Best Wrestlemania Decade?

[fw91]

Something I’ve been thinking about. All of them have there greats, but they also have their stinker shows. I guess I’d go 20’s because it felt like they at least tried to make mania the best every year and had long enough builds for all of them, even the worse shows. Also feel free to rank them in your replies.

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

I originally voted XX-XXIX but then thought about it more and changed it to I-X. 1,3,4,5,6,8,10 are all pretty fun watches (Okay, your mileage may vary with 4)

[Lizuka #BLM]

I think you could argue the 20s since while 25, 27, and 29 all suck ass the others largely deliver and 25 and 27 both still have matches well worth seeing.

[froggyfrog]

20-29

27 and to a lesser extent 29 really the only stinkers in there. 20, 24, and 28 are classics imo. 21-23 up there as well

[Cyno]

Going to go with 20-29. Was the most consistent stretch of Manias. Like as good as 17-19 were the ones that came before them were forgettable to awful. And while 27 and 29 weren't great, they still had some matches worth watching.

[4real]

The 20’s are probably the most consistent even though there’s a clear drop off after 24. But still have some classic matches on the shows after (Both HBK v Taker & HHH v Taker matches, Taker v Punk).

The stretch from 17-24 is probably the best stretch of Mania’s ever though.

[HMARK Center]

I can only ever go with the original decade, it's the WWF/E era with which I'll always feel the biggest connection.

[tirtefaa]

How I rank them;

Great 6, 7 and 8,
Decent 1, 3, 4 and 5
Meh 2 and 9

Great 10, 14, 17 and 19
Decent 12, 13, 15, 16 and 18,
Meh 11

Great 20, 21 and 26
Decent 22, 23, 24, 25 and 29
Meh 27 and 28

Great 30, 31, 40
Decent 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 and 38
Meh 32 and 36

So 10-19 by default.

Btw...the poll should be 1-10, 11-20, 21-30 and 31-40.

[Hypnosis]

20-29, though I felt really pissed at the time after Bryan got squashed by Sheamus at 28 instead of Sheamus beating Bryan in a more competitive match, so that one's not one of my favorites.

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

My favorite all time Mania is 8 (it was also my first), but 20 through 24 and 26 were absolutely killer shows, so I’ll say the 20s.

30, 31 and 35 through 40 aren’t bad either. I mostly just like 36 for the AJ and Taker fight though.

[David-Arquette was in WCW 2000]

My favourite Wrestlemanias are 4 and 14, but a lot from those decades are either shit, or I haven't seen.

However, 20, 21, 24, 28 were all really good shows. Even 27, I found decent enough. Outside of Lawler/Cole, the main event, and The Rock.

[4real]

May 7, 2024 9:45:23 GMT -5 Clash, Never a Meter Maid said:

My favorite all time Mania is 8 (it was also my first), but 20 through 24 and 26 were absolutely killer shows, so I’ll say the 20s.

30, 31 and 35 through 40 aren’t bad either. I mostly just like 36 for the AJ and Taker fight though.

8 is also the first Mania I saw on VHS. Always had a soft spot for it.

[ben:friendship frog]

I went with 20-29, maybe in a couple of years I'll rewatch 30-39 and have a change of heart but with years of face Roman coronations and an empty arena show in there it may take some nostalgia to get me there 😂

[salz4life]

May 6, 2024 12:44:20 GMT -5 Cyno said:

Going to go with 20-29. Was the most consistent stretch of Manias. Like as good as 17-19 were the ones that came before them were forgettable to awful. And while 27 and 29 weren't great, they still had some matches worth watching.

9-13 (even as good as 10 was) was a rough stretch of Manias. I know 12 and 13 have some historical things involved with them, but they are really just below average overall. 9 and 11 were just REALLY bad. For me, 9 at least has the interesting (maybe just IMO) decor, but as an event it was bad. 11 is just terrible, period. 10 was excellent, but that period was still not good.

[salz4life]

14-16, while maybe not great overall, get a pass because the business exploded during this time so much that stuff we now look at as not great was so "over" that it didn't matter.

[deezy]

Wrestlemania's 1-9. Alot of it is because that was my childhood so I will always favor that Wrestlemania decade. 2 and 9 is a bit rough to get through sometimes but the rest I can watch over and over.

That's even with Hogan pissing me off hogging the main event scene ( deservedly so though ) most of those Mania's.

[chronocross]

Having grown up during that time period and being a Hogan fan at the time, I'd go with Mania's 1 to 9.