Tag: Decade

The end of the decade brings great opportunities to us all. It’s a time to reflect on who we used to be, and who we want to become, and to take a long hard look at how we’ve changed over the past ten years.

It’s a great opportunity for people to rank things that happened in that decade online.

Perhaps no other sports industry changes quicker or more often than the pro-wrestling industry. In 2010, there was no serious competition for WWE in sight, women’s wrestling was still considered a joke and WWE weren’t involved in shady political dealings with a problematic country.

Perhaps the best way to gauge the situation WWE was in during any given year is that year’s Wrestlemania. It’s the culmination of all the biggest and best storylines of the year that preceded it and for the most part, people’s opinion of a Wrestlemania is very similar to people’s opinion of WWE as a whole during that time frame. So with that in mind, I’ve gone back and rewatched every Wrestlemania from this decade (I know) and I’ve compiled them into these scientific rankings, let’s take a look at them, shall we?

10 – Wrestlemania 27 (2011)

Best Match: The Undertaker vs Triple H (No Holds Barred)
Worst Match: Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler

While in 2019 the thought of The Miz as world champion and main eventing Wrestlemania might sound quite appealing to many people (myself included), in 2011 it was a very different story. Miz was yet to find a promo and in-ring style that really clicked with the audience as either a face or heel, and many people weren’t enthused by his WWE Championship run in the slightest, meaning his main event match with John Cena really felt underwhelming for the main event of the biggest show of the year.

People’s low expectations for the match would not only be met, but somehow underwhelmed when a bog-standard match between Cena and Miz ended in a Double Countout of all things. Oh, but we’re not done. The match was quickly restarted by that year’s host The Rock, so we could at least get a satisfying finish, but in the immortal words of that one Dean Ambrose gif: Nope. The match would have a dirty finish a second time when The Rock came down and hit the Rock Bottom on John Cena, allowing The Miz to retain and setting up the main event for next years Wrestlemania.

The undercard was also wildly crap for the most part with Nexus rejects The Corre being squashed in under two minutes and “Snooki”, whoever the fuck that is, going over Dolph Ziggler and LayCool. That wasn’t the worst of it though, because we had to sit through 20 pissing minutes of Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler rolling around in the ring. The match only lasted 13 minutes, but everything surrounding it made it so much worse. For one thing, it’s a match between a non-wrestler and a former wrestler who is FAR past his prime. Then add to that a number of minutes at the start being dedicated to trying to get Cole in the ring and a screwjob finish where The Anonymous Raw General Manager reversed the decision, giving Cole the win. No amount of Stunners from special guest referee Stone Cold could save this one.

Admittedly it wasn’t all bad, Edge vs Alberto Del Rio and Randy Orton vs CM Punk were fun matches to watch and Triple H vs The Undertaker was a balls to the walls epic clash between two men who wanted to destroy each other. It told a great story and had marvellous action, but it just isn’t enough to save this show from the absolute donkey turds that surround it. When you’re using the main event of your biggest show of the year simply as set up for next year’s show, you know you’ve done something horribly wrong.

9 – Wrestlemania 32 (2016)

Best Match: Charlotte Flair vs Becky Lynch vs Sasha Banks (Women’s Championship)
Worst Match: Brock Lesnar vs Dean Ambrose (Street Fight)

Oh, Roman Reigns…I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

By all rights, 32 should’ve been a lot better show than it ended up being, almost every match on the show had potential to be great and several of the undercard matches were very entertaining but unfortunately, the biggest matches really let this showdown.

First up we had a returning Shane McMahon facing The Undertaker inside Hell in a Cell, which is a sentence that still sounds mental even 3 years after the fact. The story going into it was also so weird, with Shane making a shock return to the company after a 6-year absence just to vaguely threaten his dad about a lockbox that we’ve never heard about again. Shane demanded control of Raw or else he would open said lockbox, so Vince responded by saying he could have it if he beat The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match at Wrestlemania… Now, admittedly I’m not an expert on the subject, but I’m pretty certain that’s not how being blackmailed works.

What Vince did is like if you had a gun to someone’s head demanding they pay you £100,000 and they responded by saying you could have the money, but only if you won the Grand National first. The match itself sucked outside of Shane jumping off of the Cell and even weirder, Vince came out the next night and handed Shane control of Raw despite the fact he lost, so it was all a pointless exercise.

