Community hub
Recent from talks
Contribute something to knowledge base
Content stats: 0 posts, 0 articles, 0 media, 0 notes
Members stats: 0 subscribers, 0 contributors, 0 moderators, 0 supporters
Subscribers
Supporters
Contributors
Moderators
WrestleMania VI
WrestleMania VI was a 1990 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was the sixth annual WrestleMania and took place on April 1, 1990, at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, marking the first WrestleMania to be held outside of the United States. The event had an announced attendance of 67,678, a record for the Skydome at the time. The main event of WrestleMania VI was "the Ultimate Challenge" — pitting WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan against WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion the Ultimate Warrior in a Winner Takes All match.
WrestleMania is considered the World Wrestling Federation's (WWF, now WWE) flagship professional wrestling pay-per-view event, having first been held in 1985. It is held annually between mid-March to mid-April. It was the first of the WWF's original four annual pay-per-views, which includes Royal Rumble, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, which were eventually dubbed the "Big Four". WrestleMania VI was chosen to be held on April 1, 1990, at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, marking the first WrestleMania to be held outside of the United States.
On February 3, 1990, a week after Hogan, and Warrior crossed paths in the 1990 Royal Rumble match, Hogan put forth "the Ultimate Challenge" to Warrior, and had to know whether "Hulkamania" or the "power of Warrior" was the "strongest force" in the WWF. On February 10, the match was officially announced as the main event of WrestleMania VI by then WWF President Jack Tunney. On February 24, Tunney announced that both the WWF Championship and WWF Intercontinental Championship would be on the line for the first time during the match.
Demolition had recently regained the WWF Tag Team Championship from the Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard), who departed the WWF shortly afterward. To fill the void, and give manager Bobby Heenan another tag team, Haku, and Andre the Giant, who had teamed occasionally earlier in 1989, were formally joined to form the Colossal Connection. Haku and Andre were immediately pushed as No. 1 contenders for the championship, and on December 13, 1989, the pair defeated Demolition – Smash was never legally tagged into the match – to win the belts. Andre and Haku held off Demolition in a series of rematches (most often with either one or both teams being disqualified) while also defending against The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) and The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart).
Future multi-time world champions Edge and Christian were in attendance at WrestleMania VI, as were Lance Storm and Renee Paquette. Actor Stephen Amell, who would go on to compete in a match at SummerSlam in 2015, was also in attendance. Mary Tyler Moore was sitting at ringside.
The first bout was a singles match in which Paul Roma defeated the Brooklyn Brawler. This was a dark match that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
The pay-per-view broadcast opened with Robert Goulet singing O Canada.
The second bout, and the first match to air on the pay-per-view broadcast, was a singles bout between Koko B. Ware, and Rick Martel. Martel won the match by submission using a Quebec Crab.
WrestleMania VI
WrestleMania VI was a 1990 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was the sixth annual WrestleMania and took place on April 1, 1990, at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, marking the first WrestleMania to be held outside of the United States. The event had an announced attendance of 67,678, a record for the Skydome at the time. The main event of WrestleMania VI was "the Ultimate Challenge" — pitting WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan against WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion the Ultimate Warrior in a Winner Takes All match.
WrestleMania is considered the World Wrestling Federation's (WWF, now WWE) flagship professional wrestling pay-per-view event, having first been held in 1985. It is held annually between mid-March to mid-April. It was the first of the WWF's original four annual pay-per-views, which includes Royal Rumble, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, which were eventually dubbed the "Big Four". WrestleMania VI was chosen to be held on April 1, 1990, at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, marking the first WrestleMania to be held outside of the United States.
On February 3, 1990, a week after Hogan, and Warrior crossed paths in the 1990 Royal Rumble match, Hogan put forth "the Ultimate Challenge" to Warrior, and had to know whether "Hulkamania" or the "power of Warrior" was the "strongest force" in the WWF. On February 10, the match was officially announced as the main event of WrestleMania VI by then WWF President Jack Tunney. On February 24, Tunney announced that both the WWF Championship and WWF Intercontinental Championship would be on the line for the first time during the match.
Demolition had recently regained the WWF Tag Team Championship from the Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard), who departed the WWF shortly afterward. To fill the void, and give manager Bobby Heenan another tag team, Haku, and Andre the Giant, who had teamed occasionally earlier in 1989, were formally joined to form the Colossal Connection. Haku and Andre were immediately pushed as No. 1 contenders for the championship, and on December 13, 1989, the pair defeated Demolition – Smash was never legally tagged into the match – to win the belts. Andre and Haku held off Demolition in a series of rematches (most often with either one or both teams being disqualified) while also defending against The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) and The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart).
Future multi-time world champions Edge and Christian were in attendance at WrestleMania VI, as were Lance Storm and Renee Paquette. Actor Stephen Amell, who would go on to compete in a match at SummerSlam in 2015, was also in attendance. Mary Tyler Moore was sitting at ringside.
The first bout was a singles match in which Paul Roma defeated the Brooklyn Brawler. This was a dark match that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
The pay-per-view broadcast opened with Robert Goulet singing O Canada.
The second bout, and the first match to air on the pay-per-view broadcast, was a singles bout between Koko B. Ware, and Rick Martel. Martel won the match by submission using a Quebec Crab.