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Post by Evil Abed on Aug 18, 2014 17:29:07 GMT -5
I thought this could be an interesting topic, what wrestlers in a certain year do you think should have been the main event at Wrestlemania?
Again this is based off of a certain year and not an overall career.
Kurt Angle - Wrestlemania 18
I feel like Kurt Angle following his monster 2001 year face run and heel turn that it would have been so much better for storylines that Kurt was the first Undisputed Champion and headlined Mania 18 against Triple H. They still could have had Steph be part of it and probably would have made more sense given the past love triangle between Triple H/Kurt Angle/Stephanie McMahon. As well as Jericho did in 2001, I feel like Kurt did quite a bit better getting his character over and should have been main eventing.
Kane - Wrestlemania 17
Ok will probably catch some flack for this one, not knocking Rock/Austin by any means and probably wouldn't even have changed the main event but this is more of a confusion as to why they did what they did with Kane's character following Royal Rumble 2001. Kane looked like an absolute unbeatable beast at the Royal Rumble and then after that went on to play second fiddle to Undertaker and feud with Raven, Haku, Rikishi, and Big Show after. Seems like such a wasted opportunity on a guy that was legit jacked, ripped and looked like a beast in early 2001. If there ever was another opportunity for Kane to have been champion in his career, I think it could have been in 2001.
CM Punk - Wrestlemania 29
This should have been the match that main evented Mania 29 - John Cena vs. CM Punk. Everyone knew that Punk wasnt beating Taker and Cena was going to be put over Rock killing a ton of interest in Wrestlemania outcomes. These two always have put on phenomenal matches and just proved evident following the snorefest of Rock/Cena 2 that this should have main evented instead. It would have been so easy to have Punk beat Rock at Rumble, Cena win Rumble and face Rock at Elimination Chamber and beat him to give us Punk/Cena at Mania 29.
Randy Orton - Wrestlemania 27
Lets be honest anything would have been better than Cena/Miz at Mania 27 even with the Rock involved. Orton was on the hottest roll of his career in early 2010 through late 2010 getting some of the biggest pops during that time. It still confuses me what Miz did to be put in that spot. He was barely getting reactions at the time and completely flopped as WWE Champion. Should have been Orton/Punk or Orton/Cena IMO.
I'm interested to hear what wrestlers you guys think should have main evented over others.
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Post by cordless2016 on Aug 18, 2014 18:39:43 GMT -5
WM11 - Diesel/HBK I have no problem with LT/Bam Bam but it should not have min evented.
WM13 - Bret/Austin Everybody had to have known that Taker/Sid was going to be a stinker. By this point we knew the chemistry Bret and Austin had and it should have main evented even if it wasn't for the title.
WM16 - HHH/Rock with Foley as the special ref This is the match everybody wanted. I get they wanted to wait a month for Austin to be cleared and to give Foley a WM main event spot but HHH/Rock was the match everyone wanted to see. Foley could be the special ref and HHH could still end up walking out with the title and setting up for Backlash the next month.
WM18 - Hogan/Rock Once this match was announced it was clearly the match everyone wanted to see, not HHH/Jericho.
WM23 - Batista/Undertaker Match of the night and IMO a bigger match than Cena/HBK at the time.
WM24 - Batista/Undertaker I love Edge but I've never thought that him and Taker had great chemistry, and I felt their WM24 match was boring. I'd put Batista in with Taker since they work great together and to make up for the year prior. I can honestly say I loved every Batista/Taker match.
WM25 - Cena/Edge Get the Big Show crap out of here. Cena/Edge was the big match at the time and always had great chemistry. Put them on last and I think the crowd would have received them better going on after Taker/HBK than the big time letdown HHH/Orton match.
WM26 - Cena/Batista I think there are very few matches that are bigger than the WWE or World Title matches that should go on last at WM. Hogan/Rock is one of those matches. Cena/Rock is another. IMO, Taker/HBK is not (for the record I also find their WM25 and WM26 matches overrated).
