Wrestling expert Jim Jividen previews Wrestlemania 29 and ranks every single Wrestlemania match in the pay-per-view’s long and storied history.
Sunday is Wrestlemania 29.
The first major sporting event I can specifically recall watching in real time is the ’77 World Series; I remember Reggie Jackson’s three homer game with more specificity than I do Albert Pujols matching him in 2011.
I had just turned 7.
The year before the Reds won their second straight World Series; when I think about those late 70s Yankee teams I feel them as part of my life– the way I process thoughts about the ’77 World Series is very different than everything that came before. The Big Red Machine might as well be the Gas House Gang to me. They’re pages in history books.
Popular sports bloggers now are younger than I am; there’s a heavily trafficked Giants blog whose author is too young to remember Will Clark. I haven’t entirely reconciled that yet – probably in the same way someone of a generation previous to mine who read something I wrote about baseball fifteen years ago wouldn’t be inclined to give me the benefit of the doubt about Willie Mays.
I don’t remember any World Series before ’77 or Super Bowl prior to XII.
But Wrestlemania? I was 14 in the spring of 1985, a wrestling fan for 2-3 years at that point. I saw Rocky III in a Marion, Ohio movie theater and Hogan and Mr. T in their SNL sketch with Fernando as it was airing.
Not Fandango. Fernando. These kids today…
I’ve seen them all. Every minute of every match. Sunday we do it again.
WWE Title Match: The Rock © vs. John Cena
-A year ago, the build for the first version of this match was predicated on an inter-generational fight. Rock, representing the “Attitude Era” the much lamented golden age of wrestling profitability criticized Cena (and, by extension, the ethos of modern WWE) as being a children’s product. The Rock’s a weird vehicle for that as a broader perspective might see both as quarter pounders with different wrappers – the shift from Styrofoam to cardboard doesn’t really change a flavor designed to be palatable to the most mouths possible. I still go to McDonald’s sometimes; it’s a super familiar taste but I don’t confuse it with a 4 star sandwich.
Rock’s got the strap, which will surprise fans who only tune in once a year and wonder why the guy in those Paul Walker movies is on USA leading into a dancing segment by the Funkasaurus. He ended CM Punk’s run, the longest since the Hulk Hogan title reign during which that first ever Wrestlemania took place, at the Rumble (Cena won the actual Rumble to get the shot) and has presumably been toting this belt to all of his B list functions subsequent (I’m picturing Rock at In and Out with Dax Sheppard and Marlee Matlin; the newly designed title belt over his shoulder as they split some animal fries off the secret menu).
The storyline is that Cena lost a match he could not afford to lose at WM28 and it has ruined his life. That might be more impactful had they played that at any point, in the way, say, that TNA is doing with AJ Styles. Instead, Cena walked out of losing to the Rock and right into going over the returning Brock Lesnar at the very next PPV and spent the year being the same John Cena we’ve seen for years, unchanged by wins, losses, time, space. He’s a cartoon. Brightly colored, one dimensional, voiced by Hank Azaria. He’s TV’s John Cena.
He wins here, because he has to, in a match that will be just fine and too long and not worth watching a second time.
I think there’s a possible heel beatdown postmatch, either by Lesnar, taking out his frustrations over losing to HHH – or, more interestingly, by Lesnar and Punk together – finally joining forces under Paul Heyman to become a mega heel duo.
World Title Match: Alberto Del Rio © vs. Jack Swagger
-Del Rio has held the secondary world title belt since the beginning of the year, turning babyface in such a transparent way to gain Hispanic interest you’d expect that Rance Priebus had joined the creative team. He’s been targeted directly by a newly repackaged Jack Swagger, now an anti-immigrant zealot with a particularly effective mouthpiece, Zeb Colter (Dutch Mantel). Swagger may not come out of Mania with the belt, but he’s already polling really well in his red state congressional primary. I look forward to reading his position papers on climate change (Like evolution and raising taxes on millionaires – another secular scientist hoax) and gun control (If Jesus wanted to limit how many assault weapons I could own, why did He give me two hands?).
