The Worst WrestleMania Main Events Ever

[@Mr.BeastFacts]

*When Yokozuna got hit with that salt, he officially became a seasoned veteran!*

[@user-py6sy4zm1v]

Oh you!

[@samclark379]

You mean when Fuji a-salt-ed him? (I'll get my coat.)

[@doubledown0411]

Security! Escort this man out.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

See what you did there?😂😂😂

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

​@@samclark379 I'm dead😂

[@MrBlackMagnus]

“Bret was telling him to piss off and was pointing to the back.” My sides hurt 😂😂😂😂

[@roccojamison89gooker51]

That and the Bret Hart clip of saying "Shaddup" when the Road Dogg is about to cut a promo is the best.

[@thebandit0256]

​@@roccojamison89gooker51 that's only on Wrestling Bios

[@kenrickkahn]

I like Hogan but he was very wrong for stealing Bret's moment..

[@rosannaburt3048]

No he wasn't it was planned

[@rosannaburt3048]

​@@kenrickkahn he didn't steal anything he's the hulk Hogan n when u think that he should win always stop thinking terry came in cuz that's the problem there bret knew it they all do may not love him but when he came in the audience screams for the whole hour

[@fro-zone2k]

Yokozuna was supposed to win the title and close the show on top but when Hogan learned of this he wouldn't allow it, his rational is that the audience would go home unhappy if a heel closed Wrestlemania on top, instead of suggesting Bret simply retains the title, Hogan instead suggested that he should challenge Yokozuna in a impromptu match and win the title, it's the finest example of Hulk Hogan abusing backstage politics to maintain his spot on the card.

[@johnepants]

I was always under the impression that Yoko only won to drop the belt to Hogan. Otherwise Bret was going to win and move into a feud with Luger

[@martyshaw9143]

Hulk "That's not gonna work for me brother" Hogan

[@kurtpaulsen6579]

Hogan went one further... He didn't issue the impromptu challenge himself...the heel champion issued the challenge to Hogan (a real Babyface would defend the honor of the fallen Bret, after all🤣👍), because reasons...

[@fro-zone2k]

@@martyshaw9143If Hogan firmly believed that a babyface should always close Wrestlemania on top, he didn't need to be that specific wrestler to close Wrestlemania 9.

[@fro-zone2k]

@@kurtpaulsen6579I don't buy that for a second.

[@tylergiampa8023]

As someone who attended Wrestlemania 34 I can say Roman/Brock is a pretty fair choice for worst ever. The crowd didn’t want it, the guys laid an egg in the ring, and the story they told made no sense whatsoever and undid years of booking for a meaningless swerve. People at that point didn’t care about Brock anymore and they hated Roman. To this day I’ve never experienced a live reaction like that.

[@DJYC21215]

Which was the problem. By booing Reigns so loud you all showed that you LOVED him. When fans don't care about a wrestler they don't react at ALL. This is proven by how now, Roman Reigns is the biggest draw in Wrestling, and will be so for years. You guys pretended to hate Reigns, when in reality you guys loved him the entire time.

[@JACKXK]

I will never understand why it took them YEARS to turn Roman heel when it was the best thing to ever happen to his cousin, The Rock.

[@zeromagnum2811]

Watching that match at home on the network, i wanted Brock to win only because i hated the character Roman was at the time because of Vince's idiot forced booking. the ridiculous finisher spam that the match was just made it all the more annoying of a match. It's easily the worst mania main event of all time. It made most of the other bad main events ever look like Savage vs Steamboat in comparison.

[@jfh.8064]

Yep 100%. Every single about it was terrible.

[@EVGriffinJr]

@@DJYC21215 no the problem was the way he was booked at that point. The fans actually loved Roman reigns. But they hated his booking! And they didn’t care about Brock Lesnar at all at that point.

[@realDialFforFilm]

Fun fact about Brock v Roman at WM 34: It was the first time a heel won the WM main event CLEAN. HHH won in 2000 because of McMahon's interference, Austin turned heel and worked with McMahon to win at X-Seven, Miz won at XXVII because of Rock's interference, and Seth Rollins cheaply cashed in to steal the title at 31. Brock can lay claim to beating Roman fair and square with no cheating or interference to help him out.

[@couchbookingwrestling4356]

Technically both the fatal 4 way and rock vs Austin were no dq so can it be considered clean?

[@GanzoHasashi1911]

Christ, reading that and hearing Brian’s review reminded me how much I despised the ending of Mania 34. It had a relatively strong card up until that point, but the last two matches killed any momentum it had going. Yeah we didn’t want Roman to win the title because they were shoving him down our throats, but it meant having a champ who showed up every night when we all know how Brock’s schedule was at the moment. My cousins and I just audibly lost it the moment Brock won and I’ll never forget what we said. “It started off strong, but it went out with a whimper”

[@realDialFforFilm]

@@couchbookingwrestling4356 You could argue they won within the confines of the rules, but not cleanly. A clean win would be that they won it on their own.

[@Ghostaredead]

The fans decide who’s heel and Brock was not a heel in that match.. so all that you said for nothing 😂

[@NateNizzle]

Didn't Brock put Roman through the announce table? That's not clean.