Next up, there’s Dean Ambrose vs Brock Lesnar in a Street Fight, which sounds brilliant and in the build-up to the match, it absolutely was. Dean would get in Brock’s face and wouldn’t care that a muscle covered God was staring back at him and multiple hardcore legends like Mick Foley and Terry Funk showed up to give Dean their signature weapons to use the match. According to Dean himself, he has planned out tonnes of cool spots and loads of great ideas to make the match what all the fans were hoping for, but a lazy Brock Lesnar ended up shooting them all down, making for a match that was quite simply boring.

It wasn’t all bad though, the opening ladder match was a great iteration of the multi-man ladder match formula and had a genuinely surprising, yet heartwarming winner in Zack Ryder; Chris Jericho and AJ Styles put on a damn good match even if the wrong man won and Baron Corbin made his mark by winning the ARMBAR and has arguably done better for himself than any of the other winners have since winning their trophy.

Not to mention the women’s revolution in WWE made one of it’s biggest steps forward by abolishing the awful looking Divas Championship and replaced it with the much more dignified Women’s Championship which remains to this day. Flair, Banks and Lynch would continue to make their mark by putting on the best match of the show competing for the new title as well in what would just be a taste in all the fantastic women’s wrestling we would get to see in the coming years.

Finally, though, we come to the main event. I’ve been a defender of Roman Reigns for a long time, I think he’s a good wrestler who can put on exceptional matches when given the right story and opponent, but this was awful. We can debate whether or not Reigns or Ambrose should’ve been the one to face Triple H all day, but the fact of the matter is that the match we got was a half-hour long snoozefest that plodded to an inevitable and boring conclusion.

Much like 27, there were plenty of good to great matches that took place on this show, but unfortunately, it was the biggest matches that were the biggest failures, and that has a big impact on the show overall.

8 – Wrestlemania 29 (2013)

Best Match: The Undertaker vs CM Punk
Worst Match: Mark Henry vs Ryback

Luckily, 27 & 32 are the only two shows on this list that I can honestly say I hate, though don’t expect that to mean I’m done complaining.

Mania 29 holds a special place in my heart, as it was actually the first wrestling show I watched the whole way through, with The Undertaker vs CM Punk being the first match I ever saw (not counting video games), and while I probably do hold it in higher regard than many others for that reason, it’s by no means perfect.

This show contained several boring matches, with a world title match between Alberto Del Rio and Jack Swagger having all of its momentum killed by people who viewed the angle as racist not understanding how wrestling tells it’s stories. Pile on top of that a match between Mark Henry and Ryback that made me feel no emotions at all the whole way through until the ending which made Ryback look like a total chump. Then to top it all off you’ve got a rematch of last year’s main event in Rock vs Cena which was far inferior to their match the previous year thanks to The Rock getting injured part of the way through.

Thankfully, that’s all the negativity out of the way because I liked pretty much everything else on the show. The Shield’s Wrestlemania debut match was admittedly nothing special but it was a huge moment for the trio and began to properly establish them as the giant of a faction they would soon become. The tag team goodness would keep rolling thanks to Team Hell No defending their titles against Dolph Ziggler and Big E Langston in a fun match, and while I know it wouldn’t amount to anything, Fandango’s shocking win over Chris Jericho was an excellent move for the time.

You then had two big marque matches which for the most part delivered. Triple H vs Brock Lesnar is admittedly nowhere near the best match either man has had, but I thought it was a really fun one to watch, where the pace was slow enough to feel impactful, without being so slow as to be boring. Then you had The Undertaker vs CM Punk, which as I mentioned was the first match I ever saw, but even without that nostalgia, it’s still an absolutely brilliant contest that stands head and shoulders above any other match on the show.

Overall, Wrestlemania 29 has a lot of good, but given that there’s only really one match that I’d classify as truly great and a handful of matches that were downright crap, it falls a few more spots than my nostalgic heart would like it to.

7 – Wrestlemania 33 (2017)

Best Match: Seth Rollins vs Triple H (Unsanctioned)
Worst Match: Bray Wyatt vs Randy Orton (WWE Championship)

At the time, I thought I liked this show a lot more, but looking back on it now it had a fair whack of stuff that really doesn’t hold up.

