Did Seth Main Event Wrestlemania?

[ChitownKnight]

Riddle claims that he didn’t, but I count the cash in. No he may not have been in an announced main event but what he did was unique and he stood tall at the end of mania as new world champ

[Fade]

Technically? Prbly

Personally? Nah. It’s called the “heist of the century” for a reason, it was stolen.

[tntchamp]

I mean even if it was only three minutes, it still is on the record books as a triple threat match that he won so yeah.

[Starshine]

If he wasn't then can someone tell me who won the main event match of Mania 31?

[Mochi Lone Wolf]

He entered the main event match and won. He ended the show as champion.


WWE and Hunter can f*** off with this kind of revisionist history. It’s insulting. Nice to know some things never change. Even with new leadership. They still think you’re a bunch of dumb marks.

[Jindrak Mark]

Anytime I've seen a list of the people with most Wrestlemania main events it usually lists Bret as having 3 (93, 94, 96) and Hogan 8 (including 93). Surely you can't count it as a main event for them both though. There's only one final match and the record books say it was Yoko/Hogan. So Bret should only have 2.

That's not an issue with 31 obviously as even after Seth's impromptu appearance Brock and Roman are still officially both in the final match as a triple threat.

[Rudy Gobert Weather Machine]

Oct 3, 2022 21:15:56 GMT -5 Fade said:

Technically? Prbly

Personally? Nah. It’s called the “heist of the century” for a reason, it was stolen.

Yeah I totally would say he did but it's blurry enough to where "you've never main-evented Wrestlemania" can get a Jerry Springer crowd reaction like that lmao 

[bluebeach25]

Yes he was it doesn't matter if he was booked in it the first place or not. He won the title at the end of Wrestlemania by Cashing In!

[PrimeTyme]

Yes. He cashed in the briefcase and it officially became a triple threat match.

Hogan vs. Yokozuna is the main event to Wrestlemania 9 because of the impromptu match.

But is Night 1 on par with Night 2 nowadays. Or is Night 2 the be all end all main event because it closes the Wrestlemania to end the weekend.

My brain hurts.

[chazraps]

This is actually a tough question. He wasn't a part of the main event match when the bell was first rung, but then he interjected himself and won it.

And it being the closing part of the actual Mania 31 telecast makes it a strong case too (moreso than say Big Show vs Drew at 36 or the matches that have ever been broadcast on a Sunday Night Heat prior to the Mania telecast)

I think it opens Rollins for a technically correct (the most dastardly form of correct) retort that he made himself the main event of Wrestlemania.

[chazraps]

Oct 3, 2022 22:31:05 GMT -5 PrimeTyme said:

Yes. He cashed in the briefcase and it officially became a triple threat match.

Hogan vs. Yokozuna is the main event to Wrestlemania 9 because of the impromptu match.

But is Night 1 on par with Night 2 nowadays. Or is Night 2 the be all end all main event because it closes the Wrestlemania to end the weekend.

My brain hurts.

Night 1 and Night 2 main events are both separate main events. It's different tickets for each night, and whoever is on top at Night 1 is the main event that the fans there for that night paid to see. It'd be no different if each night had a different name - they're separate shows with separate broadcasts and different audiences despite being in the same arena on different days.

[krozor]

Work: Yes, he cashed in through legal means and entered the match and won the title.

Shoot: Yes, Rollins getting added to the match saved them from their own string of terrible booking decisions and main event choices

[sarkerpolseng]

They advertised Seth vs. Brock at WM 35 as one of the main events. Even saying it during the entrances and match.

[Fade]

I think at WM he’s absolutely got to be in the main event of one. The womens champions could always catch lightning but this is the best Seth’s ever been. And he really came off like a big deal in the last time he and Roman faced off.

[ayumidah]

Seth himself has said he's never main evented one in Broken Skull Sessions a couple of years ago and it was a goal of his, so that's probably where this is coming from. I think he means he wants the marquee of it-- to be announced beforehand, have it built up in advance, and not be a surprise entrant in the middle of the thing.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Absolutely not

[tirtefaa]

I like how Riddle uses this as an insult, when he himself hasn't main-evented WrestleMania.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

He used a privilege awarded to him by virtue of winning an officially-sanctioned WWE match to alter the structure of an ongoing match, one that was ostensibly the main event match of that year’s WrestleMania, to allow him to compete in it. Yes, he has technically done so, the best kind of done so.

[Mozenrath]

I would say "yes", both for the cash-in and him beating Brock for the Universal title, too. Both were for all intents and purposes main events. Now, do I get why Seth wouldn't think so, and why WWE would spin it this way? Sure, of course. Still feels silly.

[auph10imitated]

Did he Main Event? No he didn't, he wasn't promoted as a part of the promotion and build up of it, I feel like that's a big part of classing something "The main event" - However, was he "a part" of the main event? Yes he was.