Only Wrestlemania match was a battle royal

[Joe Neglia]

Is there a list out there somewhere of every worker whose only Wrestlemania match (including any pre-show matches) was in a battle royal?

[Nic Nemeth]

Honestly just look at the WM34 Battle Royal list from this year - half of them had their WM debuts and it was in that match.

[thelonewolf527]

The Refrigerator

[Celexa Bliss]

Jimbo Covert
Pedro Morales
Tony Atlas
Ted Arcidi
Harvey Martin
Danny Spivey
Ernie Holmes
Bill Fralic
Russ Francis
Bruno Sammartino
William Perry
Jim Powers
Ken Patera
Ron Bass
Sam Houston
Sika
Miguel Perez Jr.
Jose Estrada
Jesus Castillo
Sniper
Chainz
Ricky Morton
Robert Gibson
Rocco Rock
Johnny Grunge
Gillberg
Tiger Ali Singh
Joey Abs
Pete Gas
Rodney
Duke Droese
The Goon
The Gobbledy Gooker
Brother Love
Michael Hayes
Kamala
Jim Cornette
Paul London
Heidenreich
Orlando Jordan
Luther Reigns
Simon Dean
Sylvain Grenier
Snitsky
Rosey
Tyson Tomko
Eugene
Trevor Murdoch
Super Crazy
Psicosis
Joey Mercury
Deuce
Domino
The Brian Kendrick
Jillian Hall
Joy Giovanni
Katie Lea Burchill
Rosa Mendes
Sunny
Tiffany
Yoshi Tatsu
Caylen Croft
David Hart Smith
JTG
Mike Knox
Shad Gaspard
Slam Master J
Trent Barreta
Tyler Reks
Vance Archer
Vladimir Kozlov
Curt Hawkins
Brad Maddox
Brodus Clay
Darren Young
Titus O'Neil
Damien Sandow
David Otunga
Sin Cara
Adam Rose
Alex Riley
Bo Dallas
Konnor
Viktor
Shaquille O'Neal
Tyler Breeze
Mojo Rawley
Simon Gotch
Aiden English
Jason Jordan
Chad Gable
Tian Bing
Apollo Crews
Killian Dain
Mike Kanellis
Dash Wilder
Scott Dawson
Tye Dillinger
Dana Brooke
Mandy Rose
Sonya DeVille
Kairi Sane
Kavita Devi
Taynara Conti
Bianca Belair
Dakota Kai
Peyton Royce
Liv Morgan
Ruby Riott
Sarah Logan

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

I know it's because his career mostly pre-dates Wrestlemania in itself, but boy does Sammartino in that list bring to mind a certain song about one not being like the rest.

[The Heenan Family]

Dec 23, 2018 2:17:21 GMT -5 Celexa Bliss said:

Jimbo Covert
Pedro Morales
Tony Atlas
Ted Arcidi
Harvey Martin
Danny Spivey
Ernie Holmes
Bill Fralic
Russ Francis
Bruno Sammartino
William Perry
Jim Powers
Ken Patera
Ron Bass
Sam Houston
Sika
Miguel Perez Jr.
Jose Estrada
Jesus Castillo
Sniper
Chainz
Ricky Morton
Robert Gibson
Rocco Rock
Johnny Grunge
Gillberg
Tiger Ali Singh
Joey Abs
Pete Gas
Rodney
Duke Droese
The Goon
The Gobbledy Gooker
Brother Love
Michael Hayes
Kamala
Jim Cornette
Paul London
Heidenreich
Orlando Jordan
Luther Reigns
Simon Dean
Sylvain Grenier
Snitsky
Rosey
Tyson Tomko
Eugene
Trevor Murdoch
Super Crazy
Psicosis
Joey Mercury
Deuce
Domino
The Brian Kendrick
Jillian Hall
Joy Giovanni
Katie Lea Burchill
Rosa Mendes
Sunny
Tiffany
Yoshi Tatsu
Caylen Croft
David Hart Smith
JTG
Mike Knox
Shad Gaspard
Slam Master J
Trent Barreta
Tyler Reks
Vance Archer
Vladimir Kozlov
Curt Hawkins
Brad Maddox
Brodus Clay
Darren Young
Titus O'Neil
Damien Sandow
David Otunga
Sin Cara
Adam Rose
Alex Riley
Bo Dallas
Konnor
Viktor
Shaquille O'Neal
Tyler Breeze
Mojo Rawley
Simon Gotch
Aiden English
Jason Jordan
Chad Gable
Tian Bing
Apollo Crews
Killian Dain
Mike Kanellis
Dash Wilder
Scott Dawson
Tye Dillinger
Dana Brooke
Mandy Rose
Sonya DeVille
Kairi Sane
Kavita Devi
Taynara Conti
Bianca Belair
Dakota Kai
Peyton Royce
Liv Morgan
Ruby Riott
Sarah Logan

