Every WrestleMania main event winner: Where are they now?

Modified Mar 25, 2019 11:00 GMT

The WWE Universe will witness the 35th edition of WrestleMania on 7th April, 2019

#5 Yokozuna - WrestleMania IX

Yokozuna defeated Bret 'The Hitman' Hart in the main event of WrestleMania IX

Yokozuna was the first WWE superstar to earn a title shot at WrestleMania after winning the Royal Rumble match. He won the 1993 Royal Rumble match to progress to the main event of WrestleMania and challenge Bret Hart for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship.

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Though Yokozuna was a Samoan, he was portrayed as a Japanese character on TV. He was built as an unstoppable force heading into WrestleMania IX and the giant used his brute force to win the WWF World Heavyweight Championship.

7 years later, he died due to a disease named "Pulmonary Edema” (A lung disease). WWE inducted him in the Hall of Fame in 2012.