10 WWE Main Event Feuds That Didn't End At WrestleMania

Over the last several years, WWE have worked to present WrestleMania as an evening of main events. A series of top-line contests all bundled together on one enormous evening.

By utilisting 'dream match' scenarios and/or featuring current stars in title matches that gain stature by default, the company satiates audience diversity by presenting multiple conflicts as the headline attraction, but can rarely afford to deliver all their payoffs at the same time.

Weighed down by a pay-per-view the next month, a Raw the next night, or even a soft house show tour the following week, the company has often sought to leave a little behind in their biggest programme in order to justify a WrestleMania retread.

This year though, things seem different, with some semblance of finality in many of the major matches.

Title matches featuring Bill Goldberg, Brock Lesnar, Bray Wyatt, Randy Orton, Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens have several months of build-up pointed towards big conclusions, the Roman Reigns/Undertaker war looks set to be a WrestleMania moment and nothing more, and John Cena is soon to disappear again following the reality TV-inspired mixed tag team match.

History has shown that it wouldn't be a shock to see several of these battles carry over to future events, even repeating across multiple pay-per-views if interest remains, or creative haven't yet figured out a performer's next move.

Looking at some long-form rivalries that went beyond the 'Show of Shows' for better or worse, here are 10 main event feuds that didn't end at WrestleMania.

Following an outstanding show-closing World Title match at WrestleMania 24, Edge and Undertaker would wrestle again on four more times on pay-per-view in 2008.

With a feud expertly built in the run-up to the 'Showcase of the Immortals' and a match that grossly over-delivered on expectations, company bosses decided there was still plenty of juice in the rivalry between the pair and lead with them as Smackdown's headline attraction for the bulk of the post-WrestleMania output.

Fighting over the title yet again in matches at Backlash, Judgment Day and One Night Stand, the two concluded their lengthy war with a Hell in a Cell struggle at Summerslam that briefly wrote 'The Rated-R Superstar' off television following a chokeslam through the ring by 'The Deadman'.

Pleasingly, the bouts never felt dull despite the repetition, with a 'Tables, Ladders and Chairs' stipulation added to the One Night Stand brawl that saw Undertaker fly off a ladder through four tables at the conclusion of their best ever battle.

Already established as a main eventer, the angle moved Edge into the elite amongst WWE's top stars, and aided an ongoing renaissance for Undertaker following his jaw-dropping 2007 run with Batista.