WWE WrestleMania XI (1995)
April 2, 1995Release Date
WWE WrestleMania XI (1995)
April 2, 1995Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Kevin Nash
Diesel
Michael Hickenbottom
Self
Lawrence Taylor
Self
Scott Bigelow
Self
Bret Hart
Bret 'Hitman' Hart
Kevin Dunn
Director
Bob Backlund
Mr. Bob Backlund
Kevin Dunn
Director
Vince McMahon
Producer
Owen Hart
'The King of Harts' Owen Hart
Rodney Anoaʻi
Yokozuna
Pat Patterson
Self
Michael Polchlopek
Bart Gunn
Jeffrey Jarrett
Self
Scott Hall
Razor Ramon
Mark Calaway
The Undertaker
Monty Sopp
Billy Gunn - The Smokin Gunns
Chris Pallies
King Kong Bundy
Charles Wright
Kama
Larry Pfohl
Lex Luger
Davey Boy Smith
The British Bulldog
Ron Harris
Jacob Blu
Don Harris
Eli Blu
Wayne Keown
Uncle Zebekiah (Manager)
Sid Eudy
'Sycho' Sid Vicious (Bodyguard)
Roddy Piper
'Rowdy' Roddy Piper (Referee)
Ted DiBiase Sr.
'Million Dollar Man' Ted DiBiase (Manager)
Jim Cornette
James E. Cornette (Manager)
Harry Fujiwara
Mr. Fuji (Manager)
William Moody
Paul Bearer (Manager)
Brian James
The Roadie (Ringside)
Sean Waltman
1-2-3 Kid (Ringside)
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
WrestleMania XI was the 11th annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on April 2, 1995, at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut. A total of seven matches were contested at the event.
The main event featured former NFL linebacker Lawrence Taylor against Bam Bam Bigelow, a match which came as the result of an argument that took place between the two at the 1995 Royal Rumble. Taylor won the match, which led to Bigelow being kicked out of Ted DiBiase's Million Dollar Corporation. Shawn Michaels faced WWF Champion Diesel in a title match but was unable to win the championship. Jeff Jarrett retained his WWF Intercontinental Championship against Razor Ramon. Owen Hart and his mystery partner, Yokozuna, challenged The Smoking Gunns for the WWF Tag Team Championship and won the title belts.
The match between Taylor and Bigelow brought the WWF mainstream press coverage. The reactions to the match were mixed; some people thought that Taylor performed surprisingly well for a non-wrestler. Others thought that the WWF pushing a football player to defeat a wrestler made professional wrestling look bad. Reviews of the event as a whole have also been mixed, and the event has been called both the worst WrestleMania of all time and the event that saved the WWF.