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WWF WrestleMania 8

4/5/92

Hooiser Dome Indianapolis,Indiana

On Air Commentators;Gorilla Monsoon,and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan

Shawn Michaels defeated El Matador/Tito Santana.

The Undertaker defeated Jake "The Snake" Roberts(The Undertaker tombstones Roberts on the arena floor.Then gets him in the ring and covers him for the pin.Roberts wouldnt return to the WWF until 1996).

Intercontinental Championship Match;

Bret Hart defeated "Rowdy" Roddy Piper to win the Intercontinental Championship.(***** match,one of the best matches in Brets career).

Virgil,The Big Bosman,Jim Duggan and Sgt Slaughter defeated The Repo Man,The Mountie and The Nasty Boys.

WWF Championship Match;

"Macho Man" Randy Savage defeated Ric Flair to become the new WWF Champion after an rollup.

Tatanka defeated Rick "The Model" Martel(They would end up having another match at the 1992 Survivor Series).

WWF Tag Team Championship Match;

The Natural Disasters defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Money Inc by countout however the Natural Disasters do not win the tag team titles.

"The Rocket" Owen Hart defeated Skinner

Hulk Hogan defeated Sid Justice(Sid Vicious/Sycho Sid)by disqualification after interference from Harvey Wippleman.(After the match an unknown guy Papa Shango(The Godfather) makes his way to the ring and him and Sid Justice pound on Hogan.Then the Ultimate Warrior returns last seen after SummerSlam 1991 and takes out Papa Shango,then Hogan takes out Sid Justice and then the Warrior/Hogan celebrate after the match before Wrestlemania 8 comes to an close).

Overall an good Wrestlemania.The best matches were Shawn Michaels vs Tito Santana,The Undertaker vs Jake the "Snake" Roberts,Bret Hart vs "Rowdy" Roddy Piper for the Intercontinental Title in an rare "face vs face" match,"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs Ric Flair for the WWF Championship,and Hulk Hogan vs Sid Vicious.

1992 also signified an change in the WWF.Hogan would soon leave the WWF not returning to Janury of 1993 and then leaving by June of 1993, The Ultimate Warrior would leave the WWF and week before the 1992 Survivor Series not returning until 1996 before getting yes fired again, and Ric Flair would leave the WWF in early 1993 not returning until nearly 9 years later but back to 1992,stars like Hulk Hogan,The Ultimate Warrior,and Ric Flair were aging and Vince decided that newer stars like Bret Hart,The Undertaker,and Shawn Michaels could take the WWF to superstardom.By October of 1992 Bret Hart was WWF Champion and Shawn Michaels was Intercontinental Champion and they had an match at the 1992 Survivor Series for Harts WWF belt(which Hart won)but which proved that size doesnt matter and that Bret could single handidly carry the WWF in the post Hulk A Mania Era.Nough said.

WWF WrestleMania 8

4/5/92

Hooiser Dome Indianapolis,Indiana

On Air Commentators;Gorilla Monsoon,and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan

Shawn Michaels defeated El Matador/Tito Santana.

The Undertaker defeated Jake "The Snake" Roberts(The Undertaker tombstones Roberts on the arena floor.Then gets him in the ring and covers him for the pin.Roberts wouldnt return to the WWF until 1996).

Intercontinental Championship Match;

Bret Hart defeated "Rowdy" Roddy Piper to win the Intercontinental Championship.(***** match,one of the best matches in Brets career).

Virgil,The Big Bosman,Jim Duggan and Sgt Slaughter defeated The Repo Man,The Mountie and The Nasty Boys.

WWF Championship Match;

"Macho Man" Randy Savage defeated Ric Flair to become the new WWF Champion after an rollup.

Tatanka defeated Rick "The Model" Martel(They would end up having another match at the 1992 Survivor Series).

WWF Tag Team Championship Match;

The Natural Disasters defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Money Inc by countout however the Natural Disasters do not win the tag team titles.

