It was a year that demonstrated that the techniques that Vince and co deemed as tried and tested were no longer washing with the WWF fanbase. Confused? You needn’t be.ġ995 is a great study point in looking at errors that Vince McMahon has made whilst at the helm in the WWF. Yet for me, I still listed it as one of my Top Five years in Wrestling the other week. It’s a subject widely discussed in Hardcore Holly’s book, particularly the influence of ‘The Kliq’ and recently I looked at the fortunes of Shane Douglas, a superstar that joined the promotion in 1995. It was such a bad year for the company that there have been books written on the subject – the excellent Titan Sinking available on Amazon in UK here and USA here. That same statement can’t be said for 1995. Yes there was the Undertaker vs Undertaker match at SummerSlam too and inexplicably, as the WWF was beginning to put all the focus on the ‘new generation’, they headlined KoTR with Roddy Piper versus Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler. Sure, the Rumble finish was a bit screwy but Wrestlemania X had been the best ‘mania for a number of years, perhaps since Wrestlemania 3, Owen Hart made perfect sense as King of the Ring and the blow-off of his feud with his brother Bret at SummerSlam, inside a cage, was brilliant. andĪ remarkable turnaround in fortunes considering how strong, somewhat surprisingly, 1994 had been for the promotion. On the 20th anniversary of it, it’s only right we look back at a year where the WWF nearly lost it all. This isn’t the first time I’ve mentioned this particular year for the WWF. The problems facing the WWE at the moment, however, pale in comparison to those that faced the company some 20 years agoĢ0 years on from 1995 – arguably the worst year in WWF history – Craig looks back at the events that shaped that year in the latest ‘ Well That Didn’t Work‘.Īh, 1995 what a year for Wrestling you were. A result of short term booking decisions coming back to haunt the creative department and fans not buying into what is being offered.

The week’s Raw is rightly considered one of the worst in a long time.

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