7 Biggest WrestleMania rises and falls from year to year

WrestleMania Fall: Demolition

Demolition

WrestleMania VI- WrestleMania VII

There is usually always a conundrum when it comes to Demolition. Some fans feel they were WWF rip-offs of the Road Warriors. Others (like me) who grew up only seeing WWF programming on their TV stations would contend that Demolition was the first “power and paint” team they ever saw dominate the tag team scene. Regardless, the fact is that Ax and Smash personified the tag team ranks in the WWF in the late '80s and on into 1990.

At WrestleMania 6 in Toronto, Demolition would defeat the Colossal Connection to regain the tag team titles. In doing so, Demolition garnered the biggest crowd pop of the night aside from Hulk Hogan or Ultimate Warrior. Demolition was OVER.

Demolition won the Tag Team Titles to a huge ovation at WrestleMania VI

Fast forward just one year, and things looked very different for the team. In fact, the team LITERALLY looked different.

By 1991, no longer was Demolition composed of Ax and Smash, but a twosome of Smash and Crush. They also once again had Mr. Fuji at their side and were back on the heel side of the division.

Moreover, at WrestleMania 7, Smash and Crush were defeated soundly. And not by a WWF stalwart team like the Legion of Doom or the Rockers, but by Genichiro Tenryu and Kōji Kitao, two Japanese competitors on loan from the Super World of Sports promotion. This would essentially be Demolition's last major appearance in the company

Quite a stark contrast for a team that was a staple of the WWF and one of its most popular acts just one year prior.