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chad gabble to go head-to-head with ivar
For several weeks, The Alpha Academy have been at war with Ivar and Valhalla. Always one to lead by example, Master Gable now seeks a monumental win when he takes on the one-man wrecking crew in an highly anticipated rematch. Will Gable's technical prowess be enough to avoid the Tsunami and crop Ivar down to size?
For several weeks, The Alpha Academy have been at war with Ivar and Valhalla. Always one to lead by example, Master Gable now seeks a monumental win when he takes on the one-man wrecking crew in an highly anticipated rematch. Will Gable's technical prowess be enough to avoid the Tsunami and crop Ivar down to size?
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UFC, WWE partner on 5-year deal to bring events to Anaheim
The UFC and WWE merged last year into one company, the publicly traded TKO Group owned by Hollywood talent agency Endeavor. And now, some of the effects of that merger are coming to light. The UFC and WWE have signed a joint live event partnership with sports and entertainment district OC Vibe that will bring multiple events from both promotions to Honda Center in Anaheim, California, over the next five years, officials told ESPN on Thursday. An official announcement is expected later Thursday.
Beginning this year, the UFC and WWE will hold at least three events each at the arena through 2028, including the possibility of UFC pay-per-view and Fight Night cards and WWE Raw or SmackDown television programs. The deal does not specifically call for the UFC and WWE to hold events on back-to-back days or in the same week, though it's a possibility.
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2024 elimination chamber card, date, matches, rumors, start time, match card, predictions, location
WWE is headed Down Under. The promotion returns to Perth, Australia this weekend for the first time since 2018 when the Elimination Chamber PPV event arrives at the Optus Stadium. The event is a homecoming of sorts for women's world champion Rhea Ripley.
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2024 Elimination Chambers Matches
Drew McIntyre vs. Randy Orton vs. Bobby Lashley vs. LA Knight vs. Kevin Owens vs. Logan Paul (Elimination Chamber match)
Qualifiers will take place over seven days and the winner of the Chamber match will challenge Rollins for the world heavyweight title at WrestleMania 40.
Becky Lynch vs. Bianca Belair vs. Liv Morgan vs. Tiffany Stratton vs. Naomi vs. TBA (Elimination Chamber match
Elimination Chamber match will lock themselves into a women's world title match at WrestleMania 40.
Women's world championship -- Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Nia Jax
irresistible force and immovable object meet in Perth. Women's world champion Ripley returns to her home nation. Jax, arguably the only women's superstar who can outmuscle the reigning champion, awaits her.
Undisputed tag team championships -- Judgement Day (Damian Priest and Finn Balor) vs. British Strong Style (Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate)
Priest and Balor will defend their titles against the winners of the Undisputed WWE tag team championship contender series. British Strong Style and DIY won fatal four-way tag team matches on SmackDown and Raw, respectively,
Cody Rhodes and world heavyweight champion Seth Rollin to appear on the "Grayson Waller Effect."
The two are expected to address their partnership in the face of The Rock joining forces with The Bloodline after their dustup at the WrestleMania 40 kickoff press conference earlier this month.
WWE is headed Down Under. The promotion returns to Perth, Australia this weekend for the first time since 2018 when the Elimination Chamber PPV event arrives at the Optus Stadium. The event is a homecoming of sorts for women's world champion Rhea Ripley.
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2024 Elimination Chambers Matches
Drew McIntyre vs. Randy Orton vs. Bobby Lashley vs. LA Knight vs. Kevin Owens vs. Logan Paul (Elimination Chamber match)
Qualifiers will take place over seven days and the winner of the Chamber match will challenge Rollins for the world heavyweight title at WrestleMania 40.
Becky Lynch vs. Bianca Belair vs. Liv Morgan vs. Tiffany Stratton vs. Naomi vs. TBA (Elimination Chamber match
Elimination Chamber match will lock themselves into a women's world title match at WrestleMania 40.
