List of WrestleMania X Aftermaths and Post-Event Storylines

Owen Hart vs. Bret Hart Feud Continued — SummerSlam 1994 WWF Championship Cage Match

WM10 Was Act One — Summer of 1994 Was Act Two

Owen Hart's WM10 victory launched the most productive phase of the Hart brothers' rivalry. Owen continued to harass Bret throughout the spring of 1994, eventually earning a WWF Championship shot at SummerSlam 1994 at the United Center in Chicago — held inside a Steel Cage. Bret retained the championship in the Steel Cage match, but Owen's journey from the WM10 opening match to a SummerSlam WWF Championship main event represents one of the fastest and most justified title opportunity escalations in WWF history. The brothers' feud ran through the remainder of 1994 and defined both men's careers for that year.

Razor Ramon Loses IC Title to Diesel — April 1994

Diesel Wins IC Title with HBK's Help — Then Rockets to WWF Championship

Just three weeks after WM10, on April 13, 1994, Diesel defeated Razor Ramon for the Intercontinental Championship — with Shawn Michaels' assistance. This was the beginning of the Diesel singles push that would see him win the WWF Triple Crown Championship in calendar year 1994. Diesel's IC title win from Razor — made possible by Diesel's ejection from WM10 establishing his relationship with Michaels — launched the most successful year of his WWF career, culminating in his 8-second WWF Championship win from Bob Backlund in November 1994 at Madison Square Garden.

Randy Savage Departed WWF for WCW

Macho Man's WWF Career Ended After WM10

Randy Savage departed the WWF for World Championship Wrestling shortly after WrestleMania X — his last WM as a WWF performer. In WCW, Savage had multiple world championship reigns and remained a top performer through the mid-to-late 1990s. His WCW career included famous feuds with Hulk Hogan and others during the Monday Night Wars era. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame posthumously in 2015, following his death in May 2011.

Bret Hart's Title Reign — Challenged by Diesel Then Owen

New Generation Era's Defining Championship Run

Bret Hart's second WWF Championship reign — beginning at WM10 — became one of the New Generation era's most significant. He successfully defended against Diesel at Royal Rumble 1995 in a classic match and faced Owen in the SummerSlam 1994 Cage Match. His reign ended on November 23, 1994, when Diesel defeated Bob Backlund — who had briefly and controversially won the championship from Bret via submission — for the title at MSG. Bret's WM10 reign lasted approximately eight months.

Lex Luger's Main Event Run Effectively Ended

WM10 DQ Loss Ended Luger as WWF's Primary Babyface

Lex Luger's WrestleMania X disqualification — and the MSG crowd's notably cooler reaction to him compared to Bret Hart throughout the evening — effectively signalled the end of his run as the WWF's primary babyface. Luger remained on the roster through 1994 before eventually departing for WCW, where he became one of the nWo era's most significant stars. His WCW career ultimately proved far more commercially successful than his WWF run.

Shawn Michaels — Road to WrestleMania XII Championship

WM10 Ladder Match Launched HBK's Road to World Championship

Shawn Michaels' five-star performance in the WM10 Ladder Match — despite losing — established him as a performer capable of carrying a WrestleMania match to legendary status. His transition from the Ladder Match loss to IC Championship victories, a 1995 Royal Rumble win, a WM11 title match against Diesel, and ultimately his first World Heavyweight Championship win at WrestleMania XII all trace their origin to the credibility WM10 generated. Two years after losing the Ladder Match at WM10 in MSG, HBK won his first world title at WM12 in Anaheim.