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Wrestlemania 10 was the tenth Wrestlemania event produced by World Wrestling Federation which took place on 24th April 1994

## Background

The main match heading into the show is WWF Champion Bret Hart defending against Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels and Lex Luger in a fatal 4 way. Ric Flair debuted on WWF at Wrestlemania 8 forming Four Horsemen along with Bret, Shawn and Luger and they have dominated wherever they go, they started off at Smackdown but got drafted to RAW after Survivor Series 1992 as Flair won the WWF Championship. Cracks began to show within the 4HM as soon as late 1992 when Shawn, Luger and Bret lost to 3 local talent and after the match Bret argued with Shawn and Shawn almost hit a SCM on him but stopped at the last second, they have argued with each other constantly since then with Shawn always teasing a SCM but never hitting it. At Wrestlemania 9, Lex Luger defeated Ric Flair in the opening match to win the WWF Championship, Shawn proceeded to cash in and become champion himself and in the main event Bret Hart defeated Shawn to become champion as all 4 men had held the title during that night. Every single man went on to have rematches for the belt but they all lost to Bret, Shawn kept trying to get more and more shots even going as far as ending Bret's matches in DQs because he wanted to be the one to end Bret's title reign. Shawn won a WWF title match due to the Survivor Series Lottery at In Your House 10 but he was attacked and injured by a mystery man, Lex Luger took his spot instead but the match ended in controversy as Luger's hand was on the ropes and Bret still won, they had a rematch at the Royal Rumble which ended in a double countout, in the same show Ric Flair returned from suspension and won the royal rumble match. From Wrestlemania 9 onwards, Bret and Luger started doing more babyface acts while Flair and Shawn did heel acts brewing a civil war from within. Since Shawn had a title shot that was never cashed in, all 3 men had credible reasons to get a shot but Harley Race decided to do a 6 men battle royal to determine who challenges Bret at Wrestlemania 10 which Koko B.Ware ended up winning, that was the last straw for Shawn and Flair who attacked Harley backstage to the point of injury but Bret and Luger stopped them before it could get worse. A week later, Harley came out in a wheelchair, Shawn tried to SCM him but Bret grabbed his leg screaming that he already did enough damage and both men finally brawled, Flair tried to stop them but quickly started doing chops to everyone, Luger was tired of being called the weak link so he clothslined Flair as 4HM completely broke out, Harley announced a fatal 4 way for Wrestlemania 10 and that this was his plan all along to destroy 4HM from within. This is being billed as the "ultimate fatal 4 way" , last monday there was a Bret and Luger vs Shawn and Flair match that ended in a no contest as every man brawled, Shawn finally hit the SCM on Bret, something he had teased since late 1992 and posed with the belt

At Survivor Series 1993, Doink The Clown cashed in midway through Undertaker vs Sid Justice for the World Heaviweight Championship as he choked out Sid and became world champion. Since then, Doink has tried to destroy Taker's head with mind games, Undertaker wasn't phased by all the flickering lights and sneak attacks in the dark, he finally managed to get on his head when he started targeting Bam Bam Bigelow who Taker had taken a liking because of a friendly match they had for the title in october. Doink kidnapped Bam Bam and tied him up in a room in the sewers, there were a couple of weeks of buildup with Taker getting to the sewers and being attacked by a now brainwashed Bam Bam who helped Doink for a while until he didn't need him anymore and left both him and Taker passed out in the sewers. Doink seems like he has control over Bam Bam's soul as he kept using him for random matches and beatdowns but he would be fine after 10 minutes, everyone is scared of Doink's takeover of Smackdown but Undertaker has promised that even with all these mind games, he will take down Doink

Owen Hart is getting close to 2 years holding the european title and all the fame he's gotten has gotten to his head as he has turned into a really cocky guy. In an episode of RAW, it was announced that Ricky Steamboat would be the main inductee in the 1994 Hall of Fame, upon seeing this Owen decided to challenge this legend to one last match at Wrestlemania against him, Steamboat didn't answer in the following weeks as Owen kept challenging him over and over again. Last night, in the Hall of Fame ceremony, Steamboat was making his speech when Owen invaded the stage to challenge him face to face, Steamboat shook hands with the rookie and accepted the challenge in Steamboat's first WWF match since 1988

Mr.Perfect was traded to Smackdown after the Royal Rumble as he immediatly asked for an IC title shot, he was put in a fatal 5 way NO1 contendership against Razor Ramon, Jeff Jarrett, Hakushi and Barry Horowitz but he won to face Roberts here tonight, Roberts attacked Perfect with a kendo stick which led him to challenge Roberts to a no DQ match here tonight which Roberts has accepted

Steiner Brothers feuded with Smoking Gunns for a while at Smackdown as they didn't like this new tag team, Smoking Gunns ended up winning the Survivor Series Tag Team Tournament which Steiner Bros tried to take from them in one of the best tag team matches of the year at Smackdown 75 which ended with GM of SD and Steiner Bros manager Bobby Heenan turning on them and making sure Smoking Gunns won. Steiner Brothers announced that they had been traded to RAW, on their last night on Smackdown world tag team champions Yokozuna and Duane Gill challenged them to a tag title match to prove to the RAW tag division how much they suck, Steiner Brothers ended up winning the world tag titles on their last night and taking the titles to RAW. NO1 contenders Smoking Gunns asked GM of SD Roddy Piper who they were gonna face at Wrestlemania, Piper said the deal was still Steiner Brothers vs Smoking Gunns but if Steiner Brothers won, RAW would keep both tag titles and Smackdown would have to make brand new ones which would cost a lot so Piper decided to add the stipulation that if Smoking Gunns lose this match, they're both fired