[@MrPie]

The "McMahon in Every Corner" match is an honorable mention, since the Backlash match with Trips and Rock with Austin returning would have been the perfect Wrestlemania main event.

[@CREOLEHEAT]

Why they didn't have Rock win, I'll never know. Him not winning the belt at WrestleMania will never not look off.

[@steveharvey2102]

Agreed. I think the Boxing match should not really count and could be replaced by 2000 or any of the other honorable mentions. Cheers from Canada

[@restoringfaithfamilyandfre8949]

If I can remember I think the deal was Austin wasn’t ready for a return yet due to him healing from his neck surgery. He wasn’t even able to do a run in at the time and I think the Backlash main event and result was what they originally wanted for Wrestlemania but Austin not able to be involved pushed Rocks title win back about a month and a half.

[@dantegood2195]

2000 match was pretty solid and it lead to a great year. Hogan vs slaughter @ Mania 7 and Hogan vs Bundy @ Mania 2 were far worse matches and didn’t lead to anything after.

[@lewisaino]

@@dantegood2195 WM 7 was just for clout like Kurt in Unforgiven 01

[@harshckuk]

Yokozuna in wwe needs a Wrestling with wregret episode

[@AlexWidrow]

Yes I am so ready to see that one.

[@CharlesJohnson-tp7qq]

I'm honestly surprised that hasn't happened yet

[@michaelmartino16]

Outside of WM 9 ending, he had a really good run

[@bdot187um]

​@@michaelmartino16even that lost was treated as a flook win and was redeemed a a few months later.

[@jamalwalker04]

He held the belt for like 9 months lol

[@SamNieztsche]

Brian, I gotta say that I love that look you gave when the crowd was chanting "This Is Awful."

[@Fluoride_Jones]

Thanks for posting this comment, as I couldn't make out what the crowd was chanting. I knew asking in a nine-month-old video with over 1,300 comments probably wouldn't get me far! 👌

[@gstcomputing65]

"Drastic go down" - perhaps the most awesome phrase ever. Scott Steiner was great!!

[@vincentfalcone9218]

Surprised WrestleMania 2000's Fatal Four Way wasn't an honorable mention. Same with XI's BamBam vs. Lawrence Taylor (not a badly worked match but really didn't feel like a main event).

[@mrlaidback83]

I think Shawn vs Diesel should have been the main event. With that said, WrestleMania XI is still one of the worst Manias of all time regardless of who would've main evented it imho.

[@evilpez]

The fact that XI isn't on the list is a testament to how damn good BamBam could be when motivated.

[@Hxhjli]

@@evilpez bam bam bigelow is underrated imo

[@kenrickkahn]

​@@Hxhjli Very underrated..

[@terrancegarner1890]

Lost a lot of credibility with me

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Whenever I see Shawn Michaels doing the zip line entrance at Wrestlemania 12 I now think of Kane doing same entrance in video game

[@stephenwright509]

You only say that cause brain said it on his last video

[@TheMTwinny]

I predict a fair share of Roman Reigns in this list. Edit: Scratch that, a fair share of Roman AND Hogan combined.

[@DevilSurvivor69]

Lol There was just as much Sid as Roman and Hogan on the main list.

[@L_HD]

Never forget the most egotistical wrestling star ever, brother!

[@oneearrabbit]

@@L_HD At least Hogan had the drawing power at the top of his game to justify an ego. Roman’s been shoved down the fans’ throats for the past 8 years and still is no where near as over as Hogan was even in 93.

[@slashandbones13]

@@DevilSurvivor69 and Triple H

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

Roman was never a great wrestler. Vince has been pushing him to be as big as The Rock and Hogan. When in reality he's this generation's Goldberg. Having more talented wrestlers jobbed to him.

[@tellumyort]

Legit laughed out loud at how casually you threw out “HHH responded with a home invasion”.

[@ironman2326]

I watched the Ironman match live on ppv. I was in 7th grade at the time. I don't recall ever getting bored during it. I was a huge HBK fan and was on edge waiting for him to get a win the whole time.

[@genecide6869]

Great match don't care what people say

[@steverapos3904]

I was rather disappointed and thought it was boring

[@flammableghost]

I remember being really underwhelmed by the fatal four way at Wrestlemania 2000

[@djhedden8770]

It was definitely underwhelming but I don't think it was that bad from in an in ring perspective, just super fucking over booked. All it needed was HHH vs The Rock. My pick for worst is HHH vs Orton at 25 such a great damn build for them to shit on us with that stipulation.

[@Hxhjli]

At least hhh broke the face always wins at the end of mania thing Wrestlemanía 2000 wasn't good in general much less the main event aside from the tag team tlc match what do you really remember

[@smithandrew051]

If I remember correctly, the Raws leading up to that event featured some combination of those 4 on almost every show. It felt very tired to see those 4 again.

[@Hxhjli]

@@smithandrew051 that's why it was one and done fatal forways suck tbh

[@sr-kz1xt]

Yeah, worst wrestlemania season. Triple H retained the title in the royal rumble, no way out and wrestlemania. Literally made me stop watching until rock vs Austin build up months later.

