Style With Substance: The Beauty & Brilliance Of WWE WrestleMania Attire

Arguably the greatest all-rounder in WWE history didn't miss the mark with his original solo efforts at the 'Show Of Shows'.

Shawn Michaels gave the luxurious red and white tights he wore for his famous WrestleMania 10 Intercontinental Title ladder match a minor upgrade for his WWE Championship scrap with Diesel (also in white - for the first time) the following year. It subtly signified his rise up the roster, but notably symbolised yet another defeat on 'The Grandest Stage'. There was no such doubt a year on. Choosing gold hearts to toast his heroic 'Iron Man' dethronement of Bret Hart, Michaels foreshadowed a troubled run at the top as a white meat titleholder in a time where even Hulk Hogan's day-glo aesthetic was about to turn black.

At the time of Austin's aforementioned 1999 blunder, the entire roster had seemingly abandoned neon for noir. Underneath both Stone Cold and The Rock, the likes of The Undertaker, The Big Show, Triple H, Owen Hart, X-Pac and even underlings such as Shane McMahon, The Big Boss Man, Test and D'Lo Brown ordinarily selected black as their base colour. Fluorescent and brightly-hued attire was considered a relic of the oft-abused New Generation, and ostensibly had no place amongst the fire and fury of the Attitude Era. Still acutely aware of how to stand out, it was ironically Michaels again - as one of the only remaining mid-90s megastars still with the organisation - who sartorially stole the show with a full white suit in his 'Commissioner' cameo.

Indeed, 'HBK' had earned his 'Mr WrestleMania' tag long before coming back to actually coin it, but he learned from some old school masters of the clothing craft. (CONT'D)