Yeah those two matches can't carry a whole Mania..in that case, Mania 18 would have to be considered.
every Wrestlemania ranked in tiers....do you agree? What tier do you place Mania 36?
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Thats why I salivate over another Las Vegas Mania...the whole front row could be laced with top notch porn brats.I'm always partial to the shows that visibly start in sunshine and end under the night time sky. Especially when them main events start hitting as the sun goes down
No way
Someone brought up the Owen match...
30 is God Tier
Rock Austin and that one dude on screen in an unexpected goat meetup to open the show
Shield's goon entrance
The Streak Ends
Daniel Bryan proving he had the heart of the people brings crowd back to life to will him to victory after seeing that streak end
Rock Austin and that one dude on screen in an unexpected goat meetup to open the show
Shield's goon entrance
The Streak Ends
Daniel Bryan proving he had the heart of the people brings crowd back to life to will him to victory after seeing that streak end
Cartier Murphy
Apathy’s a Tragedy & Boredom is a Crime
I’d put 19 and 30 in the top tier. 19 had a stacked card with one of the most loaded rosters in Fed history at that point and it completely delivered minus Triple H/Booker. Easy show to watch.
30 remains one of the best paced Manias ever and one of the few times you actually felt like the guard was changing. It didn’t really happen that way, but there were so many memorable moments and matches that it remains such an easy watch.
24 deserves a mention too. Mayweather/Show drew money, attention, and is maybe the best celebrity match in Mania history. All the marquee matches delivered, the undercard was fun. The first Mania in HD, and the first modern outdoor Mania
30 remains one of the best paced Manias ever and one of the few times you actually felt like the guard was changing. It didn’t really happen that way, but there were so many memorable moments and matches that it remains such an easy watch.
24 deserves a mention too. Mayweather/Show drew money, attention, and is maybe the best celebrity match in Mania history. All the marquee matches delivered, the undercard was fun. The first Mania in HD, and the first modern outdoor Mania
As usual, a perfectly sound post.
TheAlbionist
All Star
15 does not belong in the bottom tier.
Personally, WM 14 is in my God Tier category specifically for its historical significance. WWE had basically loaded the chamber that night and began firing back at WCW beginning the next night. Two weeks later, Raw finally got a win in the ratings
You could see the company’s future stars and stories shape that would carry it into 1999/2000
-Taker finally fought Kane and handed him his first L, yet Kane kicked his ass the whole match and it took Taker several tombstones to do it, keeping Kane looking like a monster. Pete Rose began appearing in WWE starting with WM 14
-Sable starting to get her shine and leading to the jealous Mero story and eventually Jacqueline debuting in WWE
-WM 14 was the first time Rock used the "If you smell what the Rock is cooking” catchphrase. Also one of the first sightings of the $500 shirts pictured here
-Cactus and Chainsaw finally got the tag belts after months of torture from the New Age Outlaws (we know what happened the next night with Outlaws joining DX, and the very next week Foley getting pissed at the fans for chanting for Austin and thus bringing Dude Love back shortly after to feud with Austin)
-HHH going over someone he shouldn’t have in Owen. This is something we’ll see across several Manias to come
(sorry I had too 
)
-Nation of Domination imploded during Rock vs Shamrock, leading to Farooq getting kicked out the next night and Rock becoming “Ruler” as he called himself.
-Paying Tyson the money from Bret’s contract paid off, as he served in a WrestleMania moment in himself, and Austin winning kicked off a new era, as well as Austin vs McMahon the next night
-Austin and HBK using crazy ring psychology with the whole “HBK is hurting himself even when he hurts Austin” and HBK. When Mattel made HBK’s WM 14 flashback figure, he has the grimacing in pain face
-The triple finisher reversal sequence was the template eventually used by many for ending a match
Sorry for the long post, but WM 14 was a good ass Mania to me. I always watch it, X-7, and XIX every year around Mania Season
Also:
I’ll never forget being a young nikka and having the
face when Mike knocked out HBK
You could see the company’s future stars and stories shape that would carry it into 1999/2000
-Taker finally fought Kane and handed him his first L, yet Kane kicked his ass the whole match and it took Taker several tombstones to do it, keeping Kane looking like a monster. Pete Rose began appearing in WWE starting with WM 14
-Sable starting to get her shine and leading to the jealous Mero story and eventually Jacqueline debuting in WWE
-WM 14 was the first time Rock used the "If you smell what the Rock is cooking” catchphrase. Also one of the first sightings of the $500 shirts pictured here
-Cactus and Chainsaw finally got the tag belts after months of torture from the New Age Outlaws (we know what happened the next night with Outlaws joining DX, and the very next week Foley getting pissed at the fans for chanting for Austin and thus bringing Dude Love back shortly after to feud with Austin)
-HHH going over someone he shouldn’t have in Owen. This is something we’ll see across several Manias to come
(sorry I had too )-Nation of Domination imploded during Rock vs Shamrock, leading to Farooq getting kicked out the next night and Rock becoming “Ruler” as he called himself.
-Paying Tyson the money from Bret’s contract paid off, as he served in a WrestleMania moment in himself, and Austin winning kicked off a new era, as well as Austin vs McMahon the next night
-Austin and HBK using crazy ring psychology with the whole “HBK is hurting himself even when he hurts Austin” and HBK. When Mattel made HBK’s WM 14 flashback figure, he has the grimacing in pain face
-The triple finisher reversal sequence was the template eventually used by many for ending a match
Also:
I’ll never forget being a young nikka and having the
face when Mike knocked out HBK
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