"The Rocket" Owen Hart defeated Skinner

Hulk Hogan defeated Sid Justice(Sid Vicious/Sycho Sid)by disqualification after interference from Harvey Wippleman.(After the match an unknown guy Papa Shango(The Godfather) makes his way to the ring and him and Sid Justice pound on Hogan.Then the Ultimate Warrior returns last seen after SummerSlam 1991 and takes out Papa Shango,then Hogan takes out Sid Justice and then the Warrior/Hogan celebrate after the match before Wrestlemania 8 comes to an close).

Overall an good Wrestlemania.The best matches were Shawn Michaels vs Tito Santana,The Undertaker vs Jake the "Snake" Roberts,Bret Hart vs "Rowdy" Roddy Piper for the Intercontinental Title in an rare "face vs face" match,"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs Ric Flair for the WWF Championship,and Hulk Hogan vs Sid Vicious.

1992 also signified an change in the WWF.Hogan would soon leave the WWF not returning to Janury of 1993 and then leaving by June of 1993, The Ultimate Warrior would leave the WWF and week before the 1992 Survivor Series not returning until 1996 before getting yes fired again, and Ric Flair would leave the WWF in early 1993 not returning until nearly 9 years later but back to 1992,stars like Hulk Hogan,The Ultimate Warrior,and Ric Flair were aging and Vince decided that newer stars like Bret Hart,The Undertaker,and Shawn Michaels could take the WWF to superstardom.By October of 1992 Bret Hart was WWF Champion and Shawn Michaels was Intercontinental Champion and they had an match at the 1992 Survivor Series for Harts WWF belt(which Hart won)but which proved that size doesnt matter and that Bret could single handidly carry the WWF in the post Hulk A Mania Era.Nough said.

4/5/92 was a good time to be a wrestling fan, but more importantly a wwf wrestling fan because it was time for WWF Wrestlemania 8 which saw a fair share of moments that include Bret Hart (pre 1997 Survivor Series) facing Rowdy Roddy Piper for the I C title as well as a couple of main events 1. Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair (WWF title) 2. Hulk "Thunder Lips" Hogan vs Sid Justice. In other action The Undertaker defeated Jake "The Snake" Roberts by pinfall, Shawn Michaels defeated Tito Santana by pinfall. (If you were more like your famous brother Carlos you would still be around Tito.) Sargent Slaughter/"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan/The Big Boss Man/Virgil defeated The Mountie/Repo Man/The Nasty Boys by pinfall. (Ray "Survey says" Combs was the ring announcer for this match) RIP. Tatanka defeated Rick "The Model" Martel by pinfall. Owen Hart (RIP) defeated Skinner by pinfall. Money inc defeated "The Natural Disasters" (EarthQuake/Typhoon) by countout. All and all this was a good wrestlemania that should be picked up from Amazon.com, or anywhere videos/dvds are sold.

Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana. All I have to say is what a WrestleMania this was. Definetely one of the better ones. Let's get started.

Shawn Michaels w/ Sensational Sherri vs. El Matador Tito Santana

Great opening matchup with back and forth action. Michaels is able to pull it off after countering a slam attempt by Santana. After the match, Bobby Heenan said "this man is the star of the 90's, Monsoon." How true those words would be, as we all know, Michaels would go on and dominate the rest of the decade.

Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. The Undertaker w/Paul Bearer

Not much to say about this one. Pretty slow and boring match. Roberts nailed a couple of DDT's, but Taker gets up from them all. Taker hits the tombstone on the outside of the ring, tosses Roberts back in the ring and covers him for the 3.

Intercontinental Championship: "Rowdy" Roddy Piper vs. Bret "Hitman" Hart

Along with the World Championship match, this was the match of the night. Classic battle for the IC title. Started off with nice techincal wrestling, and after a while we started seeing the street fighting style. Piper locks on the sleeper but Hart counters into a pin and wins the match.

8-Man Tag Team Match

The Big Bossman, Virgil, Sgt. Slaughter, and "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan vs. The Nasty Boys, The Mountie, and The Repo Man

Boring match. Very unorganized and sloppy match, skip at all costs.

World Championship: Ric Flair w/Mr. Perfect vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage

The highlight of the night as far as I'm concerned. 5 star classic. Savage used the tights and got the pin and is the new champion.

