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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 .
The American professional wrestling promotion WWE has been broadcasting pay-per-view (PPV) events since the 1980s, when its classic "Big Four" events (Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series) were first established—the company's very first PPV was WrestleMania in 1985.
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.
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 13: Rosemont, IL: 2 133: 133 This was a no disqualification match. [65] 36 Bret Hart: August 3, 1997: SummerSlam: East Rutherford, NJ: 5 98: 98 Shawn Michaels was the guest referee. [66] 37 Shawn Michaels: November 9, 1997: Survivor Series: Montreal, QC, Canada: 3 140: 140 This was the Montreal Screwjob. [67] 38 Stone Cold Steve ...
Marella stepped down as the WWF's lead commentator at WrestleMania IX (where he was Master of Ceremonies) to make way for WCW recruit Jim Ross. He was phased out of Wrestling Challenge with Bobby Heenan and was moved to All-American Wrestling with Lord Alfred Hayes on April 11, 1993.
[2] [11] [34] [43] Razor made his WrestleMania debut at WrestleMania IX, pinning former WWF Champion Bob Backlund with a roll-up. [2] [11] [34] [44] On the May 17 episode of Monday Night Raw he suffered an upset loss to jobber "The Kid" (who consequently became known as "The 1–2–3 Kid"), beginning a feud between the two.
At WrestleMania IX, González lost to The Undertaker by disqualification after he knocked out the Undertaker using chloroform. [12] After another loss to The Undertaker at SummerSlam, [13] the feud came to an end, and after the match, Wippleman berated him, before González turned on Wippleman himself, turning face in the process. [4]