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BattleRoyal - April 17th, 2024 15:05 GMT


As the 90s began did you see a Hogan vs. Warrior main event at WM 6? 

2/5/90: A press conference was held in Toronto to officially announce SkyDome as the site of WrestleMania VI. During the press conference the following matches were publicly announced as being part of the card: WWF Champion Hulk Hogan vs. IC Champion the Ultimate Warrior, Randy Savage & Sensational Sherri vs. Dusty Rhodes & Sapphire, Demolition vs. WWF Tag Team Champions Andre the Giant & Haku, Roddy Piper vs. Bad News Brown, Jake Roberts vs. Ted Dibiase for Million Dollar Belt, and Big Bossman vs. Akeem.

Miami, FL Arena January 22, 1990 (15,063; 10,500 paid)
WWF Superstars taping
2/10/90 Update segment where WWF President Jack Tunney announced the main event of WrestleMania VI would be WWF Champion Hulk Hogan vs. IC Champion the Ultimate Warrior, and that he would decide at a later date which title would be on the line
2/17/90 Update segment which featured comments from WWF Champion Hulk Hogan and IC Champion the Ultimate Warrior about their match at WrestleMania VI
2/24/90 Update segment where WWF President Jack Tunney announced that both the WWF Title and IC Title would be both on the line in the Ultimate Challenge at WrestleMania VI, with comments from WWF Champion Hulk Hogan and IC Champion the Ultimate Warrior afterwards

Phoenix, AZ Veterans Memorial Coliseum February 13, 1990
WWF Superstars taping
WWF Champion Hulk Hogan pinned Dino Bravo (w/ Jimmy Hart/Earthquake) with legdrop in non-title match; after bout, Hogan was attacked by Bravo/Earthquake, with Earthquake hitting two elbow drops and sit-down splash; moments later, Earthquake attempted a second sit-down splash but WWF IC Champion Ultimate Warrior made the save; Hogan and Warrior then went face to face, with Warrior then running backstage; bout was redone following day
3/3/90 hosted by Vince McMahon & Jesse Ventura, with Ventura shown wearing a WWF Champion Hulk Hogan t-shirt and hat, saying he predicted Hogan would win Ultimate Challenge at WrestleMania VI

Tucson, AZ Convention Center February 14, 1990
Wrestling Challenge taping
WWF Superstars 3/10/90: WWF Champion Hulk Hogan pinned Dino Bravo (w/ Jimmy Hart/Earthquake) at 3:10 with legdrop in non-title match; after the bout, Hogan was attacked by Bravo and Earthquake, with Earthquake hitting two elbow drops and sit-down splash; moments later, Quake attempted second sit-down splash but IC Champion the Ultimate Warrior made the save; just as it seemed Warrior and Hogan would fight each other, Warrior ran backstage

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