Nice.


This is the list I made tonight.



Bruno Sammartino (Mania 2)
Pedro Morales (Mania 2)
Ted Arcidi (Mania 2)
Tony Atlas (Mania 2)
Dan Spivey (Mania 2)
William the Refrigerator Perry (Mania 2)
Jimbo Covert (Mania 2)
Ernie Holmes (Mania 2)
Bill Fralic (Mania 2)
Harvey Martin (Mania 2)
Russ Francis (Mania 2)
Jim Powers (Mania 4)
Ken Patera (Mania 4)
Sika (Mania 4)
Ron Bass (Mania 4)
Sam Houston (Mania 4)
Miguel Perez Jr (Mania 14)
Jose Estrada Jr (Mania 14)
Jesus Castillo (Mania 14)
Sniper (Mania 14)
Chainz (Mania 14)
Ricky Morton (Mania 14)
Robert Gibson (Mania 14)
Droz (Mania 15)
Rocco Rock (Mania 15)
Johnny Grunge (Mania 15)
Gillberg (Mania 15)
Tiger Ali Singh (Mania 15)
Joey Abs (Mania 16) (Hardcore BR)
Rodney (Mania 16) (Hardcore BR)
Pete Gas (Mania 16) (Hardcore BR)
Duke Droese (Mania 17)
The Goon (Mania 17)
Hector Guerrero/Gobbledy Gooker (Mania 17)
Brother Love (Mania 17)
Michael Hayes (Mania 17)
Jim Cornette (Mania 17)
Kamala (Mania 17)
Paul London (Mania 21)
Heidenreich (Mania 21)
Orlando Jordan (Mania 21)
Luther Reigns (Mania 21)
Simon Dean (Mania 21), (Mania 22)
Sylvain Grenier (Mania 21)
Snitsky (Mania 21), (Mania 24)
Rosey (Mania 21)
Tyson Tomko (Mania 21), (Mania 22)
Eugene (Mania 22)
Trevor Murdoch (Mania 22), (Mania 24)
Super Crazy (Mania 22)
Psicosis (Mania 22)
Stevie Richards (Mania 22), (Mania 24)
Joey Mercury (Mania 22)
Deuce (Mania 24)
Domino (Mania 24)
Jesse/Slam Master J (Mania 24), (Mania 26)
The Brian Kendrick (Mania 24)
Sunny (Mania 25)
Tiffany (Mania 25)
Jillian Hall (Mania 25)
Joy Giovannia (Mania 25)
Katie Lea Burchill (Mania 25)
Yoshi Tatsu (Mania 26), (Mania 27), (Mania 30)
Caylen Croft (Mania 26)
David Hart Smith (Mania 26), (Mania 27)
JTG (Mania 26) (Mania 27)
Mike Knox (Mania 26)
Shad Gaspard (Mania 26)
Trent Barreta (Mania 26), (Mania 27)
Tyler Reks (Mania 26) (Mania 27)
Vance Archer (Mania 26)
Vladimir Kozlov (Mania 26)
Curt Hawkins (Mania 27), (Mania 33), (Mania 34)
Brad Maddox (Mania 30)
Brodus Clay (Mania 30)
Darren Young (Mania 30), (Mania 31), (Mania 32)
Titus O'Neil (Mania 30), (Mania 31), (Mania 33), (Mania 34)
Damien Sandow (Mania 30), (Mania 31), (Mania 32)
Adam Rose (Mania 31), (Mania 32)
Alex Riley (Mania 31)
Bo Dallas (Mania 31), (Mania 32), (Mania 33), (Mania 34)
Hideo Itami (Mania 31)
Konnor (Mania 31), (Mania 32), (Mania 33), (Mania 34)
Viktor (Mania 31), (Mania 32), (Mania 33), (Mania 34)
Shaquille O'Neal (Mania 32)
Tyler Breeze (Mania 32), (Mania 33), (Mania 34)
Simon Gotch (Mania 33)
Aiden English (Mania 33), (Mania 34)
Jason Jordan (Mania 33)
Chad Gable (Mania 33), (Mania 34)
Tian Bing (Mania 33)
Apollo Crews (Mania 33), (Mania 34)
Killian Dain (Mania 33)
Mojo Rawley (Mania 33), (Mania 34)
Mike Kanellis (Mania 34)
Dash Wilder (Mania 34)
Scott Dawson (Mania 34)
Tye Dillinger (Mania 34)
Dana Brooke (Mania 34)
Mandy Rose (Mania 34)
Sonya Deville (Mania 34)
Kairi Sane (Mania 34)
Kavita Devi (Mania 34)
Taynara Conti (Mania 34)
Bianca Belair (Mania 34)
Dakota Kai (Mania 34)
Peyton Royca (Mania 34)
Liv Morgan (Mania 34)
Ruby Riott (Mania 34)
Sarah Logan (Mania 34)



