10 Most Overrated WWE WrestleMania Moments

10. Zack Ryder Wins The Intercontinental Title - WrestleMania 32

Zack Ryder wasn't even meant to take part in WrestleMania 32's multi-man Intercontinental Title ladder match.

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He was an eleventh hour replacement for the injured Neville, but an enterprising WWE staffer must have caught wind of a certain picture - for Ryder, against all storyline congruity, unhooked the gold from the carabiner.

It emerged soon afterwards that Ryder had been pictured with Scott Hall after he captured the Intercontinental Title at WrestleMania X. Since Hall, like essentially everybody connected with the industry, was around for WrestleMania weekend, that picture was subverted and re-taken with roles reversed. Ryder's win wasn't a moment of redemption - it was an opportunity to temporarily spike social media traffic. The agony incurred by Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn et al. was in vain. The match was even retconned in record time. That much was confirmed when The Miz won his 39th Intercontinental Title on the next episode of RAW in an absolutely nothing affair.

Ryder's moment was fleeting - not the belated apex of his run but the hollow shell of marketing spin.

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