Headlining WrestleMania is a significant achievement in WWE, and most of the all-time greats have discovered themselves competing within the final match at WrestleMania. WrestleMania is the largest premium dwell occasion on WWE’s calendar, and lots of wrestlers like to characteristic in the primary occasion of WrestleMania. Nonetheless, there have been some evident omissions from wrestlers who’ve didn’t headline WrestleMania. The likes of Ric Aptitude, Rey Mysterio, Booker T, and CM Punk are just some to call which have by no means closed out WrestleMania.
There have been some lackluster WrestleMania principal occasions, and a number of the wrestlers who featured in the primary occasion of WrestleMania should not have.
10 Huge Present Failed To Regain The WWE Championship – WrestleMania 16
The World’s Largest Athlete Was The First To Be Eradicated
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WrestleMania 16
38:00
Deadly-4-Manner elimination match for the WWE Championship
Triple H defeated Huge Present, Mick Foley, and The Rock to retain the WWE Championship
The principle occasion of WrestleMania 16 was overloaded with each McMahon in Huge Present, Triple H, Mick Foley, and The Rock’s nook with the Recreation’s WWE Championship up for grabs in a fatal-4-way elimination match. Present had Shane McMahon accompany him down the aisle.
Sadly for Present, his lone WrestleMania principal occasion wasn’t one to recollect. He was the primary competitor to be eradicated inside 5 minutes by The Rock.
9 The Miz Shockingly Retained The WWE Championship – WrestleMania 27
The Superior One Sustained A Concussion
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WrestleMania 27
15:21
WWE Championship match
The Miz defeated John Cena by way of pinfall to retain the WWE Championship
The Miz entered WrestleMania 27 because the reigning WWE Champion, and he put his championship on the road towards John Cena. This wasn’t a wonderful WrestleMania principal occasion, and Miz felt like an afterthought due to the strain between Cena and The Rock.
Miz sustained a concussion on this match after his head hit the concrete ground. Rock executed the Rock Backside on Cena, and Miz retained the WWE Championship in his solely WrestleMania principal occasion look to this point.
8 Bam Bam Bigelow Is Humiliated – WrestleMania 11
The Million Greenback Company’s Beast From The East Loses To A Superstar
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WrestleMania 11
11:42
Singles match
Lawrence Taylor defeated Bam Bam Bigelow by way of pinfall
The Million Greenback Company’s Bam Bam Bigelow was a gifted in-ring performer, however he had no enterprise headlining WrestleMania. He squared off with Lawrence Taylor, a former two-time Tremendous Bowl champion.
WrestleMania 11 is broadly thought to be one of many worst WrestleManias in WWE historical past, and the match itself was alright however unfit of headlining WrestleMania. Bigelow was defeated by Taylor, and his time within the Million Greenback Company was coming to an finish.
7 The Final Warrior Stuns Hulk Hogan – WrestleMania 6
The Final Warrior Holds The WWE Championship & Intercontinental Championship Concurrently
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WrestleMania 6
24:51
Winner Takes All match for the WWE Championship and WWE Intercontinental Championship
The Final Warrior defeated Hulk Hogan by way of pinfall to win the WWE Championship and retain the Intercontinental Championship
The Final Warrior and Hulk Hogan clashed in one of many greatest principal occasions within the historical past of WrestleMania at WrestleMania 6. Hogan’s WWE Championship and The Final Warrior’s Intercontinental Championship had been at stake. Warrior wasn’t a superb in-ring performer, however this was a stable match between the pair.
Hogan was showing in his fifth WrestleMania principal occasion in six appearances. Warrior prevailed cleanly handing Hogan his first loss on the Showcase of the Immortals, and Warrior by no means principal evented WrestleMania once more.
6 Paul Orndorff Teamed Up With Roddy Piper – WrestleMania
Mr. Fantastic Got here Up Brief In His First WrestleMania Essential Occasion
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WrestleMania
13:34
Tag workforce match
Hulk Hogan & Mr. T defeated Paul Orndorff & Roddy Piper
Mr. Fantastic Paul Orndorff solely competed at WrestleMania twice, and he was concerned within the inaugural WrestleMania principal occasion. Orndorff partnered with Roddy Piper they usually had been pitted with the WWE Champion Hulk Hogan and Mr. T.
