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At the event, all men's main roster championships at the time were defended, in addition to a 50-man Royal Rumble match, titled the Greatest Royal Rumble match. The card comprised 10 matches. In the main event, Raw's Braun Strowman won the Greatest Royal Rumble match to win the WWE Greatest Royal Rumble Trophy and Championship.
On March 31, 1985, WWE held its first ever WrestleMania at Madison Square Garden. 39 years later, WrestleMania has become a full-blown extravaganza, moving from relatively small arenas to sold-out ...
[1] [52] [57] [58] Regarded as one of the greatest matches in the history of professional wrestling, Bret Hart called it "one of the best matches I've seen in years", [59] while Triple H, Tony Schiavone, and Shane Taylor have dubbed it the greatest ever, [60] [61] [62] as well as publications such as Bleacher Report. [63]
The event was highly praised. In 2013, WWE released a list of their "15 best pay-per-views ever", with WrestleMania X-Seven ranked at number one. [19] WrestleMania X8 was the last WrestleMania to be produced under the WWF name, and featured Triple H defeating Chris Jericho to win the Undisputed WWF Championship. Austin, The Rock, and The ...
WrestleMania is WWE's flagship pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event, having first been held in 1985.It was the company's first pay-per-view produced and was also WWE's first major event available via livestreaming when the company launched the WWE Network in 2014.
The first match rated more than five stars by Meltzer was Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat in 1989. The highest-ever rating is seven stars, awarded to Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega at Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall in June 2018. There have been 267 matches awarded 5 or more stars; Will Ospreay has the most individual matches with 44.
The attendance record for WrestleMania XXVII was announced as 71,617. WWE's number was later confirmed by officials at the Georgia Dome. [46] The match between Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler is considered one of the worst WrestleMania matches of all time, as well as one of the worst in the WWE. Dave Meltzer gave the match 1 star out of 5. [47]
Undisputed WWE Championship match: Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Kevin Owens World Heavyweight Championship match: Gunther (c) vs. Randy Orton Women's Tag Team Championship match: Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn (c ...