As evidenced in earlier WrestleManias, Koko B Ware had been an adequate utility presence in WWE for several years but was so rarely relied upon to actually win when it mattered. The poor 'Birdman' barely got the chance to take flight before Rick Martel bantered him all the way back across the border.
'The Model's WrestleMania run was one of the more intriguing of the 1980s after reaching the dizzy highs and punishing lows of Vince McMahon's bizarrely brilliant tag team division, but his 1990s tenure only afforded one appealing encounter and it certainly wasn't here.
The old adage about how opening the show is almost as important as closing did not apply here - going through the motions was the exact opposite of what Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior were tasked with at the end of the night.
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