Past WM Main Events

[Crimson Twins]

In honor of the upcoming Wrestlemania, I decided to list all the main events from past Manias to see how you all would rank them.

 

What would you consider the absolute best?

 

What would have to be the worst?

 

Which one catapulted the winner to the next level?

 

Which one was the beginning of the end for the loser?

 

What would be your favorite over all. Which one do you have the most memories about.

 

Just looking for your overall impressions on the past main events.

 

Here's the list:

 

1) Hulk Hogan & Mr. T (w/Jimmy Snuka) def. Roddy Piper & Paul Orndorff (w/Cowboy Bob Orton)

2) Hulk Hogan def. King Kong Bundy (w/Bobby Heenan) in a steel cage to retain the WWF Title

3) Hulk Hogan def. Andre the Giant (w/Bobby Heenan) to retain the WWF Title

4) Randy Savage def. Ted DiBiase to win the vacant WWF Title in a 14 man tournament

5) Hulk Hogan def. Randy Savage (w/Miss Elizabeth) to win the WWF Title

6) Ultimate Warrior def. Hulk Hogan to win the WWF Title in a Title vs. Title match

7) Hulk Hogan def. Sgt. Slaughter (w/General Adnan) to win the WWF Title

8) Hulk Hogan def. Sid Justice (w/Harvey Wippleman) by DQ

9) Yokozuna def. Bret Hart to win the WWF Title, then lost it to Hulk Hogan in 21 seconds

10) Bret Hart def. Yokozuna to win the WWF Title

11) Lawrence Taylor def. Bam Bam Bigelow OR Diesel def. Shawn Michaels to retain the WWF Title

12) Shawn Michaels def. Bret Hart in an Iron Man Match to win the WWF Title

13) Undertaker def. Sycho Sid in a No DQ match to win the WWF Title

14) Steve Austin def. Shawn Michaels to win the WWF Title

15) Steve Austin def. The Rock (w/Mankind as special referee) in a No DQ match to win the WWF Title

16) Triple H def. The Rock, Mick Foley, and the Big Show in a Fatal 4-way Elimination match to retain the WWF Title

17) Steve Austin def. The Rock in a No DQ match to win the WWF Title

18) Triple H def. Chris Jericho to win the Undisputed WWF Title

19) Brock Lesnar def. Kurt Angle to win the WWE Title

20) Chris Benoit def. Triple H and Shawn Michaels in a triple threat match to win the World Heavyweight Title

21) Batista def. Triple H to win the World Heavyweight Title

22) John Cena def. Triple H to retain the WWE Title

23) John Cena def. Shawn Michaels to retain the WWE Title

 

Well, there you have it. How do you all rate them? Any fond memories coming out after reading the list? Let us know.

[khamla]

I dont think we will ever see a WM main event with two bigger icons we had with The Ultimate Warrior vs Hulk Hogan at WM6. Yes they aren't the best technical wrestlers but they were the biggest icons probably of all-time. It was a good match at that time.

[Hordak Rules]

What would you consider the absolute best?

(WM17) Steve Austin def. The Rock in a No DQ match to win the WWF Title

I still love watching this one. At the time I didn't think Austin vs Rock was such a great idea as we had seen it a couple of years before, but the built it so well and Austin's heel turn was just the great capper to the night.

 

What would have to be the worst?

(WM9) Yokozuna def. Bret Hart to win the WWF Title, then lost it to Hulk Hogan in 21 seconds

Anything from WM9 I consider bottom of the barrel and Hogan winning that title was just the biggest slap to the face to Bret Hart. Hogan vs Sid at WM8 was a big waste too. Savage vs Flair and Piper vs Bret were really the high points of that night. Bigelow vs LT was pretty dumb too, but they built it well I thought. HBK vs Diesel should have been the actual main event.

 

Which one catapulted the winner to the next level?

(WM4) Randy Savage def. Ted DiBiase to win the vacant WWF Title in a 14 man tournament

What was it? 4 matches in one night and he won the title? Stole the show from Hulk Hogan too? Savage totally went to the next level. I'd also give props to Batista for WM22, but he really didn't come into his own until he won the title for the 2nd time.

 

Which one was the beginning of the end for the loser?

Sid. Both for WM8 and WM13.

 

What would be your favorite over all. Which one do you have the most memories about.

Again probably Austin vs Rock from WM17 for which the reasons I listed above. The video package at the beginning and JR and Heyman calling the match were great too.

 

Just looking for your overall impressions on the past main events.

As I saw WM18 live, HHH vs Jericho was a huge disappointment, but considering we had just watched Hogan vs Rock and gotten swept up in the excitment, anything they put on after that would have been boring. Hogan vs Andre at WM3 was one of my first memories of wrestling. I consider Hogan vs Warrior, Bret vs HBK and Lesnar vs Angle classics as well.

 

Looking at things, I say my favorites go:

 

WM17, WM19, WM12, WM14, WM6, WM21, WM20, WM23, WM22, WM4, WM15, WM3, WM5, WM7, WM16, WM18, WM10, WM1, WM2, WM13, WM11, WM8, WM9

[venal4]

What would you consider the absolute best? WM20s main event was great, despite everything that happened afterwards.

 

What would have to be the worst? John Cena vs HHH, but i think the WM24 is gonna break this record.

 

Which one catapulted the winner to the next level? Batistas win, Rey's win, HBKs win at Wm13

 

Which one was the beginning of the end for the loser? Sids loss to the Undertaker.

 

What would be your favorite over all. Which one do you have the most memories about. overall, WM13s main event and both of WM20s are my favorite.

 

Just looking for your overall impressions on the past main events. I love the Batista/Unertaker feud, but i do think they had better matches after WM. WM18 with jericho and HHH was great too. I love the Championship tournament at WM4 as well.

[khamla]

Actually i think the best of all-time is the WM Iron man match between Bret and Shawn (Match wise). Hogan/Warrior, hype, spectacle wise that was the best.