WM27 - Cena/Orton, CM Punk, or Sheamus Anything would have been better than Miz. If the WWE had booked the Nexus correctly I could see Cena/Barrett main eventing. However with the options we had without changing anything up until this point I think Orton, Punk, or Sheamus would have been fine here. I've never seen Miz as anything more than midcard fodder and couldn't stand his main event run. A lot of people blame the WWE's booking but I just didn't see any main event qualities in him and simply could not buy him being on even ground with Cena and Orton.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2014 21:22:21 GMT -5
Macho Man vs. Ric Flair - WM 8 Diesel vs. HBK - WM 11 Hogan vs. Rock - WM 18 Mysterio vs. Orton vs. Angle - WM 22 Undertaker vs. HHH - WM 27
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Aug 18, 2014 21:45:47 GMT -5
WM11 - Diesel/HBK I have no problem with LT/Bam Bam but it should not have min evented. WM13 - Bret/Austin Everybody had to have known that Taker/Sid was going to be a stinker. By this point we knew the chemistry Bret and Austin had and it should have main evented even if it wasn't for the title. WM16 - HHH/Rock with Foley as the special ref This is the match everybody wanted. I get they wanted to wait a month for Austin to be cleared and to give Foley a WM main event spot but HHH/Rock was the match everyone wanted to see. Foley could be the special ref and HHH could still end up walking out with the title and setting up for Backlash the next month. WM18 - Hogan/Rock Once this match was announced it was clearly the match everyone wanted to see, not HHH/Jericho. WM23 - Batista/Undertaker Match of the night and IMO a bigger match than Cena/HBK at the time. WM24 - Batista/Undertaker I love Edge but I've never thought that him and Taker had great chemistry, and I felt their WM24 match was boring. I'd put Batista in with Taker since they work great together and to make up for the year prior. I can honestly say I loved every Batista/Taker match. WM25 - Cena/Edge Get the Big Show crap out of here. Cena/Edge was the big match at the time and always had great chemistry. Put them on last and I think the crowd would have received them better going on after Taker/HBK than the big time letdown HHH/Orton match. WM26 - Cena/Batista I think there are very few matches that are bigger than the WWE or World Title matches that should go on last at WM. Hogan/Rock is one of those matches. Cena/Rock is another. IMO, Taker/HBK is not (for the record I also find their WM25 and WM26 matches overrated). WM27 - Cena/Orton, CM Punk, or Sheamus Anything would have been better than Miz. If the WWE had booked the Nexus correctly I could see Cena/Barrett main eventing. However with the options we had without changing anything up until this point I think Orton, Punk, or Sheamus would have been fine here. I've never seen Miz as anything more than midcard fodder and couldn't stand his main event run. A lot of people blame the WWE's booking but I just didn't see any main event qualities in him and simply could not buy him being on even ground with Cena and Orton. Hmm, I found Edge/Undertaker to be one of the best Streak matches ever. The only other thing I disliked about this was that Undertaker/HBK wasn't bigger than the WWE Title. They knew that after WM 25 these two needed to go on last especially with HBK's career on the line. Anyway, I'd say that CM Punk should have main evented in WrestleMania 29. WrestleMania 27 could've had Orton/Cena. WrestleMania 8 should've been headlined by the WWF Title match, whether it was Hogan/Flair of Savage/Flair.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Aug 18, 2014 23:43:29 GMT -5
Wrestlemania VI - Rick Martel vs. Koko B. Ware
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2014 10:00:12 GMT -5
I also found UT vs Edge to be one of the absolute best streak matches. First time I thought the streak was over.
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Post by Jonathan Karate on Aug 19, 2014 14:51:28 GMT -5
I also found UT vs Edge to be one of the absolute best streak matches. First time I thought the streak was over. Orton/Taker will always have that honor for me. But on to the topic. Wrestlemania 7- Savage/Warrior Wrestlemania 8- Savage/Flair Wrestlemania 11-Michaels/Diesel although Bam Bam/LT was pretty good despite not expecting much. Wrestlemania 13-Hart/Austin or Hart/Taker for the title. I would basically have the Summerslam main event at Wrestlemania. HBK and all. Taker/Vader would be a viable option too. Wrestlemania 2000- Triple H/Rock Wrestlemania 18-Rock/Hogan if they can't book Austin/Hogan. Wrestlemania 22- Cena/Edge Wrestlemania 25-HHH/Orton HIAC or Cena/Edge in a gimmick match. If you can't do those then HBK/Taker Wrestlemania 26-Batista/Cena or Edge/Jericho with Edge going over. Wrestlemania 27- Cena/Punk, Orton/Punk or Cena/Orton/Punk/Sheamus in a fatal four-way. Wrestlemania 28-Triple H/Undertaker or Punk/Jericho. But this is understandable. Wrestlemania 29- Punk/Taker, Punk/Rock, Punk/Rock/Cena, or Punk/Cena. Basically just get Punk in the main event. He deserved it and being there live I can tell you he was the most over guy on the show and was being HEAVILY cheered over Taker. It doesn't come across as prominently on the broadcast but I cannot fathom enough how much the crowd was split. They were still cheering for Taker but that crowd wanted Punk to win and without Paul Bearers death I firmly believe he would have. Either way how should have been in the main event.
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Post by 0,Y on Aug 20, 2014 9:04:27 GMT -5
Either Punk/Rock/Cena or Punk/Cena should have main-evented WrestleMania 29. In the latter case you could always have Rock/Taker. Would have made a great card with Punk vs. Cena for the title, Rock vs. Taker and Lesnar vs. HHH rematch.
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Post by MrPerfect25 on Aug 21, 2014 11:12:19 GMT -5
Mania 2000 Rock/HHH
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Post by Next Man’s Yeeter on Aug 21, 2014 11:17:05 GMT -5
Hogan vs Rock - 18 Undertaker vs Michaels - 25
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2014 11:26:55 GMT -5
WWF Championship- Hogan/Piper (c) - WM 1 (Mr T as Guest Ref, Hogan wins which leads to Piper/T at WM 2)
WWF Championship- Triple H/Rock - WM 16
Rock/Hogan - WM 18
WHC- Undertaker/Batista - WM 23
WWE Championship: Punk/Rock/Cena - WM 29
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2014 11:35:52 GMT -5
The most obvious one to me is Hogan/Rock.
