What's your favorite match from Wrestle Mania 9?

@hbk2244 (180)
United States
March 2, 2010 2:40pm CST
Another stinker of a Mania but there were a few good matches. My personal favorite was Shawn Michaels defending the I/C Title against Tatanka. Although it was a DQ finish, you could see HBK was on his way to being Mr. Wrestle Mania. What about you?
2 responses
• Australia
23 Apr 10
Wrestlemania 9 was considered the worst wrestlemania ever. To me it wasnt great but it wasnt a total dud. The whole Hogan thing at the end just totally ruined it I my opinion. of course maybe thats just because Im not much of a Hogan fan soooo you can see whwre I am going with that. There were some good matches though like Hart vs Yoko. Which was surprisingly one of the better matches of the evening I have to say but considering that isnt saying much. Michaels and Tatanka had an awesome match especially for an opener. Lots of high flying action there. For my favourite I have to go with Mr Perfect Curt Hennig vs Lex Luger though. I thought this was a very solid match from both sides. They kept the fans entertained throughout its just too bad about the ending...
@megamatt (14291)
• United States
3 Mar 10
If there was at Wrestlemania that was the beginning of the dark age of the 1990s, that did not revive into the ascension of Stone Cold and the Attitude Era, it would be this card. It was not the worst show mind you. I've seen Heroes of Wrestling. Still not that much home to write about. I'm going to have to go with the Headshrinkers against The Steiner Brothers. Scott Steiner was so awesome back in the 1990s. Then he became Big Poppa Pump and it was all downhill. Although to be fair, I did enjoy his heel work as WCW World Champion during the dying days of WCW, one of the few bright spots about that company. Still the Steiner Brothers and the Headshrinkers was a perfectly acceptable little tag team match. Not close to what the Steiner Brothers are capable of, as they had better matches with Money Incorporated, the Heavenly Bodies, and the Quebecers later that year, but 1993 might have been the peak of Rick and Scott and this was just one small part. Honorable mention, I don't really know. Yokozuna and Bret Hart wasn't all that necessarily bad. It was better than the main event for Wrestlemania 10 these two had. The finish with Hulk Hogan coming out and beating Yokozuna in 25 seconds after he had won the title kind of was a bit of a sour taste. Still the match itself between Yoko and Bret. And also, I have to make mention of the Narcissist. Good old Lex Luger, this might have been your finest hour, post Ric Flair feud. Granted, I enjoyed the little storyline that he had in WCW in 1995-1996 where he was teaming with Sting but being managed by Jimmy Hart behind Sting's back. Sadly that never played out, because of the NWO storyline and Luger kind of spiraled down and never recovered. Still the Narcissist was great. I think one of the biggest mistakes that was made is basically turning him into Hulkamania 2.0 with the Lex Express. I liked the evil pretentious heel kayoing people with the loaded steel forearm. Also, Doink the Clown was another good one, at least evil Doink. Doink was truly years ahead of his time. If that character, perhaps tweaked somewhat, had been brought around during the time of the Dark Knight and Heath Ledger's Joker, he might have been a true money drawing heel. A dishonorable mention would have to go with the Giant Gonzales against the Undertaker match. This began a string of really awful Undertaker feuds that finally concluded with the Diesel match at Wrestlemania XII and then Mankind but wow, this match defies all belief. How to explain Giant Gonzales to someone who never seen him? A giant man wearing a bigfoot outfit who makes the Great Khali look like Shawn Michaels. Such a bad match and a disqualification finish. Not to mention the fact that he was managed to Harvey Wippleman who managed such legendary competitors like Well Dunn, Kwang, and Bertha Faye, Queen of the Trailer Park. So yeah this was a bad Wrestlemania based with some bright spots. Also, the first Pay Per View for Good Ol' JR, Jim Ross. What a stellar way to start your career!