WrestleMania returned to Madison Square Garden ten years after its debut in 1985. Though the WWE Championship was defended twice by Yokozuna during the event, most WWE fans remember the pay-per-view for the ladder match between Razor Ramon and Shawn Michaels. The first of its kind to be televised on WWE programming, the ladder match saw both wrestlers performing high-risk maneuvers and creatively using the ladder as a weapon.
In the opening contest, brothers Owen Hart and Bret Hart wrestled a very technical match, each keeping up with the other hold for hold, reversal for reversal. The end result surprised some of the 18,000 fans in attendance, and started a competitive feud between the two that continued for the remainder of the year.
Fast Facts:
- Date: March 10, 1994
- Venue: Madison Square Garden
- City: New York City
- Tagline: "Ten Years in the Making"
- Attendance: 18,045
- Commentators: Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler
- Little Richard sang "America the Beautiful"
- 1st WrestleMania without Hulk Hogan
Main Event:
Undercard:
- *Owen Hart def. Bret Hart
- *Razor Ramon def. Shawn Michaels
- *Randy Savage def. Crush
- *Earthquake def. Adam Bomb
- *Men on a Mission def. Quebecers
- *Bam Bam/Luna def. Doink/Dink
- *Alundra Blayze def. Leilani Kai