Swagger won the Elimination Chamber match in February to get the shot and has taken out Del Rio and his walkaround guy Ricardo multiple times. They’re both competent midcard workers; give them 14 minutes and they can give you a 3 ½ star match. I’m going to say Del Rio keeps, but is then laid out by Swagger allowing for Dolph Ziggler to cash in the briefcase and win the strap.
Brock Lesnar vs. HHH
-Imagine if you will, from a business perspective, the following counterfactual – Brock doesn’t put Cena over immediately upon returning to wrestling; instead, he takes that white hot reaction he received a year ago when he emerged, a conquering hero in the eyes of a wrestling public that viewed him as a legitimate, UFC approved, wrecking machine – and runs over everyone they put against him all year long until facing the Undertaker at Wrestlemania. An unbeatable, maybe uncontrollable, legitimate beast against the Streak. Look, my wrestling preferences are not aligned with the business needs of WWE; I am willing to accept that the Wrestlemania I’d construct with this roster (Generico and Pac would get 22 minutes) is probably not the one best calculated to sell merchandise. But nothing, from the time Lesnar walked from behind the curtain the night after last year’s Mania, could have seemed more obvious, from solely a business perspective, than Unstoppable force v. Immovable object, and they absolutely could have had that match and chose to toss it away.
Instead they have this. Brock beat Hunter at Summer Slam, Brock broke Hunter’s arm (and Shawn’s, for good measure) and then F-5’d the Old Man. Hunter busted up Brock hard way in retaliation and then was forced to put his career on the line to get this match.
They’ve added Shawn for Hunter’s corner and made this a No Holds Barred stip, ensuring this will be a good match; I’d guess no worse than second best on the show. Theoretically it’s possible that Hunter might lose (perhaps with Shawn throwing in the towel in a way that could lead to a year long build to a Hunter/Shawn match at WM30; maybe if they are both violating their retirement stip for one match they can get away with it – maybe DX goes into the Hall of Fame the night before to add to the tension) but I don’t know that Hunter has it in him to lose again to Lesnar.
CM Punk vs. Undertaker
What story were they planning to tell before Paul Bearer died?
In each of the previews I’ve written in this space, I’ve discussed Punk’s title run; encouraging as far back as August that it be centered around length. Punk had the longest WWF/E title run in a quarter century; it’s the first line in his wrestling obituary. So here he is, just two months after the end of that historic run in a match against what is probably the most focused upon streak in the history of wrestling – the Undertaker’s unbeaten Wrestlemania record.
And instead of that story – we’re throwing around an urn.
Among the merits to the last four Undertaker matches was the lack of goofy. The Undertaker is no longer undead, he’s a veteran athlete who, through guile and fortitude, can rise to the occasion one day a year and win his match regardless of circumstance. He’s extinguished Michaels and Hunter in “last of a dying breed” matches – where the implicit (and last year, explicit) premise has been the last connection to the glory days of the promotion is on display, maybe for the last time.
Remember when Hunter stood in the ring in the build to 28 and told the Undertaker that there weren’t any guys in the dressing room like the two of them anymore? My money is it’s Punk who would have been the most pissed off, the most likely to want to tell those old men to get the hell out of his ring. He could have done that here.
Instead of that – instead of running on that kind of aggrieved, believable, “you Attitude Era assholes need to go away – and with my 400+ days as WWE Champ, I’m the guy to make it happen” fuel — they gave Punk Paul Bearer’s urn. And that just makes the Undertaker so doggone mad!
There’s some mileage to be gained from a full frontal attack on the Attitude Era – Punk could have told the Undertaker that not only is he better than the Dead Man, and Michaels, and Austin, and Rock – but there are a half dozen guys buried throughout the roster who are better than they are now or ever were and it’s time the WWE stopped living in its past. Much like Punk’s original shoot promo, the way to generate some heat into this program would be to tap an existing vein. I can believe Punk’s pissed off that the Undertaker is still hanging onto his Wrestlemania spot; I can’t believe that Punk is tormenting him about William Moody’s death.
The problem with using “real life tragedy” in a wrestling angle isn’t that it’s distasteful or disrespectful – it’s that it isn’t believable; it makes the program a joke. No one above the age of 12 could possibly think that Punk could really be desecrating Paul Bearer’s remains, and no one under that age has any idea who Paul Bearer was.
