WWE: 8 WrestleMania Main Events That Almost Happened

7. WrestleMania X: Bret Hart vs Lex Luger

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soJhHsBhI6I Yokozuna was the most hated heel in WWE in 1993, and for good reason €“ he defeated Bret Hart to win the WWE Championship at WrestleMania IX, beat Hulk Hogan to reclaim the title at King of the Ring, and retained his championship in a countout loss to Lex Luger at SummerSlam. When the 1994 Royal Rumble arrived, both Hart and Luger were looking for retribution and vindication. What they got was confusion: the final two men in the match, they tumbled out of the ring simultaneously. For the only time in WWE history, the Rumble had two winners. It was decided that each man would challenge for the championship at WrestleMania X. A coin flip dictated that Luger had the advantageous position of first crack at Yokozuna, while Bret wouldn€™t know who his opponent would be until shortly before the match (furthermore, he would wrestle his brother Owen in the show€™s opener). Bret lost to Owen, Luger lost to Yokozuna by disqualification, and in the main event, Bret reclaimed the WWE Championship by beating the big man. Luger was seemingly scheduled to defeat Yokozuna initially €“ at a series of house shows, he stole the belt off of the sumo warrior and was announced as the champion in order to gauge the response of the crowd. Whether he or Bret would have left WrestleMania with the title is unknown, but one of wrestling€™s more interesting urban legends states that Luger, drunk in an NYC bar the night before the show, told a reporter that he was going to beat Yokozuna and lose the belt to Hart, leaving him with a one hour title reign. The reporter published the story in a New York newspaper (which has never been found), and an angry Vince McMahon changed plans. A more likely story is that the reaction to Luger as €œchampion€ was disappointing and it was felt that Bret Hart defeating a monster to close WrestleMania was a better conclusion to his journey.