Women's world championship -- Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Nia Jax
irresistible force and immovable object meet in Perth. Women's world champion Ripley returns to her home nation. Jax, arguably the only women's superstar who can outmuscle the reigning champion, awaits her.
Undisputed tag team championships -- Judgement Day (Damian Priest and Finn Balor) vs. British Strong Style (Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate)
Priest and Balor will defend their titles against the winners of the Undisputed WWE tag team championship contender series. British Strong Style and DIY won fatal four-way tag team matches on SmackDown and Raw, respectively,
Cody Rhodes and world heavyweight champion Seth Rollin to appear on the "Grayson Waller Effect."
The two are expected to address their partnership in the face of The Rock joining forces with The Bloodline after their dustup at the WrestleMania 40 kickoff press conference earlier this month.
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Drew McIntyre Wins WWE Elimination Chamber 2024 During Resurgent Year
Drew McIntyre won a tame men’s Elimination Chamber that also set up multiple possible WrestleMania 40 matches. Though the women's Chamber match had better action, the men’s match told a better story with a hypocritical McIntyre capitalizing on one cheap pinfall after another. McIntyre eliminated an injured Bobby Lashley, LA Knight (who was attacked by AJ Styles) and finally Randy Orton (who was laid out by a Logan Paul punch) to punch his ticket to WrestleMania in a match against Seth Rollins. The men’s Chamber Match started slowly as it was in somewhat of a death spot late in the card and before the main event featuring hometown hero Rhea Ripley. Coming out of Elimination Chamber, LA Knight seems primed for a WrestleMania match against Styles while Owens and Paul continued their animosities throughout. In addition to Paul and Owens’ feud, the fact that Paul cost Orton the Chamber match could lead to a Triple Threat match for the United States Championship.
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2024 WWE Elimination Chamber results, recap, grades: Drew McIntyre, Becky Lynch earn WrestleMania title shots
All four WrestleMania world title matches are set after the conclusion of Saturday's Elimination Chamber event in Perth, Australia. There were no major surprises at the event as Drew McIntyre and Becky Lynch emerged from their respective Elimination Chamber matches as winners who will go on to challenge for titles at the biggest show of the year. McIntyre was given a big hand by Logan Paul, who had already been eliminated from the match, when Paul ran back in to knock Randy Orton out using brass knuckles. Lynch's win was far less controversial as "The Man" simply outlasted the five other entrants in the match to claim her shot at the women's world championship.
That title was on the line in the night's main event when champion Rhea Ripley thrilled her home country crowd with a dramatic win over Nia Jax. Ripley's win sets up a title defense against Lynch at WrestleMania. Plus, both the men's and women's tag team champions were in action on Saturday with each titleholders getting big victories. The Kabuki Warriors proved to be too much for Indi Hartwell and Candice LaRae. Meanwhile, Judgement Day members Damian Priest and Finn Balor handled Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate.
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Elimination Chambers Results
The Kabuki Warriors (c) def. Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell to retain the titles.
Becky Lynch wins, last pinning Liv Morgan.
Judgment Day def. Pete Dunne & Tyler Bate via pinfall to retain the title.
Drew McIntyre wins, last pinning Randy Orton.
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Becky Lynch wins, last pinning Liv Morgan.
Judgment Day def. Pete Dunne & Tyler Bate via pinfall to retain the title.
Drew McIntyre wins, last pinning Randy Orton.
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The biggest wrestling show of the year draws near. WrestleMania 40 takes place from Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on April 6 and 7. More matches will get announced in the coming weeks.
