#4 Hulk Hogan closes out another Wrestlemania
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Because of the shift towards promoting a younger generation of wrestlers, after so many of the former talent left the company in 1993, Wrestlemania 9 was supposed to be about ushering in and cementing new stars.
That appeared to be the case at first. We had singles matches involving Shawn Michaels, Razor Ramon and Lex Luger, and crucially, the main event did not involve the former WWF Champion and Wrestlemania icon Hulk Hogan. After seeing him in the main event of the WWF’s signature PPV in 7 of the previous 8 occasions, it was a welcome relief to be able to sit down and enjoy the main event involving Bret Hart and Yokozuna, two of the most promising stars the company had at the time.
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Hogan was himself involved in a tag-team match lower down the card. It’s not as if the WWF fans wanted to forget about the Hulkster, and many were still happy to see him appear on the show, but what we didn’t need was yet another Wrestlemania ending with Hogan standing tall. Unfortunately, that’s what we got.
After Yokozuna was crowned the WWF Champion after blinding Bret Hart with powder, Mr Fugi inexplicably decided to issue an on the spot challenge to Hogan. Why somebody would do that to their client who had just won you the biggest prize in wrestling is anyone’s guess.
Hogan entered the ring and defeated Yoko in a matter of seconds. When you look back at Wrestlemania 9 on the WWE network, you might be convinced that the crowd responded well to it. It was, after all, quite a shocking moment. But in truth, it was a shocking moment that nobody really wanted.
This should have been Yoko’s time to cement his position as the top heel in the company, or at the very least Bret should have retained in order to solidify his own position as the New Generation’s champion. Instead, we got one last rendition of ‘Real American’ and the characteristic Hulk Hogan posing to close out the show.
Wrestlemania 9 isn’t considered one of the better Wrestlemania events of all time, and that’s putting it politely. And rather than using its main event to at least help the company move forward, we instead got this rather uncalled for ending that helped nobody.
