Second best Wrestlemania of all time

[ChitownKnight]

Mania 17 is probably the most beloved Wrestlemania of all time. What would be number 2? I’d say probably 30

[4real]

19 must be up there. Enjoyable show top to bottom.

[Mid-Carder]

8 or 10

[fw91]

19 is better than 17

[Spider2024]

It's tricky to judge WrestleManias on the merit of quality, mainly because they're like a 'pros & cons' thing, where you take the good with the bad. (This is technically true for all WWF/WWE PPVs ever, but more so with WrestleManias because they've always tried to fit more & various things into each one.) Judging the bad WMs are easy, because most of the components/matches/promos/sketches of those WMs were 'bad' without too many good things in any of those WMs. But when you think of the good WMs, even the top 12 or so have at least 1-3 things in them where you'd say "eh, that match particularly wasn't very good". So even the best WMs need to be judged in a 'glass half full' manner.

That's one of the reasons why WM17 is the consensus best WM of all time, there was almost nothing bad there, and all the good was either 'good' or 'great'. It's also why WM29 is hard to judge, because almost everything in that show is in the middle range. Not too many great things and not too many outright horrid things about 29.

[Mayonnaise]

Depending on my mood it'll be 19 or 30 as I see them as the best. Guess I'd say 19 in second for now.

[chronocross]

I'd say IMO 3 is the best to me, and 17 is second best, but that's just my take on it.

[Session Moth is over]

17
30
19

In that order for me.

[SparkyPlugg]

19 is the best Mania ever IMO.

[spagett]

17
30
19
10
8

Those 5 are far and away the best Wrestlemanias I think.

[Nickybojelais]

Hard to pick one, but it's between 3, 8, 10 or 30.

[thegame415]

My top five go:

17
19
14
30
8

So, 19.

[CeilingFan]

It's good to see WrestleMania 8 getting lots of love in this thread. It is one of my favorite PPVs of all time 

[Nickybojelais]

May 5, 2019 15:39:44 GMT -5 CeilingFan said:

It's good to see WrestleMania 8 getting lots of love in this thread. It is one of my favorite PPVs of all time 

8 has a special place in my heart because it's the only Wrestlemania with that glorious neon entrance.

[ChitownKnight]

Looked up the card for 8, looks like a great card and all but the Main Event should of def been Flair vs Macho, like why did they have a dq ending to their main event?

[CeilingFan]

May 5, 2019 16:08:11 GMT -5 ChitownKnight said:

Looked up the card for 8, looks like a great card and all but the Main Event should of def been Flair vs Macho, like why did they have a dq ending to their main event?

because Hogan wouldn't job to Sid Justice.

[cmhunk]

It is a testament to just how good Mania 19 was that it still ended up being an amazing show even after the ending to Trips/Booker.

[ChitownKnight]

May 5, 2019 16:39:36 GMT -5 CeilingFan said:

May 5, 2019 16:08:11 GMT -5 ChitownKnight said:

Looked up the card for 8, looks like a great card and all but the Main Event should of def been Flair vs Macho, like why did they have a dq ending to their main event?

because Hogan wouldn't job to Sid Justice.

So why didn’t they just have Hogan won then? Lol

[CeilingFan]

I am going to start a WrestleMania 8 Appreciation Thread at  (w)Rest of Wrestling section.

[The Kevstaaa]

Off the top of my head, 19, 35 and 17 are at the top.

Now is a good time to plug the series I'm doing on the Rest of Wrestling board, where I review and rank every WrestleMania based on a bunch of different factors!

officialfan.proboards.com/thread/585999/kevs-retrospectivemania-series-wrestlemania-iii