Rate the Wrestlemanias

[DiBiase is Good]

Asics did this last year at the old board as the road to Wrestlemania started.
It's simple. You have to list all the Manias you have seen in order of worst to best. With a simple one line explanation of why you like it or hate it so much.
I shall start with my list:
(From worst to best)

21. WM2000 (or 16)
Ok, it has a nice triangle ladder match, but there is not one singles match on the card.

20. WM1
It may be historic, but have you watched it recently? It's crap

19. WM2
3 arenas, Elvira on commentary, some old woman trying to say where's the beef with a mic that doesn't work. Just watch the Anvil get eliminated in the Battle Royal to ease your sorrows

18. WM13
Bret/Austin = Gold
Rocky Maivia/Sultan = Crap

17. WM12
Here's a shock, the Iron Man match is actually quite boring really

16. WM11
LT main eventing and going over a respected and established wrestler? Ok then

15. WM15
Good Main event, but pretty forgettable undercard

14. WM18
I enjoyed Hogan/Rock. That's pretty much it

13. WM21
I have to admit, I haven't watched this one much. But HBK/Kurt part 1 is great. The Ladder match is also great.

12. WM9
As I have said countless times before, I like this event. 1 bad match on the card (Taker/Gonzales)

11. WM14
I don't know why. But I like this card a lot. No real wow matches, but all solid

10. WM5
The Mega-Powers explode. And what a match

9. WM7
Savage/Warrior kicks ass. Hogan/Slaughter is fun. And some solid matches on the undercard

8. WM20
The ass-numbathon of Manias. You can have Benoit and Eddie celebrating all you like, my favourite moment is Christian/Jericho's match

7. WM4
This event always gets a bad rep, but it is about as close as my beloved Teddy came to winning the title.

6. WM19
HBK/Jericho. Brock/Kurt. HHH/Booker. Great Mania

5. WM8
If only for the commentary this is a great event. But Savage/Flair and Piper/Bret make this a great show.

4. WM17
The best recent Mania. A great TLC match, Vince/Shane, Rock/Austin, HHH/Taker, Jericho/Regal. Even Test has a good match.

3. WM6
I just love the feel of this event. Even though I noticed recently that with the exception of Hulk/Warrior and DiBiase/Jake this card sucks ass, there is just something about 6 that I love

2. WM10
Bret/Owen in a classic and the ladder match. No explanation required.

1. WM3
The most famous match ever (Hulk/Andre)
The greatest match ever (Savage/Steamboat)
And in front of a gigantic crowd.


So there we go peeps, that is my list.

[Jeff]

21. Wrestlemania 13
-Taker Vs Sid a main Evet of Wrestlemania? Crap

20. Wretlemania 1
-Very bad even if its the first one.

19. Wrestlemania 2000
- Only one good match and a lacking undercard

18. Wrestlemania 2
-Very lacking and it has 3 locations so the people there got ripped off

17. Wrestlemania 11
-Main Event was a football player vs bam bam bigelow? Not very good.

16. Wrestlemania 9
-Hogan screws Bret and Yokozuna plus Giant Gonzales and People wearing togas.

15. Wrestlemania 15
-A few decent matches but overall not that gret compared to other manias

14.Wrestlemania 4
-A horrible tournament tons of Double eliminations just to keep it a decent length PPV.

13.Wrestlemania 21
- Has one 5 star match and a 4 star and a few average matches thrown together at the last second.

12. Wrestlemania 12
-Great Main event, lacking undercard

11. Wrestlemania 14
- Good main event and a few passable matches

10. Wrestlemania 8
-Piper/Bret is one of the best matches out of all the Manias along with Savage/Flair and the return of the warrior and this one makes the top ten.

9. Wrestlemania 5
- Good main event with good build up

8. Wrestlemania 7
-Savage/Warrior alone makes this a good Mania

7. Wrestlemania 19
- Brock/Kurt is great as is Y2J/HBK

6. Wrestlemania 18
-Hogan/Rock is good as is Hall's selling of the Stunner

5.Wrestlemania 20
-Excellent card with good use of most people on the roster

4. Wrestlemania 6
-Great Main event and a decent undercard

3. Wrestlemania 3
-Great Main event and tons of nostalgia value

2. Wrestlemania 10
- 2 Excellent matches make up for an average Main Event

1. Wrestlemania 17
- Great buildup and not one match failed to deliver

[revelations]

Here's my simple way of looking at it:

Awesome Manias - Great from top to bottom

7
8
12
14
17
19
20

Average - few memorable matches but not a stellar show

3
5
6
13
15
18
21

Forgettable

1
2
4
10

crap

9
11
16

[Andrew is Good]

Well, saying I have the Wrestlemania Anthology, I'll rate them too. I forget how I rated them, but I'll try to get it right.

