Toga Party Acid Trip - Wrestlemania IX (1993)
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04/02/25 • 56 min
With WrestleMania 41 on the horizon in Las Vegas, Bradley and Aaron rewind to the last time Mania hit Sin City—WrestleMania IX from Caesars Palace in 1993. It’s a Roman Coliseum fever dream featuring Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, Yokozuna, The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, Razor Ramon, Lex Luger, Mr. Perfect, The Steiner Brothers, Doink the Clown, and more. The guys break down Bobby Heenan riding a camel backwards, double Doinks, Undertaker's worst Mania match (according to him), and Hogan hijacking the main event. Plus: CM Punk finally gets his long-awaited WrestleMania main event, and the fellas geek out over WWE 2K25, the Bloodline showcase, and all things weird in ‘90s wrestling aesthetics.
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With WrestleMania 41 on the horizon in Las Vegas, Bradley and Aaron rewind to the last time Mania hit Sin City—WrestleMania IX from Caesars Palace in 1993. It’s a Roman Coliseum fever dream featuring Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, Yokozuna, The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, Razor Ramon, Lex Luger, Mr. Perfect, The Steiner Brothers, Doink the Clown, and more. The guys break down Bobby Heenan riding a camel backwards, double Doinks, Undertaker's worst Mania match (according to him), and Hogan hijacking the main event. Plus: CM Punk finally gets his long-awaited WrestleMania main event, and the fellas geek out over WWE 2K25, the Bloodline showcase, and all things weird in ‘90s wrestling aesthetics.
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Music by Bradley Palermo & The Shadow Queens.
Created by Bradley Palermo & Aaron Fink.
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Bradley and Aaron rewind to King of the Ring 1993, the first-ever PPV edition of WWE’s legendary tournament! But first, they break down John Cena’s Raw meltdown, his tense face-off with Cody Rhodes, and Queen of the Ring—the new Mildred Burke biopic featuring Toni Storm, Trinity Fatu, and Jim Cornette. Plus, they question whether its director, Rocky’s nepo baby Ash Avildsen, can be trusted with wrestling history when his record label signed Hollywood Undead.
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Created by Bradley Palermo & Aaron Fink.
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Music by Bradley Palermo & The Shadow Queens.
Created by Bradley Palermo & Aaron Fink.
Grapple City Rewind - Toga Party Acid Trip - Wrestlemania IX (1993)
Transcript
00:00:00.48
Aaron
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00:00:11.35
Aaron
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00:00:17.31
Bradley Palermo
Hello and welcome to Grapple City Rewind, taking you all the way back to the pay-per-views that shaped wrestling history
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