It should have been a one week reference — cut the heat promo on the dead manager, inject some personal animosity into the broader program – but what could have had some real energy just became a childish angle that makes this the most disappointing program of the Wrestlemania build.
It’s probably still the best match of the night, no worse than second behind HHH/Brock.
Tag Team Title Match: Team Hell No © vs. Ziggler and Langston
-Kane and Daniel Bryan have been champs since September. It’s almost 7 months. That’s the longest tag run in three years.
Has this been a good year for Bryan Danielson? A year ago, the most sustained show long crowd reaction the day after The Rock met John Cena was not for either of those guys, but instead for Danielson, who wasn’t even booked. Daniel Bryan chants filled arenas for months – and while you can’t call a 7 month tag title run a burial, he clearly isn’t as over as was he at this point last year. He became a crutch for creative; Danielson could do the comedy vignettes that would fill the programming, and the lack of good matches and the disinclination to frame him for the WWE audience as someone who you can count on when you want to see a good wrestling match (which was how they branded Mr. Perfect, for example) makes this sort of a lost year. Hopefully, what it’s done is eliminate the downside risk (good luck with your future endeavors) as his non-wrestling utility is probably accepted by management. I don’t know if he’s any closer to a 25 minute Wrestlemania match today than he’s been throughout his tenure with the promotion. Presumably, they recognize they can’t rely on Rock/Hunter/Undertaker for too many high profile matches going forward and would at some point utilize the star power of that generation to help create the next wave of wrestlers who will make the company money in future Wrestlemanias. But there doesn’t appear much indication of that, and certainly not with Bryan.
I’m tired of being wrong about the champs dropping this belt and Danielson breaking free of this tag team. I predict it in every event.
I’m picking it here too. Ziggler and Langston win the belts.
Chris Jericho vs. Fandango
-For whatever reason, Vince became convinced that “evil ballroom dancer” was the right way to counterprogram RAW against Dancing With the Stars, and given his past appearance on that show (although I don’t know that it’s been referenced as part of this build) Jericho has gotten the call to help get Fandango over.
The “evil” element of the Fandango gimmick is working pretty well; he’s viciously attacked Jericho multiple times and looked believable in doing it. The ballroom dancer part of the gimmick has shorter legs; like Doink – it probably can’t work as a babyface. I’d expect this to be too short to matter much with the dancer going over (Maksim Chmerkovskiy left Dancing with the Stars this season, his run in to aid Fandango would be the weirdest Mania celebrity cameo since Herb, the guy who never ate a Whopper, teamed with GenichiroTenryu).
Ryback vs. Mark Henry
-This is not an arm wrestling match or a bodyslam challenge, but, for those of you unfamiliar with these men, it might as well be. They will stand in the middle of the ring and slowly hit each other with clubbering fists until Ryback bodyslams Henry and gets the win.
Randy Orton, Big Show and Sheamus vs. The Shield (Rollins, Reigns and Ambrose)
-If you’re like me you’re watching the inaugural season of Big Brother Canada…
…And you watch the US and UK versions as well – years ago, I was starting to go out with a woman and my brother said “tell her you own 5 wresting DVDs. Five. You keep that shit to yourself”. My international interest in the Big Brother franchise isn’t that – but it can see that from there.
So, if you’re watching Big Brother Canada, you know that the main alliance in the house has nicknamed itself The Shield and uses the X armsign upon casting votes to evict. I’m rooting like hell for them.
I’m also rooting for their WWE namesake – The Shield hasn’t gotten nearly enough ringtime considering the quality of two of its members; WWE doesn’t have to become the workrate based promotion that I’d prefer to recognize that they can use match quality to help get guys over. There’s no reason to beat them here against an ad hoc babyface team. Randy Orton looks as bored as a 14 year old during a mitosis lecture. If he doesn’t turn here, he’s never going to pass Biology.
Brodus Clay, Tensai, Cameron and Naomi vs. Cody Rhodes, Damien Sandow, Nikki and Brie Bella
There will be dancing.
