WrestleMania VIII
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WrestleMania VIII was held at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana on April 5, 1992. Country singer Reba McEntire performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the beginning of the show. Family Feud's Ray Combs also made an appearance before the 8-man tag match.
Match Results
- Shawn Michaels defeated Tito Santana via pin
- The Undertaker defeats Jake "The Snake" Roberts via pin
- Intercontinental Championship - Bret Hart defeats champion "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and becomes the new champion via pin
- Virgil/Big Boss Man/Jim Duggan/Sgt. Slaughter defeated Repo Man/Mountie/The Nasty Boys via pin
- WWF Heavyweight Championship - Randy "Macho Man" Savage defeats Ric Flair (champion) via pin
- Tatanka defeated Rick Martel
- The Natural Disasters defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Money Inc. via countout; Money Inc. retain titles
- Owen Hart defeats Skinner via pin
- Hulk Hogan wins by disqualification over Sid Justice after Papa Shango interferes in the match. Ultimate Warrior makes a surprise appearance and runs out to help Hulk Hogan.
Trivia
- The finish to the Justice-Hogan match actually did not occur as planned. Papa Shango failed to make it to the ring in time for the planned disqualification, which forced Sid to kick out of Hogan's legdrop - a rare occasion by any standard.
- Two of the matches from this show (the WWF and Intercontinental title matches) were widely listed on 'Best of 1992' lists by wrestling pundits.
- These two matches also share something that was highly taboo in the WWF at the time: the appearance of blood in the contest. The rumors were that Bret Hart was able to convince the backstage crew that he had been accidentally "busted open," but Ric Flair was unfortunately caught blading directly on camera and was fined several thousand dollars.
- This was the last WrestleMania to feature Gorilla Monsoon as a commentator.
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