2024 WWE Wrestlemania 40 matches
Undisputed WWE Universal Championship -- Roman Reigns (c) vs. Cody Rhodes
World Heavyweight Championship -- Seth Rollins (c) vs. Drew McIntyre
WWE Women's Championship -- Iyo Sky (c) vs. Bayley:
Women's World Championship -- Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Becky Lynch
Intercontinental Championship -- Gunther (c) vs. Bron Breakker
Jey Uso vs. Jimmy Uso
Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship -- Judgment Day (c) vs. The Miz & R-Truth
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Virgil, Ted DiBiase's bodyguard, dies at age 61
Michael Jones, best known as Virgil, the on-screen bodyguard for the "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase in the late '80s and early '90s, has died, WWE announced Wednesday. He was 61. Jones started wrestling professionally in 1985 and the following year linked up with the WWF. In 1987, Jones took on the character that would catapult him into major storylines as the manager of DiBiase, a heel wrestler known for shoving cash into the mouths of opponents who were put to sleep via the "Million Dollar Dream." Jones often carried DiBiase's Million Dollar Championship, a title he later won from DiBiase at SummerSlam '91. In 1992, Jones became a singles wrestler in WWF, known for red-and-white striped pants. Jones' final TV appearance as Virgil in WWF was in July 1994. He reappeared as Vincent in WCW in 1996 as the fifth member of the NWO faction. He departed WCW in 2000, marking the end of his run. He returned to WWE in 2010 for a series of appearances as the bodyguard of Ted DiBiase Jr. Jones also had a short stint in AEW from 2019 to 2020.
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Manager, executive Paul Heyman selected to WWE Hall of Fame
Paul Heyman first hustled his way into professional wrestling as a teenager with a press pass at Madison Square Garden in the 1970s. Even then, working behind-the-scenes and mingling with the oddities in the outlier of the sports world appealed to Heyman. He struck up a relationship with Vince McMahon Sr. and was hired for $50 as a ringside photographer. Heyman ditched the camera long ago, but he never stopped trying to tell wrestling stories through his vision. He was an advocate, manager and now, a WWE Hall of Famer.
Heyman worked for the National Wrestling Alliance and World Championship Wrestling before his now 20-plus year career in WWE. But it was time as the creative mind behind the ECW promotion in the '90s that revolutionized the industry. Before Heyman formed WWE's Bloodline stable, his ECW was as bloodthirsty and violent as pro wrestling would get - think barbed-wire ropes and flaming tables - and many of its ideas and performers were later absorbed by WWE into the mainstream.
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Ole Anderson, 81, member of wrestling's Four Horsemen, dies
Ole Anderson, a professional wrestler whose tough, no-nonsense style led him to become a founding member of the famed collective known as The Four Horsemen, has died, the WWE said. He was 81. Anderson gained that reputation early in his career as a tag-team champ, paired with partners billed as relatives, including Arn Anderson. They gained notoriety as the tag team known as The Minnesota Wrecking Crew. The pair later teamed up in the 1980s with Ric Flair and Tully Blanchard to form The Four Horsemen, led by manager J.J. Dillon in the NWA wrestling organization. They battled some of wrestling's biggest names, including Dusty Rhodes, the Road Warriors, Magnum T.A. and Sting, who later became a member of the foursome. Ole Anderson began wrestling in the late 1960s and he made his way to the Carolinas, where he joined with partner Gene Anderson and won the NWA tag team championship. Meanwhile, Ole Anderson also was successful booking wrestling events in Florida and the Carolinas when shows were held in the same cities and towns, week after week, and wrestlers were getting more exposure on television in the days before WrestleMania.
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Boxer Muhammad Ali to be inducted into WWE Hall of Fame
Muhammad Ali will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024, the promotion announced Monday morning. The ceremony will take place April 5 during WrestleMania 40 weekend in Philadelphia. Ali died in June 2016 at the age of 74. A sporting icon whose influence spanned the globe, Ali was the special guest referee in the main event of the first WrestleMania, a tag-tag match featuring Hulk Hogan and Mr. T vs. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff. Ali, one of the all-time great boxers, delivered a right hand to Piper's chin, one of many indelible moments the heavyweight champion created at New York's Madison Square Garden.
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2024 wwe wrestlemania 40 card, dates, rumors, matches, predictions, match card, location, start time
The biggest wrestling show of the year draws near. WrestleMania 40 takes place from Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on April 6 and 7. More matches will get announced in the coming weeks.