Differences



Mine includes Droz, Stevie Richards, and Hideo Itami.

Droz was only in the battle royal at Mania 15.
Stevie Richards accompanied Right to Censor and Victoria to the ring, but I believe only ever competed in the battle royals at Mania 22 and 24.
Hideo Itami made it into the battle royal at Mania 31.




Yours includes Rosa Mendes, David Otunga, and Sin Cara.

Rosa Mendes was in that Divas Championship Invitational match at Mania 30.
David Otunga was on Team Johnny at Mania 28.
Sin Cara in the Mania 30 battle royal is Hunico. They had just released Mistico and decided to give Hunico the spot. Hunico/Sin Cara made it into the MITB ladder match at Mania 32.



Or at least that's what I've got. If I screwed something up, let me know.






Guys like Sammartino, Morales, and Patera are understandable to a degree in that they were near retirement or at the end of their runs. Sunny was a manager for years and thus never wrestled until that Mania 25 battle royal. Kamala's match at Mania 9 was cancelled and for some reason they kept him off the Mania 3 card even after having done good business with Hogan in 86.


I'd say the saddest wrestler on the list is Titus O'Neil. For how many pushes they gave him in the midcard, he still could never get anything but a battle royal at Mania.

[thecrusherwi]

Kind of amazing that Kamala had two somewhat noteable runs in the WWF and his only Mania match was the Gimmick Battle Royal a decade after he was last full time there. Though he was advertised to face Bam Bam Bigelow at Wrestlemania IX but it was cut for time.

[Deleted]

Wow, I completely forgot about Tony Atlas being in that WM2 battle royal. And that was it?
Kinda sad really. All over the TV product but when it came to live events, he couldn't get out of his own way. And he'd be the first one to admit that.

[Celexa Bliss]

Dec 23, 2018 5:05:58 GMT -5 The Heenan Family said:

Dec 23, 2018 2:17:21 GMT -5 Celexa Bliss said:

