Wrestlemania 31 Preview

What do you most remember about the night Bret Hart returned to RAW?

For me, it was his entrance music. 

Original

Replacement.

Because it’s not right, right?  Why would you have Bret Hart return to RAW for the first time in over a dozen years and give him what sounds like a knockoff version of his theme?

Here’s my suggestion – the wrongness of the theme was a feature, not a bug; it ended forever the “You screwed Bret” chants that greeted WWE in Canada – it was the promotion saying “You want the Hit Man? Fine.  Here’s who we’ll make him.”

See the WWE version of ECW.  See Bill Goldberg with a Goldust wig.

This is strategic; it’s a devaluing of your own assets in order to crush fan opposition. 

I know that sounds Machiavellian.  The hallways of Titan Tower are caked in blood. 

Hey, Wrestlemania 31 is Sunday, or, as their press release put it (credit to Kirk Hiner) “WWE’s annual pop culture extravaganza” from Santa Clara, home of the defending NFC Champion…er…the NFC West Champ…home of many fans of the Golden St. Warriors, best basketball team on earth.

Let’s see whose blood will be dripping.

WWE Title: Brock Lesnar (c) (with Paul Heyman) vs. Roman Reigns

The biggest babyface in the promotion is a heel.  Brock Lesnar whipped John Cena at SummerSlam 2014, has appeared sporadically since (to smirk and have great matches) and Sunday, a year after ending the Undertaker’s win streak, is going to be an overwhelming fan favorite. 

That’s a lot of approval for a part time heel champion and is, in no small part, a rejection of Roman Reigns, who many (most?) fans resent as insufficiently worthy of his push. 

I’ve been writing now on the interwebs for nearly two decades; in 1995, when Bret Hart was WWF Champion and Roman Reigns was 10, I wrote the following:

See, I'm agnostic on Madonna, which gives me leave to make the point that, while sometimes provocative, Madonna isn't exactly brimming with a whole lot of readily discernable talent. More accurately, her level of success has outstripped her level of ability to such an extent that it causes even those who are emotionally stable to view her with a certain degree of distaste - and fills Kirk Hiner with an uncontrollable rage. It's not so much that Kirk Hiner is jealous of Madonna. After all, John Glenn has achieved a similar amount of success and Kirk Hiner has never uttered an opinion one way or the other about him. Nor is it abject self interest. Kirk Hiner doesn't believe that there is a finite amount of success, maybe stored in a secret vat in Dayton, Ohio, such that for every drop of Madonna success an identical amount is rendered unavailable to someone whom Kirk Hiner might deem more worthy, say Alyssa Milano. I mean, that, in fact, is the case, but Kirk Hiner doesn't believe it.

To my way of thinking, a person's value as a human being can readily be tabulated using a series of mathematical calculations which are then placed on a nexus of interlocking grids (I've got the charts laid out back at the house, please call before you stop by). I conceptualize this as if on an X,Y axis. A person's aggregate worth being placed on the horizontal plane, and level of success existing on the vertical. Kirk Hiner would probably plot Madonna as something approximating (-6,92). That's a -6 for worth and a 92 for success. Subtract 92 from -6 and you get a final product of -98 which, as I don't have to tell you, is pretty darn low.

25 year old me was onto something (onto a lot of somethings, am I right ladies, highfive).  

The reason for the rejection of Reigns (like the continued dislike of John Cena by much of the fanbase, and the now forgotten refusal to accept Triple H as the top guy in the promotion) has nothing to do with jealousy it has to do with equity; wrestling’s a delicate work, if you give your audience Madonna when they want Ani Difranco (or a more appropriate 1995 reference) they’re likely to refuse to accept your legitimacy. 

The finish (and the quality of the match) is an open question; the high profile way in which Lesnar re-signed with the promotion this week makes it impossible Reigns wins the belt as a babyface (either he loses clean or turns and wins).  Were I to guess, a Rock appearance to aid Reigns in winning the belt is the most likely result.  The fans having turned on Rock at the Rumble is a motivation for what would be a heel turn.  That sets up Brock/Rock at 32 (which has to be the aim) and gets the belt away from Lesnar.  I can’t claim any interest at all in The Rock, but Reigns losing, then attacking Lesnar to aid Rollins in cashing in his briefcase postmatch (with additional aid from Ambrose) would be my preferred booking (actually, my preferred booking would be Kenta winning the battle royal, moving to the main roster, building to a SummerSlam match against Brock, where, with the aid of a turning Paul Heyman, he’d beat him to take the WWE Title, and we’d head to a Kenta/Daniel Bryan main event at 32. But that’s why I’m not booking.)