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

An extra note about that WM34 stinker - I love how they deliberately booked it so that absolutely nobody kicked out of the F-5 for like an entire year, including guys like Samoa Joe, Braun Strowman and AJ Styles (IIRC), all to set up Roman kicking out of it *multiple* times in that match, when a) people had kicked out of that move before, b) everyone could see that spot coming a mile away and it just made people shit on the match even more, and c) Roman still lost so it meant absolutely sweet FA in the end. Also, my favourite part of that match is Maffew on OSW Review comparing Roman's bleeding to a plane in a nosedive dumping fuel before it crashes and explodes. Perfect analogy.

[@atifqavi2054]

Funny you missed out Brock pinning Reigns after a single F5 at Summerslam 2017.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Taker’s victory pose is the only thing from it they ever invoke

[@matthewhenningervonada9914]

Wouldn't Bret vs taker been a better idea? Austin and sid probably stinks up the place, and that main event actually works.

[@stevenbryant8160]

I actually don’t hate the match like a lot people

[@PowerPackers90]

Funny cause the only WrestleMania match Taker hates is Mania 9. he was totally cool with him and Sid.

[@MrLawyer711]

@@PowerPackers90 I thought he hated the Bundy match too?

[@phreakzilla8514]

Don’t forget Sid may or may not have shit his pants. Just imagine getting him up for the Tombstone and catching a whiff of that.

[@jcace13]

Roman and Brock at Mania 34 was just so baffling because Vince was completely adamant about making Roman a babyface, we all went into that match going "of, course Roman is going to win, let's just get it over with already" and he still lost and they dragged it out for months after that. Absolutely worthy of the number one spot.

[@peterusso4873]

my biggest beef with the WM34 main event is that at wrestlemania 30, Brock beat Taker with 3 F5's. Out of respect for Taker, it should have only taken 2 to pin Roman.

[@guillermosierracuellar9812]

Roman reigns: I'm the head... of this list and in multiple matches

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Tell them wiseman

[@claymathewselevator8121]

The cancelled Roman Reigns Bill Goldberg match from Wrestlemania 36 probably would’ve made this list had it actually happened

[@willg1088]

@@claymathewselevator8121 and would gave been number 1 if it happened lol While hbk is mr wm Roman is mr fuck ur wm

[@mont-doggBeats]

"Yes, my Tribal Chief"

[@lewisaino]

Boreman Gains

[@PaleHorseShabuShabu]

For the Orton/HHH one, I remember reading an interview at the time where H Cubed said he knew going in that Undertaker/Michaels was the real main event.

[@RezaMaulana98YT]

Oh I remember reading something about it, IIRC Triple H yells "How the fuck am I supposed to follow that?" backstage after Shawn v Taker happened 😂

[@ds4life886]

If we talked about the storyline the main event was clearly the championship match. But they ruined everything doing a normal wrestling match. And the funny thing is that the start of the match was good. Gong and immediately RKO, and a minute later Pedigree.

[@lewisaino]

@@ds4life886 What I hated from the Match was the Stipulation. When HH fought RK9 in 08 was a work of art

[@tafua_a]

@@RezaMaulana98YT He must have had a really uncomfortable sense of deja vu

[@claytonrios1]

Miz vs Cena in WrestleMania 27 is a big one for me. Especially since it only served the purpose of setting up the next main event at the next year's WrestleMania!

[@FaysalIsGoated]

I was(and still am) a big Cena fan, and I couldn’t stand the Miz. So when Cena lost I was pissed off😂. But it didn’t matter, because Cena beat him at Extreme Rules the following month in a Steel Cage also involving John Morrison.

[@claytonrios1]

​​@@FaysalIsGoated Plus Cena won the rematch against The Rock at WrestleMania 29.

[@reallyretro]

Miz had no business main eventing a WrestleMania, let alone defending a world title and winning the match! He’s a mid carder for life.

[@roccojamison89gooker51]

WWE is keeping Miz around for crossover appeal from being on the MTV Real World show.

[@FaysalIsGoated]

@@reallyretro facts. But he’s a good heel so he has my respect.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Seeing that Anaheim Mighty Ducks logo behind Triple H and Stephanie takes me back

[@MazeDaGr8]

I'm surprised Wrestlemania 2000 didn't at least get an honorable mention

[@SheriffOutlaw]

This is what makes my Wednesday Afternoons fun. Watching Brian Zane give his reviews on Wrestling. Yeah! ❤

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Love Wrestling With Wregret

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Same

[@kenterminateddq5311]

Mistah Jay, have you thought about being a Patreon member?

[@SheriffOutlaw]

@@kenterminateddq5311 I did sign up last week to become a member. I signed up to 3.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

@@SheriffOutlaw Yep, the only downside is that, in my case, you don't see your early comments when the actual video gets uploaded. I made two comments on this video. IDK if they got deleted by Zane or he reuploaded the video.

[@MarkDemeo]

For as short as it was I feel the Bret/Yoko part of the match was good. I think the build of the match was intriguing. How can the much smaller champion apply his technical skills to this behemoth challenger?

[@magicmulder]

And they milked Yoko’s invincibility for a full year. I loved the angle.

[@theluckiesteh9058]

No joke, I turned WrestleMania 34 off before the main event.... I don't blame Brock for pissed off.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Did you still watch Braun Strowman and Nicholas vs The Bar or did you turn it off before that too

[@theluckiesteh9058]

@@claymathewselevator8121 Unforunately, I did and after that I was done with that shit.

