Mat Insiders: Ranking The 31 WrestleMania Main Events

6. Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania 12- This is the match where “The Showstopper” was born. From start to finish, both men tore the house down in a different way. It wasn’t high-risk maneuvers that made this match great. The moments that made this match great were the suspenseful holds that wore down each combatant. It was HBK suffering through the Sharpshooter to force a sudden-death overtime. It was the Sweet Chin Music that made “The Boyhood Dream” come true. From Michaels making his way to the ring from the rafters by a zip line to the finish that made Shawn Michaels’ career take off, this match was stellar.

5. Triple H vs. Chris Benoit vs. Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania 20-From a wrestling standpoint, this match was fantastic. Most people at the time were so accustomed to seeing the HHH vs. HBK feud so, having Benoit in the match as a wild-card was a great move by the WWE. All three men brought the intensity needed to make this a great match. Benoit forcing The Game to submit to the Crippler Crossface was the first time in WrestleMania history that a main event ended by submission. WrestleMania 20 ends with Benoit and Eddie Guerrero standing tall with their titles in hand, which was an emotional moment for everyone involved at the time.

4. Daniel Bryan vs. Batista vs. Randy Orton at WrestleMania 30- The feud between Daniel Bryan and The Authority might be one of the best feuds that WrestleMania has ever had. The reason I say that is because Daniel Bryan wasn’t really in the plans for a WrestleMania main event. It was supposed the return of Batista, where fans could be happy to see The Animal again. Batista chose the wrong time to come back, as Daniel Bryan had taken the WWE by storm and the WWE Universe absolutely loved it. Bryan went through so many heartbreaks on the way to WrestleMania that it made fans so emotionally invested in him. The true story of the underdog finally had a storybook ending, when Bryan defeated Triple H earlier in the night to earn a spot in the main event. After being attacked after the match, Bryan’s chances of winning looked bleak. In the main event, Bryan took everything that The Authority threw at him and prevailed. Bryan and the WWE Universe chanting “Yes!” will always be one of the best closes to a WrestleMania.

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