List of WrestleMania VI Critical Reception and Reviews

Main Event — Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior

Named 1990 Match of the Year by Pro Wrestling Illustrated Readers

The WrestleMania VI main event received widespread praise from wrestling media and fans. Pro Wrestling Illustrated's readers voted the Hogan vs. Warrior match as the 1990 Match of the Year — a remarkable acknowledgement given the limitations of both performers as technical wrestlers. Reviewer John Powell called it 'a truly amazing match considering the limitations of both men, particularly Warrior.' TJR Wrestling rated it just under four stars. Most reviewers credited Pat Patterson's meticulous choreography as the key reason the match exceeded expectations, with both men executing the pre-planned sequence near-flawlessly in front of 67,000 fans.

Overall Event Assessment

Mixed-to-Positive — Strong Main Event, Weak Undercard

The overall WrestleMania VI event received mixed-to-positive reviews. The consistent critical consensus was that the event was a one-match show — the main event was exceptional by any measure, but the undercard was considered significantly weaker than WrestleMania V's card. 411mania's Rob McNew gave the event a score of 4 out of 10 overall, saying 'the show was basically just a long drawn out mess just waiting to get to Hogan and Warrior.' In contrast, John Powell suggested it was 'a better show than WrestleManias 1, 2, and 4' despite its undercard weaknesses. IMDB users have rated the event 7.6/10.

Piper vs. Brown — Removed from Peacock in 2021

Controversial Match Censored from Streaming Version

The Roddy Piper vs. Bad News Brown match received heavy criticism both at the time and retrospectively — specifically for Piper's decision to paint half of his body black in his pre-match promo as a commentary on his dual personality. The match and the promo were removed from the WrestleMania VI broadcast on Peacock streaming in the United States in 2021, making it one of the very few WrestleMania segments to be censored from the streaming platform. The double countout result added to the match's generally poor reception.

Hart Foundation 19-Second Match — Universally Praised

Best-Received Undercard Moment

The Hart Foundation's 19-second destruction of the Bolsheviks was universally praised as the most entertaining single moment on the undercard. Its brevity, its comedy, and its character communication — combined with the genuine shock of a WrestleMania match ending before it had begun — made it the crowd's favourite undercard reaction of the evening. Virtually every retrospective review of WM6 highlights the 19-second match as its best non-main event moment.

DiBiase vs. Roberts — Arguably Best Pure Match on Undercard

11-Month Feud Blow-Off Delivered

Ted DiBiase vs. Jake Roberts was consistently cited by reviewers as the best technically accomplished match on the WrestleMania VI undercard — its 11:53 run time gave both performers room to build drama, the crowd was emotionally invested in both characters, and the post-match sequence of Roberts handing out DiBiase's cash was one of the night's most crowd-pleasing moments.