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The main attraction of this WrestleMania was the WWF Championship contested in an Iron Man match; whereby the winner would be the man to win most falls over sixty minutes. . Michaels had earned the opportunity to face reigning champion Bret Hart by winning the 1996 Royal Rumble, and had also defeated Owen Hart at In Your House 6 for the right to keep the WrestleMania title sh
For 1996, the winner earned a match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XII. The 1996 event was the ninth event in the Royal Rumble chronology and was scheduled to be held on January 21, 1996, at the Selland Arena in Fresno, California .
[2] [12] "Two Dudes with Attitudes" disbanded for a second time after Nash lost the WWF Championship to Bret Hart at Survivor Series on November 19, 1995. [13] After Michaels won the WWF Championship from Hart at WrestleMania XII, Nash unsuccessfully challenged him at In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies on April 28, 1996. [14]
Michaels and Hart’s feud — real life and storyline — dominated the mid-1990s and made for some of the greatest matches of all time, including the main event of WrestleMania XII.
The Streak became the cornerstone of WrestleMania, [9] [10] with a potential win over The Undertaker at the event being described as a greater honor than winning the WWE Championship. [9] [11] [12] For years, debate had revolved around who, if anybody, should break the Streak, [2] [5] [6] with prominent wrestlers giving comment.
In 1993, Nash signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) under the name Diesel (nicknamed "Big Daddy Cool" and "Big Sexy"). While performing as Diesel, he achieved status as a top star in the company, winning the WWF World, Intercontinental and Tag Team Championships (the WWF Triple Crown). His 358-day reign as WWF Champion is ...
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Bret Hart (c) vs. Diesel in a steel cage match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship: Sequentially referred to as In Your House 6 March 31 WrestleMania XII: Arrowhead Pond: Anaheim, California: 18,853 Bret Hart (c) vs. Shawn Michaels in a 60-minute iron man match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship: April 28 In Your House: Good ...