5 times WWE got the WrestleMania main event wrong

#1 The Rock(c) vs John Cena for WWE Title (Wrestlemania 29)

Clearly, there was no need for a rematch

In 2011, CM Punk made a very impressive jump to the top of WWE ladder. Already a charismatic superstar both in and outside the ring, CM Punk's WWE Title reign turned him into a red-hot commodity.

Despite being the WWE champion at Wrestlemania XXVIII, he wasn't in the main event. This time though, the road was clear for him to finally headline the Grand Spectacle, but WWE did something that actually ended CM Punk's brief spell as WWE's top superstar.

With Cena winning the Rumble and The Rock winning the WWE Title, the dreams of fans of watching Punk main event WrestleMania were again shattered. WWE made a fool out of their own statement of 'Once in a Lifetime' by having Cena v Rock II at WrestleMania, with the buzz around this match not even in comparison to the hype of the previous year's clash.

CM Punk, on the other hand, had an exceptional bout, inarguably the bout of the match, against The Undertaker. The match came almost an hour before the end of the show, but the crowd was so into the Punk character that they let all of their enthusiasm and zest out on his match.

Just because they had to follow the infamous 50-50 formula and let The Rock eat the pinfall to even the scores with John Cena after a disappointing affair, WWE let the biggest opportunity to have Punk main event WrestleMania slip out of their hand.

WWE made a mess of their own booking at Wrestlemania 29, which not only gave us one of the most disappointing main events of all time but also started the beginning of the end of CM Punk's wrestling career