The crowd during the Jericho/HHH match says it all.
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Post by Mr. K.O on Aug 21, 2014 14:08:50 GMT -5
Hogan/Rock absolutely. The crowd was on fire and the match itself was bigger than the title.
Punk/Rock/Cena or Punk/Cena at WM29. Either scenario was fine with me. If Punk and Cena had that match from RAW at Mania, then it would be more memorable for sure just because it took place AT WrestleMania. If we had the Triple Threat, Cena's redemption story would have come full circle. Cena would have defeated two of his biggest rivals in one match AND won the title on the biggest stage. It pleases everybody: Punk gets his main event spot, Rock works a high profile match, and Cena wins the title.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2014 9:41:35 GMT -5
The most obvious one to me is Hogan/Rock. The crowd during the Jericho/HHH match says it all. Its also the fact that the result of HHH vs Jericho was HEAVILY telegraphed and nobody had any interest in it because Jericho was a spectator in the HHH/Steph feud. It would not have mattered where this match was placed IMO....nobody cared anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2014 11:12:12 GMT -5
The most obvious one to me is Hogan/Rock. The crowd during the Jericho/HHH match says it all. Its also the fact that the result of HHH vs Jericho was HEAVILY telegraphed and nobody had any interest in it because Jericho was a spectator in the HHH/Steph feud. It would not have mattered where this match was placed IMO....nobody cared anyway. True. But even if it had been handled well, people were there to see Hogan vs. Rock.
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Post by McBlake on Aug 22, 2014 13:16:01 GMT -5
Gonna play devils advocate and say Hogan/Austin should have main evented Wrestlemania X8.
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Post by TKO Propagandist on Aug 22, 2014 13:32:11 GMT -5
Rock/Hogan WM 18, Undertaker/HBK WM 25, CM Punk/Cena WM 27, Punk/Cena/Rock WM 29.
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Post by Jonathan Karate on Aug 22, 2014 13:45:16 GMT -5
Rock/Hogan WM 18, Undertaker/HBK WM 25, CM Punk/Cena WM 27, Punk/Cena/Rock WM 29. Imagine this scenario: Punk/Cena main events WM27. Rocky somehow screws Cena and Punk wins. Punk drops the belt before MITB and then MITB and everything after plays out the way it did. Mania 28 goes the way it did with Rocky going over. Mania 29 is headlined by Punk/Rock/Cena with Cena finally overcoming both after two years of not being able to beat either. That is a much better story then what we got and probably a much better match then what we got at WM29. But once again I would not give up Punk/Taker for anything. It is an honor to know I witnessed the last great streak match between my two favorite of all time WWE wise.
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Post by Mr Angry Cena on Aug 22, 2014 13:45:49 GMT -5
I just watched Taker vs HBK at WM25 and it is one of the best matches I've ever seen. I would also say Rock vs Hulk should have closed the show.
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Post by cordless2016 on Aug 22, 2014 18:38:00 GMT -5
I also found UT vs Edge to be one of the absolute best streak matches. First time I thought the streak was over. Orton/Taker will always have that honor for me. But on to the topic. Wrestlemania 7- Savage/Warrior Wrestlemania 8- Savage/Flair Wrestlemania 11-Michaels/Diesel although Bam Bam/LT was pretty good despite not expecting much. Wrestlemania 13-Hart/Austin or Hart/Taker for the title. I would basically have the Summerslam main event at Wrestlemania. HBK and all. Taker/Vader would be a viable option too. Wrestlemania 2000- Triple H/Rock Wrestlemania 18-Rock/Hogan if they can't book Austin/Hogan. Wrestlemania 22- Cena/Edge Wrestlemania 25-HHH/Orton HIAC or Cena/Edge in a gimmick match. If you can't do those then HBK/Taker Wrestlemania 26-Batista/Cena or Edge/Jericho with Edge going over. Wrestlemania 27- Cena/Punk, Orton/Punk or Cena/Orton/Punk/Sheamus in a fatal four-way. Wrestlemania 28-Triple H/Undertaker or Punk/Jericho. But this is understandable. Wrestlemania 29- Punk/Taker, Punk/Rock, Punk/Rock/Cena, or Punk/Cena. Basically just get Punk in the main event. He deserved it and being there live I can tell you he was the most over guy on the show and was being HEAVILY cheered over Taker. It doesn't come across as prominently on the broadcast but I cannot fathom enough how much the crowd was split. They were still cheering for Taker but that crowd wanted Punk to win and without Paul Bearers death I firmly believe he would have. Either way how should have been in the main event. Yes to Orton/Taker. When Orton turned the chokeslam into an RKO I thought it was all over. I can honestly say that Orton and Batista were the only 2 guys I felt would defeat Taker at WM since the brand extension in 2002. I never once felt Edge would defeat him, especially since they went on last.
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