[@jamalwalker04]

​@@theluckiesteh9058 Wrestlemania 34 is what kept me away from the product. I had stopped already stopped watching after Daniel got hurt around 2014 but tried getting into it that shit made me say I'll never pay for mania again

[@alexdredge655]

Bret/Shawn is definitely a polarising match, I love it personally but to each their own

[@lutherheggs451]

Its only "bad" to the indie smarks who have no clue what STORYTELLING is....The entire purpose of neither getting a fall was that they were both so good and knew each other so well that neither could get over on the other..... Its why the indie darlings can't get over in real companies that actually expect things like promos and charisma instead of just a list of usually awful and stupid spots.

[@rajamicitrenti1374]

It's really a tough one for me. WM12 was one of only two PPVs I bought on VHS, specifically for the Ironman match (the other being the King of the Ring with the Taker/Mankind HiaC). I remember enjoying it a lot the first time I watched it, but on rewatch, the pacing of the first 45 minutes was slower than snail slime. So many super long rest holds. I get that they were pacing themselves, but it really would have been a much better match as a 30-minute duration. But I suppose then, with neither of them getting any falls, it wouldn't have felt all that different from most other WM main events.

[@str.77]

The match was good but the ending sucked.

[@danielsims916]

@@lutherheggs451 that’s not necessarily true. The match was ok but it’s definitely overrated. Rock /HHH was way better than this match

[@danielsims916]

I wouldn’t say that match wasn’t terrible but it was definitely overrated

[@danharris8805]

Hey there mate! I just wanted to say thank you for your videos, you have helped me through a really difficult time in my life. Having your videos to put on & listen to at night has really really helped me. Thank you!

[@FelixRodriguez]

You know there's been so many bad main events when the Bam Bam vs LT match doesn't even make it to the dishonorable mentions!

[@QuickManEXE]

Eaxctly what i was thinking.

[@memepauschale476]

It wasn’t that bad of a match

[@genecide6869]

This match sucked never should have main evented

[@magicmulder]

@@genecide6869Well they had to end on a “high note” (the face winning) b/c they had the title match book to go the heel.

[@TheRodersAbides]

I quite literally fell asleep during Roman VS HHH.

[@stingrey1571]

i liked HHH vs roman. it was a good match. my opinion is skewed as i watched it over the course of three days. those in attendance saw it at the end of a 9 hour mania.

[@TyMarshall007]

I fell asleep as well my friend your not alone

[@TheRodersAbides]

@@stingrey1571 To be completely fair I was a new dad at the time and was always tired! I watched the show live at home and remember thinking the match (and really the whole show) was too long and just didn't hold my attention towards the end. Stephanie was great during HHH's entrance though.

[@lewisaino]

I was playing Dynasty Wariors 8 instead lol. Even Cao Cao was better boolked

[@foroneanotherwinningtogeth1142]

No way to ever know, but I've often wondered if the "unfavorable results" of the hogan-flair house shows was that Flair was getting over and fans would rather not see Hogan win the title from him. As I say, no way to know.

[@thomasmeyer6407]

Yokozuna basically had two matches in two consecutive wrestlemanias where he won the first match and lost the title in the second

[@ironman2326]

Great commentary here! You've got a great channel!

[@johnremp3470]

Your Scott Steiner reference was amazingly placed lol. Couldn't agree with this list more! The miz being WM main event more than ric flair should be a war crime.

[@tthomaselli2]

Wrestling With Wregret- What was the crowd chanting around 18:29-18:35?...

[@sebastianbruckwilder5720]

Your chance drastic go down….Love about of Steiner Math references 😂

[@howardsimcox5596]

Night reflex Cena go over, urgent to the moon

[@tthomaselli2]

Wrestling With Wregret- What was with the buzzer around 15:01-15:04?...

[@ken_danerdiest1]

I have a confession to make. I saw Wrestlemanias 9 and 13 on tape and I'm so glad that both made the list. 🤣

[@Saltyoven]

Kind of Surprised McMahon in every corner wasn't even mentioned.

[@MILLERJ07051]

The iron man match can not be judged from hind sight. it was a match that was flawlessly executed because it told its own story line. Shawn Michaels the high flying wrestler was seen as technically deficient to Brett and therefore not to be taken seriously as a top guy. Yet Michael’s spent the Match pulling off technical moves that only Brett himself could have done. Conversely, Brett was viewed as old news that was losing influence to clique and the high flying wrestling style of Michael’s and Brett spent the match taking more high risk chances. The pay off being that Michael’s could be taken seriously as the champ and planting the seeds of Brett’s insecurity in the company as being unappreciated.

[@justanotheryoutuber1997]

It’s always a good day when Brian uploads

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Love Wednesdays because of Wrestling With Wregret

[@TMC1982Part2]

That old school WrestleMania theme ("The Grand Spectacle") that plays beginning at the 0:07 mark is still a butt kicker some 33 years later. It debuted at WrestleMania VI ("The Ultimate Challenge") at the Toronto SkyDome on April 1, 1990. I to this day, consider it to be the definitive WrestleMania theme tune.

[@Somerandommark1]

The fact Lawrence Taylor is not on this list shows how many WM main events have been lacklustre. Another great list Brian!