That’s the show – it’s perfectly fine. The Undertaker/Punk and Hunter/Brock matches certainly have **** potential; the possibility of Ziggler cashing in his briefcase and Daniel Bryan wrestling for more than 18 seconds are also worth some anticipation. The pre-show has a Barrett/Miz (and maybe a Cesaro?) match; it’s five hours of sports entertainment for your wrestling dollar, and is bound to be a happening.
To the best of my knowledge, there is no analogue for the following:
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.
1 IC Title: Razor Ramon d. Shawn Michaels 19 min (10) 5
2. Owen Hart d. Bret Hart 20:30 (10) 53. Bret Hart d. Steve Austin 22 min (13) 4 ¾
4. IC: Ricky Steamboat d. Randy Savage 14:30 (3) 4 ¾5. 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 ½10. Undertaker d. Shawn Michaels 30:30 (25) 4 ¼
11. WWF Title: Randy Savage d. Ric Flair 18 min (8) 4 ¼12. 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. Money in the Bank 15 min (21) 4
18. IC: Bret Hart d. Roddy Piper 14:00 (8) 4
19. Shawn Michaels d. Chris Jericho 22:30 (19) 4
20. Ultimate Warrior d. Randy Savage 20:30 (7) 4
21. Undertaker d. HHH 29 min (27) 4
22. WWF Title: Steve Austin d. Rock 28 min (17) 4
23. Undertaker d. HHH 30:30 (28) 4
24. WWF Title: CM Punk d. Chris Jericho 22:30 (28) 425. Edge d. Mick Foley 14:30 (22) 3 ¾
26. MITB: 14 min (24) 3 ¾
27. WWF Title: Steve Austin d. Shawn Michaels 20 min (14) 3 ¾
28. WWF Title: Hulk Hogan d. Randy Savage 18 min (5) 3 ¾29. IC/Euro: Chris Jericho &Chris Benoit d. Kurt Angle 13:30 (16) 3 ½
30. WWF/IC Titles: Ultimate Warrior d. Hulk Hogan 23:30 (6) 3 ½
31. WWF Title: Diesel d. Shawn Michaels 20:30 (11) 3 ½
32. World: Rey Mysterio d. Kurt Angle d. Randy Orton 9:30 (22) 3 ½
33. Rock d. Steve Austin 18 min (19) 3 ½
34. Christian d. Chris Jericho 15 min (20) 3 ½
35. MITB 19 min (23) 3 ½
36. MITB 12:30 (21) 3 ½37. World: Undertaker d. Batista 16 min (23) 3 ½
38. Undertaker d. HHH 18 min (17) 3 1/2
39. WWF Title: HHH d. Rock d. Mick Foley d. Big Show 36:30 (16) 3 ½
40. Shawn Michaels d. Ric Flair 20:30 (24) 3 ½
41. World Title: Undertaker d. Edge 24 min (24) 3 ½
42. Brainbusters d. Tito Santana/Rick Martel 9 min (5) 3 ½
43. MITB 13:30 (26) 3 ½
44. MITB 14:30 (25) 3 ½
45. WWF Title: John Cena d. Shawn Michaels 27:30 (23) 3 ½
46. Rock d. John Cena 30:30 (28) 3 ½47. Ric Flair/Randy Orton/Batista d. Mick Foley/Rock 17 min (20) 3 ¼
48. Rey Mysterio d. Eddie Guerrero 12:30 (21) 3 1/4
49. Tags: Cactus Jack/Chainsaw Charlie (Terry Funk) d. New Age Outlaws 10 min (14) 3 ¼
50. Matt Hardy d. Jeff Hardy 13 min (25) 3 ¼
51. World Title: Chris Jericho d. Edge 15:30 (26) 3 ¼
52. Undertaker d. Diesel 16:30 (12) 3 ¼
53. Randy Orton d. CM Punk 15min (27) 3 ¼
54. World Title: Edge d. Alberto del Rio 11:30 (27) 3 ¼
