The finish could have been better, but I’m guessing the idea was to prove that Shawn could beat him by outsmarting him, which added another dimension to his character.
They fought on the apron, Santana went for a bodyslam, Michaels went on top of him and that was enough for the win at 10:37.Īnalysis: **3/4 An average opening match that saw the younger wrestler get the win over the veteran because he was the rising star. Santana hit another forearm shot to the head with Michaels rolling out again. Heenan called his moves things like the Flying Jalapeno and Flying Burrito. He rammed Shawn’s head into the steps and then rolled him back in. Tito hit the flying forearm finisher that sent Michaels to the floor. Michaels went for his Teardrop Suplex finisher, but Tito fought out of it. After escaping a chin lock, Santana ran the ropes and Michaels caught him with a superkick. Back in the ring, Michaels hit a backbreaker for two. “Look at the smug look on that kisser,” said Monsoon of Sherri.
Michaels whipped Santana in and then he threw Santana over the top rope to the floor. After a whip in the ropes, Santana almost got the win with a small package. Santana used a side headlock that earned him a few nearfalls. The crowd wasn’t as loud as the Toronto crowd two years earlier. Michaels regrouped and tried to use his speed to get the advantage, but Santana outsmarted him. Santana hit a clothesline that sent Michaels to the floor. Shawn had turned heel on Marty Jannetty and was getting a heel push here. Heenan called her Arriba McEntire, saying she was Tito’s sister. The national anthem was performed by country music singer Reba McEntire. The previous year they were down on the floor by the ring. We were welcomed to the show by the announcers Gorilla Monsoon & Bobby Heenan. The show began with the standard video with Vince McMahon doing his typical yelling voiceover running down the big matches with the focus being on Flair/Savage and Hogan/Sid. Let’s see how they fared on this nine match show.įrom the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana With a three-hour show, they were able to cut some of the crap out. A lot of the stuff they did in the past to fill the time was have extra matches that were usually bad or run way too many backstage interviews. It’s better for you as a reader, I think. That’s better for me as a viewer and writer. That’s comical now when you think about it.Īfter a string of four hour shows, this event came in under three hours. In Hogan’s case, they teased that this could be his last match. The Flair/Savage feud revolved around Flair saying that he had been with Elizabeth before she was with Savage. The story goes that they had house show matches against eachother, but management didn’t feel like they were that good. It was a dream match since Flair was the long tine NWA World Champion while Hogan had an incredibly long run atop the WWF during the same period. When Ric Flair won the World Title at the 1992 Royal Rumble, most people thought that the WrestleMania main event would be Ric Flair vs. The other main event was Hulk Hogan taking on Sid Justice, who was making his WrestleMania debut.
The WWE World Heavyweight Champion was Ric Flair making his WrestleMania debut as he defended the title against Randy Savage, who had been reinstated after retirement the previous year. The eighth WrestleMania saw a return to a domed stadium as the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis played host to the event.
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