The main event of WrestleMania is the biggest match on the biggest card. It is a spot that has featured multiple Hall of Famers and has been the coveted spot of any wrestler setting foot inside WWE. For the most part, the magnitude of the main event means that a World Championship will be decided. After all, the company’s biggest prize should be the focal point of the Show of Shows.
A World Championship is the ultimate prize, yes, but that doesn’t mean it’s always closing out WrestleMania. Throughout the 42-year history of ‘Mania, there have been matches that have been deemed larger than anything on the card and given the coveted main event spot. Some of them have been great, and others have been less than stellar. Below, we will examine these non-title main events and see how they rank against one another.
10 – Bam Bam Bigelow v Lawrence Taylor (WrestleMania 11)
WWE was struggling in 1995. They had lost all their big stars and were trying to find their way. Men like HBK, Bret Hart, and Diesel were starting to separate themselves from the pack, which is why putting Taylor and Bigelow in the main event was a huge mistake.
Understandably, WWE would want to stack its main event with as much star power as possible, but the match was not very good. Taylor didn’t know how to work, and Bigelow had to walk him through every spot. There was little interest from the crowd, and the final sequence was met with more silence than WWE would have liked. It was not a great end to a lackluster night of wrestling.
