Wrestlemania VI

[Scott Fire]

The Ultimate Challenge...
Wrestlemania VI
April 1st, 1990
Skydome
Toronto, Ontario

1) Opening featuring Robert Goulet
Scores: Mine (3/5) Andrew (3/5)
Comment: 'America The Beautiful' is way better then 'O Canada'.


2) Koko B. Ware VS. Rick Martel
Scores: Mine (2/5) Andrew (2/5)
Comment: Could've been much better.


3) Promos: Colossal Connection W/ Bobby Heenan & Demolition
Scores: Mine (3/5) Andrew (3/5)
Comment: Not memorable.


4) WWF World Tag Team Championship Match - Colossal Connnection W/ Bobby Heenan VS. Demolition
Scores: Mine (3/5) Andrew (4/5)
Comment: More memorable for Andre's face turn in the post match, moreso then the actual match.


5) Promo: Earthquake W/ Jimmy Hart
Scores: Mine (4/5) Andrew (3/5)
Comment: Could've gotten a higher score if Earthquake's delivery was a little bit better and more quieter.


6) Hercules VS. Earthquake W/ Jimmy Hart
Scores: Mine (3/5) Andrew (2/5)
Comment: Hercules failed in getting Quake up in backbreaker, but Lex Luger wouldn't have. : - )


7) Miss Elizabeth Interview/ Brutus Beefcake Promo
Scores: Mine (3/5) Andrew (3/5)
Comment: Both were blah, but got their points across.


8) Mr. Perfect W/ The Genius VS. Brutus Beefcake
Scores: Mine (3/5) Andrew (3/5)
Comment: Mr. Perfect sometimes sold too good for his own good.


9) Roddy Piper/Bad News Brown History Package & Roddy Piper Promo
Scores: Mine (4/5) Andrew (4/5)
Comment: Once again Piper delivers on the stick, history video could have been better.


10) Bad News Brown VS. Roddy Piper
Scores: Mine (2/5) Andrew (2/5)
Comment: Too much punching, and Bad News Browns PPV matches ended in DQ's & CO's way too often.


11) Steve Allen & The Bolsheviks Segment
Scores: Mine ( 2/5) Andrew (3/5)
Comment: A little comical...


12) The Hart Foundation VS. The Bolsheviks
Scores: Mine (1/5) Andrew (1/5)
Comment: That's all a squash deserves..


13) Promo: Tito Santana
Scores: Mine (2/5) Andrew (2/5)
Comment: To the point, but boring as all hell, ariba!


14) The Barbarian W/ Bobby Heenan VS. Tito Santana
Scores: Mine (3/5) Andrew (3/5)
Comment: Tito took a stiff ass clothesline from Barbarian at the end of this one.


15) Dusty Rhodes & Sapphire/Randy Savage & Sherri History Video & Dusty Rhodes/Sapphire Promo
Scores: Mine (3/5) Andrew (3/5)
Comment: I can't believe it was Rhodes' idea to wear yellow polk-a-dot trunks, then again this is the guy who thought of the Shockmaster...haha.


16) Mixed Tag Team Match: Randy Savage & Sherri VS. Dusty Rhodes & Sapphire
Scores: Mine (4/5) Andrew (3/5)
Comment: Not a technical classic by any means, but was a well worked circus type match.


17) Bobby Heenan Promo & Commentators W/ Rona Barrett
Scores: Mine (4/5) Andrew (4/5)
Comment: A lot of solid humor in these 2 segments, including Gorilla Monsoon wanting to see Jessie Ventura in a softcore porn clip.


18) Promos - Randy Savage W/ Sherri & Demolition
Scores: Mine (3/5) Andrew (3/5)
Comment: Rand & Sherri were crazy, maybe legitimately. ; - )


19) Promos: Hulk Hogan & Ultimate Warrior
Scores: Mine (3/5) Andrew (3/5)
Comment: Hogan's promo was beyond solid, but we were lost 2 seconds into Warrior's God awful promo.


20) The Orient Express W/ Mr. Fuji VS. The Rockers
Scores: Mine (3/5) Andrew (3/5)
Comment: Not anywhere near as good as The Rockers VS. The Orient Express from Royal Rumble 1991, that was a five out of fiver.


