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32. WrestleMania 10 | Mr. Perfect Was Contacted To Return

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WrestleMania 10 can’t be considered a classic, or up there with the best WrestleMania shows of all-time, because it was only a two-match show. Now, those two matches were as good as it gets. 

Bret Hart Vs. Owen was perfect. There is no other word. It was two incredible fusions at the same time: a display of soapy WWF storytelling and scintillating in-ring action, with the action itself a fusion of pristine technical wrestling and, when Owen started acting like a brat, a pissy fight. Razor Ramon Vs. Shawn Michaels, meanwhile, was the most spectacular and futuristic match in the history of U.S. wrestling to that point. The Bret Vs. Yokozuna main event was an inferior sequel to the prior year’s title match. Randy Savage Vs. Crush was fun and unusual for the time. But really, WrestleMania 10 needed a far stronger undercard attraction to be remembered as one of the very best. It nearly did. It was nearly perfect. 

According to the February 7, 1994 Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the WWF contacted Mr. Perfect about returning for Madison Square Garden. 

A very thrashed Perfect was pulled from various WWF bookings in November 1993, the official reason for which was an unspecified family issue. Rumours began to circulate that he felt he was promised another run (not forthcoming) with the Intercontinental title. Perfect left in December and was on the lookout for indie bookings. He was also spotted at WCW headquarters amid strong interest shortly afterwards. 

It was around this time that Curt Hennig took up a Lloyd’s of London insurance policy that prevented him from wrestling - but the WWF offer, apparently, was there before he resorted to it.

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