Best Of The 14 Match WrestleManias

[CMWaters]

After WrestleMania IV with the WWF Championship tournament, it seemed that WrestleMania was made to be a place where as many top guys as possible could get a WrestleMania payday.

So, for Manias V, VI and VII, there were 14 matches on each show.

WrestleMania V had, in order of matches

• King Haku (w/Bobby "The Brain" Heenan) vs. Hercules
  
• The Twin Towers (The Big Boss Man & Akeem) (w/Slick) vs. The Rockers (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty)
  
• "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase (w/Virgil) vs. Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake
  
• The Bushwhackers vs. The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers (w/"Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart)
  
• Mr. Perfect vs. The Blue Blazer
  
• WWF TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP, HANDICAP MATCH
  Demolition (Ax & Smash) (c) vs. The Powers of Pain (The Barbarian & The Warlord) & Mr. Fuji
  
• Dino Bravo (w/Frenchie Martin) vs. "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin
  
• The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard) (w/Bobby "The Brain" Heenan) vs. Strike Force (Tito Santana & Rick Martel)
  
• SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE: BIG JOHN STUDD
  Andre The Giant (w/Bobby "The Brain" Heenan) vs. Jake "The Snake" Roberts
  
• The Honky Tonk Man & Greg "The Hammer" Valentine (w/"Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart) vs. The Hart Foundation (Bret "Hit Man" Hart & Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart)
  
• WWF INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP
  The Ultimate Warrior (c) vs. "Ravishing" Rick Rude (w/Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)
  
• Bad News Brown vs. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
  
• Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (w/The Brooklyn Brawler) vs. The Red Rooster
  
• WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION CHAMPIONSHIP, MISS ELIZABETH IN A NEUTRAL CORNER
  "Macho Man" Randy Savage (c) vs. Hulk Hogan

WrestleMania VI had

• Koko B. Ware vs. "The Model" Rick Martel
  
• WWF TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
  The Colossal Connection (Andre The Giant & Haku) (c) (w/Bobby "The Brain" Heenan) vs. Demolition (Ax & Smash)
  
• Hercules vs. Earthquake (w/"Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart)
  
• Mr. Perfect (w/The Genius) vs. Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake
  
• "Rowdy" Roddy Piper vs. Bad News Brown
  
• The Hart Foundation (Bret "Hit Man" Hart & Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart) vs. The Bolsheviks (Nikolai Volkoff & Boris Zhukov)
  
• The Barbarian (w/Bobby "The Brain" Heenan) vs. Tito Santana
  
• MIXED TAG TEAM MATCH
  "Macho King" Randy Savage & Sensational Queen Sherri vs. "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes & Sapphire (w/Miss Elizabeth)
  
• The Orient Express (Sato & Tanaka) (w/Mr. Fuji) vs. The Rockers (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty)
  
• "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan vs. Dino Bravo (w/"Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart & Earthquake)
  
• MILLION DOLLAR CHAMPIONSHIP
  "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase (c) (w/Virgil) vs. Jake "The Snake" Roberts
  
• Akeeem (w/Slick) vs. The Big Boss Man
  
• "Ravishing" Rick Rude (w/Bobby "The Brain" Heenan) vs. "Superfy" Jimmy Snuka
  
• TITLE FOR TITLE MATCH
  World Wrestling Federation Champion Hulk Hogan vs. WWF Intercontinental Champion The Ultimate Warrior

And WrestleMania VII had

• The Rockers (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty) vs. The Barbarian & Haku (w/Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)
  
• Dino Bravo (w/"Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart) vs. The Texas Tornado
  
• The British Bulldog vs. The Warlord (w/Slick)
  
• WWF TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
  The Hart Foundation (Bret "Hit Man" Hart & Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart) (c) vs. The Nasty Boys (Jerry Saggs & Brian Knobbs) (w/"Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart)
  
• BLINDFOLD MATCH
  Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. "The Model" Rick Martel
  
• The Undertaker (w/Paul Bearer) vs. "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka
  
• CAREER ENDING MATCH
  "Macho King" Randy Savage (w/Sensational Queen Sherri) vs. The Ultimate Warrior
  
• Tenryu & Kitao vs. Demolition (Smash & Crush) (w/Mr. Fuji)
  
• WWF INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHP
  Mr. Perfect (c) (w/Bobby "The Brain" Heenan) vs. The Big Boss Man
  
• Earthquake (w/"Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart) vs. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
  
• The Legion of Doom (Hawk & Animal) vs. Power & Glory (Hercules & Paul Roma) (w/Slick)
  
• "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase vs. Virgil (w/"Rowdy" Roddy Piper)
  
• The Mountie (w/"Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart) vs. Tito Santana
  
• WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION CHAMPIONSHIP
  Sgt. Slaughter (c) (w/General Adnan) vs. Hulk Hogan

So which of these shows, if you had to pick one of them to be THE 14 match WrestleMania to show, would you show off?

My pick, despite the whole "smaller arena than planned" problem as well as the dated Gulf War stuff, would be WrestleMania VII. Energetic crowd, good mix of wrestlers, Undertaker's WrestleMania debut, and the Career Ending Match being IMO Warrior's best match.

[ronnie2hotty]

I picked WM VI.

To me, I had to look at at which was the best main event, especially since all of the undercards weren't that great. The Hogan/Macho main event ended up being a good match, but even at 11 years old, everyone knew the outcome of the match as soon as Randy turned on Hogan. The WM VII match between Slaughter & Hogan was one of the worst main events in WM history. It was just pure '80's boring big man resthold wrestling.

I've always thought the Hogan/Warrior main event of WM VI was a bit overrated as far as match quality is concerned, but the impact that the match had during it's time can't be overstated. Looking back, everyone can see that it was a bit of a failed experiment, but in 1990, seeing a possible scenario of Hulk passing the torch to Warrior was a major, major moment in wrestling history. Plus, it was the only main event of the three listed that the winner of the match couldn't be seen months and months in advance.

[Jiren]

VII

Honestly I only like the Warrior/Hogan match from VI, Whereas I like a few from Mania VII

[CMWaters]

Sept 30, 2013 15:52:53 GMT -5 Jiren said:

VII

Honestly I only like the Warrior/Hogan match from VI, Whereas I like a few from Mania VII

Good, I'm not alone then.

Although I get some chuckles from commentary at Mania VI.

[thecrusherwi]

I always liked Wrestlemania VI. I recently watched both VI and VII and VII has the higher peak with Savage/Warrior, but the second half of that show was brutally long and awfully boring at times. VI had some fun second half highlights like Jake vs. Dibiase, a fun Rockers/Orients match, and a fun Twin Towers breakup match. And I think that because of the spectacle of SkyDome and Hogan/Warrior being an a more highly anticipated, epic main event, the excitement builds to the ME instead of climaxing mid show. VII has one of the greatest matches of all time leading to the retirement of one of the biggest stars of all time, leading to one of the greatest babyface turns and reuniting-s of all time...to be followed by 2 hours of mostly meaningless filler capped by a Hogan/Sgt. Slaughter match that everyone in the world knew Hogan was winning. I like Slaughter, but he always felt like a let down after 4 years of Hogan/Savage/Warrior/Andre on top of Wrestlemania.

V is ok. Rockers vs. Twin Towers is one of my favorite throwaway Wrestlemania matches ever, but the rest of the card is just kinda bland outside of the Main Event.

[Lardlad]

WrestleMania VI

[TGM]

Ah Wrestlemania VI, Hulk Hogan's defining moment.