IWF WrestleMania 8

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WrestleMania VIII
Promotional poster featuring Sid Justice, Hulk Hogan, Brady Savage and Ric Flair
Tagline(s)	Friendship Torn Apart! / The Macho/Flair Affair!
Imformation
Promotion	International Wrestling Federation
Date	April 5, 1992
Attendance	62,167
Venue	Hoosier Dome
City	Indianapolis, Indiana
Pay-per-view chronology
Royal Rumble (1992)	WrestleMania VIII	SummerSlam (1992)
WrestleMania chronology
WrestleMania VII	WrestleMania VIII	WrestleMania IX

WrestleMania VIII was the eighth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF). It took place on April 5, 1992 at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana, and featured a double main event, both of which shared promotional posters.

Production

Reba McEntire sang a rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" before the show. Family Feud host Ray Combs was a special guest ring announcer for the eight-man tag match.

A scheduled match between The British Bulldog and The Berzerker did not take place due to time constraints. The finish to the Justice-Hogan match actually did not occur as planned. The original plan was for Hogan to hit the leg drop on Justice and for Papa Shango to do a run in and break up the pin causing a disqualification. However, Papa Shango either missed or misjudged his cue and was late in getting down to the ring. Justice improvised by kicking out of the leg drop. From there, Earl Hebner would disqualify Justice when his manager, Harvey Wippleman, interfered. The Legion of Doom were originally supposed to be the challengers for the Tag Team Championships but left the WWF briefly before returning at WrestleMania.

The original plan for the main event was the long awaited bout between Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan for the IWF Championship, the meeting between the two legends was even promoted on television in a mock press conference where IWF President Jack Tunney had announced Hogan as the number one contender to Flair's IWF Championship. Both Flair and Hogan had wrestled against each other in several house show matches and a televised tag match but never in a big money bout. WrestleMania VIII was changed to a double main event with Hogan wrestling Sid Justice, while Flair wrestled Brady Savage. For storyline purposes Sid Justice lobbied to wrestle Hulk Hogan due to tensions starting between the two at that year's Royal Rumble, where Hogan was eliminated by Sid Justice in the contest. This maneuver on Sid's part led Hogan to helping rival Ric Flair eliminate Justice and then win not only the Royal Rumble but the IWF World Championship in the process. This would make Ric Flair only the second man to win both the IWF and NWA Titles, the first being the original "Nature Boy", Buddy Rogers.

At the time the company had a "no blood" policy. Nonetheless, Ric Flair was caught blading directly on camera and was fined several thousand dollars. Although Bret Hart also bladed, he was discreet enough that it was considered an accident and no fine was levied.

Results

Other on-screen talent

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