[@vDeadbolt]

Brian felt the match was decent but not deserving of the main event spot.

[@tjm3774]

I was there at AT&T Stadium for WM32. We tore up Roman so much, the windows of the facility started vibrating!

[@georgeneedham3970]

Bless you for not picking LT vs Bam Bam from Mania 11. It’s not main event worthy but it’s a decent match and far from the worst main event in Mania history. LT holds his own better than anyone expected

[@Brony459]

Thank you. This was exactly what I was thinking. It wasn't a bad match, just a match that shouldn't be the main event. This list was about WM main events that were bad.

[@Chuck_EL]

​@@Brony459 and it was built up very well

[@MovieEggman]

Brock Vs. Roman at WM 34 deserves to be Number 1 WWE in 2018 was one of the worst years for the company and that shows like WrestleMania 34, Backlash 2018, the Saudi Arabia shows and the awful cringeworthy Raw shows every week gave wrestling fans a very bold bitterness helped serve as the foundation for WWE’s biggest competition in nearly 20 years, All Elite Wrestling.

[@ConfusedProud]

Totally agree with #1 and #2 - although I will say its a shame about Roman-Brock, unlike the Hogan disaster it at least featured the cool imagery of blood-soaked, defiant Roman. In another universe where the match got a popular build, that could have been an iconic image.

[@tyratooOP]

@18:55 No apparently about it. There is actual footage of Brock doing it

[@LongLiveRockAnRoll]

I would pick WM9 just as an example of Hogan's backstage politics. I had this magazine WWF released before Mania X7 which told the history of all Wrestlemanias up to that point. I had only been watching wrestling 3 or 4 years by that point so didn't know much about backstage stuff but the finish on Mania 9 struck me as BS even as a kid back then.

[@alexmendez4606]

First of all, Mr.Zane, I love your videos; not only are you one of my favorite wrestling KZbinrs, but one of my favorite KZbinrs in general. Second, would you ever consider doing a video about the Yakuza/Like a Dragon series of video games and their appreciation of wrestling, particularly in 6 and Kiwami 2 which featured actual NJPW wrestlers like Tanahashi, Okada, and even The Great Muta as villains in one of their side stories?

[@EssentialClassic]

I said it before, and I will say it again: Hart vs Austin should have been the main event with the title on the line. They could have kept the match as is with Ken Shamrock as guest referee. Also, as iconic of an image of Austin bleeding is, imagine seeing it as it ends the ppv.

[@Sketch105]

Another terrific video! I was in the audience for 27, and from my memory we were really excited that Cena lost the match because the hate for Cena was stronger than anything. Also: please let the full intro song play again! its one of my favorite parts of your vids.

[@thinkinaboutpolitics]

I watched Bret and Yoko live as a kid. When Bret got salted I was devastated. When Hulk came out, I popped. When Yoko took the salt, little me marked out hard. Totally understand the criticism of the match given what was happening in the real world, but at the time, it worked for me.

[@tafua_a]

It worked for the crowd too, but it was a long term failure

[@magicmulder]

Same for me. Wasn’t a kid anymore but it was my first live Wrestlemania, and I loved every minute of it, even the in hindsight abysmal Taker/Giant match.

[@danniles3315]

Wow I'm surprised with #1, it's in my top 10 main events for being hard hitting. My top 8 worst are: #1: Hogan vs Yoko #2: Taylor vs Bam Bam #3: Miz vs Cena #4: Hogan vs Sid #5: Taker vs Roman #6: McIntyre vs Lesnar #7: Roman vs Triple H #8: Savage vs DiBiase, because it's like a Monday night Raw match

[@markoberlton8026]

Here in 2024 and The Rock just Hoganed Cody Rhodes so I wonder where Rock vs Reigns would land

[@lardyboyk4478]

This aged poorly 😂

[@JayPeg]

WM32's Roman/HHH match was super bad, but the LENGTH OF THAT SHOW dear god! Along with the pre-show that was nearly 7 HOURS.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Roman Reigns saying “This Is My Yard” on Raw after Wrestlemania 33 was awesome

[@arvindshastry1178]

It's crazy how WWE waited for 3 more years to turn him Heel after that segment.

[@lutherheggs451]

and you know it was done just to piss off the smark crowd that constantly tries to take over the Raw after Mania....

[@dkmenace1990]

Roman Reigns owning the smarks never gets old

[@Unknown-bq9id]

They SHOULD have turned him heel right then--at least they did it three years later...

[@Rob_Thorsman]

Yeah, that was epic. He walked out to massive boos, the crowd continues to boo for like five minutes, then when they finally shut up, he just says, "This is my yard," drops the mic, and walks out. Epic.

[@Larry-dq4ig]

3:03 That's being generous with the timeline!

[@MrRyanlennie2005]

WWE be like…..”we need to get a new entry onto this list this year.”

[@mfdixon1985]

34 was always gonna be a letdown, since it was kind of the peak of WWE's "We don't have any clue what to do with Roman Reigns" and "Brock Lesnar is simultaneously never around and constantly shoved down our throat" eras. That said, WWE made it about as bad as possible. 3 things should have been changed. 1. This uses the benefit of hindsight, but it shouldn't have been the main event. HHH/Steph vs. Rousey/Angle should have gone on last. The fans were really into that. 2. Not using the benefit of hindsight, Roman should have won. 3. Much like Goldberg vs. Lesnar at Mania the previous year (and at the Survivor Series before that), it should have been a quick match with a lot of high impact moves. Or, basically, the same thing Roman and Brock did at Summerslam later in the same year. The fans don't like the match. Don't drag it out. Bell to bell should have been 5 minutes or less.

