30 Week Journey: Wrestlemania XII (1996)

Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart may have went Broadway at WrestleMania 12 in 1996, but the Lapsed Fan has been doing that since WrestleMania 1, and ain’t nothing changed for the 12th installment of our 30-week, 30-WrestleMania journey. Hosts Jack Encarnacao and JP Sarro journey to the Anaheim Pond this week to dissect the memorable Iron Man Match in ludicrous detail, and render judgment on whether the match is appropriately remembered. The show also tackles: - The WrestleMania debuts of Stone Cold Steve Austin, Sable, and Triple H, and how the debuts didn’t at all portend what was to come - Why Warrior had to be “kept strong” (a dramatization) - What difference it would have made if there were multiple falls in the main event - The stiffness and other commendable aspects of the Hollywood Backlot Brawl - The sense of unpredictability in the air a month after Kevin Nash and Scott Hall gave notice they were leaving for WCW - Billionaire Ted, and the pysche of Vince McMahon Plus the latest (and far-reaching) installment of the Lapsed Fan conversations with Dave Meltzer, assessing the profound change in the industry that was to come after WrestleMania 12. Take that deep dive as The Lapsed Fan digs into the second decade of WrestleMania by downloading today’s show!