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WrestleMania IX was the ninth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). The event took place on April 4, 1993, at Caesars Palace in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise , Nevada .
WrestleMania XXVII: Backstage segment with Theodore Long. [citation needed] WrestleMania 32: Performed "Sky's the Limit" for Sasha Banks' entrance. [citation needed] WrestleMania 39: Was the host of both nights alongside The Miz, also subbed in for Shane McMahon against The Miz in a match after Shane legitimately tore his ACL. WrestleMania XL
Curtis Michael Hennig (March 28, 1958 – February 10, 2003), better known by the ring name Mr. Perfect, was an American professional wrestler.Considered one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time by peers, critics, and fans, he performed under his real name for promotions including the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF; now WWE), World ...
WrestleMania IX. Date: April 4, 1993 Venue: Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada Attendance: 16,891 Main event: Yokozuna (with Mr. Fuji) def. Bret Hart (C) in 8:55 to win the WWF Championship
WrestleMania IX was the first WrestleMania held at an outdoor venue. It was also the first and only time in WrestleMania history that the WWF World Heavyweight Championship switched twice. Yokozuna defeated Bret Hart to become the WWF World Heavyweight Champion, only to lose it to Hulk Hogan in an impromptu match.
The main event was the 1993 Royal Rumble match. It was won by Yokozuna, who was awarded a match for the WWF Championship at WrestleMania IX. This was the first time that the Rumble winner earned a world championship match at WrestleMania, which is now standard for the annual event.
At WrestleMania IX, Bret Hart dropped the WWF Championship to Yokozuna. At the conclusion of the match, Mr. Fuji, Yokozuna's manager, threw salt in Hart's eyes, enabling Yokozuna to win the match. [12] After the match, Hulk Hogan came to the ring to help Hart. Fuji challenged Hogan to a match for the WWF Championship, which took place immediately.
In 1993, at the Roman-themed WrestleMania IX, he was introduced in a toga as "Finkus Maximus". [10] During the May 10th, 1993 episode of Monday Night Raw, Finkel's car was damaged by Shawn Michaels and Curt Hennig during a brawl outside the Manhattan Center before the show started. In 1995, Finkel took a seven-month hiatus from ring announcing ...