10 Bad WWE Pay-Per-Views One Tweak Away From Excellence
3. WrestleMania IX
Why it's bad: Though very fondly remembered because of the aesthetic by casual fans old enough to live through it, it's loathed by many for the very specific standout moments that came to define it. Objectively speaking, the card fails to deliver a single genuinely great match, and whilst the booking is questionable on the undercard, it's downright reprehensible in the main event.
One Tweak: Have Bret Hart lose, cheaply, at the start of the night.
Vince McMahon was clearly (and somewhat understandably) still very easily swayed by Hulk Hogan's presence when he returned in 1993, so it's pointless trying to imagine a world where 'The Hitman' leaves Las Vegas with the WWE Championship. But there were more elegant ways of solving the conundrum.
Had Yokozuna cheated horribly to beat and hospitalise a gallant Hart in the opener, Hogan - whilst celebrating a Tag Team Title victory riding the crest of a return popularity wave - could challenge his larger foe to an impromptu match at the end of the night. Victory there would send everybody home happy without emasculating the men that would actually still be there when 'The Hulkster' f*cked off in June.