2024 WWE Wrestlemania 40 matches
Undisputed WWE Universal Championship -- Roman Reigns (c) vs. Cody Rhodes
World Heavyweight Championship -- Seth Rollins (c) vs. Drew McIntyre
WWE Women's Championship -- Iyo Sky (c) vs. Bayley:
Women's World Championship -- Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Becky Lynch
Intercontinental Championship -- Gunther (c) vs. Bron Breakker
Jey Uso vs. Jimmy Uso
Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship -- Judgment Day (c) vs. The Miz & R-Truth
The 20 biggest matches in WrestleMania history
It's officially WrestleMania season and this year, the two-night WrestleMania (April 6 and 7) will feature the return of The Rock and a highly-anticipated rematch between Cody Rhodes and Roman reigns. It remains to be seen if any of this year's matches will join the pantheon of the biggest WrestleMania matches of all time, but as we approach WWE's most significant weekend of the year, let's take a look back and enjoy the 40-year history of the biggest wrestling event in the world.
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20. WrestleMania 28 and 29: The Rock vs. John Cena
Just like you can't separate the matches between The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels, the three-year odyssey at WrestleMania between The Rock and John Cena has to be viewed as a whole. It started in 2011 at WrestleMania 27, when The Rock served as the special guest host for the show,
19. WrestleMania 13: Submission match: Bret Hart vs. Stone Cild Steve Austin (special guests referee: Ken Shamrock
There is no exact point in time that can be pointed to as the launching pad for the Attitude Era of the WWE, but there's an argument to be made that it was at WrestleMania 13, with Austin, blood covering his face, grimacing as he was held in Hart's Sharpshooter submission.
18. WrestleMania 17: The Dudley Boyz (c) vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. Edge & Christain
In an era in which chair shots and weapons of many types became standard fare, The Dudley Boyz, The Hardy Boyz and Edge & Christian took the high-speed-car-crash approach to professional wrestling and turned the dial to 11. The first official TLC match among these three teams happened at SummerSlam 2000, but the reprise at WrestleMania 17 is the stuff of legends.
17. WrestleMania 10: Ladder match for the Intercontinental championship: Razor Ramon (c) vs. Shawn Michaels
Often imitated and rarely duplicated, this was one of the first prominent ladder matches in WWE history. Michaels and Ramon absolutely hit it out of the park. For the time, it was revolutionary and extremely dangerous. The aim was to climb a 15-foot ladder and grab two WWF Intercontinental titles hanging from the ceiling at Madison Square Garden in New York.
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WALE REVEALS LINEUP FOR 2024 WALEMANIA IN CONJUNCTION WITH WRESTLEMANIA XL
Wale has unveiled the latest lineup for his WaleMania concert, which will be held in conjunction with WrestleMania XL. In a press release shared with Ringside News, the ex-MMG artist revealed that Connie Diamond, Nick Papz, and 3ohBlack are just a few of the many artists in the lineup. The event, which is scheduled to take place on April 4, will also honor former WWE Intercontinental Champion Shelton Benjamin. “Bringing my friends together from the world of music and wrestling is something I truly look forward to doing every year leading up to Mania week,” Wale said, in a statement included in the press release. “This year is going to be the biggest one we’ve ever done and I’m looking forward to giving my fans and friends a unique experience.”
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the 20 biggest matches in wrestlemania history
20. WrestleMania 28 and 29: The Rock vs. John Cena
Just like you can't separate the matches between The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels, the three-year odyssey at WrestleMania between The Rock and John Cena has to be viewed as a whole. It started in 2011 at WrestleMania 27, when The Rock served as the special guest host for the show,
19. WrestleMania 13: Submission match: Bret Hart vs. Stone Cild Steve Austin (special guests referee: Ken Shamrock
There is no exact point in time that can be pointed to as the launching pad for the Attitude Era of the WWE, but there's an argument to be made that it was at WrestleMania 13, with Austin, blood covering his face, grimacing as he was held in Hart's Sharpshooter submission.
