5 WrestleMania Dream Matches That Never Came To Be

WrestleMania is the biggest event on the pro wrestling calendar. From the very first edition all the way back in 1985 to the global phenomenon that it has become today, it is very much the Super Bowl of wrestling.

For a match to have a prominent place on a WrestleMania card, it needs to be big. It needs to have drawing power. The likes of Stone Cold vs The Rock, Shawn Michaels vs The Undertaker, matches that are so big they could only really happen at Mania.

There are some big matches that looked likely to go down at WrestleMania, but never did. Some of the biggest names in the industry seemed like they were on a collision course for the Grandest Stage of Them All, but for some reason these matches just never came to be.

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#5 The Undertaker vs John Cena

The Undertaker

Let's start with a big one and the most contemporary one, The Undertaker versus John Cena. Both men have done absolutely everything there is to do in their respective careers, aside from face each other at WrestleMania.

It's a match that has been rumoured to take place for years now, but for some reason, has never come to fruition. Big Match John has even made reference to the dream bout in promos, citing that he would love nothing more than to battle The Deadman.

Why WWE never pulled the trigger on this one remains unclear. It could be that they were waiting for the perfect time, only to discover that that time has passed and now it's too late.

#4 Hulk Hogan vs Stone Cold

Stone Cold

WrestleMania X-8 marked the return to the Showcase of the Immortals of Hulk Hogan. The Hulkster's first WrestleMania in nine years, WWE needed a big opponent for him, and they had one in The Rock.

While Rock versus Hogan was an unmitigated success, apparently the original plan was to have Stone Cold Steve Austin face Hulk. While it's never been confirmed that this mega-match was ever discussed, it's still a head-scratcher as to why it never happened.

Not only were there rumours that the match would take place at WrestleMania X-8, there was also talk of it happening at WrestleManias XX, 21 and 25. It never did, of course, and now that both men are retired, it never will.

#3 Eddie Guerrero vs Shawn Michaels

Eddie Guerrero with the WWE Championship

Eddie Guerrero was a late bloomer when it came to getting the recognition he deserved in WWE. Latino Heat plied his trade in WCW, and clearly Vince McMahon took a year or two to see his worth once he arrived in WWE.

Eventually though, Eddie became WWE Champion, by beating Brock Lesnar no less, and was on top of the world. It came just in time too, as later the following year, Guerrero would tragically and unexpectedly pass away.

Eddie's passing came just months before WrestleMania 22. Apparently, only a day or two before he died, Vince and co had just begun discussing a dream match between him and Shawn Michaels at the Show of Shows. What a spectacle that would have been.

#2 The Undertaker vs Sting

Sting at the Hall of Fame in 2016

Sting versus The Undertaker. It's the one WrestleMania dream match that most fans were adamant we would eventually see, yet unfortunately it never came to be. Not even when both men were finally under the same roof.

Throughout the Monday Night War between WWE and WCW, The Undertaker and Sting were the two constants for their respective companies. Their loyalty never wavered and, sadly for the fans, that meant we never got to see two of the greatest of all time go one-on-one.

Sting revealed, however, that he had been approached by WWE a few years before he actually came to the company. Their idea was to have him and The Deadman do battle at WrestleMania XXVII. It never happened, of course, and now never will

#1 Hulk Hogan vs Ric Flair

Ric Flair

It's hard to deny that Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan are the two biggest stars professional wrestling has ever produced. The two performers' careers effectively ran parallel to each other in different companies throughout the 1980s, until Flair came to WWE in 1991.

It didn't take Ric long to win the WWE Championship, overcoming 29 other men in the 1992 Royal Rumble match to win the title. It seemed a given that The Nature Boy would defend his title against Hogan at WrestleMania VIII, but it never happened.

There is no concrete answer as to why the match didn't go ahead and Flair defended his title against Randy Savage. Ric and Hulk would do battle in WCW a couple of years later, but it was nowhere near the spectacle it would have been at WrestleMania.