Edit - 4 stars, and a solid 4, closer to 4 1/4 which is what I'd guess consensus will be.  Reigns took an ass kicking, Lesnar had a lot of color, they did a screwy finish with Rollins pinning Reigns to take the strap.

IC Ladder Match:  Bad News Barrett (c) vs. R-Truth vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Luke Harper vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Stardust vs. Daniel Bryan

Really likely to be the best match on the show with the crazy collisions and whatnot.  It’s been a silly build as the contestants play hot po-titties with the belt (sorry, the Championship.  Belt, like climate change, is a word which one dare not speak).  Daniel Bryan was the hottest act in the company, but obviously we couldn’t have that, so he was beaten repeatedly, given somewhat whiny promos, and placed in the middle of the card.  See?  Sometimes WWE superstars get warm, sometimes they get cold – just like the climate there’s nothing people can do about it, that’s God’s decision. 

Probably, he wins here in the opening match to Wrestlemania proper.  That allows the fans to get their Yes Chants out of their system before the non vanilla midgets take their rightful place at the top of the card.

3 3/4 stars - entirely as expected.  

US Title: John Cena v. Rusev

Randy Orton vs. Seth Rollins

Jesus, are we still watching Randy Orton matches while Sami Zayn sits for two years in Orlando? 

Randy Orton isn’t terrible; like Cena (or Hunter, or Batista or, eventually, Reigns) he can have good matches; it’s not like Kane has been at the top of the card the last decade; it’s that our increased access to better wrestling acts like baseball fans increased access to better metrics---its increasingly made all wrestling fans smart wrestling fans. The small bizarro world who would rather see Finn Balor in this match than Orton (or who boo when a manager uses his two hitter to bunt in the 7^th inning) has grown enough that it’s hard for even an effective monopoly like WWE to keep saying Randy Orton is one of the 

best wrestlers in the world. 

If Orton wins (and I’d expect it to be a good match) that’s a clue that Rollins might cash in that briefcase at the end of the night. Cena's in a feud with an evil Russian like it's 1980 and Mike Eruzione is gonna run in.  Rusev's good, but this is super dumb.   

US Title: 3 1/4 
Orton/Rollins: 3 1/2

Rusev/Cena was fine; Orton/Rollins was a tick less than hoped for, but with a great finish, and as predicted, set up the briefcase cash in.

Sting v. HHH

Undertaker v. Bray Wyatt

Combined age of these matches, not even including Bray, is 161. 

Did I mention Sami Zayn’s been in Orlando for two years?

There was a story to be told about Sting, an actual person and not a weird Goth superhero, finishing his career at Wrestlemania. There was a story to be told about the Undertaker, an actual person and not an undead magician, without his streak, now barely able to walk, coming back for one more challenge against a younger guy. 

They didn’t tell those stories; Sting’s a vigilante and The Undertaker’s David Copperfield.  These matches will both be too long and the good guys will probably win, although a cheap HHH victory to set up a rematch wouldn’t shock. 

Sting/Hunter: 2 stars
Undertaker/Bray: 2 3/4 stars

As expected, you really felt the creaking with both matches.  The booked the mess out of the Sting match, with and NWO/DX fight.  Hunter did take that match.

AJ Lee and Paige vs. The Bella Twins (Brie and Nikki Bella)

WWE women’s matches have, by and large, been bad.  Even a wrestler like Trish, who received acclaim for her level of improvement, was graded on a steep “not a bad jumper for a fat dude” curve. 

There’s a possibility that may change, Ric Flair’s daughter Charlotte shows some Ronda Rousey like potential as a real breakout star based on her working ability as opposed to her ass.  That possibility, despite what you read at Grantland (Masked Man is WWE Pravda) doesn’t have anything to do with the Bellas, and this match will be skippable.

