WWE WrestleMania 6: Rise of the Ultimate Warrior

Ultimate Warrior vs. Hulk Hogan was one of the most entertaining matches in WWE historyWe are less than a month away from the most picturesque WWE event of the year, WrestleMania 32. Talk about the top 5 or 10 sporting events in a calendar year and guess what, WrestleMania would always feature in that list. The mega-event with a lot of anticipation and build-up has always contained something phenomenal and the WWE team would try everything at their disposal to make it a blockbuster. This year’s Mania would be the biggest ever in the history of the company and there is every reason to watch out for it.We, the WWE fans, watch WWE through the year and still eagerly wait for WrestleMania. We watch 54 RAWs, 54 SmackDowns, 54 NXTs, 11 other WWE PPVs and a lot of live events but still when it comes to WrestleMania, all these shows we watch just become too ordinary.Mania is aloof and one of a kind. WrestleMania 32 is very important for the company as the WWE ratings have abated in the 12 months and the company would try to get back on track by reaping the maximum benefit from this show. With all this said, we will quickly recap some of the interesting things from WrestleMania 6

#3 Date, place, venue and match card

The SkyDome in Canada

The sixth edition of WrestleMania was launched under the WWF banner and it took place on April 1, 1990, at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario with an announced attendance of 67,678. Once again, WrestleMania proved that it was a must-see spectacle and the numbers strongly reinforce that fact. Also, this was the first WrestleMania to be held outside the United States and the attendance proved the global fame this PPV has accrued.

Let us quickly glance through the match card of WrestleMania 6 which contained 15 matches - 11 singles matches and 4 tag team matches.

Singles Action

Paul Roma vs. The Brooklyn Brawler

Rick Martel vs. Koko B. Ware

Earthquake vs. Hercules

Brutus Beefcake vs. Mr. Perfect

Roddy Piper vs. Bad News Brown

The Barbarian vs. Tito Santana

Jim Duggan vs. Dino Bravo

Ted DiBiase (c) vs. Jake Roberts (Million Dollar Championship)

Big Boss Man vs. Akeem

Rick Rude vs. Jimmy Snuka

The Ultimate Warrior vs. Hulk Hogan

{Singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship and the WWF World Heavyweight Championship}

Tag Team Action

Demolition vs. The Colossal Connection (c) (WWF Tag Team Championship match)

The Hart Foundation vs. The Bolsheviks

Dusty Rhodes and Sapphire vs. Randy Savage and Queen Sherri

The Orient Express vs. The Rockers

#2 Title changes and highlights from the show

A very lengthy match card

This show had four title matches in all - Million Dollar Championship match, Tag team Championship match and a blockbuster Intercontinental Championship and WWF World Heavyweight Championship match.

The first title match of the night was between Demolition and The Colossal Connection (c) for the WWF Tag Team Championship match in which The Colossal Connection defended their titles. Ax and Smash managed to defeat the Colossal Connection and managed to become the new Tag Champs.

The second title match of the night was between Ted DiBiase (c) and Jake Roberts for the Million Dollar Championship in which DiBiase defended his title against Jake Roberts. DiBiase won the match by a count out and retained the title.

The main event was something that bestowed beauty upon the show. Two of the finest wrestlers of those days took on each other for two of the most prestigious titles in front of 67,000 people; what else could anyone ask for?

#1 The Main Event

The Immortal One vs. The Ultimate One

The main event of WrestleMania-6 is often referred to as "The Ultimate Challenge". In what was a blockbuster match, two major titles were defended in the same match. Hulk Hogan defended his WWF World Heavyweight Championship and The Ultimate Warrior defended his Intercontinental Championship in the main event and the stipulation was simple- The winner takes it all.

It was Hogan who challenged Warrior for the match as he wanted to determine who the supreme force in WWF was - The Immortal One or The Ultimate Warrior! Warrior accepted the challenge and the match was officially announced for WM-6.

In a marathon match that lasted for more than 20 minutes, Warrior did the unthinkable by defeating the Hulkster and the winning double gold. In the process, he also became the first ever Intercontinental and WWF Champion in the history of WWE. Later, he was stripped of the IC title due to the existing rules back then.