6 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE WrestleMania IX
1. Unhappy Ever After
Later in this article, your writer will discuss how hard Bret Hart had worked to establish Yokozuna as a legitimate threat and future Champion, all to suffer heartbreak in defeat.
And it was all for this.
Hulk Hogan's "friend til the end" bullsh*t was all well and good with Brutus Beefcake, but the imagined kinship with 'The Hitman' that resulted in him taking a last-minute title match against new Champion Yoko was about as believable as his victory 22 seconds later.
If WrestleMania VIII's Hogan/Ultimate Warrior finale was a touch on the desperate side, this was - in every sense of the word - sad. Vince McMahon presumably regretted this decision within weeks once he'd gotten wind of 'The Hulkster' bantering off the belt in Japan, and though it sent the fans home happy, the same couldn't be said for Bret Hart and the colleagues left to make towns in Hulk's absence.