List of WrestleMania 11 Historical Records and Firsts

First WM Where WWF Title Match Was Not the Main Event

Celebrity Match Replaced Championship as Final Bout

WrestleMania 11 is the first and only WrestleMania where the WWF/WWE World Heavyweight Championship match was not placed as the main event — the celebrity Lawrence Taylor vs. Bam Bam Bigelow match closed the show instead.

Owen Hart's First WWF Championship — 6 Years After Blue Blazer Debut

Owen Finally Won a Title 6 Years After WM5 Debut

Owen Hart won his first WWF championship at WM11 (the WWF Tag Team titles with Yokozuna) — six years after his WrestleMania debut as The Blue Blazer at WM5 in 1989.

Undertaker Streak Extended to 4-0 — MLB Umpire as Special Referee

Most Unusual Special Referee in WM History

The WM11 Undertaker vs. King Kong Bundy match featured MLB umpire Larry Young as special referee — the only professional sports official from a different league to serve as WM special referee, appointed during the 1994-95 MLB players' strike.

Shawn Michaels Won Royal Rumble 1995 but Lost WM Title Match

HBK's First Royal Rumble Win Led to WM Loss

Shawn Michaels won the Royal Rumble 1995 to earn his first WWF title shot at WM11 — then lost to Diesel at WM11, making it his first Royal Rumble win that didn't directly lead to a championship.

Lex Luger — Biggest Single-Year WM Fall in History

WM10 Title Shot to WM11 Curtain-Jerker in 12 Months

Lex Luger went from challenging for the WWF Championship in the opening match at WM10 (tied count-out with Yokozuna) to opening WM11 in a tag team match against the Blu Brothers — widely cited as the most dramatic one-year fall from main event status in WM history.

Entire WM11 Commentary Re-Recorded Post-Event

Lawler's Cord Accident Made WM11 Commentary Unique

The entire commentary track for WM11 was re-recorded after the event — Jerry Lawler accidentally knocked loose microphone cords during the broadcast, requiring both Lawler and Vince McMahon to watch the video and re-record all their commentary.