21) Rythym & Blues W/ Steve Allen Segment
Scores: Mine (2/5) Andrew (2/5)
Comment: Greg Valentine + black hair and holing a guitar he can't play = wrestlecrap, but Steve Allen's humor saves it from a 1 score.


22) Dino Bravo W/ Jimmy Hart & Earthquake VS. Jim Duggan
Scores: Mine (3/5) Andrew (2/5)
Comment: Jim Duggan used a foreign object a lot for a face, and I liked it.


23) Jake Roberts/ Ted Dibiase History Package & Jake Roberts Promo
Scores: Mine (4/5) Andrew (4/5)
Comment: Video package left something to be desired, but Roberts may have cut the best promo of all time. Seriously, watch it.


24) Ted Dibiase W/ Virgil VS. Jake Roberts
Scores: Mine ( 4/5) Andrew (4/5)
Comment: When I think of Roberts' greatest rival, I think of Dibiase.


25) Promos: Akeem W/ Slick & Big Bossman
Scores: Mine (3/5) Andrew (2/5)
Comment: Slick was hard to understand and pretty annoying, because of the way he yapped.


26) Akeem W/ Slick VS. The Big Bossman
Scores: Mine (3/5) Andrew (2/5)
Comment: Officially the end of the greatest tag team of all time, The Twin Towers, or maybe not. ; - )


27) Rythym & Blues Performance/ Mary Tyler Moor Interview
Scores: Mine (2/5) Andrew (2/5)
Comment: It was turrible as Charles Barkley would say, the best part was seeing Diamond Dallas Page driving R & B to the ring.


28) Rick Rude W/ Bobby Heenan VS. Jimmy Snuka
Scores: Mine (2/5) Andrew (3/5)
Comment: Steve Allen saying Snuka was wearing his wife's underwear was the highlight of the match.


29) Ultimate Warrior/Hulk Hogan History Package
Scores: Mine (4/5) Andrew (4/5)
Comment: Hit almost all the key points of the lead up, but left out the contract signing segment from television and thus no 5 out of 5 score.

30) Title For Title Match: WWF Champion Hulk Hogan VS. WWF Intercontinental Champion Ultimate Warrior
Scores: Mine (5/5) Andrew (5/5)
Comment: One of my favorite matches of all time, so bite me!


31) Commentary featuring Gorilla Monsoon & Jessie Ventura
Scores: Mine (5/5) Andrew (5/5)
Comment: Sadly this was the last Wrestlemania commentated by, in my opinion, the greatest color commentator of all time; Jessie "The Body" Ventura.


32) Intangibles
Scores: Mine (4/5) Andrew (4/5)
Comment: Got quads for attendence in the Skydome, Ultimate Challenge, and Andre's face turn.


Overall Scores
Mine: 61.875% (99/160)
Andrew: 60% (96/160)
Total: 60.9375% (195/320)


Current Wrestlemania Rankings


1) Wrestlemania III
Mine: 62% (93/150)
Andrew: 63.33% (95/150)
Combined: 62.66% (188/300)


2) Wrestlemania VI
Mine: 61.875% (99/160)
Andrew: 60% (96/160)
Total: 60.9375% (195/320)

3)Wrestlemania IV
Mine: 58.82%(100/170)
Andrew: 58.23% (99/170)
Overall: 58.52% (199/340)

4) Wrestlemania 2
Mine: 56.8% (71/125)
Andrew: 55.2% (69/125)
Combined: 56% (140/250)

5) Wrestlemania 1
Mine: 55% (66/120)
Andrew: 53.33% (64/120)
Combined: 54.16 (130/240)

6) Wrestlemania V
Mine: 54% (81/150)
Andrew: 53.33% (80/150)
Total: 53.66% (161/300)

[WTIC]

WM 6 was a good show overall, yep!

Andre turning face was an indication that the end of his wrestling career was near.

Rhodes in polka-dots was unwatchable, and Slick ALWAYS sucked severely.

Hogan vs Ultimate was Ultimate's biggest and best match of his career! Great match all around! I'm also pretty sure this is where Gorilla coined the phrase, "Immortal" Hulk Hogan, but I could be wrong.

Anyway, yet another fine review! Can't wait for VII!

[Scott Fire]

Thanks.

I remember when I was younger I would always nag my mom to take to me to the video rental store nearby, and what I usually ended up getting was Mania VI so it's near and dear to my heart. Still it couldn't knock off Mania 3.