Seeing the success of the cruiserweight division in WCW with their innovative manuevers, WWF decided to start the lightheaviweight division, tonight there will be an 8 men ladder match to determine the first ever champion

Randy Savage and Roddy Piper had one of the best feuds of the Golden Era which culminated at Wrestlemania 3 with Piper defeating Savage and forcing him to retire. In the 1991 Royal Rumble, Savage made his return from retirement as he demanded to get his career back and attacked Piper, he kept doing this over the weeks until Piper finally lost it and accepted a match where if Savage lost, he can never step foot in a wrestling arena again, if he wins, he gets his career back and the Intercontinental Championship. At Wrestlemania 7, in a 30 minute iron man match, Savage started beating up Piper with a chair causing the first ever double turn with Piper turning face and Savage turning heel, Savage got the win with his heel ways as he separated from Miss Elizabeth and got together with Sensational Sherri. Savage redeemed himself only 2 years later at Wrestlemania 9 as he got back with Miss Elizabeth, he has been trying to make amends with everyone throught the year and the last person he came to was now GM of Smackdown Roddy Piper, he wanted one last respectful match against him to prove that he has changed as a man but Piper refused. After a heartfelt promo where Savage said that both men don't have much more time to wrestle and they need every match to be absolutely amazing for these fans, Piper accepted Savage's apology and accepted one final match against him tonight which could very well be both men's last ever matches

Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Lawler were a team together until both men started going for Razor Ramon's Intercontinental Championship which caused some altercations between the duo, they officially broke up as Randy Savage picked Jarrett and Ramon for his Survivor Series team while Roberts picked Lawler and Crush. At Survivor Series, Ramon kept beating up Lawler and Jarrett entered the ring to argue with Ramon and stop him but Lawler turned heel as he low blowed Jarrett and joined forces with Ramon. Jeff Jarrett introduced The Roadie to WWF, his new country boy, but Ramon and Lawler quickly injured him and put him out of action, even with that Jarrett has promised that he will find a tag team partner. Lawler has announced that this is his last match before joining commentary full time

## Results

Other participants: Butch, Luke, Robert Gibson, Ricky Morton, Samu, Fatu, Tatanka, IRS, Marty Jannety, Yokozuna, Crush, King Kong Bundy, Bastion Booger, Duane Gill, Brooklyn Brawler, Mabel, Mo, Ludvig Borga, Adam Bomb and Dino Bravo

## Details

* Vince Mcmahon kicks off the show introducing us to the greatest spectacle for 10 years, WELCOME TO WRESTLEMANIA TEEEEEEN. A dumpster man comes out, he says his name is Duke The Dumpster Droese and he is the longest reigning 24/7 champion of all time, ever since Dibiase handed it to him to destroy it over a year ago, he has kept it and held the title for 415 days, more than anyone in history. Duane Gill tries to spear Duke but he moves out the way as Gill goes flying off the ring. Virgil rolls Duke up and becomes 24/7 champion, out comes Million Dollar Corporation as Dibiase demands for Virgil to get down and let him win the title, Virgil clocks the title on IRS's head, low blows Dibiase and gets out of there
* Virgil is celebrating on the stage when he gets clocked with a chair by Koko B.Ware who wins the 24/7 championship and makes his entrance for the LW match
* Steamboat wants to shake hands with Owen after their match, Owen stares at him for a good 20 seconds but finally shakes hands with him
* In the world title match, the lights keep going off as Doink keeps being replaced by Horowitz and Bam Bam Bigelow choking out Taker, Undertaker tombstones the visual of Bam Bam eleven times as he knows it's not the real Bam Bam, it turns back to Doink who chokes out Taker in the corner, the ref counts to 5 and the match ends in a DQ as Doink didn't listen to the ref, Doink continues choking out Taker until he's down for good
* Savage wins completely clean as he has redeemed himself, both men shake hands afterwards
* Greg Valentine and Dino Bravo returned as surprise entrants in the ATGMBR
* Jeff Jarrett's surprise tag team partner is Terry Funk making his first appearence since Wrestlemania 2
* Koko is walking backstage when a guitar is clocked on his back and Honky Tonk Man wins the 24/7 title, Nick attacks him and wins the title himself, Iron Sheik puts Nick in the clutch and wins the title, Sheik is leaving when he gets knocked out by Bad News Brown who becomes champion, BNB gets a pickaxe and completely smashes the title wanting to be the last ever 24/7 champion
* Before the match can begin between The Gookers and The Quebecers, The Gookers take off their mask revealing the returning British Bulldog and Jim Neidhart, Jacques is pissed this happened again with the same person but he gets beaten down
* After the match, Jacques picks up a mic and announces that he quits
* Smackdown wins 25-22 on the 2nd year of the brand wars
* BNB buries the title as it is officially deactivated, this segways into Ric Flair's entrance which starts with him on a private airplane
* The main event is called by many the best fatal 4 way of all time
* Bret wins with the SCM on Shawn, Shawn leaves sad as he stares at Bret on the stage. Bret tries to shake hands with Luger who also leaves, he also tries to shake hands with Flair who just struts around the ring and woos, he leaves the ring looking at Bret, Bret gets on the apron, puts the title up high and woo's to mock Flair. Bret Hart is the best Four Horsemen member.

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