55. Tags: Nastys d. Hart Foundation 12 min (7) 3 ¼
56. Rockers d. Haku/Barbarian 10:30 (7) 3 ¼
57. Steve Austin d. Savio Vega 10 min (12) 3 ¼
58. Hart Foundation/Danny Davis d. British Bulldogs/Tito Santana 9 min (3) 3 ¼
59. Tags: British Bulldogs d. Greg Valentine/Brutus Beefcake 12 min (2) 3 ¼
60. Terry Funk/Dory Funk d. Tito Santana/Junkyard Dog 11:30 (2) 3 ¼61. Tags: Shelton Benjamin/Charlie Haas d. Eddie Guerrero/Chavo Guerrero d. Chris Benoit/Rhyno 8:30 (19) 3
62. Tags: Vader/Mankind draw Owen Hart/British Bulldog 16 min (13) 3
63. Jr. Title: Taka Michinoku d. Aguila 6 min (14) 3
64. IC: Chris Jericho d. Steve Regal 7 min (17) 3
65. Mr. Perfect d. Blue Blazer (Owen Hart) 6 min (5) 3
66. Greg Valentine d. Ricky Steamboat 9 min (4) 3
67. LOD/Ahmed Johnson d. Farooq/Savio Vega/Crush 11 min (13) 3
68. Too Cool/Chyna d. Eddie Guerrero/Perry Saturn/Dean Malenko 9:30 (16) 3
69. IC: RVD d. Steve Regal 6:30 (18) 3
70. Kurt Angle d. Kane 11 min (18) 3
71. Orient Express d. Rockers 7:30 (6) 3
72. Cody Rhodes d. Rey Mysterio 12 min (27) 3
73. US: Chris Benoit d. MVP 9 min (23) 3
74. WWF Title: HHH d. Chris Jericho 18:30 (18) 3
75. WWF Title: Randy Orton d. HHH d. John Cena 14 min (24) 3
76. Euro: Shane McMahon d. XPac 8:30 (15)
77. Euro Title: HHH d. Owen Hart 11:30 (14) 3
78. WWF Title: HHH d. Booker T 18:30 (19) 3
79. WWF Title: Randy Savage d. Ted DiBiase 9 min (4) 3
80. WWF Title: John Cena d. Batista 13:30 (26) 3
81. WWF Title: John Cena d. HHH 22 min (22) 3
82. HHH d. Sheamus 12 min (26) 3
83. IC: Razor Ramon d. Jeff Jarrett 13:30 (11) 3
84. WWF Title: Hulk Hogan d. Sgt Slaughter 20:30 (7) 3
85. Tatanka d. Shawn Michaels 18:00 (9) 3
86. Steiners d. Headshrinkers 14:30 (9) 3
87. Shawn Michaels d. Tito Santana 10:30 (8) 3
88. Ted DiBiase d. Jake Roberts 12 min (6) 3
89. Shawn Michaels d. Vince McMahon 18:30 (22) 3
90. Shane McMahon d. Vince McMahon 14 min (17) 3
91. World Title: HHH d. Randy Orton 23:30 (25) 3
92. Brutus Beefcake d. Mr Perfect 8 min (6) 3
93. Tags: Demolition d. Rick Martel/Tito Santana 8 min (4) 394. Rey Mysterio d. CM Punk 6:30 (26)
95. Jr. Title: Matt Hardy d. Rey Mysterio 5:30 (19)
96. Jr. Open 10:30 (20)
97. Undertaker d. Ric Flair 19 min (18)
98. Vader/Owen Hart/British Bulldog d. Yokozuna/Ahmed Johnson/Jake Roberts 11:30 (12)
99. World Title: Batista d. HHH 21:30 (21)
100. US Title: JBL d. Chris Benoit 10 min (22)
101. JBL d. Fit Finlay 8:30 (24)
102. IC: Rick Rude d. Ultimate Warrior 9 min (5)
103. Boss Man/Akeem d. Rockers 8 min (5)
104. Randy Savage d. Crush 9:30 (10)
105. IC The Rock d. Ken Shamrock 5 min (14)
106. Hardcore Title: Kane d. Raven d. Big Show 9 min (17)
107. Hardcore Title Battle Royal 15 min (16)
108. WWF Title: Bret Hart d. Yokozuna 10:30 (10)
