WrestleMania XI (TV 1995)

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

Director:

Kevin Dunn

Stars:

Kevin Nash, Shawn Michaels, Jeff Jarrett

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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 Bigalow	...	Bam Bam Bigelow
Lawrence Taylor	...	Himself
Bob Backlund	...	Himself
Mark Calaway	...	The Undertaker
King Kong Bundy	...	Himself
Larry Pfohl	...	Lex Luger
Davey Boy Smith	...	The British Bulldog

Storyline

WWF Title: Deisel vs. Shawn Michaels, WWF Intercontinental Title: Jeff Jarrett vs. Razor Ramon, WWF Tag Team Titles: The Smoking Gunns vs. Owen Hart & Yokozuna, Lawrence Taylor vs. Bam Bam Bigelow, I Quit Match: Bret Hart vs. Bob Backlund, The Undertaker vs. King Kong Bundy, The Allied Forces vs. Jacob & Eli Blu

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Plot Keywords:

tag team | undertaker | blonde bombshell | sequel | wrestling | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Action | Sport

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Details

Official Sites:

World Wrestling Federation [us] (Flash site)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 April 1995 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Due to a production foul-up, one of the WrestleMania ring aprons did not get shipped to the Hartford Civic Center. As a result, the standard blue "WWF logo" ring apron had to be used on the blind-side of the camera. (It is visible most notably when Shawn Michaels leads Jenny McCarthy around the ring.)

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Goofs

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.

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Quotes

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

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Connections

Followed by Royal Rumble (2011)

User Reviews

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.