As I mentioned in a previous thread, I spent the last 33 days watching 1 Wrestlemania main event each day. Having completed this, I now present my personal rankings. I don't have a set criteria or formula for doing this, I'm just basing this on what I liked and what I didn't like. I had previously seen ~3/4 of these matches before but tried to go into all of them with an open mind. The match that I hated the most will be at the bottom, and the match that I loved the most will be at the top. The matches in the middle are ones that I was just neutral or had no reaction to. Curious to see what kind of feedback I get, where anyone agrees, disagrees, etc. Tried to include some thoughts with each match but some I have a lot more to say about than others. It's all subjective but it's all in fun. That being said, here we go...

33: John Cena vs The MIz, Wrestlemania 27 I hated this match more than any other WM main event that I watched. My biggest flaws with this match lied with the total lack of psychology. Midway through the match Cena has his head run into the exposed turnbuckle and takes a skull-crushing finale, yet immediately kicks out at two. Cena also gets two visual pins on the Miz during the match. I get that this match was designed to set up Rock/Cena, but I think they could have found a better way to do it than wasting a WM main event.

32: Triple H vs Roman Reigns, Wrestlemania 32 This match was a chore to get through. It was 27 minutes long but really didn't need to be more than 15. Both guys work really hard in this but never seem to do anything to grab my interest.

31: Sid vs The Undertaker, Wrestlemania 13 This is by far the most forgettable match on this list. Nothing from this match stands out. It's just slow to the point that you feel relief when it's over.

30: Triple H vs Randy Orton, Wrestlemania 25 The two start the match by hitting their finishers on eachother, which is great for an opening pop, but it falls apart after that. If you watched this match in a vaccuum with no prior knowledge there would be no way of knowing that this match was the culmination of one of the nastiest, most personal feuds in company history. It's not a good match by professional wrestling standards, and it's even worse when you factor in the storyline that lead to it. The title changes hands on a DQ stipulation was a hindrance. The finish was one of the flattest ones on the list as well (Triple H hits Randy with a sledgehammer, thows long and slow punches from a mounted position for a bit, and then hits a Pedigree for the pinfall). When it's over you're left with a "that's it?" feeling.

29: Hulk Hogan vs Sid, Wrestlemania 8 This match felt more like a Raw or Nitro main event than a Wrestlemania main event. Most of it is spent in a rest hold, and then the finish is botched when Papa Shango is late on his run in. A DQ finish in the Wrestlemania main event is lame, but I rank this higher than the preceding matches because at least it didn't take up as much of my time as the others.

28: Lawrence Taylor vs Bam Bam Bigelow, Wrestlemania 11 This is the match I had the most trouble ranking out of anything on this list, mostly because of Lawrence Taylor. For obvious reasons, he can't be held to the same standard as everyone else. There's nothing exceptional about this match, but Taylor did well all things considered. The match just lacks the basic smoothness you prefer in a pro wrestling match.

27: Roman Reigns vs The Undertaker, Wrestlemania 33 It hurts so much to say it, but here the Undertaker gave one of the worst individual performances out of any Wrestlemania main eventer. There were noticeable botches of a last ride and a tombstone reversal in this match, and he appeared to be gassed midway through. He really shouldn't have been out there. Luckily the last 5 minutes of this match required him to lay down and sell for extended periods and just get up to eat spears. There was a decent sense of drama throughout the match, but its lowpoints are really bad.

26: Hulk Hogan vs Sgt. Slaughter, Wrestlemania 7 I actually had to pause this match to check if it was a no disqualification match. Early on, Hogan hits Slaughter with a chair in full view of the ref, yet later on Slaughter and Adnan go through the effort of distracting the ref so they can cheat. That really annoyed me. Beyond this, it's a below-averageHogan match stretched out longer than usual.

25: Hulk Hogan vs King Kong Bundy, Wrestlemania 2 Bundy feels like a worthy foil for Hogan here, but as should be expected the match is pretty slow. I don't really have much to say about this one, it's just kind of there.

24: Yokozuna vs Bret Hart, Wrestlemania 10 Bret works hard in this match, but Yoko's limitations are too much for even him to get around. The finish with Yoko falling off the second rope is extremely clever though.

