Wednesday, April 17, 2013

WrestleMania XII




WrestleMania XII was the twelfth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling event produced by the World Wrestling Federation. It took place on March 31, 1996 at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California.

The main attraction of this WrestleMania was the novelty of the WWF Championship match that was guaranteed to last at least one hour. 


On-screen WWF president "Rowdy" Roddy Piper had announced on an edition of Monday Night Raw that reigning champion Bret Hart must defend the title against Shawn Michaels in the first ever "WWF Iron Man Match"; whereby the winner would be the man with the most decisions over a sixty minute time limit.




The show featured six professional wrestling matches

* Free for All

Vacant WWF Tag Team Championship

Quarter final:
- The Bodydonnas defeated The Bushwhackers
- Razor Ramon and Savio Vega defeated The 123 Kid and Tatanka
- Owen Hart and The British Bulldog defeated Hakushi and Barry Horowitz
- The Godwinns defeated The New Rockers

Semi final:
- The Bodydonnas defeated The Ringmaster and Savio Vega
The Godwinns defeated Owen Hart and Davey Boy Smith 

Final:
The Bodydonnas (Skip and Zip) (with Sunny) defeated The Godwinns (Henry and Phineas) (with Hillbilly Jim)

* Six-man tag team match
Camp Cornette (Vader, Owen Hart and The British Bulldog) (with Jim Cornette) defeated Yokozuna, Jake Roberts and Ahmed Johnson (with Mr. Fuji)



* The Ringmaster (currently known as Stone Cold Steve Austin) (with Ted DiBiase) defeated Savio Vega



* The Ultimate Warrior defeated Hunter Hearst Helmsley (with Sable)



* The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) defeated Diesel



* Hollywood Backlot Brawl
Roddy Piper defeated Goldust (with Marlena)



* One Hour Iron Man match for the WWF Championship
Shawn Michaels (with Jose Lothario) defeated Bret Hart (c)



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