Wrestlemania XXX Preview

Spoiler Alert: Ted and Robin wind up together after all.

(shuffles papers) Yeah, that’s the wrong note; I’m spread a little thin these days…got it.

Spoiler alert: Daniel Bryan becomes WWE World Heavyweight Champion

They survived some missteps to get here; the long arc with Jennifer Morrison, Bryan's joining the Wyatt Family, Landry killing that guy in season two, but at the end of the night on Sunday, the best North American wrestler of this century will be on top of the largest wrestling promotion in the world. 

For at least a couple of months until he puts Batista over. 

Let’s go to the card.

WWE World Heavyweight Championship: Randy Orton v. Batista v. ?

Number One Contender: Daniel Bryan v. HHH

-When we last left Randy Orton was the champion; having won his 2013 feud with Bryan and unifying the belts at year’s end by beating Cena.  He was to match up with the conquering hero Batista, making his return after several years away, doing mixed martial arts and getting plastic surgery.  Funny thing happened – Batista’s terrible, and his babyface Royal Rumble win got booed out of the building.  Most analysts gave him a “wrong place, wrong time” pass, but the truth is Batista was almost never particularly good, owing his career to the McMahon-Helmsley size queen preference of muscle heads who look good standing perfectly still for minutes at a time.  He essentially replaced Bryan in the main event spot on the card, as Bryan was headed to a program with Sheamus after losing clean to Bray Wyatt at the Rumble. 

Fortunately, the boos for Batista weren’t shrugged off the way they are for Cena and instead viewed as manifestation of criticism for the creative direction of the company – and Bryan was shoehorned back into this picture.

That was aided by the departure of CM Punk who left more money than I’ve made in my entire life on the table by leaving the promotion right before Wrestlemania.  He’s yet to comment, so it’s unclear if this was a negotiating strategy, or if he might return with some type of significant deal with TNA or in what is assumed to be a new Jeff Jarrett/Toby Keith promotion. It sort of appears that none of the above is going to be the right answer – and instead it was Punk joining the WWE crowd in chanting boring at Triple H, a program against whom he apparently found so interminable he’d rather burn the checks than sit through it.  The rest of us can fast forward through Hunter and Stephanie, but if you’re standing next to them in the ring, that becomes more challenging.

So, it’s Bryan who finds his way into both matches; the winner of Bryan/Hunter will go on to wrestle in the main event.  Both matches are as good as Bryan can make them given whatever time is allotted for each.  

You’d anticipate good things and, as mentioned, Bryan leaves Wrestlemania as the champion.

(Edit, you got what you expected.  A 4 star match against Hunter and 3 3/4 for the main event.  Ideally, Bryan would have beaten Orton, since he was the champion.  I recognize it leaves open Orton's claim for not really losing the belt, but I'm not sure, given the arc of the story, that opening is worth taking away that portion of the payoff.  

Undertaker v. Brock Lesnar

-A centerpiece in recent Wrestlemanias has been Undertaker’s extending his streak, which is now some number in the 20s and 0.  They’ve all been good matches, all well worth watching, if a little overrated given the preference of modern wrestling critics to equate famous guys making faces with match quality.  

Everything Brock Lesnar has done in this WWE run has been great; he’s the best match or close to it every time he works on PPV.  Undertaker wrestles so infrequently that its really challenging to guess match quality, and obviously given Brock’s size this requires a different story told than in recent years – but my anticipation is four stars, and given Bryan’s involvement in those other two matches, we could really be looking at all time great Wrestlemania. 

The build for this hasn’t worked – WWE is married to everyone selling the spooky when it comes to the Undertaker and it slices away Brock’s legitimacy, which is the strength of his character – but it shouldn’t matter come match time.  It should go without saying that Undertaker wins.  I don’t know that they ever end the streak – there’s apparently a really high regard for Roman Reigns as a potential future standardbearer, and of the current roster he might be a good futures bet if you can get someone to take that action.

