WrestleMania is considered the World Wrestling Federation's (WWF, now WWE) flagship pay-per-view event, having first been held in 1985.

[2] It was the first of the WWF's original four annual pay-per-views, which includes Royal Rumble, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, which were eventually dubbed the "Big Four".

On February 10, the match was officially announced as the main event of WrestleMania VI by then WWF President Jack Tunney.

1 contenders for the championship, and on December 13, 1989, the pair defeated Demolition – Smash was never legally tagged into the match – to win the belts.

Future multi-time world champions Edge[7] and Christian[8][9] were in attendance at WrestleMania VI, as were Lance Storm and Renee Paquette.

Immediately after the match, the Colossal Connection's manager Bobby Heenan began yelling at André the Giant in the ring, blaming him for the loss, and slapping him in the face.

Following the sixth bout, a backstage segment aired in which Steve Allen sang the State Anthem of the Soviet Union with the Bolsheviks.

The ninth bout was a mixed tag team match pitting Dusty Rhodes and Sapphire against "Macho King" Randy Savage and Queen Sherri.

The Orient Express won the bout after their manager Mr. Fuji tripped Marty Jannetty and then Sato threw salt in his eyes, causing him to be counted out.

Jason Powell was among the reviewers who praised the main event, calling it "A truly amazing match considering the limitations of both men, particularly Warrior".

However, in reality, Perfect had been pinned by The Ultimate Warrior in a match at Madison Square Garden that aired on the MSG Network less than two weeks before WrestleMania.

In reality, the attack was to write Hogan off television so that he could film the movie Suburban Commando, and to spend time with his newborn son Nicholas.

WrestleMania VI would prove to be André the Giant's last televised match in the USA in the WWF as real-life health problems with acromegaly were continuing to take their toll.

This was due to Bill Eadie (who competed as Ax) desiring to take a lesser active role in wrestling, and Crush and Smash would soon become the primary defenders of the belt.

WrestleMania VI marked Jesse Ventura's last stint as a color commentator at a WWF pay-per-view event.

He continued his role as an on-air color commentator for WWF Superstars of Wrestling through August 1990, at which time he left the company.

At the 1998 edition of their annual Halloween Havoc pay-per-view event, rival promotion World Championship Wrestling (WCW) pitted Hogan against Warrior once again.

The contest has gained a reputation as one of the worst bouts in history, being vilified by critics, then-WCW president Eric Bischoff, and former company announcer Gene Okerlund.