5 WrestleMania's that should have had a different main event

A better placement would have improved these WrestleMania's.
A better placement would have improved these WrestleMania's.

#3 WrestleMania 18

Ah, the annual Triple H epic at WrestleMania.
Ah, the annual Triple H epic at WrestleMania.

What Was The Main Event: Chris Jericho vs Triple H for the Undisputed Championship

What Should Have Main Evented: Hulk Hogan vs The Rock

Another WrestleMania, another disappointing main event angle involving Triple H. For somebody who has had tremendous success on the 'Grandest Stage of Them All', the Game sure has had a number of duds as well.

In 2002, his WWF Undisputed Championship storyline with Chris Jericho and Stephanie McMahon played second fiddle to The Rock vs Hulk Hogan. But to be fair, pretty much any match at WrestleMania would have played second fiddle to Rock vs Hogan.

That is why that generational clash should have main-evented the show. Nothing else could follow it, including Triple H vs Jericho. The Toronto Skydome lost their minds for Hogan. Never was a wrestling match so vastly enhanced by the crowd.

After the match was over, he quickly turned babyface when his nWo team-mates, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash, attacked him. The Rock and Hogan stood tall at the end and that seemed like the perfect end to WrestleMania X8.

Not every 'Mania has to end with a WWE Championship match, as we will see once more shortly.

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Edited by Zaid Khan
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