(Edit - well, this was unexpected.  So, let's talk about the build for a second.  Why did Undertaker, assuming this reading is accurate, want to lose the streak to Brock (seems unlikely that was a decision forced upon him)?  It's because he's a legitimate fighter and the Undertaker saw losing to him as worthwhile.  Why wasn't that the build?  Recall the Brock/Cena build - Brock was a legitimate fighter and Cena was bullshit.  

That should have been the build here - Brock doesn't need to be the scared heel; he needs to be the UFC Champion.  This old man with all his smoke and mirrors can't beat me.  

Maybe you can't do that once you've had him go under both Hunter and Cena - this result makes the decision to ever have Brock lose before this match make absolutely no sense.  If Brock Lesnar is unbeaten in this run - and he faces the Streak, and then goes over - he comes out of this as an absolute monster.  Now - I don't know what they have with him.

This wasn't very good; part of it is the size issue, they couldn't tell any of the recent years stories, and part of it was Undertaker's retiring (one assumes) for a reason; he didn't look good in this match and maybe has nothing left.)  

Yawn Cena v. Bray Wyatt

-The Wyatt Family is a terrific act; 2/3 of it is good in the ring and Bray’s promos would have been at home in True Detective.  Had he said Cena was the Yellow King as part of the build it wouldn’t have been a surprise. 

That hasn’t happened, but like all Wyatt builds this has been good and predicated on a combination of atmospherics and Bray’s verbal ability.  Cena’s been fine as he usually is when using his serious voice, and you’d expect this will also be a good match, with the heel Wyatt getting the large majority of the fan support from the Mania crowd.  A Wyatt win makes sense, if Cena’s not at the top of the card his generating a future rematch where he can win at the top of the card is a pretty easy booking approach. 

Yes, I’m saying all 4 of these matches will be good, yes.

(3 1/4 - this was weird and killed the crowd; it didn't come back until during the main event.  Wyatt didn't really wrestle a match that would have allowed the crowd to cheer him; Cena is massively disliked. The story of Bray pulling the evil out of Cena but then Cena beats him without really getting too violent is a weird one to tell. I didn't hate the match, but it was a little underwhelming.)   

The Shield v. Kane and the New Age Outlaws

WWF Tag Titles: Usos v. Real Americans v. Ryback/Curtis Axel v. Los Matadores

-Two tag matches on the night, although the tag title has been shifted to the pre-show.  The Shield has felt like a star act from their first appearance; it’s a credit to the creative team that two tag acts like the Wyatts and the Shield could both successfully be developed simultaneously.  They’ve been trying to work their way to a Reigns face turn, sewing dissension for months, but probably wisely decided to take a more circuitous route – turning the entire group babyface in this program against the long over the hill Outlaws and Kane.  The Shield is so good that, if the match gets 10 minutes, it might make 3 stars. 

It’s possible the tag title match reaches that level as well; a discount version of the Shield breakup story was being told about the Real Americans; Cesaro is one of the best wrestlers in the promotion and gets over with the crowd every time he gets an ounce of daylight.  He looked to be turning and still may here, but they’ve backed away from that direction recently.  The Usos are also good workers; this match would be one to really look forward if it were on the main show and just those two teams.  Adding two more teams and moving it to the pre-show probably doesn’t give it enough time to become cohesive. 

Shield wins.  Let’s say Real Americans do as well. 

(Shield won in a squash, Usos kept and they turned Cesaro)

Andre the Giant Battle Royal

Vickie Guerrero Divas Invitational

-They round out the card with two matches designed to get the balance of the crew onto the show.  So if you wondered where Dolph Ziggler and Rey Mysterio were – they’re here.  These are throwaways largely, but the battle royal is especially useful for this endeavor.

(Cesaro won the battle royal, AJ kept the women's title)

That’s the show – a great, all time match seems unlikely, but we’re looking at the possibility of multiple matches that are really good, and there hasn’t been a Wrestlemania moment in ten years I’ve looked forward to as much as Bryan winning the title. 

