The No Mas Top 23 Wrestlemania Moments

As I'm sure you noticed, there was yet again no "Sharpshootin'" from The Franchise this week, which I know is total bullshit, but look, I talked to him and he says he's almost mastered jeet koon do and he's ready to come back to New York and start beating some people up. So I said, "that's great man, but does that mean you'll get back to your column?" and he said, "yeah yeah whatever" so I'm hoping for the best. In any case, he did send along the continuation of his Top 23 Wrestlemania Moments countdown. This edition takes us from #13 to #10. Click here for moments #23-19, and here for #18-14.


#13: The Ultimate Challenge
Wrestlemania VI – Skydome, Toronto, ON
April 1, 1990

The Match: Ultimate Warrior (I-C Champion) vs. Hulk Hogan (WWE Champion)

The Moment: This was Pepsi vs, Coke, Nike vs. Reebok, Jordan vs. Bird all rolled in one. In the early 1990s you were either an Ultimate Warrior fan or a Hulk Hogan fan. You just couldn’t be both. More importantly, Vince McMahon felt that Hulkamania was on its last legs and it was time to crown a new champion. Thus, he pitted the Intercontinental Champion, Ultimate Warrior, against the WWE champ, Hulk Hogan, in one of the most anticipated matches in WWE history. In hindsight, it was kind of fitting that this match took place on April’s Fools Day because clearly the joke was on anyone who thought Warrior would be a bigger star than Hogan ever was.



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#12: Honor Thy Wife
Wrestlemania VIII – Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis, IN
April 5, 1992

The Match: Randy “Macho Man” Savage vs. Ric Flair (c)

The Moment: For months leading up to this match, Flair had teased Savage that his woman, Miss Elizabeth, had been "with him" before she was ever with the Macho Man. Flair’s constant threats of exposing nude photos of Elizabeth following their match drove Savage nuts. So when these two legends squared off in front of over 60,000 fans there was much more than a title at stake. In the end, Savage captured the WWE title and shut the Nature Boy up... for the moment.

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#11: The Mega Powers Explode
Wrestlemania V – Trump Plaza, Atlantic City, NJ
April 02, 1989

The Match: Hulk Hogan vs. Randy “Macho Man” Savage (c)

The Moment: I think I’ll let the Hulkster set this one up:



Needless to say, Hulkamania reigned supreme again. Reminding everyone to NEVER mess with the Yellow and Red. Brother.

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#10: Hell Freezes Over
Wrestlemania X7 – Astrodome, Houston, TX
April 1, 2001

The Match: Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Rock (c)

The Moment: In the late 1990s, no WWF superstar was more popular than Stone Cold Steve Austin. Part of his popularity stemmed from the fact that he was never shy to tell, or show, his boss, the evil Mr. McMahon, how he truly felt about him. I mean, who wouldn’t want to flip off their boss? So when McMahon decided to interfere in the main event of Wrestlemania X7 everyone was pretty sure as to whom he would be helping out. The Rock, right? Think again…