WrestleMania VI
- TV Special
- 1990
- 3h 37m
Sixth WrestleMania on April 1st, 1990 at the SkyDome in Toronto, Canada, making it the first WrestleMania to be held outside of the United States. The main event of is "the Ultimate Challeng... Read allSixth WrestleMania on April 1st, 1990 at the SkyDome in Toronto, Canada, making it the first WrestleMania to be held outside of the United States. The main event of is "the Ultimate Challenge" - Hulk Hogan against the Ultimate Warrior.Sixth WrestleMania on April 1st, 1990 at the SkyDome in Toronto, Canada, making it the first WrestleMania to be held outside of the United States. The main event of is "the Ultimate Challenge" - Hulk Hogan against the Ultimate Warrior.
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Aside from the main event,which was a BIG deal back in 1990,the under card was absolutely forgettable. Be on the lookout for a pre-Master of the Diamond Cutter,Diamond Dallas Page as he drives Honky Tonk & Greg Valentine to the ring for their match in his car.
For pure nostalgia,this is worth another watch. If you take yourself back to that time and watch this with the thought of not knowing who was going to win between Hogan & Warrior...it has a special feel.
Everyone thought that this would be the last time we saw Hogan hold the WWF Chamionship and that The Ultimate Warrior would go on to dominate wrestling. For one reason or another this never happened and a mere six months later Hogan was the champ again. This match will also be remembered as one of the very few times Hulk Hogan jobbed (lost) to someone.
Anyway this main event will go down as one fo the great matches of all time, maybe not for the quality but because of how important it was. I would rank it right up there with other main event Wrestlemania matches like Bret Hart vs Shawn Micheals, Steve Austin vs Shawn Micheals and the second Austin vs Rock match. I would recommend buying this video to anyone for the plain reason of the main event.
Looking back now (I was 5 at the time), although I loved both Warrior and Hogan, I think I enjoyed Warrior more because of his mystique. Hogan was the branded hero who weilded an impressive public image. The Ultimate Warrior, on the other hand, was a masked man of few words - an out-of-the-limelight hero for a different audience.
This rivalry was so exciting as a kid because of this duality in me duking it out for each combatant. I had a place for both of them. Because there was bloodshed too in this long, heavy battle, the stakes were high - at least to me as a kid. On a similar note, because of Hogan's defeat, this made him more human - I remember feeling kind of sorry for him.
All of these emotions at play in the juvenile boy's soap opera made Wrestlemania VI such a great time to witness this game.
However major highlights included the HUGE pop for Demolition winning the tag team belts from Haku and Andre the Giant, The first ever mixed tag match featuring Randy Savage and Sensational Queen Sherri vs Dusty Rhodes and the late Sapphire and the first ever clash between The Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan.
Some matches were a complete waste of time. Like The Bolsheviks vs The Hart Foundation was only about 40 seconds long, Koko B Ware vs Rick Martel was short and Big Bossman vs Akeem was too short.
Mr Perfect vs Brutus Beefcake and Ted DiBiase vs Jake 'the snake' Roberts were very good indeed.
Overall Grade - B
Did you know
- TriviaOriginally, WWF owner Vince McMahon wanted the main event to be Hulk Hogan vs. Zeus for the WWF Championship. According to Tom Lister Jr., these plans were nixed when Hogan refused to drop the title to Zeus, thus causing The Ultimate Warrior to be placed into the main event slot with Hogan instead.
- Quotes
Jesse Ventura: Sean Connery was named "Sexiest Man in the World," and he has my hairstyle.
Gorilla Monsoon: I know that.
Jesse Ventura: You know how I can't miss in Hollywood, Gorilla? I got Paul Newman's eyes, I got Kirk Douglas's chin, and Robert Duvall's haircut. How can I lose?
Gorilla Monsoon: But what do you have of your own, Jess?
Jesse Ventura: [long pause] ... And here comes Brutus.
- Alternate versionsThe DVD version edited out any reference to "WWF". The DVD version also replaced the entrance themes for a number of wrestlers. This was likely done because of song rights. They were:
- Koko B. Ware: "Bird" replaced with "Piledriver", which was his theme from 1987 to 1989.
- Dusty Rhodes: "American Dream" replaced with the theme to Wheel of Fortune (1988).
- Demolition (Ax and Smash)
- The Orient Express (Sato and Tanaka)
- Big Boss Man: "Hard Time" replaced with the song that eventually became his music when he returned in 1998 to 2002.
- Akeem: "Jive Soul Bro" replaced with generic music.
- ConnectionsFeatured in WrestleMania X (1994)
- SoundtracksNational Anthem of the Soviet Union
(uncredited)
Composed by Sergey Mikhalkov, Gabriel Ureklyan (as G. El-Registan) and Aleksandr Aleksandrov (as Alexander Alexandrov)
Performed by Josip Peruzovic
Details
- Runtime3 hours 37 minutes
- Color