Thankfully, there weren’t many matches at Mania 33 that were outright bad. The only two matches I’d really give that distinction to are the Smackdown Women’s Championship 6 Way, which was unfortunately given the pre-main event death slot and there was really nothing memorable about it. The biggest failure of the show, however, was in it’s WWE Championship match between Orton and Wyatt, where the hell and face roles were arguably the wrong way round, the only memorable thing that happened was Wyatt projecting images of bugs onto the canvas and arguably the wrong man won.

That said, there were also only a couple of matches I’d say were actually good. Lesnar vs Goldberg was an adrenaline-fueled car crash of a match that was far better than it had any right to be; Styles vs Shane McMahon was the most surprisingly good match I’ve seen in a long time with a lot of really fun action in it, and Rollins vs Triple H was pretty much everything I hoped for from that match and more.

The main problem of the show comes from all the other matches on the show, which were perfectly fine, but nothing all that special or memorable. The Tag Team Ladder Match had some memorable moments and the Hardy’s return was great, but I honestly can’t say the match as a whole was any good; similarly the Women’s 4 Way had some good stuff to it, but nothing worth howling about and the hottest match going into the show in Owens vs Jericho just didn’t come together in a satisfying way. Even the main event – though emotional the post-match stuff was – really wasn’t brilliant thanks to Undertaker’s age and Roman’s relative inexperience (only compared to Taker of course).

As a whole, 33 had a lot less stuff that was downright bad than 29, but still, when I think back to this show, all I really think of is a disappointment that some of the most anticipated matches left me with.

6 – Wrestlemania 28 (2012)

Best Match: The Undertaker vs Triple H (Hell in a Cell)
Worst Match: Kane vs Randy Orton

28 is one of those shows that’s generally only remembered for one match, but there’s actually a decent amount of stuff on this show to like.

You had Punk vs Jericho which is an underrated match if you ask me and really deserves more attention, these two clicked so well in the ring and it probably should’ve been the main event. Also, there was the actual main event of Rock vs Cena 1, which, although it wasn’t up to the standards of a truly great match, was certainly a lot better than I think most people remember it being, and far outshines the match they would have a year later.

Then, of course, you have The Undertaker vs Triple H in the “End of an Era” match. Even though the tagline ended up meaning nothing, it’s still one of the best in-ring stories I’ve ever seen told in WWE. All the moving parts of Taker’s streak, Shawn Michaels as the referee and Triple H’s desperation to prove he can beat The Undertaker came together so beautifully in this match to create some of the most memorable moments in Wrestlemania history and perhaps the most exciting kick out I’ve ever seen, when Taker kicked out of a combo Sweet Chin Music and Pedigree.

The main problem that this show suffers from is being filled with a whole lot of mediocrity. Two great matches and one pretty good one aren’t going to save a card where the entire first hour is just plain boring, with an 18 second match that annoyed everyone, a 10 minute match that was even worse and then a whole bunch of short matches that ultimately meant nothing, and that includes the Intercontinental Championship match.

Pretty much the only reason it sits above 33, is because 28’s best matches were better than 33’s best matches, everything outside of that is just a sea of snoozefests on both shows.

5 – Wrestlemania 35 (2019)

Best Match: Daniel Bryan vs Kofi Kingston (WWE Championship)
Worst Match: Triple H vs Batista (No Holds Barred)

The most recent Wrestlemania on this list, 35 definitely gets some bonus points for how feel-good it was throughout the whole show.

I don’t know if someone slipped something into Vince’s drink or what, but this show was filled with loads of fun, crowd-pleasing moments from start to finish. We kicked off with Seth Rollins slaying Brock Lesnar in about 3 minutes in one hell of an exciting moment, then there was a really exciting 4 Way Tag title match won by The Usos in exciting fashion, followed quickly by The IIconics picking up the Women’s Tag Team titles in what was admittedly meant to be a heel win, but felt great thanks to their innate charm.

The good times kept on rolling, when Kofi Kingston overcame Daniel Bryan in the best match, and most emotional moment of the show, with a 20+ minute pure wrestling match between the best wrestler in the world and the biggest babyface in WWE that will most certainly be in the conversation when December rolls around and we discuss Match of the Year. There were then a couple of less high-key feel-good wins, like Roman Reigns winning his first singles PPV match since recovering from Leukaemia, and The Demon Balor winning back his IC title from Lashley.