21. WM 9 - There weren't too many matches on this one, and though it was an ok card, it had a pretty bad ending and none of the matches were really significant

20. WM 11 - Audio problems were hilarious, but had a lacking, but still ok card

19. WM 2 - Ok card with some ok matches, but wasn't too special

18. WM 12 - Amazing main event, but lacked a good number of matches.

17. WM 6 - Great main event, and an ok undercard

16. WM 5 - Amazing main event, with a decent undercard

15. WM 10 - Classic matches, also with a pretty good undercard.

14. WM 13 - Has the greatest match in Wrestlemania history.

13. WM 1 - Old school love for this one.

12. WM 14 - Overall good card generally.

11. WM 16 - I liked the matches on this, and I thought it was an entertaining pay per view.

10. WM 21 - Not too many matches, but there were a couple of classics.

9. WM 18 - A very enjoyable pay per view, with the classic Hogan/Rock confrontation.

8. WM 7 - Savage/Warrior was a great one, but also had lots of matches that were pretty good too.

7. WM 4 - Great tournament and underrated Wrestlemania which brought a lot of value and importance to the WWE Championship.

6. WM 15 - The Attitude era was in full form, coming out with interesting and great matches

5. WM 8 - An underrated Wrestlemania, with possibly one of the best WWE Title matches ever (Savage/Flair)

4. WM 20 - It all began again with a great card, with two steller title matches.

3. WM 17 - Amazing matches top to bottom

2. WM 3 - All the wrestlers seemed to put in an extra effort, and lots of classic matches

1. WM 19 - Every match was top notch, so it gets the best one in my book

[4real]

21. WM 11 - poor undercard, terrible main event and HBK doesn't get the belt.
Highlight: Pamela Anderson

20. WM 1 - It's a wonder they got it off the ground after this really Highlight: Mr T

19. WM 9 - Nice consept, shame bout the matches Highlight: Jim Ross debuts

18. WM 7 - Nothing really stands out here for me bar warrior vs. savage
Highlight: Warrior vs. Savage

17. WM 5 - THE MEGAPOWERS COLLIDE... and not a lot else Highlight: Hogan vs. Savage

16. WM 13 - Possibly the best WM match ever, but worse main event ever
Highlight: Stone Cold won't quit

15. WM 2 - I like the lay out here a lot but again i can't care much for this. Highlight: Cage Match

14. WM 14 - The Attitude era begins as Tyson screws HBK. Fair undercard
Highlight: Austin's 1st Title win

13. WM 18 - Hogan & The Rock tear down the house. No one else gets close.
Highlight: Hogan vs. Rock

12. WM 12 - HBK gets his hands on the gold. decent undercard. Highlight: HBK's ring entrance

11. WM 19 - HBK vs. Jericho, Vince vs. Hogan, Angle vs. Lesnar and a whole lot more
Highlight: The Evil Vince stare

10. WM 15 - Well paced Mania which linked well Highlight: Austin vs. Rock

9. WM 6 - Every wrestling fan's wet dream, Warror vs. Hogan. Pretty ace card
Highlight: Warrior wins the title

8. WM 16 - Despite it's critics it's really quite entertaining. Only 1 total bore of a match (T & A vs. Snow & Blackman) Highlight: Jeff Hardy - don't try this at home

7. WM 4 - Just good to see the E going with a new champ. Nice tournament, good battle royal.
Highlight: Uecker gets choked

6. WM 10 - unbelievable ladder match, Hart vs. Hart, Hart gets belt. Super card
Highlight: The Ladder Match

5. WM 21 - With the exception of 2 stinkers, The E pull it off brilliantly
Highlight: The 6 man ladder match

4. WM 20 - A respectable 20th anniversary, Jericho vs. Christian, Eddie vs Kurt, return of Taker, Trish heel turn and the greatest end to a mania ever Highlight: Benoit wins the big one

3. WM 8 - The first Mania i owned on tape still stands up. Solid card throughout. Too many highlights really. Highlight: Bobby 'The Man' Heenan

2. WM 3 - Lot's of good matches, well presented and the biggest mania of them all. Highlight: Savage vs. Steamboat fitted to Ventura Gorilla commentary

1. WM 17 - Absolutely outstanding from top to bottom. Austin/Rock, HHH/Taker, Angle/Benoit, McMahon vs. McMahon, Y2J vs. Regal, Hardcore and gimic battle royal madness.
Highlight: TLC 2

[Scott]

I'm going by the Anthology too. Watched them all in order over a month. The ones I loved were in stadiums and had huge crowds. I'm not sure why, but I enjoyed them all except for the last two. 20 drove me insane and 21 was just a bit better. 9 and 11 were better than I expected.