Jimbo Covert
Pedro Morales
Tony Atlas
Ted Arcidi
Harvey Martin
Danny Spivey
Ernie Holmes
Bill Fralic
Russ Francis
Bruno Sammartino
William Perry
Jim Powers
Ken Patera
Ron Bass
Sam Houston
Sika
Miguel Perez Jr.
Jose Estrada
Jesus Castillo
Sniper
Chainz
Ricky Morton
Robert Gibson
Rocco Rock
Johnny Grunge
Gillberg
Tiger Ali Singh
Joey Abs
Pete Gas
Rodney
Duke Droese
The Goon
The Gobbledy Gooker
Brother Love
Michael Hayes
Kamala
Jim Cornette
Paul London
Heidenreich
Orlando Jordan
Luther Reigns
Simon Dean
Sylvain Grenier
Snitsky
Rosey
Tyson Tomko
Eugene
Trevor Murdoch
Super Crazy
Psicosis
Joey Mercury
Deuce
Domino
The Brian Kendrick
Jillian Hall
Joy Giovanni
Katie Lea Burchill
Rosa Mendes
Sunny
Tiffany
Yoshi Tatsu
Caylen Croft
David Hart Smith
JTG
Mike Knox
Shad Gaspard
Slam Master J
Trent Barreta
Tyler Reks
Vance Archer
Vladimir Kozlov
Curt Hawkins
Brad Maddox
Brodus Clay
Darren Young
Titus O'Neil
Damien Sandow
David Otunga
Sin Cara
Adam Rose
Alex Riley
Bo Dallas
Konnor
Viktor
Shaquille O'Neal
Tyler Breeze
Mojo Rawley
Simon Gotch
Aiden English
Jason Jordan
Chad Gable
Tian Bing
Apollo Crews
Killian Dain
Mike Kanellis
Dash Wilder
Scott Dawson
Tye Dillinger
Dana Brooke
Mandy Rose
Sonya DeVille
Kairi Sane
Kavita Devi
Taynara Conti
Bianca Belair
Dakota Kai
Peyton Royce
Liv Morgan
Ruby Riott
Sarah Logan

Nice.


This is the list I made tonight.