(It was good, had a four star match, a big title change, and Brock continued a career of being in really weird Mania matches)

I'm not old enough to have seen every Super Bowl, but I was 14 for the first Wrestlemania - the build for which was right in my not yet critical of corporate homogeneity brain. 

I've seen every Wrestlemania match multiple times.  This is, I believe, all of them.  Ranked in order of quality, for whatever reason.  Match times are rounded; the Wrestlemania at which the match took place is in parentheses; there's a star rating for every *** and up match. 

Now updated through WM29

1      IC Title: Razor Ramon d. Shawn Michaels 19 min (10) 5

2.       Owen Hart d. Bret Hart 20:30 (10) 5

3.       Bret Hart d. Steve Austin 22 min (13) 4 ¾

4.       IC: Ricky Steamboat d. Randy Savage 14:30 (3) 4 ¾

5.    World Title: Chris Benoit d. HBK d. HHH 24:30 (20) 4 ½

6.       WWF Title: Kurt Angle d. Shawn Michaels 27:30 (21) 4 ½

7.       WWF Title: Shawn Michaels d. Bret Hart 62 min (12) 4 ½

8.       Tags: Edge/Christian d. Hardys d. Dudleys 22 min (16) 4 ½

9.    Tags: Edge/Christian d. Hardys d. Dudleys 15:30 (17) 4 ½

10. Undertaker d. Shawn Michaels 30:30 (25) 4 ¼

11.   WWF Title: Randy Savage d. Ric Flair 18 min (8) 4 ¼

12. WWF Title: Brock Lesnar d. Kurt Angle 21 min (19) 4

13. Undertaker d. Shawn Michaels 24 min (26) 4

14.   WWF Title: Steve Austin d. The Rock 15 min (15) 4

15. Kurt Angle d. Chris Benoit 14 min (17) 4

16. Eddy Guerrero d. Kurt Angle 21:30 (20) 4
17. HHH d. Brock Lesnar 22:30 (29) 4
18. Money in the Bank 15 min (21) 4

19.   IC: Bret Hart d. Roddy Piper 14:00 (8) 4

20. Shawn Michaels d. Chris Jericho 22:30 (19) 4
21. Undertaker d. CM Punk 22 (29) 4
22.   Ultimate Warrior d. Randy Savage 20:30 (7) 4
23. Undertaker d. HHH 29 min (27) 4

