10 Longest Gaps Between WWE Superstars' WrestleMania Matches

10. Jeff Hardy, Matt Borne (8 Years)

After spending his teenage years being thrown around the ring by the stars of the New Generation era, Jeff Hardy made his WrestleMania debut in 2000 by jumping off ladders as part of the show-stealing Triangle Ladder Match. After a 2003 firing he would be back jumping off ladders at WrestleMania 23 (a mere five-year 'Mania absence at this point) but despite being arguably the most popular star in the company, his disappointing Extreme Rules defeat to Matt at WrestleMania 25 was his last appearance until 2017, when Jeff returned with his brother to once again jump off ladders at WrestleMania 33, an eight-year 'Mania absence.

Matt Borne went through quite the change in his eight-year exile. Borne wrestled on the first WrestleMania in 1985, where as regular old Matt Borne in plain wrestling trunks and rugged beard, the future Big Josh lost to Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat in a forgettable match. In 1993 he would be back in more memorable fashion for 'Mania IX, not as Matt Borne but as the original, evil, and best version of Doink the Clown, beating Crush with the aid of a second Doink and providing one of the few pleasing memories of that show.