, Owen celebrated with Backlund and showed that he was faking the concern for his brother.<ref name=series94>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
ResultsEdit
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