Regardless of Orndorff being a stable in-ring performer, his efficiency in the primary occasion is not remembered. He was concerned within the match as an skilled competitor to go head-to-head with Hogan and Mr. T. Moreover, Orndorff took the autumn with Hogan protecting him to safe the win for his workforce.
5 Lawrence Taylor Prevails In The Essential Occasion – WrestleMania 11
Bam Bam Bigelow Deserves Credit score For Carrying The Match
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WrestleMania 11
11:42
2.75 Stars
4.51
The rivalry between Lawrence Taylor and Bam Bam Bigelow started on the 1995 Royal Rumble once they had a showdown. Surprisingly, their match headlined WrestleMania 11 as an alternative of Diesel and Shawn Michaels’ WWE Championship match.
Bigelow deserves loads of credit score for carrying Taylor by way of this match. Taylor wasn’t a skilled in-ring competitor and he did his greatest and he had some soccer gamers in his nook. Taylor prevailed, nevertheless it wasn’t a match worthy.
4 Mr. T Turns into The First Superstar To Essential Occasion WrestleMania – WrestleMania 1
Mr.T Wasn’t The Solely Superstar Concerned In The WrestleMania Essential Occasion
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WrestleMania 1
13:34
Tag Group Match
5.48
Mr.T is a acknowledged actor, however he wasn’t a skilled wrestler by any stretch of the creativeness. He made historical past as the primary black man to compete in the primary occasion of WrestleMania which was on the inaugural WrestleMania. He teamed up with WWE Champion Hulk Hogan they usually confronted off with Paul Orndorff and Roddy Piper.
It could be a decade till a black man would headline WrestleMania once more, and that was Lawrence Taylor at WrestleMania 11. Mr. T and Hogan inevitably triumphed, and whereas he has a WrestleMania principal occasion to his title, a number of the all-time greats have not.
3 King Kong Bundy Was By no means Going To Win The WWE Championship – WrestleMania 2
Bundy Was Concerned In The First WWE Championship Match At WrestleMania
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WrestleMania 2
11:00
Metal cage match for the WWE Championship
Hulk Hogan defeated King Kong Bundy to retain the WWE Championship
Hulk Hogan was two years into his first WWE Championship reign and the WWE Championship was defended at WrestleMania for the primary time within the Los Angeles portion of WrestleMania that was break up into three cities. Hogan and King Kong Bundy battled over the WWE Championship in the primary occasion of WrestleMania 2 in a metal cage match.
Bundy represented the Heenan Household, and he was tasked with ending the Hulkster’s WWE Championship reign. It was one of many worst principal occasions within the historical past of WrestleMania with Hogan beating Bundy to stay as WWE Champion.
2 Sgt. Slaughter’s WWE Championship Reign Comes To An Finish – WrestleMania 7
Sgt. Slaughter Was A Transitional Champion
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WrestleMania 7
20:26
WWE Championship match
Hulk Hogan defeated Sgt. Slaughter by way of pinfall to win the WWE Championship
Sgt. Slaughter was an Iraqi sympathizer, and he defeated The Final Warrior for the WWE Championship on the 1991 Royal Rumble. Slaughter was one of the crucial hated WWE Champions in historical past, and he defended his title towards Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania 7.
The Hulkster was showing in his sixth WrestleMania principal occasion in seven years which was an excellent achievement. Slaughter was a median wrestler, and it was inevitable that he’d dropped the title to Hogan, who clinched his third WWE Championship.
1 Each Of Sid’s WrestleMania Essential Occasions Have been Dreadful – WrestleMania 8 & 13
Sid Dropped The WWE Championship To Undertaker At WrestleMania 13
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WrestleMania 8
12:28
Singles match
Hulk Hogan defeated Sid Justice by way of disqualification
WrestleMania 13
21:20
No Disqualification match for the WWE Championship
The Undertaker defeated Sycho Sid by way of pinfall to win the WWE Championship
Sid hasn’t simply competed in a single WrestleMania principal occasion however two all through his profession. He is very lucky to be in that place which some wrestlers crave if their first did not go based on plan, they usually have the prospect to redeem themselves the second time round.
That by no means occurred for Sid as each of his WrestleMania principal occasion appearances had been stinkers. He misplaced to Hogan at WrestleMania 8, and his second WWE Championship reign was curtailed by The Undertaker at WrestleMania 13.