109. Bret Hart d. Bob Backlund 9:30 (11)
110. Roddy Piper d. Goldust 12 min (12)
111. WWF Title: John Cena d. Edge d. Big Show 14:30 (25)
112. Euro: Eddie Guerrero d. Test 8 min (17)
113. IC: Boss Man d. Perfect 10:30 (7)
114. Roddy Piper d. Adrian Adonis 7 min (3)
115. Randy Savage d. Greg Valentine 6 min (4)
116. Women’s Title: Mickie James d. Trish Stratus 8:30 (22)
117. Hulk Hogan d. Vince McMahon 20:30 (19)
118. Islanders/Bobby Heenan d. British Bulldogs/Koko B Ware 7:30 (4)
119. Hart Foundation d. Greg Valentine/Honky Tonk Man 7:30 (5)
120. Hulk Hogan/Mr. T d. Roddy Piper/Paul Orndorff 13 min (1)
121. Tags: Money Inc d. Hulk Hogan/Brutus Beefcake 18:30 (9)
122. Hardcore Title: Bob Holly d. Al Snow d. Billy Gunn 7 min (15)
123. Undertaker d. Randy Orton 14 min (21)
124. Hulk Hogan d. Rock 16:30 (18)
125. Edge d. Booker T 6:30 (18)
126. IC: Road Dogg d. Ken Shamrock d. Goldust d. Val Venis 8:30 (15)
127. Lex Luger d. Mr Perfect 11 min (9)
128. WWF Title: Undertaker d. Sid 21:30 (13)
129. Ricky Steamboat d. Hercules 7 min (2)
130. Hercules d. Haku 6:30 (5)
131. HHH d. Goldust 14:30 (13)
132. Tags: Owen Hart/Jeff Jarrett d. DLo Brown/Test 4 min (15)
133. Tags: Owen Hart/Yokozuna d. Smoking Gunns 9:30 (11)
134. Mankind d. Big Show 7 min (15)
135. Headbangers d. Doug Furnas/Phil Lafon d. Godwinns d. New Blackjacks 10:30 (13)
136. Goldust/Luna Vachon d. Marc Mero/Sable 9 min (14)
137. Euro: DDP d. Christian 6 min (18)
138. Randy Orton d. Ted DiBiase/Cody Rhodes 9 min (26)
139. Bobby Lashley d. Umaga 13 min (23)
140. Undertaker d. Kane 17 min (14)
141. Women: Trish d. Victoria d. Jazz 7 min (19)
142. Chris Jericho d. Jimmy Snuka/Roddy Piper/Ricky Steamboat 9 min (25)
143. WWF Title: Miz draw John Cena 15 min (27)
144. WWF Title: Yokozuna d. Bret Hart 9 min (9)
145. Floyd Mayweather d. Big Show 11:30 (24)
146. APA/Taz d. Goodfather/Val Venis/Bull Buchanan 4 min (17)
147. Rick Martel/Ton Zenk d. Don Muraco/Bob Orton 5:30 (3)
148. 12 Man Tag 11:30 (28)
149. RVD/Sabu/Sandman/Tommy Dreamer d. Elijah Burke/Matt Striker/Marcus Cor Von/Kevin Thorne 6:30 (23)
150. Undertaker d. Mark Henry 9:30 (22)
151. IC: Big Show d. Cody Rhodes 5 min (28)
152. Bill Goldberg d. Brock Lesnar 13:30 (20)
153. Steve Austin d. Scott Hall 10 min (18)
154. Tags: Natural Disasters d. Money Inc 8:30 (8)
155. Tags: Billy Gunn/Chuck Palumbo d. Hardys d. Dudleys d. APA 14 min (18)
156. British Bulldog/Lex Luger d. Blu Brothers 6:30 (11)
157. Tags: Men on a Mission d. Quebecers 7:30 (10)
158. Boss Man/Bull Buchanan d. D Lo Brown/Godfather 9 min (16)
159. Kane d. HHH 11:30 (15)
160. Tags: RVD/Booker d Dudleys d. La Resistance d. Mark Jindrak/Lance Cade 8 min (20)
161. IC: Rocky Maivia d. The Sultan (Rikishi) 9:30 (13)