[@warhawkrambo1942]

Roman Vs Cody needs to be retconned on to this list, such an awful ending

[@sharona1981]

Hey Brian, have loved your content for ages now, and have FINALLY become a patron! Thanks for always bringing superb wrestling related content. ❤️👍

[@fattiger6957]

Wait, what?!?! I was totally expecting a joke about forgetting Bam Bam vs LT at the end.

[@bryantrichardson1160]

I thought Brian would make it no. 1

[@SidB8]

19:00 There's no "apparantly" Brian, there's video footage of him throwing the belt at Vince lol

[@wrestlingbuff87]

Ok, I'm officially taking Zane's head canon as fact for the Mania 9 main event! I legit LOL'd at that one... Classic!

[@KCHunter]

Well that goes with the rest of the revisionist history about that event. As a fan at the time who remembers it and talked to other fans at the time, it wasn’t nearly as “bad” as people (many who were under the age of ten or not even alive at the time) make it out to be. To each their own I guess.

[@buhbuhjaychampagne1706]

@@KCHunter There was so many injuries around WM9. So many thrown together matches without story behind them.

[@KCHunter]

@@buhbuhjaychampagne1706 like I said, judging old stuff by modern standards. Look at most Manias of the era: they had tons of matches that had no “story” going into them outside of it’d be cool to see person X vs person Y. Which btw is okay because every match doesn’t need a “story”. That’s something Vince came up with for his style of wrestling but certainly isn’t the way it has to be done.

[@CantRead1]

​@@KCHunter if your match doesn't "need" a story then said match is already a failure lmao. Good storytelling is what leads to good matches my guy. Pro Wrestling is live theater at its heart.

[@KCHunter]

@@CantRead1 that’s someone else’s philosophy that you bought into. I’ve been watching this shit since the mid 80s from multiple promotions in multiple countries and have seen plenty of matches that didn’t need more than “person X vs person Y would be cool to see”. You know, like in sports. Pro wrestling is a predetermined sporting event with theatrical elements. That’s it’s nature. Don’t let the steak sauce override the steak, my guy. ** insert lol, lmao or emoji to drive point home **

[@FrenchPaul1988]

Recent subscriber who doesn't know much about pro wrestling, I found out about the channel from a crossover you did with Phelous. I'm a subscriber to this guy, and this video as well as the worst of RAW one helped me understand why he seems to loathe HHH, Randy Orton, Brock Lesnar and others from the 2000s. I gotta say based on what I saw and learned about wrestling history the 1990s seem more interesting than 2000s/2010s wrestling.

[@Dynaman21]

It’s worth remembering Vince has always been “take this and you’ll like it, this isn’t a restaurant!” That vaunted Iron Man match literally had people up and leaving due to boredom but Vince famously said “I’d rather have a half full arena cheering for who I tell them to than a full arena cheering for whoever they want.”

[@davidlewis5312]

I can see that, of course i think he got cold feet wrestlemania 30 having to fear after-- Bryan loses to Sheamus, Streak ends, LoL Cena beats Bray, and Champion Batista.... the crowd rushes gorilla drags Vince into the ring and sets it on fire for the happy ending they deserved after all.

[@jamalwalker04]

And that's why from 94 to 97 his company was dying

[@jonathanrife-rs7sf]

Hogan's politicking made for some bad wrestlemania main events.

[@lilsunny7399]

Hi, Can we add WM39 Night 2 to this list?

[@_sparkdala_]

now c'mon, don't be a baby. as bad as I wanted Cody to win, with him being my favorite wrestler currently active, and with the match ending feeling shitty, the match itself was amazing

[@steveharvey2102]

I agree with everything but the boxing match. I was a young, 10 year old fan during that time and when you said Mr. T, I actually said What?!? Lol I understand what you are saying but that match was a main event, for only 10 to 15 thousand people. And now that I think about it, even those fans, got to watch the rest of the show, on the big screens! I'll make an estimate and say, the main event, for all the fans watching at home, everyone who rented it on VHS and all the fans who watched it from the other 2 locations, equals around 98% of the fans, probably more. In all fairness, I do remember the advertising, saying, "3 Main Events" but at school the next day, nobody was talking about the other 2 "Main events". It was all about Hogan Vs Bundy!! Ive been watching you since the early days. So I love you and your content but for one of the few times I can remember, I passionately disagree. This Boxing match, where one of the fighters is an actor turned boxer and the other, is a wrestler, (who became an actor. Lol) should have a huge asterisk next to it, if it has a place on this list! Cheers from Canada P.S. Please don't mistake my passion, for anger. I find this subject, (although a small one) to be really interesting! Mostly because I've never come across it before :)

[@bnjordan71]

How did you feel about Hogan vs. Slaughter at WM VII? Was it supposed to be Hogan/Warrior II? Also, it was supposed to break the attendance record at the L.A. Coliseum but due to reasons, it was in a smaller venue.

