WrestleMania Recall: Top 5 matches from WrestleMania 12
The main event made this event very specialThe twelfth annual WrestleMania took place on March 31, 1996, at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California. The event had only 7 matches on the card but the main event brought a certain aura to the show. The event also witnessed the WrestleMania debuts of two of the greatest the industry has ever had -- Stone Cold and Triple H. Austin managed to make his WrestleMania debut on a winning note whereas Triple H started off with a loss.With that being said, we will quickly go and recap some of the interesting things from WrestleMania 12-
#5 Stone Cold vs. Savio Vega
The match between Stone Cold and Savio Vega at WrestleMania 12 gains prominence because this was the first WrestleMania appearance for Austin. The match lasted for more than ten minutes and during most part of the match, the momentum kept shifting between the two superstars.
Vega and Austin exchanged punches and chops and there were also a few near falls during the course of the match. During the closing moments, Vega accidentally hit the referee with a spinning heel kick and the referee was immediately taken out of the equation.
Ted DiBiase, who stood by the side of Austin, asked him to capitalize on this and offered him the Million Dollar Championship. Austin knocked down Vega with the title and covered him for the win.
Winner: Stone Cold