Tatanka vs. Rick "The Model" Martel

Sub-par match at best. Tatanka gets it on a cross body.

Tag Team Championship:

Money Inc. w/Jimmy Hart vs. The Natural Disasters

Definetely could have been a better match. Dibiase and I.R.S. could not match the power of the Disasters, so they walk away in the middle of the match. Disasters win by count out but do not win the titles.

"The Rocket" Owen Hart vs. Skinner

Kind of a pointless match really. Short match, Hart (RIP) rolls him up for the quick victory.

Hulk Hogan vs. Sid w/Harvey WhippleMan

This is the co-main event. In my opinion the matches should have been reversed (with the Savage-Flair match being the last match of the night) but of course, Hogan is in this match so this is the last match of the night. Not a good match, and an even suckier DQ ending. Papa Shango comes out at the end and then Warrior comes to help out Hogan.

Matches to look out for: Michaels/Santana, Hart/Piper, and Savage/Flair.

Wrestlemania 8 is actually one of the better Wrestlemanias. There are some pretty good matches, but, as always, there are some bad matches on the card as well. Flair/Savage is easily the best match on the card, but Hart/Piper is right up there with it. Below are a list of the matches and a rating out of 5 stars.

Intercontinental title
Bret Hart vs Roddy Piper
In the 15 minutes that these two were given, they told a brilliant story, along with having a spectacular wrestling match, which also turned into a brawl at times. Every second of this match was amazing. Really emotional match. Great booking. Probably the second best match of the night. ****1/2

Tag team titles
Money Inc. vs Natural Disasters
This match was pretty much a "disaster". Get it, disaster...anyways, the match was really boring. What else are you gonna get when you put two 450 pound guys against a guy who wrestles in a suit and DiBiase. Actually, DiBiase was probably the only good talent in the ring. IRS isn't bad either, but the Disasters are a Disaster. Bad match. 1/2*

Undertaker vs Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Bad match. You can't really expect anything special from Jake and Taker, since both are really slow and sluggish. *

Rick Martel vs Tatanka
Both are great athletes, but for some reason, they did not deliver an average, or even a decent match. It was better than the tag match and the Taker/Roberts, but it wasn't good. Basically, just a filler. *1/2

Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice
This is Hogan's farewell match and just like every other Hogan match, it's really bad. Who cares though because Hogan would be out of the WWE so it's cool. Basic Hogan match with him selling everything, then making the big comeback. The only noteworthy happening in this match was the return of the Warrior after a long departure from the WWE. Other than that, a snoozer. 1/2* for the Warrior's return.

Owen Hart vs Skinner
Hah. Owen kicks Skinner's ass in about a minute. Whatever, it was fun watching while it lasted. *1/2

Shawn Michaels vs El Matador
El Matador is actually Tito Santana with a really stupid bull fighter's gimmick. However, the match was pretty cool, as it was the opener. Good choice for an opener. ***

Nasty Boys/Mountie/Repo Man v.s Sgt.Slaughter/Bossman/Virgil/jim Duggan
Worst match of the night. Basically just a reason to have these guys participate at Wrestlemania and it was a bad way to do it. Stupid filler. 1/4*

WWE championship
Randy Savage vs Ric Flair
An unforgettable, epic match. Flair and Savage definately stole the show that night. The crowd was screaming their lungs out the whole time. Probably Savage's and maybe even Flair's greatest match EVER! *****

Overall, Wrestlemania 8 is a solid show. If you are a WWE fan, i urge you to buy this tape. You will not be disappointed. Next to Wrestlemania 17, this is the best Wrestlemania ever.

Just many of the wrestlemania back in the late 80's and early 90's there are many time filler matches to get ready for the big matches but there were some good action to make this one of the better wm's. Here's the card and my opinion of the matches and the show overall.

Rating: ***** = Classic; **** = Excellent; *** = Good; ** = Fair; *=Poor; DUD = Horrible, fast forward

1. Tito Santana vs Shawn Michaels

- Michaels make his debut as a singles wrestler. Santana was a good choice into helping him become a threat. The match had a few boring parts to it but overall a good technical wrestling match. I wished they would've had a better ending than having Santana try to slam Michales back in the ring only to have him fall down and get pinned. Despite the few restholds and the bad ending, this was a decent match.