[@kevinpayton2664]

Hogan-Slaughter was indeed a bad main event.

[@chadrowland4670]

It was moved due to the fact of poor ticket sales. There was no way they were ever going to sell out the L.A. Coliseum.

[@Dwainecurtis2001]

@@chadrowland4670 thankfully they did because I read that its was cold and rain that night.

[@buhbuhjaychampagne1706]

“Reasons”: poor ticket sales, no one believe Sarge as an Iraqi sympathizer, no one wanted Hogan to be champ…again, did anyone really wanna see Ultimate Warrior OR Macho Man retire if they lost? Ya know “reasons”.

[@michaelmartino16]

It was originally supposed to be Hogan vs Tugboat

[@dragonfire7354]

I remember leaving the room and going to bed before mania 34's main event. I just did not want to see it that much. For me mania 34's main event was Braun Strowman winning the tag belts with a kid. The toxic roman push got me out of wrestling tbh. I couldn't watch anymore knowing every mania was just gonna have more Roman whether anyone wanted him or not.

[@paulduckworth316]

Ah yes the 🦨 of wm matches Braun still sucks

[@TifaLuva]

Surprised hogan vs slaughter isn’t on the list

[@craned]

...it's disturbing how many dubious storylines involve an unconscious Stephanie McMahon.

[@MACsDaddyNotYours]

7:56 Correction The person that was giving Papa Shango his Que is the one that missed it 💯

[@TheAazah]

What he didn't send papa Shango a text?

[@thewhitepanther6052]

Cue Que is what in spanish 🤣

[@kenrickkahn]

​@@TheAazah Godfather talked about on some guys Podcast.. He was still green at the time and didn't know what to do so by him being a new comer he knew you have to listen to the vets at all time.. The Vet failed him and didn't let him know in time which is why Sid is the first person to ever to kick out of a Hulk Hogan's leg drop..

[@TheCamSays]

I know someone is at least going to say Lynch/Flair/Rousey is a bad main event. It’s not a bad match, it’s just getting to it and it being at the end of an 8 hour show is what hurts it the most. Plus the ending being a roll up. And in retrospect, that build was way worse than the match itself.

[@kevinramsey417]

Rhonda did break her hand and they had to work around it, and God forbid Charlotte be the one to eat the pin on the biggest stage of them all.

[@JuanGomez-ke5py]

Yeah a little too ambitious

[@GendoRokabundi]

Charlotte as the third wheel was annoying, since the one on one rivalry between Becky and Ronda was heated and kept getting delayed. They still haven’t had a one on one. I’m hoping we aren’t going to see Ronda and Bazler challenge Becky and Lita, and instead, build to a mania 40 lynch/rousey 1v1. But it may be a missed opportunity at this point.

[@atifqavi2054]

Charlotte the female Triple H.

[@PhenomsServant4]

Another example of Vince throwing others under the bus for his personal preference. It was bad enough this was a year after she ended her undefeated streak for no reason but to throw Asuka lone championship run under the bus so Charlotte would be less of a third wheel in the main event was such a middle finger to her.

[@SudoDeveloper]

Roman vs Brock WM 38 Roman vs Brock WM 34 Roman vs Taker WM 33 Roman vs HHH 32 Roman is likely to ruin most matches.

[@tapockesci1171]

WM 2 shouldn't count cause most fans look at it as one big card in 3 places. Hogan vs. Bundy is the true main event. and I know this is nitpicking but Joan Rivers was NOT a two bit celebrity

[@noteveryoneiscutout]

Really enjoy your videos. Thank you for the work.

[@maxbuffkin5625]

Semi-Unrelated: Isn't it crazy how truly amazing Hogan's WWF theme is? Like. Loud, bombastic, and insanely easy to just lose your mind and go wild. XD

[@peterhenn4344]

I have fond memories of me and a friend singing it while walking home from a night at the pub. On several occasions. You put Real American on and I instantly mark out.

[@DevDoesDigimon]

Fun fact, while "Real American" is closely associated with Hogan, it wasn't made for him originally. It was made for the tag team The US Express (Barry Windham and Mike Rotunda), but since they would join the NWA instead, it was put on Hogan. Since WWE owns the rights to said song, it's why he uses "American Made" literally everywhere else he's wrestled. I just wonder what they would have used for Hogan had Windham and Rotunda decided to join WWE...

[@jasonmccrank4981]

The Hulkster has always had great entrance music. "Eye of the Tiger," "Real American," "Voodoo Child" etc. Even his WCW Hulkster theme "American Made" (composed by Jimmy Hart) is good.

[@michaelsinger4638]

That Triple H vs. Roman Reigns match was SO BORING!! And it went on for an agonizingly long time as well.

[@brandontomblin8406]

How the hell did Lawrence Taylor vs. Bam Bam Bigelow at 11 not make this list?

[@EliasRoy]

It was a decent match

[@Trollololololful]

Brock throwing the title against the wall and telling Vince he's a moron is the best end to a mania possible.

[@siobhannicolson5566]

wrestlemania 34 was the first wrestlemania i watched live... im surprised that i kept watching afterwards. it was LONG and a bit boring, tbh the only match i remember was charlotte & asuka, which was actually pretty good and maybe should've been the main event of the night (even if charlotte losing to carmella the next night ruined her match w asuka lol).