[DiBiase is Good]

The board got fixed, so this is a completely shameless bump

[Andrew is Good]

I was wondering why there were a lot less posts here. I guess they can be brought back.

[admiralcrunchy™]

1.WM17 (besides the RTC match...everything was memorable)
2.WM19 (another good one...only disapointments were the handicapped match and the Brock finish)
3.WM12 (I gotta say one of my top 5 matches of all time Bret vs. Shawn
4.WM4 (Savage winning the title..dream come true for me)
5.WM21 (Angle, HBK and Triple H never seem to disapoint IMO)
6.WM6 (Good to see Hogan finally do the job at WM)
7.WM14 (HBK and Stone Cold was pretty memorable)
8.WM18 (could've been better...but still didn't disapoint...cept for the Edge/Booker match..I mean they feuded over shampoo)
9.WM8 (the main event just pisses me off though...this would be higher otherwise)
10.WM10 (This one was ok...I hated the Yoko finish though...even if Bret walked out with the title)
11.WM15 (Pretty dull in my book...Rock and Austin was ok...but didn't like the whole Corperation crap)
12.WM13 (lucky that Bret/Austin happened or this would be farther down)
13.WM16 (Not a bad WM...just not a favorite)
14.WM20 (the title matches were decent, same goes for Jericho/Christian but the rest was junk)
15.WM3 (Savage and Steamboat saved this one from being even further down)
16.WM7 (gotta be the most boring title match in WM history IMO)
17.WM1 (not a big fan of the older WM's..not even the original)
18. WM5 (Hogan can't share the spotlight and kills off Savage)
19.WM2 (only one I've watched that put me to sleep...literally)
20.WM9 (Hogan and Yoko just ruined it for me)
21.WM11 (Vince proving he cares more about NFL guys than his own)

[GregP19]

21. [11]-LT...Are u freaking kidding me, undercard was weak, tho jenny & pam looked good
20. [13]- Bret/Austin>Bret/ Backlund..only thing keeping it from dead last
19. [2]- 3 different arenas was stupid
18. [12]- Overrated title match, undercard sucked
17. [16]- I dont even remember alot from this one, 1st triangle ladder match was eh
16. [5]- Kinda boring, at least Hogan sent everyone home happy
15. [10]- Still pissed about Luger not winning
14. [9]- I think this one is pretty underrated..marked out when hogan won
13. [4]- Tourney was a breath of fresh air
12. [1]- This one began it all...The hype was huge and it delivered
11. [18]- Hogan/Rock was gold
10. [21]-Hogan making an appearance & Shelton's amazing run up the ladder
9. [20]- 2 great title matches & the birth of Cena...Oh Yeah
8. [19]- Hogan/McMahon was great as was HBK/Jericho
7. [7]- Best celebs, Macho/Warriah, Hogan/Sarge, the rockers winning
6. [15]- Austin winning was amazing
5. [14]- See Above...Ushered in Attitude era
4. [6]- Ultimate Challenge..great atmosphere
3. [17]- Great Card from top to bottom
2. [3]- Probably the most important one of all..Hogan/Andre, Savage/Steamboat
1. [8]- I am from Indiana...lol...seriously Heenan & Monsoon were sharp all night
HBK/Tito- Great match, established HBK as an IC threat
Jake/Taker- Great blowoff to feud
Piper/Hart- Best match on the card..fav IC match
Nasties,Repo Man,Mountie/Duggan,Virgil,Bossman,Slaughter- It served its purpose
Savage/Flair-Great Drama, Heenan, Liz, and Perfect were brilliant, Young Shane-o Mac is cool
Tatanka/Martel- Both had great themes & it was a fun match
Money Inc/Disasters- Ending sucked, but at least faces won
Owen/Skinner- Gotta love those pants
Hogan/Sid- I dont care what anyone said, this deserved to be the last match. Teasing Hogan's retirement & Warriors return

[David Troy a.k.a legendmythman]

8 was the best with 20 coming in 2nd

10 was weak. Bret/Owen can only do so much and the Ladder match wasn't on par with Bret/HBK's ladder match in 92

[GregP19]

Somebody should review EVERY match ever held at a Wrestlemania

[admiralcrunchy™]

regionrat said:

Somebody should review EVERY match ever held at a Wrestlemania

I think you just volunteered yourself.

[Andrew is Good]

regionrat said:

Somebody should review EVERY match ever held at a Wrestlemania

Haha, I'd love to do that, if I had the time, since I have all the Wrestlemanias. I did have reviews of every wrestlemania. But then again, I'm a very leniant and accepting of matches. Well, I guess I could go on my own 5 star rating.

***** - Classic
**** - Great
*** - Good
** - Decent
* - Poor
/ - Squash match

Squash matches are very tough to rank, because they can be really entertaining, but there's not much wrestling. I think I might do that though maybe.