Skippable.  1 3/4, Rousey did an angle with the Princess for a match I won't care about.  There's nothing a McMahon could possibly do in 2015 worth watching.  

Pre Show Matches:

Tag Titles : Tyson Kidd and Cesaro (c) (with Natalya) vs. The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) (with Xavier Woods) vs. Los Matadores (Diego and Fernando) (with El Torito) vs. The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) (with Naomi)

André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal

Cesaro might be, right now, the best wrestler in the WWE; a year ago he was getting over, but spent most of his days subsequent getting his Swiss blood drained all over the WWE hallways.  He and Tyson Kidd, a veteran of the “not nearly as pushed as his ability would suggest” cohort are the tag champs, they defend in the pre show.  Let’s decide they keep the belts. 

Everyone not in an earlier match is in the battle royal, which has also been moved to the pre-show (another indication that maybe a Rollins cash in might be an unannounced end to Mania).  Sheamus is returning, I’ll say he wins (if Kenta wins, look for my Counterfactual to cease operations, because it means I’ve gotten the call.)

Tags:  good stuff, as predicted
Battle Royal: Show won.

Is the show worth watching? Sure – it’s Wrestlemania, the ladder match is a real possibility to be very good, Rollins/Orton will probably be good – and there’s real booking uncertainty about the end of the card.  It’s unlikely though that we’ll see matches crack the upper reaches of the following list.

Worth watching, not a great show, but solidly within the Wrestlemania canon.

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 WM30

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. Daniel Bryan d. HHH 26:00 (30) 4
22. Undertaker d. CM Punk 22 (29) 4
23.   Ultimate Warrior d. Randy Savage 20:30 (7) 4
24. Undertaker d. HHH 29 min (27) 4

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

26.   Undertaker d. HHH 30:30 (28) 4

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

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

29.   MITB: 14 min (24) 3 ¾

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

31.   WWF Title: Hulk Hogan d. Randy Savage 18 min (5) 3 ¾ 
32. WWF Title: Daniel Bryan d. Randy Orton/Batista 23:30 (30) 3 3/4 

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

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

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

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

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

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

39.   MITB 19 min (23) 3 ½

40.   MITB 12:30 (21) 3 ½ 

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

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

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

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

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

47.   MITB 13:30 (26) 3 ½

48.   MITB 14:30 (25) 3 ½

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

58.   Randy Orton d. CM Punk 15min (27) 3 ¼ 
59. John Cena d. Bray Wyatt 23 min (30) 3 1/4

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

89.   HHH d. Sheamus 12 min (26) 3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

99.   Brutus Beefcake d. Mr Perfect 8 min (6) 3
100.   Tags: Demolition d. Rick Martel/Tito Santana 8 min (4) 3

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

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

103.   Jr. Open 10:30 (20)
104. Brock Lesnar d. Undertaker 25:30 (30)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

116.                        Hardcore Title Battle Royal 15 min (16)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

151.                        Undertaker d. Kane 17 min (14)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

159.                        12 Man Tag 11:30 (28)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

184.                        Killer Bees d. Iron Sheik/Nikolai Volkoff 6 min (3)
185. The Shield d. Kane/NAO 3 min (30)

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

187.                        Batista d. Umaga 7 min (24)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

197.                        WWF Title: Hulk Hogan d. Andre the Giant 12 min (3)
198. Battle Royal 12:30 (30)
199                        Battle Royal 10 min (4)

200.                        Battle Royal (2)

201.                        Tag Team Battle Royal 8:30 (14)
202.                        Razor Ramon d. Bob Backlund 4 min (9)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

210.                        Undertaker d. Kane 8 min (20)

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

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

213.                        British Bulldog d. Warlord 8 min (7)
214. Mark Henry d. Ryback 8 min (29)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

223.                        Bushwackers d. Rougeaus 5 min (5)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

237.                        8 Man 1:30 (27)

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

239.                        Big Moss Man d. Akeem 2 min (6)
240. Women: 14 Divas Match (30) 6:30

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

257.                        Earthquake d. Hercules 5 min (6)

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

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

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

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

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

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

264.                        Gimmick Battle Royal 3 min (17)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

280.                        10 Woman Tag 3:30 (26)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

290.                        Miss Wrestlemania Battle Royal 6 min (25)

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

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

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