by There are plenty of wrestling fans up in arms with how bad this years WrestleMania is currently shaping up. It may surprise us and pull out a great card such as WrestleMania 31 did with all signs pointing to disaster. Or, it could go the disastrous ways of some of the horrendous shows listed below. Only time will tell.
- WrestleMania 27
Easily the worst of all time. It was going to take a lot to replace WrestleMania 26 the year before as the worst, but this one found a way. Anytime Michael Cole and The Miz are two of your headliners, you’re asking for trouble. The entire main event was a farce, and merely a set up for one year ahead with The Rock and John Cena.
Nothing from this card stands out in a positive way. Not even Edges last match which was ruined with an awkward as hell destruction of Alberto Del Rio’s car. This one fell flat on every level.
2. WrestleMania 26
Ugg, where do we begin with this abomination train wreck of a show? Bret Hart vs Vince McMahon may have been the worst WrestleMania match ever. The crowd sat on their hands the entire time and you never once heard them. Jack Swaggar couldn’t even get the MITB briefcase down as planned. Couple all of that with the fact that The Undertaker legit hurt his knee seconds into the main event against HBK, and it just bombed on every level. The Hall of Fame the night before was even worse!
3. WrestleMania 2000
This was terrible, and more or less signaled the end of the Attitude Era. You had a grown man wearing a cheese suit, a make believe pimp and Ice T all try and fail to kick off the show. Until this year, this was also the last time The Undertaker missed a WrestleMania as well.
The whole year was a build up for The Rock to win the big one at WrestleMania, only to have him lose to HHH instead. They force fed The Big Show and Mick Foley into the main event along with all four McMahons. Just awful!
It is a shame too, because there was some classics on this card that kept it from being the worst ever, but also get overshadowed with how bad it was. Classics such as Kurt Angle vs Chris Jericho vs Chris Benoit, as well as the original TLC before it was called that moniker.
4. WrestleMania 13
If Shawn Michaels doesn’t fake a knee injury and lose his “smile”, this could’ve been a decent show with a Bret Hart vs Shawn Michaels World Title rematch. Instead, fans got a rushed, poorly booked card, in front of a small audience at home and in the arena. Had it not been for Austin vs Hart, and the absolute gem that turned out to be, this would have been the worst WrestleMania ever, with no chance at getting surpassed.
5. WrestleMania 29
Maybe it is something about MET Life stadium that the WWE needs to steer clear of. The action was good on this card, that wasn’t the problem. The issue was that almost every single match had zero suspense and it was a forgone conclusion who would win.
Cena wasn’t losing two in a row to The Rock, same goes for HHH with Brock Lesnar. Team Hell No wasn’t about to lose to a thrown together tag team in Ziggler and Big E. There was no chance in hell they would have The Shield lose. Ryback never got to win anything either.
The lone “shock” on the card was Fandango defeating Chris Jericho in his debut. Even that wasn’t too big of a shock because the smart thinking was not to have Fandango lose his debut match to a part timer anyway.
Honorable mentions
WrestleMania XX – Lesnar vs Goldberg bombed as did the return of The Undertaker.
WrestleMania 32 – Way too many matches and the main event no one cared about. Reigns wasn’t getting cheered no matter who you put him against.
WrestleMania 33 – See note for WrestleMania 32
WrestleMania IX – Not nearly as awful as people like to think, but still pretty darn bad.