18. WrestleMania 17: The Dudley Boyz (c) vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. Edge & Christain
In an era in which chair shots and weapons of many types became standard fare, The Dudley Boyz, The Hardy Boyz and Edge & Christian took the high-speed-car-crash approach to professional wrestling and turned the dial to 11. The first official TLC match among these three teams happened at SummerSlam 2000, but the reprise at WrestleMania 17 is the stuff of legends.
17. WrestleMania 10: Ladder match for the Intercontinental championship: Razor Ramon (c) vs. Shawn Michaels
Often imitated and rarely duplicated, this was one of the first prominent ladder matches in WWE history. Michaels and Ramon absolutely hit it out of the park. For the time, it was revolutionary and extremely dangerous. The aim was to climb a 15-foot ladder and grab two WWF Intercontinental titles hanging from the ceiling at Madison Square Garden in New York.
16. WrestleMania 3: Intercontinental championship: "Macho Man" Randy Savage (c) vs. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
At WrestleMania 3, only two matches eclipsed the 10-minute mark: the aforementioned legendary clash between Hogan and Andre the Giant and the Intercontinental championship match between Randy Savage and Ricky Steamboat.
15. WrestleMania 12: Iron Man for the WWF championhip: Bret Hart (c) vs, Shawn Michaels
The boyhood dream came true in 1996. After more than 61 minutes, Michaels won the WWF title for the first time in an Iron Man Match against Hart at Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California. From an in-ring perspective, this was one of the best WrestleMania main events ever, a technical masterpiece between two of the best "workers" of the era.
14. WrestleMania 25-26: The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels
The back-to-back WrestleMania matches between Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker are inseparable as a singular story. The first time around, Michaels, long dubbed "Mr. WrestleMania," endeavored to end The Undertaker's undefeated streak at WrestleMania.
13. WrestleMania 1: Hulk Hogan & Mr. T vs. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper & Paul Orndorff
The original WrestleMania, in 1985 at Madison Square Garden, is what started the pro wrestling boom of the 1980s and led to WWE's success the next several decades. The event was a pop-culture phenomenon.
20. WrestleMania 28 and 29: The Rock vs. John Cena
Just like you can't separate the matches between The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels, the three-year odyssey at WrestleMania between The Rock and John Cena has to be viewed as a whole. It started in 2011 at WrestleMania 27, when The Rock served as the special guest host for the show,
19. WrestleMania 13: Submission match: Bret Hart vs. Stone Cild Steve Austin (special guests referee: Ken Shamrock
There is no exact point in time that can be pointed to as the launching pad for the Attitude Era of the WWE, but there's an argument to be made that it was at WrestleMania 13, with Austin, blood covering his face, grimacing as he was held in Hart's Sharpshooter submission.
18. WrestleMania 17: The Dudley Boyz (c) vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. Edge & Christain
In an era in which chair shots and weapons of many types became standard fare, The Dudley Boyz, The Hardy Boyz and Edge & Christian took the high-speed-car-crash approach to professional wrestling and turned the dial to 11. The first official TLC match among these three teams happened at SummerSlam 2000, but the reprise at WrestleMania 17 is the stuff of legends.
17. WrestleMania 10: Ladder match for the Intercontinental championship: Razor Ramon (c) vs. Shawn Michaels
Often imitated and rarely duplicated, this was one of the first prominent ladder matches in WWE history. Michaels and Ramon absolutely hit it out of the park. For the time, it was revolutionary and extremely dangerous. The aim was to climb a 15-foot ladder and grab two WWF Intercontinental titles hanging from the ceiling at Madison Square Garden in New York.
16. WrestleMania 3: Intercontinental championship: "Macho Man" Randy Savage (c) vs. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
At WrestleMania 3, only two matches eclipsed the 10-minute mark: the aforementioned legendary clash between Hogan and Andre the Giant and the Intercontinental championship match between Randy Savage and Ricky Steamboat.