Then, of course, there was the first-ever women’s match in the main event of Wrestlemania, with Ronda Rousey, Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch showing their stuff in a match that admittedly, didn’t live up to expectations, but I still thought was great regardless; and of course Becky Lynch came away with the victory, ending the show holding both Women’s titles aloft.

My main problem with this show is everything that took place after the WWE Championship match (which was about halfway through the show) because every match that wasn’t the main event was either boring or crap. Joe vs Mysterio was a shocking moment, but I can’t help but feel it would’ve been more entertaining if they’d had a proper match; Reigns vs Drew – though the victory for Reigns was a nice moment – the match was so boring to watch, Drew just worked a slow pace where he “wore Reigns down” for like ten minutes before Roman mounted his comeback.

While I’ve defended the choice in Corbin beating Angle, and I maintain it was the right decision, the match was really nothing worth watching. Corbin can put on decent matches when he’s with a good opponent, but Angle’s age and wear and tear on his body meant he just wasn’t up to the task on this one. Then you have Triple H vs Batista which was so damn boring (and the longest match on the show) that I actually went and cleaned the hobs on my oven partway through.

Ultimately, Mania 35 will be remembered for its great emotional moments more than it will its boring ones, and perhaps if I did this list in another 10 years I’d rank it higher, but since it’s still so fresh in all of our minds, I can’t ignore the bad stuff.

4 – Wrestlemania 34 (2018)

Best Match: Kurt Angle & Ronda Rousey vs Triple H & Stephanie McMahon
Worst Match: Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns (Universal Championship)

Although immediately after the show I had a much more negative opinion of 34 than I did 35, with the power of hindsight, I’ve realised there was actually a lot to like on this show, even if some of the bigger moments were crap.

Throughout the show, there were plenty of great matches, the opening triple threat for the Intercontinental Championship was one of the best openers I’ve seen for a Wrestlemania with plenty of fast-paced action to get us all hyped up, then there was Charlotte vs Asuka, which had its faults, but despite it not getting enough time and arguably the wrong woman winning, it was still a great marquee singles match that helped grow the already very prestigious women’s division in WWE even more.

The good times didn’t stop there either, Ronda Rousey’s debut match absolutely blew everyone away with how great it was, with the pace keeping quick the whole time, some brief intergender spots, which we don’t see very often and Kurt Angle wrestled a match where his age wasn’t immediately obvious. One of the most unique storylines in recent memory concluded as The Undertaker finally appeared and dispatched John Cena in less than 3 minutes, a 10-Year-old won the Raw Tag Team Championships in a move that really divides opinion, but I thought it was great, the in-ring return of Daniel Bryan and Styles & Nakamura put on a fantastic match for the WWE Championship, even if it didn’t live up to the (arguably unreachable) expectations fans had for it.

That said, scattered throughout were some pretty big low-lights, which is probably what’s responsible for most fans looking back on this show negatively. The 4 way for the US title wasn’t a bad match by stretch, but it certainly wasn’t all that entertaining, especially not compared to the IC title match that preceded it, The Bludgeon Brothers, unfortunately, dragged down what could’ve been a really exciting match against The Usos and The New Day with their slow and hard-hitting offence that unfortunately rules most of this very short match.

Alexa Bliss vs Nia Jax wasn’t anything especially awful but it certainly failed to capture anyone’s attention for very long. Jax & Alexa both have great in-ring moments (Alexa especially), but I’ve never felt these two really clicked in the ring and it was painfully obvious in this match. Then there was the main event, which was just a prime snoozefest, the action was slow and boring, pretty much the opposite of their great match from three years earlier and things just never really picked up. The longer it went on, the more ridiculous it got, with Reigns kicking out of a stupid number of F5’s which was quite simply laughable in how over the top it was, and it ended with a giant middle finger in Brock retaining, presumably just so WWE could coax him into signing a new contract.

If you look at this Mania trying to find things to be upset about, you aren’t going to be short of things to find, but on balance, I think this show as a whole was actually a pretty enjoyable one.

3 – Wrestlemania 26 (2010)

Best Match: The Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels
Worst Match: Bret Hart vs Mr McMahon

Ther earliest Wrestlemania on this list, and looking at the card it really does feel worlds away from where we are now.

This is one of those Wrestlemanias that only has one or two really great matches on it, but it also only has one or two bad matches as well, so overall it gets a pretty good wrap and running through the card, I tend to agree with that sentiment.

