10 Wrestlers Who Didn't Peak In The WrestleMania Main Event

10. The Big Show

WrestleMania main event:

"If the main event of WrestleMania is gonna be Triple H Vs. The Big Show, then WrestleMania is going to absolutely suck!"

One of the more cutting and reassuring lines in the Rock's repertoire, regrettably, he was only half-right. The Fatal 4-Way at 'Mania 2000 did incorporate the Big Show, by that point ruined as a headliner. He was a slow, plodding plot hole. He was too big to not be a main event-level threat, but nowhere near at the level required to be one. And sure as sh*t, his contribution was completely forgettable and pointless pretext to the big money match: The Rock Vs. Triple H. The McMahon-in-every-corner deal was a rare Chris Kreski misfire. It is a major revision to put over the WWF in 2000 as wholly brilliant, brilliant as it was. The family were basically four Baron Corbins.

REALLY peaked as a performer at:

WrestleMania XXIV, in the second-best celebrity match ever. Show was at his best here; he knew how to work a compelling story-driven match, could be ar*sed to work a compelling story-driven match, and never looked more terrifying nor big-time. Floyd Mayweather was exceptional value too, selling very enthusiastically for Show, at his most furious and menacing, in a fun-as-hell match loaded with peak road agent panache.