15. WrestleMania 12: Iron Man for the WWF championhip: Bret Hart (c) vs, Shawn Michaels
The boyhood dream came true in 1996. After more than 61 minutes, Michaels won the WWF title for the first time in an Iron Man Match against Hart at Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California. From an in-ring perspective, this was one of the best WrestleMania main events ever, a technical masterpiece between two of the best "workers" of the era.
14. WrestleMania 25-26: The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels
The back-to-back WrestleMania matches between Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker are inseparable as a singular story. The first time around, Michaels, long dubbed "Mr. WrestleMania," endeavored to end The Undertaker's undefeated streak at WrestleMania.
13. WrestleMania 1: Hulk Hogan & Mr. T vs. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper & Paul Orndorff
The original WrestleMania, in 1985 at Madison Square Garden, is what started the pro wrestling boom of the 1980s and led to WWE's success the next several decades. The event was a pop-culture phenomenon.
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2024 wwe wrestlemania 40 card, dates, rumors, matches, predictions, match card, location, start time
The biggest wrestling show of the year draws near. WrestleMania 40 takes place from Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on April 6 and 7. More matches will get announced in the coming weeks.
2024 WWE Wrestlemania 40 matches
Undisputed WWE Universal Championship -- Roman Reigns (c) vs. Cody Rhodes
World Heavyweight Championship -- Seth Rollins (c) vs. Drew McIntyre
WWE Women's Championship -- Iyo Sky (c) vs. Bayley:
Women's World Championship -- Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Becky Lynch
Intercontinental Championship -- Gunther (c) vs. Bron Breakker
Jey Uso vs. Jimmy Uso
Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship -- Judgment Day (c) vs. The Miz & R-Truth
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The biggest wrestling show of the year draws near. WrestleMania 40 takes place from Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on April 6 and 7. More matches will get announced in the coming weeks.
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2024 WWE Wrestlemania 40 night 1 matches
Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins vs. The Rock and Roman Reigns
2024 WWE Wrestlemania 40 night 2 matches
Undisputed WWE Universal Championship -- Roman Reigns (c) vs. Cody Rhodes
World Heavyweight Championship -- Seth Rollins (c) vs. Drew McIntyre
2024 WWE Wrestlemania 40 matches without a confirmed date
WWE Women's Championship -- Iyo Sky (c) vs. Bayley:
Women's World Championship -- Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Becky Lynch
United States Championship -- Logan Paul (c) vs. Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens
Intercontinental Championship -- Gunther (c) vs. Bron Breakker
Jey Uso vs. Jimmy Uso
Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship -- Judgment Day (c) vs. TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA (Six-Pack Ladder match)
LA Knight vs. AJ Styles
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the 20 biggest matches in wrestlemania history
20. WrestleMania 28 and 29: The Rock vs. John Cena
Just like you can't separate the matches between The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels, the three-year odyssey at WrestleMania between The Rock and John Cena has to be viewed as a whole. It started in 2011 at WrestleMania 27, when The Rock served as the special guest host for the show,
19. WrestleMania 13: Submission match: Bret Hart vs. Stone Cild Steve Austin (special guests referee: Ken Shamrock
There is no exact point in time that can be pointed to as the launching pad for the Attitude Era of the WWE, but there's an argument to be made that it was at WrestleMania 13, with Austin, blood covering his face, grimacing as he was held in Hart's Sharpshooter submission.
18. WrestleMania 17: The Dudley Boyz (c) vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. Edge & Christain
In an era in which chair shots and weapons of many types became standard fare, The Dudley Boyz, The Hardy Boyz and Edge & Christian took the high-speed-car-crash approach to professional wrestling and turned the dial to 11. The first official TLC match among these three teams happened at SummerSlam 2000, but the reprise at WrestleMania 17 is the stuff of legends.
17. WrestleMania 10: Ladder match for the Intercontinental championship: Razor Ramon (c) vs. Shawn Michaels
Often imitated and rarely duplicated, this was one of the first prominent ladder matches in WWE history. Michaels and Ramon absolutely hit it out of the park. For the time, it was revolutionary and extremely dangerous. The aim was to climb a 15-foot ladder and grab two WWF Intercontinental titles hanging from the ceiling at Madison Square Garden in New York.