The only matches I’d actually classify as bad are the 10 Diva tag team match that only went 3 minutes and was won by the heels, but sadly this kind of match just comes with the time period, and the way too long Street Fight between the then 62-year-old Vince Mcmahon and 50-year-old Bret Hart, who wasn’t allowed to take a bump. It was ten boring minutes of the various members of the Hart family beating up a 62-year-old bastard that served no purpose whatsoever other than to give the lamest of payoffs to the Montreal Screwjob, which over a decade ago by this point.

Everything else on the show, however, is ok-amazing, you’ve got the last Money in the Bank ladder match to take place at a Wrestlemania, and while this wasn’t the best incarnation of the match, a multi-man ladder match is never boring to watch. There was also the triple threat match between all three members of legacy, which Orton probably shouldn’t have won, but it told a good story and was a solid watch, then there was Triple H vs Sheamus which was way better than it had any right to be, with brutal-looking offence and what felt like genuine animosity between the two men.

Rey Mysterio vs CM Punk was as good a match as that sounds, with some great story stuff in there too, as Punk was still in his “straight edge saviour” phase during this show. Chris Jericho vs Edge was also as good as you’d think that match would be and was actually quite surprising with its result as Jericho retained his world title. John Cena vs Batista was a match that didn’t quite live up to the rest of this show’s great matches but was a decent enough match.

Then, of course, there’s the main event of The Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels, with Taker’s undefeated streak against HBK’s career in a perfect sequel to their match the year prior. I could gush for hours about this match because it was just brilliant, the back and forth action was superb, the high spots were memorable without being over the top and the character work was brilliant. Undertaker standing over Shawn, almost pleading with him to stay down, only for Shawn to slap Taker right across the face in defiance is a moment that still sends chills down my spine when I watch it. A perfect send-off for one of the greatest to ever step in the ring.

Much like 34, there’s plenty there if you’re the type of person who goes into it looking for the negatives, but I think that this is a show where all of the good stuff far outweighs any of the bad, and most of the lasting images from this show, are positive moments.

2 – Wrestlemania 31 (2015)

Best Match: Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns (vs Seth Rollins) (WWE Championship)
Worst Match: The Bella Twins vs AJ Lee & Paige

31 is one of those rare gems of a show, where I can honestly say I have nothing to complain about. I’ve always thought of this show as one of my all-time favourites, every match has something to like about it, the main event far exceeded expectations and ended in what is genuinely my favourite moment to ever happen in pro-wrestling, and upon watching it back for the first time in a while, I stand by those thoughts.

The opener is a chaotic ladder match for the Intercontinental Championship and everyone got a chance to shine in this one, people were flying all over the place and the ladder spots all felt so brutal and weren’t overdone or too gimmicky like we can often see in matches like this. It also got the show off to a great foot as Daniel Bryan won the title, even if he got reinjured and had to vacate it soon after. Following that match, Rollins put proof to the statement that he can have a brilliant match with anybody, putting on a very entertaining bout with Randy Orton, featuring the single greatest RKO to ever happen in the history of the universe.

Triple H vs Sting came up next and this match didn’t make a lick of sense, but man was it fun to watch. Triple H hadn’t slowed down too much by this point and Sting was still as good as he always was, pour on top of that DX vs nWo shenanigans (even if it made no sense for the nWo to side with Sting) and you’ve got your self a nostalgia-fest that you just can’t look away from. You could argue all night and day whether or not Triple H should’ve won (he shouldn’t have) but what’s important is that the match was great. There was AJ Lee & Paige vs The Bella Twins after this, which wasn’t anything special, but also wasn’t anything bad, just a bit short and forgettable.

After this, we got to see Rusev peak in WWE as he rode into Wrestlemania on a freaking tank and then lost to John Cena in unsurprising fashion. The match, however, was great and was one of the earliest glimpses of Cena becoming the guy who just put on great matches with everybody, not mention this title win for Cena started off the “US Open Challenge” era of the title which is arguably the best in its history. After that, we had our “Waste time so the sun can set” portion of the night, which featured The Rock and a debuting Ronda Rousey taking out Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, in a really cool moment that only seems better now knowing what would become of Ronda in WWE.