24.   WWF Title: Steve Austin d. Rock 28 min (17) 4

25.   Undertaker d. HHH 30:30 (28) 4

26.   WWF Title: CM Punk d. Chris Jericho 22:30 (28) 4

27.   Edge d. Mick Foley 14:30 (22) 3 ¾

28.   MITB: 14 min (24) 3 ¾

29.   WWF Title: Steve Austin d. Shawn Michaels 20 min (14) 3 ¾

30.   WWF Title: Hulk Hogan d. Randy Savage 18 min (5) 3 ¾

31.   IC/Euro: Chris Jericho &Chris Benoit d. Kurt Angle 13:30 (16) 3 ½

32.   WWF/IC Titles: Ultimate Warrior d. Hulk Hogan 23:30 (6) 3 ½

33.   WWF Title: Diesel d. Shawn Michaels 20:30 (11) 3 ½  

34.   World: Rey Mysterio d. Kurt Angle d. Randy Orton 9:30 (22) 3 ½

35.   Rock d. Steve Austin 18 min (19) 3 ½

36.   Christian d. Chris Jericho 15 min (20) 3 ½

37.   MITB 19 min (23) 3 ½

38.   MITB 12:30 (21) 3 ½ 

39.   World: Undertaker d. Batista 16 min (23) 3 ½
40.   Undertaker d. HHH 18 min (17) 3 1/2

41.   WWF Title: HHH d. Rock d. Mick Foley d. Big Show 36:30 (16) 3 ½

42.   Shawn Michaels d. Ric Flair 20:30 (24) 3 ½

43.   World Title: Undertaker d. Edge 24 min (24) 3 ½

44.   Brainbusters d. Tito Santana/Rick Martel 9 min (5) 3 ½

45.   MITB 13:30 (26) 3 ½

46.   MITB 14:30 (25) 3 ½

47.   WWF Title: John Cena d. Shawn Michaels 27:30 (23) 3 ½

48.   Rock d. John Cena 30:30 (28) 3 ½ 
49. John Cena d. Rock 24 min (29) 3 1/2 

50.   Ric Flair/Randy Orton/Batista d. Mick Foley/Rock 17 min (20) 3 ¼

51.   Rey Mysterio d. Eddie Guerrero  12:30 (21) 3 1/4

52.   Tags: Cactus Jack/Chainsaw Charlie (Terry Funk) d. New Age Outlaws 10 min (14) 3 ¼

53.   Matt Hardy d. Jeff Hardy 13 min (25) 3 ¼

54.   World Title: Chris Jericho d. Edge 15:30 (26) 3 ¼  

55.   Undertaker d. Diesel 16:30 (12) 3 ¼

56.   Randy Orton d. CM Punk 15min (27) 3 ¼

57.   World Title: Edge d. Alberto del Rio 11:30 (27) 3 ¼

58.   Tags: Nastys d. Hart Foundation 12 min (7) 3 ¼ 

59.   Rockers d. Haku/Barbarian 10:30 (7) 3 ¼ 
60. World: Alberto del Rio d. Jack Swagger 12:30 (29) 3 1/4 

61.   Steve Austin d. Savio Vega 10 min (12) 3 ¼

62.   Hart Foundation/Danny Davis d. British Bulldogs/Tito Santana 9 min (3) 3 ¼

63.   Tags: British Bulldogs d. Greg Valentine/Brutus Beefcake 12 min (2) 3 ¼

64.   Terry Funk/Dory Funk d. Tito Santana/Junkyard Dog 11:30 (2) 3 ¼

65.   Tags: Shelton Benjamin/Charlie Haas d. Eddie Guerrero/Chavo Guerrero d. Chris Benoit/Rhyno 8:30 (19) 3

66.   Tags: Vader/Mankind draw Owen Hart/British Bulldog 16 min (13) 3

67.   Jr. Title: Taka Michinoku d. Aguila 6 min (14) 3

68.   IC: Chris Jericho d. Steve Regal 7 min (17) 3

69.   Mr. Perfect d. Blue Blazer (Owen Hart) 6 min (5) 3

70.   Greg Valentine d. Ricky Steamboat 9 min (4) 3

71.   LOD/Ahmed Johnson d. Farooq/Savio Vega/Crush 11 min (13) 3

72.   Too Cool/Chyna d. Eddie Guerrero/Perry Saturn/Dean Malenko 9:30 (16) 3

73.   IC: RVD d. Steve Regal 6:30 (18) 3

