10 Fascinating WWE WrestleMania 1 Facts

6. It Was Tito Santana's Only WrestleMania Win

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It's an oft-cited stat, but one worth mentioning here. Santana was the Sami Zayn of his time, banked on to deliver quality, workman-like performances, but existing a level or two below the headliners.

Sure enough, Santana defeated the masked Executioner (Buddy Rose) to jerk the Garden curtain, and then would go on to lose at seven straight WrestleManias. The run culminated with a loss to an on-the-rise Shawn Michaels in 1992, when Santana was on the verge of his thirty-ninth birthday.

While Santana did defeat Papa Shango in the dark match of WrestleMania 9 the year after that, dark matches don't really count in the records. No matter what fibs WWE officials feed the pre-show performers (i.e. last year), pre-show isn't WrestleMania.

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Justin has been a wrestling fan since 1989, and has been writing about it since 2009. Since 2014, Justin has been a features writer and interviewer for Fighting Spirit Magazine. Justin also writes for History of Wrestling, and is a contributing author to James Dixon's Titan series.