The Undertaker was up next facing Bray Wyatt in Taker’s first match since The Streak was shattered. The match was ok but suffered a little from Bray reportedly getting a minor ankle injury in rehearsals earlier that day, but it was still fun to watch these two characters interact in the ring. Finally, we came to the main event where I think it’s fair to say that expectations were quite low. Roman was coming off of his disaster of a Royal Rumble win and fan disdain for him was at an all-time high, meanwhile, Lesnar was getting a lot of heat for being an absentee champion (if only they knew…) so people weren’t going to be happy with either result here.

Then the match got underway and surprised everyone by being really good. It had a real sense of brutality that was missing from a lot of their later encounters, and you really got the feeling that these two men were out to destroy each other. All this was great, but it didn’t take away from the fact that the fans were set to boo both men out of the building if they won. Enter Seth Rollins. In what I honestly consider to be the greatest wrestling moment ever, both Reigns and Lesner were down and seemingly out following an F-5, when Seth Rollins’ music hit and the Money in the Bank contract holder came sprinting down the ramp. Little more than a minute later, Rollins stomped Reigns’ head into the canvas and won his first World Championship in what has rightly been labelled as the heist of the century.

Mania 31 is a show that just fills me with joy whenever I take the time to go back and watch, and while it’s not quite the best Wrestlemania of this decade, I think it is most certainly is my personal favourite.

1 – Wrestlemania 30 (2014)

Best Match: Daniel Bryan vs Triple H
Worst Match: Vickie Guerrero Invitational (Divas Championship)

Mania 30 is one of the best examples of how great modern WWE can be when they really nail a storyline, even if it was mostly by accident. This show only had 7 matches on the main show – the lowest since Wrestlemania 12 (1996) only had 6 matches – it’s somewhat of an oddity when compared to the rest of the Wrestlemania’s from this decade, which are known for being far too long for their own good; however I think the lower number of matches helped the show in the long run.

The only match on this show that I’d say was totally bad is the 14 woman match for the Diva’s Championship, which got the single biggest death slot in wrestling history, since it had to follow the ending of The Undertaker’s Wrestlemania winning streak. I couldn’t tell you anything about the match since it only lasted 6 minutes, and everyone watching was a bit pre-occupied with being devastated at the time, I imagine Natalya put a Double Sharpshooter on a couple of ladies and Michael Cole lost his mind over it and AJ Lee probably won in some heelish way.

Now onto the good, because there’s a lot to cover on this show. Even though the wrong man won, Cena vs Wyatt was a great match and helped grow Wyatt’s star power even in defeat; although a loss in a Last Man Standing match two months later would kinda mess things up. The Shield showed up to spend 3 minutes murdering some old dudes in what I maintain is one of the coolest Shield moments ever and Cesaro blew us all away by picking up The Big Show like he was nothing and dumping him to the outside in what was a great moment for the guy, even if nothing came of it in the end.

Then there’s one of two moments on this show that will go down in history as Brock Lesnar ended the 23 years & 21 matches long Wrestlemania undefeated streak of The Undertaker. This, for my money, is the single most shocking moment in wrestling history, in a way that makes it one of the weirdest and one of the best. It was so weird because it was something we genuinely never thought would happen, I remember at the time it filled me with such a strange series of emotions and all you had to do was look at social media when it happened and you could see there were people all over the stages of grief. Nothing in wrestling has ever gotten that kind of reaction before or since, it didn’t matter that the match preceding it sucked, in 50 years time no-one’s going to remember that, but for one shining moment, wrestling honestly felt like it was real and I’m not sure that feeling could ever be replicated.

Finally, we had the brilliant and uplifting conclusion to the story of Daniel Bryan. After watching him suffer for over 6 months, and finding out that he wasn’t even planned to be in the Wrestlemania main event until the fans forced WWE’s hand, this was the perfect payoff to all of it. It started off at the opening of the show, with one of the finest pure wrestling matches I’ve ever seen with Daniel Bryan vs Triple H, only to take us all the way to the main event where Bryan would overcome Randy Orton and Batista in one hell of an exciting match to claim the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. It’s the other moment from this show that will go down in history but for vastly different reasons.

Even if it wasn’t WWE’s original intentions, all that mattered is what we got in the end, and what we got is a euphoric ending to cap off one of the best all-round Wrestlemanias of all time and most certainly the best to take place in the past decade.

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