162. US: John Cena d. Big Show 9 min (20)
163. Rikishi/Kane d. XPac/Road Dogg 4:30 (16)
164. Ted DiBiase draw Brutus Beefcake 10 min (5)
165. WWF Title: Hulk Hogan d. King Kong Bundy 10 min (2)
166. Tags: Kane/Show d. Carlito/Chris Masters 6:30 (22)
167. Boss Man/Virgil/Slaughter/Duggan d. Mountie/Repo Man/Nastys 6:30 (8)
168. Demolition d. Tenryu/Kitao 4:30 (7)
169. Tags: Demolition d. Powers of Pain/Fuji 9 min (5)
170. Lawrence Taylor d. Bam Bam Bigelow 11:30 (11)
171. Greg Valentine/Brutus Beefcake d. Rougeaus 4 min (3)
172. Tags: Nikolai Volkoff/Iron Sheik d. Barry Windham/Mike Rotundo 7 min (1)
173. Killer Bees d. Iron Sheik/Nikolai Volkoff 6 min (3)
174. IC Randy Savage d. George The Animal Steele 7 min (2)
175. Batista d. Umaga 7 min (24)
176. Kane d. Randy Orton 11 min (28)
177. Undertaker d. Big Boss Man 10 min (15)
178. Undertaker d. Jake Roberts 6:30 (8)
179. Roddy Piper draw Bad News Brown 7 min (6)
180. Rick Rude d. Jimmy Snuka 4 min (6)
181. Ted DiBiase d. Jim Duggan 5 min (4)
182. Ted DiBiase d. Don Muraco 5:30 (4)
183. Tatanka d. Rick Martel 4:30 (8)
184. Randy Savage d. Butch Reed 4 min (4)
185. WWF Title: Hulk Hogan d. Andre the Giant 12 min (3)
186. Battle Royal 10 min (4)
187. Battle Royal (2)
188. Tag Team Battle Royal 8:30 (14)
189. Razor Ramon d. Bob Backlund 4 min (9)
190. Virgil d. Ted DiBiase 8 min (7)
191. Barbarian d. Tito Santana 4:30 (6)
192. Rick Martel d. Koko B Ware 6 min (6)
193. Honky Tonk Man d. Jake Roberts 7 min (3)
194. IC Title: Brutus Beefcake d. Honky Tonk Man 9 min (4)
195. Tito Santana d. Executioner (Buddy Rose) 5 min (1)
196. IC Title: Junkyard Dog d. Greg Valentine 7 min (1)
197. Undertaker d. Kane 8 min (20)
198. Ricky Steamboat d. Matt Borne 4:30 (1)
199. Rick Rude draw Jake Roberts 15 min (4)
200. British Bulldog d. Warlord 8 min (7)
201. Hercules draw Billy Jack Haynes 8 min (3)
202. Harley Race d. Junkyard Dog 3:30 (3)
203. Tags: Big Show/Miz d. John Morrison/Truth Killings 3:30 (26)
204. Randy Savage d. One Man Gang 4 min (4)
205. Women: Victoria d. Molly Holly 5 min (20)
206. Undertaker d. Jimmy Snuka 4:30 (7)
207. Tags: Rikishi/Scott Taylor d. APA d. Charlie Haas/Shelton Benjamin d. Bashams 6 min (20)
208. Hardcore: Spike Dudley d. Maven d. Goldust 3:30 (18)
209. Bushwackers d. Rougeaus 5 min (5)
210. Paul Orndorff draw Don Muraco 4:30 (2)
211. Doink d. Crush 8:30 (9)
212. Butterbean d. Bart Gunn 30 sec (15)
213. Mr. T d. Roddy Piper 10 min (2)
214. Hulk Hogan d. Sid 12:30 (8)
215. WWF Title: John Cena d. JBL 11:30 (21)
216. Women: Jazz d. Lita d. Trish 6:30 (18)
217. WWF Title: Yokozuna d. Lex Luger 14:30 (10)
218. Bret Hart d. Vince McMahon 11 min (26)
219. Don Muraco d. Dino Bravo 5 min (4)
220. Butch Reed d. Koko B Ware 3:30 (3)
221. One Man Gang d. Bam Bam Bigelow 3 min (4)
