WWE WrestleMania: What every main event should have been

Here’s what the main event of every WWE WrestleMania pay-per-view event should have been.

It’s that time of year again, folks. The road that started in Philadelphia at the Royal Rumble, with stops in Las Vegas and Columbus for Elimination Chamber and Fastlane, respectively, is finally coming to an end as WrestleMania 34 comes your way on Sunday, April 8 from the Mercedes-Benz Superdome (yes, that’s the Superdome, Hulkster) in New Orleans.

While the WWE Universe doesn’t yet know what the final match of the night will be — there are certainly a few options out there with Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns, AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura and Triple H and Stephanie McMahon vs. Kurt Angle and Ronda Rousey — there’s bound to be someone out there who won’t agree with the call. I mean, that’s what the internet wrestling community does, right? We argue everything. Sometimes we make valid points and sometimes we don’t, but it’s usually entertaining.

So before we get into this list, I want to clarify exactly what’s happening here. What I did was take a look at every WrestleMania main event in history … and by main event, I mean the final match of the night. While some shows have had the “double main event” billing, the real one that creative wants you to think is more important than any other comes at the end of the show. So I took a look at every main event and threw down my opinion on whether or not I thought that was the right way to go. Sometimes it was, and if that’s the case, I’ll give you the reason(s) on why I thought so.

If I didn’t agree with it, however, I’ll give you an alternate and explain why I think the match I chose was the better option. Sometimes it was just another match from the same card, but if I changed something, it was more often than not a bout that I created. However, I did at least try to give myself some rules to follow as to not let myself get too out of control. After each entry, I cleared the table and started over, meaning that the actual main event from the previous WrestleMania had gone down exactly the way it did in reality. Otherwise, I’m playing with an entirely new timeline for 33 years and that’s a lot of responsibility. So after each entry, just clear your mind and start over. In addition, each participant had to be on the roster and had to be healthy. I will admit to breaking my own rules a couple of times but you’ll understand why I did so when you get to those.

But enough with the rules. Let’s get to the list, starting with the original WrestleMania from Madison Square Garden.