23: The Rock vs John Cena, Wrestlemania 29 The match features some good reversals and callbacks to the previous year's match, but ultimately it eventually just devolves into a finisher spam match.

22: Triple H vs Batista, Wrestlemania 21 Triple H's investment in Batista is evident here as he works hard to put him over, but the match is basic and mediocre at best. At one point they did a weird slingshot into the ringpost from the steel steps, which doesn't work all that well because HHH has to blatantly leap from that particular angle in order to hit the post. Not a bad match, but not really that good either.

21: Randy Savage vs Ted Dibiase, Wrestlemania 4 This match is a letdown in the sense that these two were so great and could have done so much more than what they were given. There's some decent exchanges between the two in this match, but it's broken up by constant outside interference. What happens in the ring is largely irrelevant in this match as the real story is about Hogan on the outside of the ring. The match ranking this low is not a reflection on Savage and Dibiase, it is 100% a reflection on the way the match was booked.

20: Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant, Wrestlemania 3 This match is a near disaster that ranks this high almost solely on its finish. Hogan slamming Andre is just enough to keep this match from being near the bottom.

19: Triple H vs The Rock vs Mick Foley vs Big Show, Wrestlemania 16 This match starts out very clunky but picks up once Big Show is eliminated. There's a decent triple threat match afterwards but Foley and Triple H team up to beat on Rock together for a while, which feels wrong given all that happened between them. Rock and HHH then engage in a couple of crowd brawls before Shane runs back in to attack Vince. The finish of Vince turning on Rock to give Triple H the win is kind of flat as well. There's some good moments in this match but the cameras constantly cutting to the McMahons throughout gets old after a while.

18: Hulk Hogan and Mr. T vs Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff, Wrestlemania 1 In a previous thread, I was a little too hard on this match. It was a fun brawl between good and evil in front of an unbelievably hot crowd. The wrestling isn't spectacular but at certain points it feels like a real fight. The finish of the match is almost botched as Pat Patterson blatantly maneuvers his way into position to not see Bob Orton interfere.

17: Chris Jericho vs Triple H, Wrestlemania 18 This was actually a better match than I remembered it being, but still nothing special. The legend holds true though, the crowd just never gets into this match. It is funny to hear "you screwed Bret!" chants break out during a WM main event, though (Hebner was the ref for this one). Triple H probably took an unbelievable amount of damage in an winning effort, but it's excusable given his babyface status.

16: Bret Hart vs Yokozuna, Wrestlemania 9 Despite not technically being the last match, I'm choosing to rate this one because there was actual work in this match compared to what Hogan did. Bret gets a really creative takedown to start the match by tripping Yoko's foot in the ropes. It's a really short match but I found myself enjoying it. Bret wrote in his book that Yoko cut Bret's comeback off and went into the finish early, I'm really curious how much better the match could have been if it went the way Bret planned.

15: John Cena vs Triple H, Wrestlemania 22 A good back and forth match between the new star and the previous star. This felt more like a babyface launching pad for Triple H than a coronation of Cena, though. Triple H establishes himself as the superior wrestler at the beginning and Cena has to work his way back.

14: John Cena vs Shawn Michaels, Wrestlemania 23 This was Shawn's worst Wrestlemania match of his second WWE run, which is a testament to how good he is because this match is fine. It starts off slow but builds to a good finish. The two have a great chain wrestling sequence towards the end that really impressed me, specifically Cena's part in it. Shawn does about as good a job here of putting Cena over as anyone could reasonably expect.

13: Shawn Michaels vs Stone Cold Steve Austin, Wrestlemania 14 While the match was underwhelming considering the status of both men, it maintains a big fight feel throughout. Something that stuck out to me was how frequently Shawn was grabbing/holidng his back throughout the match despite Austin not specifically working his back over during the match. Despite Shawn's poor professional reputation at the time, it's very evident he's working through considerable pain to do this match.

12: Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns vs Seth Rollins, Wrestlemania 31 An underrated match, in my opinion. The match that coined the phrase "Suplex City" feels all too legitimate at times. Roman takes a beating but shows some good babyface resiliency. Brock puts in a good effort here (one I wish he would replicate more often), and the Rollins cash-in was an excellent twist to the match.

