10 Hugely Underrated WWE WrestleMania Matches

10. The British Bulldogs Vs. The Dream Team - WrestleMania II

The temptation to revisit the entire chronology of WrestleMania is tempered by the idea that we'd prefer to pretend III was I; the original was momentous in influence but middling at best in quality, and the second undermined the promised spectacle, diluting the glamour and sapping the respective crowds with staggered action. Leave it to the Chicagoans to drum up some noise, and leave it to the Dynamite Kid to bump like a lunatic, to shine a light through the grim darkness of the pants production set-up.

Even revisited through a 2018 lens, the pace, intensity and dynamism of the Kid remains astonishing as he leaves Greg Valentine gassed and prone for Davey Boy Smith to blast him with a standing suplex. The shoddy reserved list ring actually accentuates the match; bouncy but loud, every bump is soundtracked by a shotgun blast - and this borders on the rapid-fire with the Bulldogs at their most boisterous. Far brisker and inventive than the timeframe suggests - the Hammer’s inverted Tombstone still warrants and wince - this is a real heel showcase reel for the underrated Valentine, who plays the vicious pr*ck with aplomb.

Brutus Beefcake is largely a passenger - but that only underlines the intelligence of the layout.