Rating **

2. Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs Undertaker

- This was Roberts last match until Royal RUmble 1996. He and Taker were good friends until Taker refused to attack Savage during his match. Roberts locked Taker's hand in a casket and whacked him a few times with a chair. The match was pretty much an Undertaker squash. The only reason I'm giving it the following rating is the part where Jake delivered 3 DDT's but Taker got up and the part where he tombstones roberts on the concrete floor.

Rating *

3. Rowdy Roddy Piper vs Bret Hart

- Bret was enjoying a successful run as the IC champion until he got sick and lost the title a few days before the royal rumble. Piper won the belt and now Bret wants his belt back despite they're long friendship. You can tell this would be a match to see as both were fan favorites. Despite Piper's dirty brawling skills which busted open Bret's forehead, Bret technicial skills helped him prevail. The match ended when Piper thought about hitting him with a ring bell instead used his patent sleeperhold only to be countered into a cool pinning combination

Rating *** 3/4

4. Nasty Boys, Mountie, and Repo Man vs the late Big Boss Man, Virgil, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, and Sgt. Slaughter

- the match had a few comical moments when Ray Coombs made fun of the heels and the part where Repo Man went to jump on the Boss Man only to have the boss man sticks his fist up and hit Repo in the groin. The match was just a typical brawl with hardly any excitement.

Rating 3/4

5. Ric Flair vs Randy Savage

- Savage again has a great match at a wrestlemania. The feud was about Flair claiming he had an affair with Elizabeth in the past and the world championship. The match was just awesome as the match went back and forth. Good wrestling and brawling makes this a great match-up. The activities after the match was fun to watch.

Rating *****

6. Tatanka vs Rick Martel

-Tatanka's first match in the WWE much less a ppv against the veteran Rick Martel. The match wasn't too exciting to watch, but it's better than some of the matches on the card. Tatanka wins with a high cross body.

Rating *

7. Natural Diasters vs Money Inc.

- Boring tag title match. Natural Diasters pretty much dominated the match and Money Inc took the cowards way out by getting counted out.

Rating 1/4

8. Owen Hart vs Skinner

Like I mentioned earlier, this is a filler match. Skinner dominates the match until Owen rolles him up for the pin.

Rating DUD

9. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice

- I guess this was supposed to be a match to help Sid be a threat for a championship. WWE didn't learn their lesson as Sid was in the main event for the heavyweight title against the Undertaker five years later at wm 13. Sid pretty much stalled around the ring and only executed a few moves. The only real highlight of the match was when the Ulimate Warrior came out and took out Papa Shango and Sid.

Rating *

Overall, the show contains a bunch of worthless filler material but there were some shining moments that make up for the crappy matches. The bad was kept short. Savage and Flair was a classic. Michaels put on a decent performance in his first single match at WM as well as Bret Hart. The heavyweight title match, IC title match and Santana vs Michaels were all good matches and worth checking out. Highly Recommended.

I thought this was going to be a bad WrestleMania, but it turned out to be pretty good. Here are the matches.

1. Tito Santana vs. Shawn Michaels 8/10

Good opening match. Good efforts on the part of both men.

2. Jake The Snake Roberts vs. The Undertaker 9/10

I liked this match because Jake Roberts is no competition for The Undertaker. So because of that Jake got beat up real bad. That was funny.

3. Bret Hart vs. Rowdy Roddy Piper 8/10

I liked this match, and perhaps one of the best of the night. It had a lot of action in it, but it was a little obvious that Bret was going to win.

4. The Mountie, Repo Man, and The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Saggs) vs. Sgt. Slaughter, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Big Boss Man, and Virgil 7/10

Okay match, but I thought it was going to be way better. The beginning was funny with the introducments of the teams. What made this match bad was that it was really short. To make it longer or better, they should had made it one of those Survivor Series matches.

5. Ric Flair vs. Macho Man 9/10

Excellent match, with a lot of action! It went a little long, but it is worth it because Macho Man becomes the new WWE Champion!

