10 Greatest WWE Pay-Per-Views Of The '90s
1. WrestleMania X
Speaking of the end of Hulkamania, is it coincidence, irony, poetic justice, or something else entirely that the first WrestleMania without Hulk Hogan was arguably the greatest WWF pay-per-view of the '90s? Hogan had missed several events by March of '94, but never a WrestleMania.
The tenth edition featured two WWF Championship matches for the second year in a row, but it was the first time that two were advertised. In the first, Lex Luger challenged WWF Champion Yokozuna with the winner facing Bret 'Hitman' Hart in the show's main event.
Aside from multiple WWF Championship matches that eventually saw the crowning of Bret Hart as the company's top star, the event featured two of the greatest in-ring contests in WWF history. In the opener, Bret vs. Owen Hart was a wrestling clinic that would eventually lead to their 5-star-rated Steel Cage Match at SummerSlam '94.
In WrestleMania's penultimate match, the Intercontinental Championship was decided in the first ever Ladder Match on pay-per-view. Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon stole the show as they set the standard for a new type of match that would become one of the company's most popular immediately after.
WrestleMania X led directly to the New Generation era making it crystal clear that the age of Hulkamania was being left in the dust.