74.   Kurt Angle d. Kane 11 min (18) 3

75.   Orient Express d. Rockers 7:30 (6) 3

76.   Cody Rhodes d. Rey Mysterio 12 min (27) 3

77.   US: Chris Benoit d. MVP 9 min (23) 3

78.   WWF Title: HHH d. Chris Jericho 18:30 (18) 3

79.   WWF Title: Randy Orton d. HHH d. John Cena 14 min (24) 3

80.   Euro: Shane McMahon d. XPac 8:30 (15)

81.   Euro Title: HHH d. Owen Hart 11:30 (14) 3

82.   WWF Title: HHH d. Booker T 18:30 (19) 3

83.   WWF Title: Randy Savage d. Ted DiBiase 9 min (4) 3

84.   WWF Title: John Cena d. Batista 13:30 (26) 3

85.   WWF Title: John Cena d. HHH 22 min (22) 3

86.   HHH d. Sheamus 12 min (26) 3

87.   IC: Razor Ramon d. Jeff Jarrett 13:30 (11) 3 

88.   WWF Title: Hulk Hogan d. Sgt Slaughter 20:30 (7) 3

89.   Tatanka d. Shawn Michaels 18:00 (9) 3

90.   Steiners d. Headshrinkers 14:30 (9) 3

91.   Shawn Michaels d. Tito Santana 10:30 (8) 3

92.   Ted DiBiase d. Jake Roberts 12 min (6) 3

93.   Shawn Michaels d. Vince McMahon 18:30 (22) 3

94.   Shane McMahon d. Vince McMahon 14 min (17) 3

95.   World Title: HHH d. Randy Orton 23:30 (25) 3

96.   Brutus Beefcake d. Mr Perfect 8 min (6) 3

97.   Tags: Demolition d. Rick Martel/Tito Santana 8 min (4) 3

98.   Rey Mysterio d. CM Punk 6:30 (26)

99.   Jr. Title: Matt Hardy d. Rey Mysterio 5:30 (19)

100.   Jr. Open 10:30 (20)

101.   Undertaker d. Ric Flair 19 min (18)

102.   Vader/Owen Hart/British Bulldog d. Yokozuna/Ahmed Johnson/Jake Roberts 11:30 (12)

103.   World Title: Batista d. HHH 21:30 (21)

104.                        US Title: JBL d. Chris Benoit 10 min (22)

105.                        JBL d. Fit Finlay 8:30 (24)

106.                        IC: Rick Rude d. Ultimate Warrior 9 min (5)

107.                        Boss Man/Akeem d. Rockers 8 min (5)
108. Fandango d. Chris Jericho 9 min (29)

109.                        Randy Savage d. Crush 9:30 (10)

110.                        IC The Rock d. Ken Shamrock 5 min (14)

111.                        Hardcore Title: Kane d. Raven d. Big Show 9 min (17)

112.                        Hardcore Title Battle Royal 15 min (16)

113.                        WWF Title: Bret Hart d. Yokozuna 10:30 (10)

114.                        Bret Hart d. Bob Backlund 9:30 (11)

115.                        Roddy Piper d. Goldust 12 min (12)

116.                        WWF Title: John Cena d. Edge d. Big Show 14:30 (25)

117.                        Euro: Eddie Guerrero d. Test 8 min (17)

118.                        IC: Boss Man d. Perfect 10:30 (7)
119. The Shield d. Sheamus/Randy Orton/Big Show 10:30 (29)

120.                        Roddy Piper d. Adrian Adonis 7 min (3)

121.                        Randy Savage d. Greg Valentine 6 min (4)
122. Tags: Daniel Bryan/Kane d. Dolph Ziggler/Big E Langston 6:30 (29)

