On April 4, 1993 WrestleMania IX took place at Caesars Palace in Paradise, Nevada. WrestleMania IX was built around 2 main storylines. The first was the seemingly unstoppable Yokozuna challenging Bret Hart for the WWF Championship in the main event. The other major storyline was the return of Hulk Hogan, who had departed the WWF following WrestleMania VIII but returned to team with Brutus Beefcake against the WWF Tag Team Champions, Money Inc. (Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster). Hogan and Beefc

On January 24, 1993 the sixth annual WWF Royal Rumble was held at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California. Yokozuna won the Royal Rumble match by eliminating Randy Savage and was awarded an opportunity to wrestle for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania IX. This was the first time that the Rumble winner earned a world championship match at WrestleMania, which is now standard for the annual event. In other prominent matches, Bret Hart defeated Razor Ramon to retain the WWF Cham