Bruno Sammartino (Mania 2)
Pedro Morales (Mania 2)
Ted Arcidi (Mania 2)
Tony Atlas (Mania 2)
Dan Spivey (Mania 2)
William the Refrigerator Perry (Mania 2)
Jimbo Covert (Mania 2)
Ernie Holmes (Mania 2)
Bill Fralic (Mania 2)
Harvey Martin (Mania 2)
Russ Francis (Mania 2)
Jim Powers (Mania 4)
Ken Patera (Mania 4)
Sika (Mania 4)
Ron Bass (Mania 4)
Sam Houston (Mania 4)
Miguel Perez Jr (Mania 14)
Jose Estrada Jr (Mania 14)
Jesus Castillo (Mania 14)
Sniper (Mania 14)
Chainz (Mania 14)
Ricky Morton (Mania 14)
Robert Gibson (Mania 14)
Droz (Mania 15)
Rocco Rock (Mania 15)
Johnny Grunge (Mania 15)
Gillberg (Mania 15)
Tiger Ali Singh (Mania 15)
Joey Abs (Mania 16) (Hardcore BR)
Rodney (Mania 16) (Hardcore BR)
Pete Gas (Mania 16) (Hardcore BR)
Duke Droese (Mania 17)
The Goon (Mania 17)
Hector Guerrero/Gobbledy Gooker (Mania 17)
Brother Love (Mania 17)
Michael Hayes (Mania 17)
Jim Cornette (Mania 17)
Kamala (Mania 17)
Paul London (Mania 21)
Heidenreich (Mania 21)
Orlando Jordan (Mania 21)
Luther Reigns (Mania 21)
Simon Dean (Mania 21), (Mania 22)
Sylvain Grenier (Mania 21)
Snitsky (Mania 21), (Mania 24)
Rosey (Mania 21)
Tyson Tomko (Mania 21), (Mania 22)
Eugene (Mania 22)
Trevor Murdoch (Mania 22), (Mania 24)
Super Crazy (Mania 22)
Psicosis (Mania 22)
Stevie Richards (Mania 22), (Mania 24)
Joey Mercury (Mania 22)
Deuce (Mania 24)
Domino (Mania 24)
Jesse/Slam Master J (Mania 24), (Mania 26)
The Brian Kendrick (Mania 24)
Sunny (Mania 25)
Tiffany (Mania 25)
Jillian Hall (Mania 25)
Joy Giovannia (Mania 25)
Katie Lea Burchill (Mania 25)
Yoshi Tatsu (Mania 26), (Mania 27), (Mania 30)
Caylen Croft (Mania 26)
David Hart Smith (Mania 26), (Mania 27)
JTG (Mania 26) (Mania 27)
Mike Knox (Mania 26)
Shad Gaspard (Mania 26)
Trent Barreta (Mania 26), (Mania 27)
Tyler Reks (Mania 26) (Mania 27)
Vance Archer (Mania 26)
Vladimir Kozlov (Mania 26)
Curt Hawkins (Mania 27), (Mania 33), (Mania 34)
Brad Maddox (Mania 30)
Brodus Clay (Mania 30)
Darren Young (Mania 30), (Mania 31), (Mania 32)
Titus O'Neil (Mania 30), (Mania 31), (Mania 33), (Mania 34)
Damien Sandow (Mania 30), (Mania 31), (Mania 32)
Adam Rose (Mania 31), (Mania 32)
Alex Riley (Mania 31)
Bo Dallas (Mania 31), (Mania 32), (Mania 33), (Mania 34)
Hideo Itami (Mania 31)
Konnor (Mania 31), (Mania 32), (Mania 33), (Mania 34)
Viktor (Mania 31), (Mania 32), (Mania 33), (Mania 34)
Shaquille O'Neal (Mania 32)
Tyler Breeze (Mania 32), (Mania 33), (Mania 34)
Simon Gotch (Mania 33)
Aiden English (Mania 33), (Mania 34)
Jason Jordan (Mania 33)
Chad Gable (Mania 33), (Mania 34)
Tian Bing (Mania 33)
Apollo Crews (Mania 33), (Mania 34)
Killian Dain (Mania 33)
Mojo Rawley (Mania 33), (Mania 34)
Mike Kanellis (Mania 34)
Dash Wilder (Mania 34)
Scott Dawson (Mania 34)
Tye Dillinger (Mania 34)
Dana Brooke (Mania 34)
Mandy Rose (Mania 34)
Sonya Deville (Mania 34)
Kairi Sane (Mania 34)
Kavita Devi (Mania 34)
Taynara Conti (Mania 34)
Bianca Belair (Mania 34)
Dakota Kai (Mania 34)
Peyton Royca (Mania 34)
Liv Morgan (Mania 34)
Ruby Riott (Mania 34)
Sarah Logan (Mania 34)



Differences



Mine includes Droz, Stevie Richards, and Hideo Itami.

Droz was only in the battle royal at Mania 15.
Stevie Richards accompanied Right to Censor and Victoria to the ring, but I believe only ever competed in the battle royals at Mania 22 and 24.
Hideo Itami made it into the battle royal at Mania 31.




Yours includes Rosa Mendes, David Otunga, and Sin Cara.

Rosa Mendes was in that Divas Championship Invitational match at Mania 30.
David Otunga was on Team Johnny at Mania 28.
Sin Cara in the Mania 30 battle royal is Hunico. They had just released Mistico and decided to give Hunico the spot. Hunico/Sin Cara made it into the MITB ladder match at Mania 32.



Or at least that's what I've got. If I screwed something up, let me know.






Guys like Sammartino, Morales, and Patera are understandable to a degree in that they were near retirement or at the end of their runs. Sunny was a manager for years and thus never wrestled until that Mania 25 battle royal. Kamala's match at Mania 9 was cancelled and for some reason they kept him off the Mania 3 card even after having done good business with Hogan in 86.


I'd say the saddest wrestler on the list is Titus O'Neil. For how many pushes they gave him in the midcard, he still could never get anything but a battle royal at Mania.

The results I referred to excluded Droz. But I knew he had to have been in that match. Itami, I blanked on. And Stevie, I got myself confused, thinking he was in the six man at X7. As for the ones I had wrong, that's what I get for thinking I know everything lol I forgot Sin Cara had the Mania 32 match. And Otunga on Team Johnny was a big oversight on my part. Same with Rosa.