123.                        Women's Title: Mickie James d. Trish Stratus 8:30 (22)

124.                        Hulk Hogan d. Vince McMahon 20:30 (19)

125.                        Islanders/Bobby Heenan d. British Bulldogs/Koko B Ware 7:30 (4)

126.                        Hart Foundation d. Greg Valentine/Honky Tonk Man 7:30 (5)

127.                        Hulk Hogan/Mr. T d. Roddy Piper/Paul Orndorff 13 min (1)

128.                        Tags: Money Inc d. Hulk Hogan/Brutus Beefcake 18:30 (9)

129.                        Hardcore Title: Bob Holly d. Al Snow d. Billy Gunn 7 min (15)

130.                        Undertaker d. Randy Orton 14 min (21)

131.                        Hulk Hogan d. Rock 16:30 (18)

132.                        Edge d. Booker T 6:30 (18)

133.                        IC: Road Dogg d. Ken Shamrock d. Goldust d. Val Venis 8:30 (15)

134.                        Lex Luger d. Mr Perfect 11 min (9)

135.                        WWF Title: Undertaker d. Sid 21:30 (13)

136.                        Ricky Steamboat d. Hercules 7 min (2)

137.                        Hercules d. Haku 6:30 (5)

138.                        HHH d. Goldust 14:30 (13)

139.                        Tags: Owen Hart/Jeff Jarrett d. DLo Brown/Test 4 min (15)

140.                        Tags: Owen Hart/Yokozuna d. Smoking Gunns 9:30 (11)

141.                        Mankind d. Big Show 7 min (15)

142.                        Headbangers d. Doug Furnas/Phil Lafon d. Godwinns d. New Blackjacks 10:30 (13)

143.                        Goldust/Luna Vachon d. Marc Mero/Sable 9 min (14)

144.                        Euro: DDP d. Christian 6 min (18)

145.                        Randy Orton d. Ted DiBiase/Cody Rhodes 9 min (26)

146.                        Bobby Lashley d. Umaga 13 min (23)

147.                        Undertaker d. Kane 17 min (14)

148.                        Women: Trish d. Victoria d. Jazz 7 min (19)

149.                        Chris Jericho d. Jimmy Snuka/Roddy Piper/Ricky Steamboat 9 min (25)

150.                        WWF Title: Miz draw John Cena 15 min (27)

151.                        WWF Title: Yokozuna d. Bret Hart 9 min (9)

152.                        Floyd Mayweather d. Big Show 11:30 (24)

153.                        APA/Taz d. Goodfather/Val Venis/Bull Buchanan 4 min (17)

154.                        Rick Martel/Ton Zenk d. Don Muraco/Bob Orton 5:30 (3)

155.                        12 Man Tag 11:30 (28)

156.                        RVD/Sabu/Sandman/Tommy Dreamer d. Elijah Burke/Matt Striker/Marcus Cor Von/Kevin Thorne 6:30 (23)

