10 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE WrestleMania V

By Michael Hamflett / February 12, 2019

1. Here Comes The Money

Regardless of odd moments of bloat, midcard mundanity or the second successive case of paid crowd pedestrianisation, WrestleMania V performed where it mattered most - on pay-per-view.

Trousering a whopping 767,000 buys, WrestleMania V was the biggest show of the year by a margin of 150,000 against SummerSlam and 382,000 against a Survivor Series without Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage's rivalry anchoring the event.

With Hogan's early help, Savage had been a success in 1988 before passing the baton back for both to make bank in 1989. McMahon still had the midas touch, but something grandiose in execution the following year didn't have financial muscle even the biceps were bigger than ever.