10 Worst Finishes To WWE WrestleMania Matches

10. John Cena vs The Miz (WrestleMania XXVII)

This one was a bad idea from the off, and everyone knew it. In 2011, swathes of fans had never been more down on Cena, and for all he’s a commendable professional, a WrestleMania headliner The Miz ain’t.

WWE bolstered this with a decent build and an excellent pre-match package highlighting the competitors’ disparate paths to the top, and from there, the bout was perfectly fine, a distinctly WWE contest by two excellent workers.

This would have been a disappointing but unexceptional main event, up until the finish. The pair were counted out to a hail of boos. Enter The Rock, who took it upon himself to restart the match, then swiftly nailed Cena with the Rock Bottom, allowing Miz to retain the title.

What this amounted to was an advert for next year’s WrestleMania, the main event of which was sealed the following night on Raw. Rock vs Cena was a huge match, and the lengthy build paid off in the amazing business the show did, but it’s a bit of a slap in the face for the paying fans in 2011, who’ve been subjected to a duff match and a commercial for what they could be watching in a year’s time.