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WrestleMania IX

Details
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	April 4 1993
Venue	Caesars Palace
City	Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance	16,891
Pay-per-view chronology
Royal Rumble 1993	WrestleMania IX	King of the Ring 1993

WrestleMania IX was the ninth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation. The event took place at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, the tagline was "An Event of Epic Proportions".

WrestleMania IX was built around two main storylines: the unstoppable Yokozuna challenging Bret Hart for the WWF Championship; a right he earned by winning the 1993 Royal Rumble, the first man to win a WrestleMania title shot at the Royal Rumble (although, Hulk Hogan had won the 1991 Royal Rumble and went onto face Sgt. Slaughter at WrestleMania VII, his title shot was not granted because of that victory); and the return of Hulk Hogan, who had departed the WWF following WrestleMania VIII, teaming up with Brutus Beefcake, to take on the WWF Tag Team Champions, Money Inc. (Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster).

WrestleMania IX also took a novel approach to its arena by placing it outside in the open air at the risk of possible rain and other weather related incidents.

Results

Dark match: Tito Santana defeated Papa Shango (8:00)
Santana pinned Shango.
Tatanka (w/Sensational Sherri) defeated WWF Intercontinental Champion Shawn Michaels (w/Luna Vachon) by count-out (18:13)
Michaels was counted-out, and thus retained the title.
The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) defeated The Headshrinkers (Fatu and Samu) (w/Afa) (14:22)
Scott pinned Samu following a Frankensteiner.
Doink the Clown (Matt Bourne) defeated Crush (8:28)
Doink pinned Crush after a second Doink distracted Crush and allowed Bourne to hit Crush from behind with a prosthetic arm.
Razor Ramon defeated Bob Backlund (3:45)
Ramon pinned Backlund with a roll-up.
Money Inc. (Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster) defeated The Mega-Maniacs (Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake) (w/Jimmy Hart) by disqualification to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship (18:27)
The Mega-Maniacs were disqualified after Hart interfered.

Yokozuna applying a Nerve Pinch to Bret Hart

Lex Luger defeated Mr. Perfect (10:56)
Luger pinned Perfect using a backslide, despite Perfect having both of his feet touching the ropes.
The Undertaker (w/Paul Bearer) defeated Giant Gonzales (w/Harvey Wippleman) by disqualification (7:33)
Gonzales was disqualified after choking Undertaker with a chloroform soaked rag.
Yokozuna (w/Mr. Fuji) defeated Bret Hart to win the WWF Championship (8:55)
Yokozuna pinned Hart after Fuji threw salt in Hart's eyes while he had Yokozuna in the Sharpshooter.
Mr. Fuji challenged Hulk Hogan for the WWF Championship, after he came out to check on Bret Hart's condition, and Hart gave Hogan the go-ahead nod to take on Yokozuna.
Hulk Hogan defeated Yokozuna (w/Mr. Fuji) to win the WWF Championship (0:21)
Hogan pinned Yokozuna after a leg drop following Mr. Fuji inadvertently blinding Yokozuna with salt.

Other on-screen talent

Hulk Hogan after winning his 5th WWF Championship

Commentators

Bobby "The Brain" Heenan
Gorilla Monsoon - introduction
Jim Ross
"Macho Man" Randy Savage

Interviewers

"Mean" Gene Okerlund
Todd Pettengill

Ring announcer

Howard Finkel - aka "Finkus Maximus"

Referees

Notes

This was the first WrestleMania held entirely outdoors.
This was the first WrestleMania not to use the traditional red, white, and blue ring ropes. Instead, black and gold ropes were used to coincide with the Ancient Roman theme.
A scheduled match between Bam Bam Bigelow and Kamala did not take place.
This WrestleMania is notable for having the shortest WrestleMania main event of all time.
The arena for WrestleMania IX appeared on the game WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2006 as a hidden arena.
This marked the WWF debut of announcer Jim Ross.

References

WrestleMania IX Facts/Stats

External links

The Official Website of WrestleMania IX

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