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1995 Sid Attacks HBK, starting Shawn Michaels massive babyface run.
While it started two years prior, the first “big moment” in The Night after Mania happened to conclude the post WrestleMania XI episode. Sid attacks Shawn Michaels after failing to help HBK win the WWF World Championship the night before. This leads to a massive babyface run for Shawn Michaels that lasted nearly 3 years straight, and saw him rack up multiple championships during that run as well.
Also on the show, After it was time for Alundra Blayze to challenge Bull Nakano in an attempt to get back her WWF Women’s Championship. This was during a time when Bull and Blayze were pretty much the only women on the roster for almost a year straight. Blayze won back the belt and then was instantly attacked by a debuting Bertha Faye.
The Bertha Faye debut would be a major sign of things to come. Not so much in the women’s division that fizzled out completely by December 1995, but in the trend of wrestlers debuting the night after Mania. Faye did exactly that while making an impact. She would go on to win the belt from Blayze at SummerSlam 1995 before losing it back to her by late fall.