157.                        Undertaker d. Mark Henry 9:30 (22)

158.                        IC: Big Show d. Cody Rhodes 5 min (28)

159.                        Bill Goldberg d. Brock Lesnar 13:30 (20)

160.                        Steve Austin d. Scott Hall 10 min (18)

161.                        Tags: Natural Disasters d. Money Inc 8:30 (8)

162.                        Tags: Billy Gunn/Chuck Palumbo d. Hardys d. Dudleys d. APA 14 min (18)

163.                        British Bulldog/Lex Luger d. Blu Brothers 6:30 (11)

164.                        Tags: Men on a Mission d. Quebecers 7:30 (10)

165.                        Boss Man/Bull Buchanan d. D Lo Brown/Godfather 9 min (16)

166.                        Kane d. HHH 11:30 (15)

167.                        Tags: RVD/Booker d Dudleys d. La Resistance d. Mark Jindrak/Lance Cade 8 min (20)

168.                        IC: Rocky Maivia d. The Sultan (Rikishi) 9:30 (13)

169.                        US: John Cena d. Big Show 9 min (20)

170.                        Rikishi/Kane d. XPac/Road Dogg 4:30 (16)

171.                        Ted DiBiase draw Brutus Beefcake 10 min (5)

172.                        WWF Title: Hulk Hogan d. King Kong Bundy 10 min (2)

173.                        Tags: Kane/Show d. Carlito/Chris Masters 6:30 (22)

174.                        Boss Man/Virgil/Slaughter/Duggan d. Mountie/Repo Man/Nastys 6:30 (8)

175.                        Demolition d. Tenryu/Kitao 4:30 (7)

176.                        Tags: Demolition d. Powers of Pain/Fuji  9 min (5)

177.                        Lawrence Taylor d. Bam Bam Bigelow 11:30 (11)

178.                        Greg Valentine/Brutus Beefcake d. Rougeaus 4 min (3)

179.                        Tags: Nikolai Volkoff/Iron Sheik d. Barry Windham/Mike Rotundo 7 min (1)

180.                        Killer Bees d. Iron Sheik/Nikolai Volkoff 6 min (3)

181.                        IC Randy Savage d. George The Animal Steele 7 min (2)

182.                        Batista d. Umaga 7 min (24)

183.                        Kane d. Randy Orton 11 min (28)

184.                        Undertaker d. Big Boss Man 10 min (15)

185.                        Undertaker d. Jake Roberts 6:30 (8)

186.                        Roddy Piper draw Bad News Brown 7 min (6)

187.                        Rick Rude d. Jimmy Snuka 4 min (6)

188.                        Ted DiBiase d. Jim Duggan 5 min (4)

189.                        Ted DiBiase d. Don Muraco 5:30 (4)

190.                        Tatanka d. Rick Martel 4:30 (8)

191.                        Randy Savage d. Butch Reed 4 min (4)

192.                        WWF Title: Hulk Hogan d. Andre the Giant 12 min (3)

193.                        Battle Royal 10 min (4)

194.                        Battle Royal (2)

195.                        Tag Team Battle Royal 8:30 (14)

196.                        Razor Ramon d. Bob Backlund 4 min (9)

197.                        Virgil d. Ted DiBiase 8 min (7)

198.                        Barbarian d. Tito Santana 4:30 (6)

199.                        Rick Martel d. Koko B Ware 6 min (6)

200.                        Honky Tonk Man d. Jake Roberts 7 min (3)

201.                        IC Title: Brutus Beefcake d. Honky Tonk Man 9 min (4)

202.                        Tito Santana d. Executioner (Buddy Rose) 5 min (1)

203.                        IC Title: Junkyard Dog d. Greg Valentine 7 min (1)

204.                        Undertaker d. Kane 8 min (20)

205.                        Ricky Steamboat d. Matt Borne 4:30 (1)

206.                        Rick Rude draw Jake Roberts 15 min (4)

207.                        British Bulldog d. Warlord 8 min (7)
208. Mark Henry d. Ryback 8 min (29)

209.                        Hercules draw Billy Jack Haynes 8 min (3)

210.                        Harley Race d. Junkyard Dog 3:30 (3)

211.                        Tags: Big Show/Miz d. John Morrison/Truth Killings 3:30 (26)

212.                        Randy Savage d. One Man Gang 4 min (4)

213.                        Women: Victoria d. Molly Holly 5 min (20)

214.                        Undertaker d. Jimmy Snuka 4:30 (7)

215.                        Tags: Rikishi/Scott Taylor d. APA d. Charlie Haas/Shelton Benjamin d. Bashams 6 min (20)

216.                        Hardcore: Spike Dudley d. Maven d. Goldust 3:30 (18)

217.                        Bushwackers d. Rougeaus 5 min (5)

218.                        Paul Orndorff draw Don Muraco 4:30 (2)

219.                        Doink d. Crush 8:30 (9)

220.                        Butterbean d. Bart Gunn 30 sec (15)

221.                        Mr. T d. Roddy Piper 10 min (2)

222.                        Hulk Hogan d. Sid 12:30 (8)

223.                        WWF Title: John Cena d. JBL 11:30 (21)

224.                        Women: Jazz d. Lita d. Trish 6:30 (18)

225.                        WWF Title: Yokozuna d. Lex Luger 14:30 (10)

226.                        Bret Hart d. Vince McMahon 11 min (26)

227.                        Don Muraco d. Dino Bravo 5 min (4)

228.                        Butch Reed d. Koko B Ware 3:30 (3)

229.                        One Man Gang d. Bam Bam Bigelow 3 min (4)

230.                        Earthquake d. Greg Valentine 3 min (7)

231.                        8 Man 1:30 (27)