[@TheFriendlyWeirdo]

People turned on Roman before his push even began. Nothing WWE or Roman could’ve done would’ve changed those smarks’ minds.

[@DirtiestDMusic]

Good call on #1. Roman losing that match was the most baffling, infuriating part of it. People were ready for Lesnar to drop the title, and WWE had a perfect opportunity to put Roman over strong. Roman's loss made a bad match that much worse, and it also led to the worst SummerSlam main event of all time a few months later. A complete debacle.

[@Venemofthe888]

Triple H's main event Wrestlemania matches for the most part are bad due to placement. Triple H v Jericho shouldnt have been the main event over Hogan v Rock and Triple H v Orton having to follow HBK v Taker was also a big mistake. Hell Undertaker v Triple H should have been the main event of WM27. Triple H in his bigger matches seem to be in the wrong places with the only title match in the right place is arguably his match with Cena at WM22

[@eshep71]

I just saw the BH/SM counter in the submission Match and thought those letters didn't look good in the box. I then thought "what would be a good symbol for each wrestler?" A heart was what I thought of for both.. it was then I realized that after 30 years of watching, I never once considered that Michaels and Bret were also closely connected in name. Heartbreak and (Bret) Hart. 'Hart'break indeed

[@ianfeuerhake1859]

I’ve never bought into the Hogan/Flair house show test run thing. Even in 1991, fans were already conditioned enough to know that house shows didn’t mean anything since they weren’t on tv. The first Royal Rumble was a house show failure too, and look at it now

[@johnepants]

I never bought it either. It was the highest attended house show in 1991 at the Richfield Coliseum.

[@ianfeuerhake1859]

@@johnepants it's a convenient copout that's hard to disprove. I think the Flair/Hogan match was another example of Vince rejecting any idea that isn't his own. This was an Apter mag dream match for a long time.

[@johnepants]

@@ianfeuerhake1859 I also think Vince wanted Hogan to go over but Hogan was taking time off and would not have been able to get the pin fall victory

[@ianfeuerhake1859]

@@johnepants I don't think we'll ever get the real story, and I admit that my opinion is just an opinion, but it fits Vince's pattern of rejecting ideas that he didn't come up with himself

[@stfi7566]

I still have the two Hogan/Flair MSG matches on two different DVD sets. The first match was in Oct. 1991, the second was after the WWE Championship was vacated leading up to the Royal Rumble. If those matches were any indication, the crowd reactions were decidedly pro-Flair. It reminded me of the pro-Sid crowd reaction from Survivor Series ‘96.

[@jvomkrieg]

WM34 was the last one i watched until WM40. What a difference a few years and a regime change make

[@bobbypowles]

The ironic thing regarding the piper vs Mr T. Boxing match was piper was a former golden gloves champion and quite skilled in boxing, were Mr T had no boxing experience but had a wrestling background and was pretty skilled in wrestling.

[@TMC1982Part2]

What's weird is that given that Mr. T's big breakthrough in Hollywood was playing a boxer in Rocky III, you would think that he would have some reasonable skill and expertise in that department on the onset.

[@bobbypowles]

@@TMC1982Part2 that's a fair point but also in the first rocky the only reason Carl weather's got the role of Apollo Creed was that he lied through his teeth about having previous boxing experience when he actually had none. The only person who used to be an actual boxer (and a good one aswell) upto rocky v was Burt Young (Paulie). Sly just found Mr T as a bouncer of a night club which goes to show all you need is the looks.

[@ChillyChadThornton]

Thanks for the steady stream of content lately, z-meister. Have a good day!

[@Ghost__NA]

Sucks this video is going to need to be remade in a few months to include Rock vs Roman.

[@joep8604]

This didn't age well 😅

[@Ghost__NA]

@@joep8604 and I'm so happy it didn't age well Holy fuck

[@TheNightTyrant]

WrestleMania 34 main event with loud 🔊 Beachball mania and This is awful chants proved Roman needs to stopped being shoved down our throats, glad WWE turned him heel.

[@PUCKTHEGREATEST]

you know what would’ve been a good idea for hhh vs orton? a hell in a cell match.

[@dylanogg347]

Hell yes!

[@williamsellars6343]

1. Why was Randy Savage dressed like goldust? 2. Roddy Piper body-slamming mr. T was Roddy Piper doing mr. T a favor. 3. Shawn Michaels = drama queen

[@elonmusksellssnakeoil1744]

How did Hogan and Slaughter not make the cut?

[@CaptainCalculus]

I was at number 1 (travelled from New Zealand to see it)...part of the problem wasn't the match itself and the story line, it was the fact that the whole thing was about 31 hours long in a stadium designed to hold crowds for 2-3 hours max. There were huge lines for food, which was crap and vastly overpriced, the stadium was a nightmare to get into and everyone had just had enough fireworks, bright-lights and super loud music long before the main event started. I also remember that there were really long periods between matches because they insisted on doing TV spots between matches that the crowd didn't see.

[@kevincarter5775]

Personally, I enjoyed the Iron Man between Bret and Shawn.

[@shrews12001]

This reminds me of just how long ago I stopped giving a shit about wrestling.