WrestleMania XI (1995) (TV)

Director:

Kevin Dunn

Release Date:

2 April 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sport

Tagline:

First Time... Last Time... Only Time...

Plot:

Diesel battles Shawn Michaels for WWF Championship while former gridiron great Lawrence Taylor squares off against Bam Bam Bigelow.

Plot Keywords:

Undertaker | Tag Team | African American | Football Player | Title Bout

Cast

Kevin Nash	...	Diesel
Shawn Michaels	...	Himself
Jeff Jarrett	...	Himself
Scott Hall	...	Razor Ramon
Monty Sopp	...	Billy Gunn
Michael Polchlopek	...	Bart Gunn
Owen Hart	...	Himself
Rodney Anoai	...	Yokozuna
Scott 'Bam Bam' Bigelow	...	Bam Bam Bigelow
Lawrence Taylor	...	Himself
Bob Backlund	...	Himself
Mark Calaway	...	The Undertaker
King Kong Bundy	...	Himself
Lawrence Pfohl	...	Lex Luger
Davey Boy Smith	...	The British Bulldog

Filming Locations:

Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Trivia:

Originally, the plan was for Owen Hart to win the tag team titles with Jim Neidhart. However, due to 'The Anvil' no-showing a number of WWF live events, Neidhart was released from the company, and Yokozuna was instead selected to be Owen's tag team partner.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: The Diesel vs Shawn Michaels match is supposed to end with Diesel slingshotting Shawn's face into the top metal turnbuckle exposed by Sid, setting up the storyline that Sid caused Michaels to lose the match. However, in executing the slingshot spot, Shawn's head misses the exposed top turnbuckle completely, hitting the covered middle turnbuckle instead.

Quotes:

Vince McMahon: Kick out By LT, Rather By Bam Bam.

Movie Connections:

Follows WrestleMania 2 (1986) (V)

DIESEL RULES

In the main event of WrestleMania XI WWF Champion Diesel defended the belt against accomplished wrestler Shawn Michaels. Diesel was quite good as champion during 1995 and he put on a good match against Shawn Michaels.

The undercard for this event was truly great. Razor Ramon and Jeff Jarrett had a good match (those two always had chemistry in the ring). The ever popular Undertaker did his usual burial, this time pinning the monstrous King Kong Bundy. And Tag Team champions The Smoking Gunns put on an entertaining match against Yokosuna and Owen Hart. Bret Hart elevated Bob Backlund to a decent match as well.

Lex Luger and Davey Boy Smith made an appearance too as The Allied Powers. They beat identical twins Jacob and Eli Blu. The Allied Powers had so much potential which the WWF never exploited.

There was the usual celebrities such as Salt N Peppa and the beautiful Pamela Anderson to make this a memorable event.