16. WrestleMania 3: Intercontinental championship: "Macho Man" Randy Savage (c) vs. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
At WrestleMania 3, only two matches eclipsed the 10-minute mark: the aforementioned legendary clash between Hogan and Andre the Giant and the Intercontinental championship match between Randy Savage and Ricky Steamboat.
15. WrestleMania 12: Iron Man for the WWF championhip: Bret Hart (c) vs, Shawn Michaels
The boyhood dream came true in 1996. After more than 61 minutes, Michaels won the WWF title for the first time in an Iron Man Match against Hart at Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California. From an in-ring perspective, this was one of the best WrestleMania main events ever, a technical masterpiece between two of the best "workers" of the era.
14. WrestleMania 25-26: The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels
The back-to-back WrestleMania matches between Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker are inseparable as a singular story. The first time around, Michaels, long dubbed "Mr. WrestleMania," endeavored to end The Undertaker's undefeated streak at WrestleMania.
13. WrestleMania 1: Hulk Hogan & Mr. T vs. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper & Paul Orndorff
The original WrestleMania, in 1985 at Madison Square Garden, is what started the pro wrestling boom of the 1980s and led to WWE's success the next several decades. The event was a pop-culture phenomenon.
12. WrestleMania 30: WWE championship: Randy Orton (c) vs. Batista vs. Daniel
From the moment Daniel Bryan broke into the WWE as The Miz's "rookie" on NXT, he fought an uphill battle to prove what he was capable of. Through every character transformation along the way, Bryan picked up more and more momentum and crowd support until fans so vociferously thought he was being underutilized that it became too big to ignore.
11. WrestleMania 5: WWF championship: "Macho Man" Randy Savage (c) vs. Hulk Hogan
The friendship, partnership and eventual ugly split between Hogan and Randy "Macho Man" Savage provided one of the simplest yet most excellently executed storylines in WWE history. Savage, who won the WWF title one year earlier at WrestleMania 4, became jealous of Hogan's friendship with Savage's wife, Miss Elizabeth. The tag team of Hogan and Savage, dubbed the "Mega Powers," went sour, and the rivalry bubbled over into a match at WrestleMania 5 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
10. WrestleMania 17: No disqualification match for WWF championship: "Stone Cold' Steve Austin vs. The Rock
The Rock and Steve Austin faced off three times at WrestleMania: 1999 (15), 2001 (17) and 2003 (19). The first two matches were for the WWE championship, but the one that stands out is the middle chapter. The first WrestleMania after the end of the Monday Night Wars pitted the two wrestlers who likely had the most to do with the WWE's success during the Attitude Era in a no-disqualification match for the WWE championship.
9. WrestleMania 28: Hell in a Cell: The Undertaker vs. Triple H (special guest referee: Shawn Michaels
At WrestleMania 27 one year earlier, The Undertaker and Triple H had a brutal, no-holds-barred match that left the victorious Undertaker injured. He didn't appear on WWE television for another 10 months, until he came back to challenge Triple H at WrestleMania 28. Triple H eventually accepted but proposed a Hell in a Cell match, the brutal, enclosed cage battle that The Undertaker made famous.
20. WrestleMania 28 and 29: The Rock vs. John Cena
Just like you can't separate the matches between The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels, the three-year odyssey at WrestleMania between The Rock and John Cena has to be viewed as a whole. It started in 2011 at WrestleMania 27, when The Rock served as the special guest host for the show,
19. WrestleMania 13: Submission match: Bret Hart vs. Stone Cild Steve Austin (special guests referee: Ken Shamrock
There is no exact point in time that can be pointed to as the launching pad for the Attitude Era of the WWE, but there's an argument to be made that it was at WrestleMania 13, with Austin, blood covering his face, grimacing as he was held in Hart's Sharpshooter submission.
