god-soldier
Pre-Show Stalwart
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm just guessing you weren't watching wrestling in 1991. How was the build ridiculous? Sgt. Slaughter used to be the biggest American patriot in wrestling. He was one of the most popular wrestlers in the WWF before Hulkamania. After a hiatus Slaughter returned but was suddenly pledging his allegiance to Iraq. This was not your typical USA hater. This was a former popular patriot who was siding with a country with whom we were at war. Sgt. Slaughter had more heat than anybody had ever had. I don't think anyone's had more heat since. We all wanted to see our American hero Hulk Hogan take the title from the turncoat.
I'm not surprised that someone mentioned Hogan vs. Slaughter. I thought the build was quite good. I'm sticking with Taker vs. Sid as my choice as that match had hardly any build at all.
Well I did watch pro wrestling in 1991 and i was a die hard wwf fan then and i may have been 7 yrs old but i was smart enough to know a lousey match n a waste of time build up for a match when I see it. I understand slaughter being a turncoat for USA put alot of heat on him however, it wasnt enough for me as a fan to be the main event for wrestlemania back then wrestlemaina was the biggest thing to me beside my birthday n christmas so I know. We should of got Hogan vs Warrior 2 thats what it should of been not Sgt. Slaughter winning the wwf title from warrior,burning a Hulk Hogan t shirt, beating up Hacksaw jim duggan n hogan before wrestlemania and then they had a shitty match to top it off it will always be the worse main event in wrestlemania history.
Taker vs Sid i thought the match was okay the 2 names alone was a believable main event for wrestlemania if they would have build the match up more it would of made it better but it was better than taker vs bundy n diesel n gonzalez from wrestlemania priors with taker in it n better than hogan vs sid for that matter nothing against you brain but Hogan vs Slaughter will always be the worse for me