232.                        Ultimate Warrior d. Hercules 4:30 (4)

233.                        Big Moss Man d. Akeem 2 min (6)

234.                        John Morrison/Trish Stratus/Snooki d. Dolph Ziggler/Layla/Michelle McCool 3:30 (27)

235.                        Kelly Kelly/Maria Menounos d. Beth Phoenix/Eve 7 min (28)

236.                        Women: Chyna d. Ivory 2:30 (17)

237.                        Women: Wendi Richter d. Lelani Kai 6 min (1)

238.                        Beth Phoenix/Melina d. Maria/Ashley 6:30 (24)

239.                        Women: Trish d. Christy Hemme 4:30 (21)

240.                        Torrie Wilson/Sable d. Stacy Keibler/Jackie 2:30 (20)

241.                        Women: Alundra Blayze d. Lelani Kai 3:30 (10)

242.                        Women: Sable d. Tori 4:30 (15)

243.                        Women: Melina d. Ashley 3 (23)

244.                        LOD d. Power&Glory 1 min (7)

245.                        Owen Hart d. Skinner 1 min (8)

246.                        Ultimate Warrior d. HHH 1:30 (12)

247.                        Tags: Demolition d. Andre the Giant/Haku 9 min (6)

248.                        Test/Albert d. Al Snow/Steve Blackman 7 min (16)

249.                        Jim Duggan d. Bad News Brown 4 min (5)

250.                        Earthquake d. Hercules 5 min (6)

251.                        Jim Duggan d. Dino Bravo 4:30 (6)

252.                        Dino Bravo d. Ronnie Garvin 4 min (5)

253.                        Jake Roberts d. George Wells 3 min (2)

254.                        The Mountie d. Tito Santana 1:30 (7)

255.                        Andre the Giant draw Hulk Hogan 5:30 (4)

256.                        King Kong Bundy/Lord Littlebrook/Little Tokyo d. Hillbilly Jim/Little Beaver/Haiti Kid 4:30 (3)

257.                        Gimmick Battle Royal 3 min (17)

258.                        Undertaker d. Big Show d. Albert 10 min (19)

259.                        Torrie Wilson d. Candice Michelle 4 min (22)

260.                        Akebono d. Big Show 1 min (21)

261.                        Kerry Von Erich d. Dino Bravo 3 min (7)

262.                        Undertaker d. King Kong Bundy 6:30 (11)

263.                        Adrian Adonis d. Uncle Elmer 3 min (2)

264.                        King Kong Bundy d. SD Jones 30 sec (1)

265.                        IC: Rey Mysterio d. JBL 30 sec (25)

266.                        Hart Foundation d. Bolsheviks 30 secs (6)

267.                        WWF Title: Hulk Hogan d. Yokozuna 30 secs (9)

268.                        Earthquake d. Adam Bomb 30 secs (10)

269.                        Red Rooster (Terry Taylor) d. Bobby Heenan 30 sec (5)

270.                        ECW Title: Kane d. Chavo Guerrero 30 sec (24)

271.                        Sheamus d. Daniel Bryan 30 sec (28)

272.                        Corporal Kirschner d. Nikolai Volkoff  1:30 (2)

273.                        10 Woman Tag 3:30 (26)

274.                        Women: Fabulous Moolah d. Velvet McIntyre 1 min (2)

275.                        Brutus Beefcake draw David Sammartino 12:30 (1)

276.                        Great Khali d. Kane 5:30 (23)

277.                        Andre the Giant d. Jake Roberts 9:30 (5)

278.                        Bodyslam Match: Andre the Giant d. John Studd 6 min (1)

279.                        Boogyman d. Booker/Sharmell 4 min (22)

280.                        Dusty Rhodes/Sapphire d. Randy Savage/Sherri Martel 7:30 (6)

281.                        Bam Bam Bigelow/Luna Vachon d. Doink/Dink 6 min (10)

282.                        Terri Runnels d. The Kat 2:30 (16)

283.                        Miss Wrestlemania Battle Royal 6 min (25)

284.                        Jake Roberts d. Rick Martel 8:30 (7)

285.                        Undertaker d. Giant Gonzalez 7:30 (9)

286.                        Michael Cole d. Jerry Lawler 14 min (27)