18. WrestleMania 17: The Dudley Boyz (c) vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. Edge & Christain
In an era in which chair shots and weapons of many types became standard fare, The Dudley Boyz, The Hardy Boyz and Edge & Christian took the high-speed-car-crash approach to professional wrestling and turned the dial to 11. The first official TLC match among these three teams happened at SummerSlam 2000, but the reprise at WrestleMania 17 is the stuff of legends.
17. WrestleMania 10: Ladder match for the Intercontinental championship: Razor Ramon (c) vs. Shawn Michaels
Often imitated and rarely duplicated, this was one of the first prominent ladder matches in WWE history. Michaels and Ramon absolutely hit it out of the park. For the time, it was revolutionary and extremely dangerous. The aim was to climb a 15-foot ladder and grab two WWF Intercontinental titles hanging from the ceiling at Madison Square Garden in New York.
16. WrestleMania 3: Intercontinental championship: "Macho Man" Randy Savage (c) vs. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
At WrestleMania 3, only two matches eclipsed the 10-minute mark: the aforementioned legendary clash between Hogan and Andre the Giant and the Intercontinental championship match between Randy Savage and Ricky Steamboat.
15. WrestleMania 12: Iron Man for the WWF championhip: Bret Hart (c) vs, Shawn Michaels
The boyhood dream came true in 1996. After more than 61 minutes, Michaels won the WWF title for the first time in an Iron Man Match against Hart at Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California. From an in-ring perspective, this was one of the best WrestleMania main events ever, a technical masterpiece between two of the best "workers" of the era.
14. WrestleMania 25-26: The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels
The back-to-back WrestleMania matches between Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker are inseparable as a singular story. The first time around, Michaels, long dubbed "Mr. WrestleMania," endeavored to end The Undertaker's undefeated streak at WrestleMania.
13. WrestleMania 1: Hulk Hogan & Mr. T vs. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper & Paul Orndorff
The original WrestleMania, in 1985 at Madison Square Garden, is what started the pro wrestling boom of the 1980s and led to WWE's success the next several decades. The event was a pop-culture phenomenon.
12. WrestleMania 30: WWE championship: Randy Orton (c) vs. Batista vs. Daniel
From the moment Daniel Bryan broke into the WWE as The Miz's "rookie" on NXT, he fought an uphill battle to prove what he was capable of. Through every character transformation along the way, Bryan picked up more and more momentum and crowd support until fans so vociferously thought he was being underutilized that it became too big to ignore.
11. WrestleMania 5: WWF championship: "Macho Man" Randy Savage (c) vs. Hulk Hogan
The friendship, partnership and eventual ugly split between Hogan and Randy "Macho Man" Savage provided one of the simplest yet most excellently executed storylines in WWE history. Savage, who won the WWF title one year earlier at WrestleMania 4, became jealous of Hogan's friendship with Savage's wife, Miss Elizabeth. The tag team of Hogan and Savage, dubbed the "Mega Powers," went sour, and the rivalry bubbled over into a match at WrestleMania 5 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
10. WrestleMania 17: No disqualification match for WWF championship: "Stone Cold' Steve Austin vs. The Rock
The Rock and Steve Austin faced off three times at WrestleMania: 1999 (15), 2001 (17) and 2003 (19). The first two matches were for the WWE championship, but the one that stands out is the middle chapter. The first WrestleMania after the end of the Monday Night Wars pitted the two wrestlers who likely had the most to do with the WWE's success during the Attitude Era in a no-disqualification match for the WWE championship.
9. WrestleMania 28: Hell in a Cell: The Undertaker vs. Triple H (special guest referee: Shawn Michaels
At WrestleMania 27 one year earlier, The Undertaker and Triple H had a brutal, no-holds-barred match that left the victorious Undertaker injured. He didn't appear on WWE television for another 10 months, until he came back to challenge Triple H at WrestleMania 28. Triple H eventually accepted but proposed a Hell in a Cell match, the brutal, enclosed cage battle that The Undertaker made famous.