WWE: WrestleMania IV

A Night Of Macho Madness
A couple of notes here in that this is the exact same version of this event taken from the WrestleMania Anthology set meaning that all references to "WWF" & various music has been changed to due the rights expiring but there is no blurring of the WWF logo since this event happened before the "Attitude Era."

"What The World Is Watching" was the perfect title for this WrestleMania at the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City as going into this event was the first time ever that the WWE Championship was vacant in the history of the company leading to the first ever 14 man tournament to crown a new undisputed champion. Various celebrities include Bob Uecker, Robin Leach from "Lifestyles Of The Rich & Famous", Vanna White, and Gladys Knight singing "America The Beautiful." This event also featured the WrestleMania debuts of various legends like Rick Rude, Bam Bam Bigelow, One Man Gang, Ted Dibiase, Demolition, and Ultimate Warrior.

The finals of the tournament came down to...

The Tournament
Sometimes it just takes a huge event, a "happening" in the words of Gorilla Monsoon, to jump-start a product. The WWF's big tournament to crown a champion in the wake of a vacated belt was just that for the Wrestlemania brand.

For the past three years, Wrestlemania had relied a bit too much on celebrities and gimmicks to get by. It was still a unique event, but until Steamboat/Savage & Hogan/Andre in Wrestlemania III the matches really didn't seem to mean all that much or create enough drama. That all changes in Wrestlemania IV because of the tournament, where every single match takes on added significance.

Basically, this is the event where the WWF finally lets the matches "do all the talking", so to speak. There is very little celebrity involvement (a recurring bit regarding Vanna White and Bob Uecker is pretty funny) in lieu of solid matches. Besides the Jake Roberts vs. Rick Rude contest, I can't really say that any of the matches in this event are boring...

Great PPV
Memories of the good ole days, when WWE was worth watching, unlike nowadays. The only thing worth watching these days is the Shield. Ryback, really come on????

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