[hbkid718]

WrestleMania W/L Records, Facts, & Stats

[krozor]

Just to echo what others have said, Kamala really stands out. He was working world title matches on tour with Hogan on both sides of Wrestlemania III, but doesn't actually appear on the show itself. Given the timing and the card, I wonder if Butch Reed signing around then knocked him out of a match with Koko, since the Kamala/Koko worked house shows after that, and there's at least one Hogan/Koko vs. Kamala/Honky Tonk Man match that year.

[Mozenrath]

Dec 23, 2018 8:45:41 GMT -5 @sandman said:

Wow, I completely forgot about Tony Atlas being in that WM2 battle royal. And that was it?
Kinda sad really. All over the TV product but when it came to live events, he couldn't get out of his own way. And he'd be the first one to admit that.

He was always too busy waiting for the other shoe to drop, so he could go pick it up and add it to his collection.

Foot fetish humor.

[Citizen Snips]

When I read the thread title, I envisioned a 7 hour battle royal.

[DASH 243✅]

So out of these people how many only wwe match was at a wrestlemania battle royal?

[Joe Neglia]

Dec 23, 2018 22:13:41 GMT -5 DASH 243✅ said:

So out of these people how many only wwe match was at a wrestlemania battle royal?

All of the football players from WM2, Shaq and Gobbledy Gooker are the only ones whose only WWE match was a WM battle royal. Not sure why they didn't have Hector do any actual matches when they brought him in the first time, on house shows as himself or something.

Brother Love almost counts but he had another battle royal entry at Vengeance the following year.

And thank you Celexa Bliss, The Heenan Family and hbkid718

[2coldMack is even more baffled]

Dec 23, 2018 8:30:27 GMT -5 thecrusherwi said:

Kind of amazing that Kamala had two somewhat noteable runs in the WWF and his only Mania match was the Gimmick Battle Royal a decade after he was last full time there. Though he was advertised to face Bam Bam Bigelow at Wrestlemania IX but it was cut for time.

And, he also somehow managed his way into the "Legends of Wrestlemania" game, along with Michael Hayes, also with the gimmick battle royal as his only claim to 'Mania fame.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Dec 23, 2018 22:34:15 GMT -5 Joe Neglia said:

Dec 23, 2018 22:13:41 GMT -5 DASH 243✅ said:

So out of these people how many only wwe match was at a wrestlemania battle royal?

All of the football players from WM2, Shaq and Gobbledy Gooker are the only ones whose only WWE match was a WM battle royal. Not sure why they didn't have Hector do any actual matches when they brought him in the first time, on house shows as himself or something.

Brother Love almost counts but he had another battle royal entry at Vengeance the following year.

And thank you Celexa Bliss, The Heenan Family and hbkid718

Has Cornette wrestled other matches?

[Deleted]

Dec 24, 2018 5:44:53 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

Dec 23, 2018 22:34:15 GMT -5 Joe Neglia said:

All of the football players from WM2, Shaq and Gobbledy Gooker are the only ones whose only WWE match was a WM battle royal. Not sure why they didn't have Hector do any actual matches when they brought him in the first time, on house shows as himself or something.

Brother Love almost counts but he had another battle royal entry at Vengeance the following year.

And thank you Celexa Bliss, The Heenan Family and hbkid718

Has Cornette wrestled other matches?

Jose Lothario in 1996.

[Citizen Snips]

Dec 23, 2018 22:37:30 GMT -5 2coldMack is even more baffled said:

Dec 23, 2018 8:30:27 GMT -5 thecrusherwi said:

Kind of amazing that Kamala had two somewhat noteable runs in the WWF and his only Mania match was the Gimmick Battle Royal a decade after he was last full time there. Though he was advertised to face Bam Bam Bigelow at Wrestlemania IX but it was cut for time.

And, he also somehow managed his way into the "Legends of Wrestlemania" game, along with Michael Hayes, also with the gimmick battle royal as his only claim to 'Mania fame.

Arn Anderson was also in it. Only one match but involved in two memorable moments (Martel walking out on Santana, The Spinebuster That Appeared As If From Nowhere)