10 Best Ever WWE WrestleMania Entrances
...and you will know us by the trail of the tread.
Seth Rollins can't have not felt a bit of a fool when he pretended to set fire to the longest ramp in company history at WrestleMania 33 in Orlando Florida. He was set to slay the 'King Of Kings' that night, paying off a broken union with Triple H that should have happened a year earlier. Seth hadn't appeared at the 'Show Of Shows' since closing it in 2015, going double duty against Randy Orton at WrestleMania 31.
Their match was Orton's best on the 'Grandest Stage' - far superior to the stinker he had at WrestleMania 25 against 'The Game', and may have been why the company elected to overcompensate with 'The Viper's entrance for his WWE Championship match against Bray Wyatt in 2017. The same platform Seth set ablaze manufactured a snake that looked for all the world like a giant sperm acting as a Orton's pumpkin ride to the ball. The ludicrous projection would undoubtedly have attracted more criticism had it not been for the ones in the actual match that followed - spunk tadpoles were small fry compared to the maggots that literally ate away at Wyatt's pathetic tenure with the title.
Grand arrivals are almost the norm at WrestleMania in the modern era, but awe can still be inspired when talent and creative vision coalesce to form something extra special at the 'Showcase Of The Immortals'. It's likely that the ten below at least will live forever.
10. Ric Flair (WrestleMania XXIV)
Just about holding back the tears as he combined the differing resplendences of the robes he wore throughout his career, Ric Flair was part-'Stylin', profilin', limousine riding, jet flying, kiss-stealing, wheelin' n' dealin' son of a gun, part-superhero. His feathered collars formed a chevron draped across his front and back, shaping themselves around a zipped number that looked like a cape fit for his final flight.
He was - for one of the only times in his career - seemingly ready to retire. His face told a million tales of a million miles well travelled, happy with his lot and ready to do business with the man he considered best to do it with.
An entrance enhanced exponentially by an expert build, a mammoth Orlando crowd completely understood the pathos at play, showering 'The Nature Boy' with respect and adulation he'd fuelled himself with for decades. It may not have been Flair's actual last dance, but - immersed in the glory of his greatness - he was he was tripping the light fantastic in WWE for the last time.