10 Things You Didn't Know About WWE In 1994
5. The Controversial Aftermath Of An All-Time Great Match
The legendary WrestleMania X Ladder Match between Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon might not have been the first of its kind, despite the company's attempt to canonise that whenever they weren't feel charitable towards Bret Hart.
But it did revolutionise it, opening the possibilities for exactly how one could work beyond the simple act of climbing, creating a template so robust that it remains in place today despite the overuse and bastardisation of the stipulation itself. It was a bona fide classic, but it did commit one cardinal sin that ensured an almighty bollocking for 'HBK' and 'The Bad Guy' when they got backstage rather than a round of applause.
Longest-tenured veteran Macho Man Randy Savage loudly and aggressively chewed them out for going over their allotted time, and it wasn't just their indulgence he was targeting. A 10-man tag had to be cut from the show to save time, and Savage fumed that 10 colleagues had lost their share of a pay-per-view payday because two had coloured outside of the lines. He let them have it, reminding them that the business of the business still came before the show.
And that wasn't Randy Savage's only big locker room statement that night...