Heartbreak and Happiness: 10 Wrestlemania Moments that Take You on an Emotional Roller Coaster

Confetti seems to flow just as easily as tears at the Showcase of the Immortals.

Happiness #4: Zack Ryder Hears His Music

Happy just to hear, "Oh, Radio!" over a football stadium's speakers, Ryder's joy would grow exponentially 20 minutes later

The Intercontinental Championship storyline leading into the Wrestlemania 32 was all about defending champion Kevin Owens, his eternal feud with former/future best friend Sami Zayn and perennial IC Title challengers Dolph Ziggler and The Miz; on an episode of SmackDown, Owens promised a title shot to one of three men he teased to be those three, but who turned out to be Stardust, Sin Cara, and Zack Ryder.

The latter three men, by 2016, were glorified enhancement talent; once near the top of the card and brought in to great fanfare, all three found their home on WWE's B- and C-Shows, and in dark matches nationwide; their promised championship opportunities were made to be a joke, but the inconclusiveness of the match where they fought for a number one contendership earned them entry into the Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match at AT&T Stadium.

Zack Ryder made waves in promos detailing how he'd never heard his own music play at Wrestlemania; he'd only ever been a battle royal body or part of a team entering to someone else's theme. If nothing else, he would get to have his own entrance to his own catchy tune in front of six figures of fans at the home of the Dallas Cowboys.

Moments like this make professional wrestling more "real" than any other sport could be.

Not only did Ryder hear his own theme to enter the match, he would also topple a showboating Miz from the top of a ladder to unlatch the belt from the hook above the ring; while Ryder would lose the belt on the very next RAW (beginning inarguably the greatest run in Miz's WWE career), this was a joyful moment made even more heartwarming by Ryder's dad sitting ringside for the win.

The pop Ryder gets when he unhooks the strap is incredible, as all 100,000 fans revel in the rare happy shock from WWE.

Edited by Nishant Jayaram