6. Rick Martel vs. Tatanka 7/10

Good match, especially since it was after the WWE title match. I hated the ending though because Tatanka defeates Rick Martel.

7. Ted Dibiase and I.R.S. vs. Earthquake and Typhoon 6/10

I did not like this match at all. Not only did the Natural Disasters did not win titles (who had the match won practicly), but they won by Count-Out. Dissapointing

8. Skinner vs. Owen Hart 6/10

I do not know what this was, was it a spare match or a pointless one, I do not know. To be honest it was okay even though it was like a minute long. Good match to kill time.

9. Sid Justice vs. Hulk Hogan 7/10

Bad main event. It was sort of slow, and the match ended with Hogan winning by DQ. This happened because Papa Shango came to help Sid Justice, and then Ultimate Warrrior came to help Hogan. This actually should not have been the final main event because the Ric Flair vs. Macho Man match was way better.

WrestleMania VIII drew some 62,000 fans to the Hoosierdome so the atmosphere for a great event was there big time.
Shawn Michaels v.s El Matador
Shawn outperformed his opponent in this one just like he always does, overall it was an Ok match and a good way to start the show, but the main thing I'll remember is how stupid Shawn's music sounded being sung by Sherri. Match Length- 10 min.
Jake Roberts v.s Undertaker
The classic Undertaker, he rose up from every thing Jake did and eventually got the win. Match Length- 6 min.
IC title match
Bret Hart v.s Roddy Piper
Both displayed technical skill and still proceeded the match as a streetfight, during the match the two showed respect for each other despite their want to win, the match really told a story and had emotional value, Bret won but the two competitors left embracing. Probally the 2nd best match of WM-8 Match Length- 14 min.
8-man tag
Nasty Boys/Mountie/Repo Man v.s Sgt.Slaughter/Bossman/Virgil/jim Duggan
Just a passing match, not too good. Match Length- 6 min.
WWE Championship
Ric Flair v.s Randy Savage
Possibly the best title match in WM history, Ric and Randy's performance is the showcase of WM-8, In only 18 minutes the two do every signature move in their arsenals and each keeps coming back for more. Of course Randy had to deal with Ric's cheating in the maylay, Ric is busted open badly and Randy takes a beating, and through the midsts of the action Randy gets Ric by the trunks and gets a stunning pin, a great way to end a great match.
Rick Martel v.s Tatanka
An Ok match, but just a passing match. Match Length- 5 min.
Tag titles match
Money Inc. vs Natural Disasters
Ok match, Natural Dis. are so big their skills are limited in the ring. Money Inc. wins by count-out a lame thing for a WM. Match Length- 8 min.
Owen Hart v.s Skinner
Quick but decisive. Match Length- 1 min.
2nd Main Event
Hogan vs Sid Justice
A terrible match, Sid gets the powerbomb and Hogan does his usual hulking up. Papa Shango runs in and helps Sid hurt Hulk, then the Ultimate Warrior comes to Hulk's aid and chases the bad guys out and the show comes to an end.
A terrible last match for WM but everything else that happened that night made up for it.

This actually isn't a bad PPV to own. The WWF title match between Randy Savage and Ric Flair is great, though kind of unbalanced. Unfortunately, Hulk Hogan's ego cheapened that match with that "double main-event" crap. He apparently made sure the officials would also be very careful about how much emphasis they put on WWF title. Also, Hogan's match with Sid Justice was poor, and the run-in at the end was stupid. I expect that on "Raw" or "Nitro", but not on a PPV.

Still, it's worth a see for the other matches. The first three serve a good looks at Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, and The Undertaker before they became main-eventers, and again, the WWF title match was a classic. I wish Flair(who's one of my all-time favorite wrestlers)had won, considering this is the only WWF PPV in print. Still, I guess there was no way they could have known. I wish the WWF hadn't stopped manufacturing the "Summerslams", "Royal Rumbles", etc.

Worth renting, at least.

The highlights of this video are a great World Title match between Champ Ric Flair & Randy Savage and an Inter-continental Title match between Champ Roddy Piper & Bret Hart.These two matches alone are worth the price.Hulk Hogan vs Sid,though not a great match has lots of heat and a surprise ending.