222. Earthquake d. Greg Valentine 3 min (7)
223. 8 Man 1:30 (27)
224. Ultimate Warrior d. Hercules 4:30 (4)
225. Big Moss Man d. Akeem 2 min (6)
226. John Morrison/Trish Stratus/Snooki d. Dolph Ziggler/Layla/Michelle McCool 3:30 (27)
227. Kelly Kelly/Maria Menounos d. Beth Phoenix/Eve 7 min (28)
228. Women: Chyna d. Ivory 2:30 (17)
229. Women: Wendi Richter d. Lelani Kai 6 min (1)
230. Beth Phoenix/Melina d. Maria/Ashley 6:30 (24)
231. Women: Trish d. Christy Hemme 4:30 (21)
232. Torrie Wilson/Sable d. Stacy Keibler/Jackie 2:30 (20)
233. Women: Alundra Blayze d. Lelani Kai 3:30 (10)
234. Women: Sable d. Tori 4:30 (15)
235. Women: Melina d. Ashley 3 (23)
236. LOD d. Power&Glory 1 min (7)
237. Owen Hart d. Skinner 1 min (8)
238. Ultimate Warrior d. HHH 1:30 (12)
239. Tags: Demolition d. Andre the Giant/Haku 9 min (6)
240. Test/Albert d. Al Snow/Steve Blackman 7 min (16)
241. Jim Duggan d. Bad News Brown 4 min (5)
242. Earthquake d. Hercules 5 min (6)
243. Jim Duggan d. Dino Bravo 4:30 (6)
244. Dino Bravo d. Ronnie Garvin 4 min (5)
245. Jake Roberts d. George Wells 3 min (2)
246. The Mountie d. Tito Santana 1:30 (7)
247. Andre the Giant draw Hulk Hogan 5:30 (4)
248. King Kong Bundy/Lord Littlebrook/Little Tokyo d. Hillbilly Jim/Little Beaver/Haiti Kid 4:30 (3)
249. Gimmick Battle Royal 3 min (17)
250. Undertaker d. Big Show d. Albert 10 min (19)
251. Torrie Wilson d. Candice Michelle 4 min (22)
252. Akebono d. Big Show 1 min (21)
253. Kerry Von Erich d. Dino Bravo 3 min (7)
254. Undertaker d. King Kong Bundy 6:30 (11)
255. Adrian Adonis d. Uncle Elmer 3 min (2)
256. King Kong Bundy d. SD Jones 30 sec (1)
257. IC: Rey Mysterio d. JBL 30 sec (25)
258. Hart Foundation d. Bolsheviks 30 secs (6)
259. WWF Title: Hulk Hogan d. Yokozuna 30 secs (9)
260. Earthquake d. Adam Bomb 30 secs (10)
261. Red Rooster (Terry Taylor) d. Bobby Heenan 30 sec (5)
262. ECW Title: Kane d. Chavo Guerrero 30 sec (24)
263. Sheamus d. Daniel Bryan 30 sec (28)
264. Corporal Kirschner d. Nikolai Volkoff 1:30 (2)
265. 10 Woman Tag 3:30 (26)
266. Women: Fabulous Moolah d. Velvet McIntyre 1 min (2)
267. Brutus Beefcake draw David Sammartino 12:30 (1)
268. Great Khali d. Kane 5:30 (23)
269. Andre the Giant d. Jake Roberts 9:30 (5)
270. Bodyslam Match: Andre the Giant d. John Studd 6 min (1)
271. Boogyman d. Booker/Sharmell 4 min (22)
272. Dusty Rhodes/Sapphire d. Randy Savage/Sherri Martel 7:30 (6)
273. Bam Bam Bigelow/Luna Vachon d. Doink/Dink 6 min (10)
274. Terri Runnels d. The Kat 2:30 (16)
275. Miss Wrestlemania Battle Royal 6 min (25)
276. Jake Roberts d. Rick Martel 8:30 (7)
277. Undertaker d. Giant Gonzalez 7:30 (9)
278. Michael Cole d. Jerry Lawler 14 min (27)
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