11: Randy Savage vs Hulk Hogan, Wrestlemania 5 The explosion of the Megapowers produces a good back and forth affair between the two biggest stars of a generation. Savage does a great job leading the match before Hogan hulks up to score the pinfall.

10: Hulk Hogan vs The Ultimate Warrior, Wrestlemania 6 A match that sounds terrible on paper actually delivers a very strong result. They speed it up and slow it down in all the right spots. Hogan's ego is briefly displayed here when he manages to get a visual pin on the Warrior while the ref is down, but everything around that is better than what you would expect from both men. I truly feel like they could have wrestled this same match 10 times and the one that we saw that night would have been the best version of it. Now if only they hadn't tried to do it again 8 years later....

9. The Rock vs Stone Cold Steve Austin, Wrestlemania 15 The match is slightly overbooked with the multiple ref bumps, but the intensity Rock and Austin bring elevates this into the upper echelon of Wrestlemania main events.

8. The Rock vs John Cena, Wrestlemania 28 This match had unprecedented hype, but in my opinion it lived up to it. Between The Rock's star power and the level of booking behind Cena, this match feels just as big as anything else on this list. The two trade convincing (minus Cena's usual loose STF) throughout and conclude with a great People's Elbow into Rock Bottom spot that manages to both catch you off guard and create a story for the rematch.

7. Kurt Angle vs Brock Lesnar, Wrestlemania 19 A classic, great, realistic-looking match between two of the most legitimate competitors in pro-wrestling history. If Brock had landed that shooting star press, this match would probably have been even higher on this list.

6. The Rock vs Stone Cold Steve Austin, Wrestlemania 17 As I said, I tried to maintain an open mind while doing this, but I went into this thinking that this would probably end up being #1 on this list. As you can see, it is not. This is a great match, but this time rewatching it, it really hit me how bad the Austin heel turn was. The match was on it's way to being one of the all time great matches, but for me the heel turn just killed the rest of the match. I loved the match up until that point so much that it still manages to rank this high, though.

5. Edge vs The Undertaker, Wrestlemania 24 Possibly the most underrated match in Wrestlemania history in my opinion, and also possibly the best match of Edge's career, the near falls in this match have to be seen to be believed. I didn't see this live but I feel like I would have fallen for some of these near falls. There are some great reversals throughout this match that keep you guessing, and it delivers great on the finish as well. Classic match.

4. Bret Hart vs Shawn Michaels, Wrestlemania 12 Possibly the most polarizing match in Wrestlemania history, a 60 minute match is not going to be everyone's cup of tea. Personally though, I love this match. It does start slow but the story of the great champion wrestler Bret Hart vs the scrappy underdog Shawn Michaels is one of the best stories ever told in a WWE ring.

3. Randy Orton vs Batista vs Daniel Bryan, Wrestlemania 30 This match is overbooked in a good way. Daniel Bryan has the deck stacked against him and yet overcomes both Authority interference and a vicious Orton and Batista team up and wins the championship. While watching this I had this weird feeling that if Cena (for example) were booked in this match in the exact same way as Bryan, we'd be rolling our eyes at SuperCena again, but Daniel Bryan is so believable and you want so bad for him to win that you become immersed. Props to WWE for giving into the fans on this one and allowing one of their greatest feel good moments to occur.

2. The Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels, Wrestlemania 26 Streak vs Career. A Wrestlemania main event never had higher stakes. While I do think their first match was better, this match outdid their previous one in terms of drama and the nature of the finish. You truly feel like HBK puts every last drop of energy and effort he has into this match, and by the end the realization sinks in that he just doesn't have what it takes to end the streak. Even still, HBK refuses to back down and is defeated by one of the best tombstone piledrivers of all time. It's hard to imagine anyone's career ever ending on a better note.

1. Triple H vs Chris Benoit vs Shawn Michaels, Wrestlemania 20 This is the best main event in Wrestlemania history, in my opinion. The elements are all there: a dominant, ruthless champion, a tough veteran looking to finally win the big one, and a scorned man with a vendetta. They collide and produce an all-time classic. This match excels in every aspect of wrestling: great grappling, great striking exchanges, great use of the outside ring area, great psychology. This match is so close to perfect, and is what all triple threat matches should aspire to.

Thanks for reading everyone, curious to hear where some of you agree or disagree!