6 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE WrestleMania 22
5. Hard As F*ck
Mick Foley had thrice given his body to the business in the interest of getting performers over a hump, but Triple H, The Rock and Randy Orton never had to literally face the flames as part of their coming-of-age angle.
Edge's bloody brawl with the 'Hardcore Legend' promised and delivered new levels of brutality just a few short years before the company would outlaw it completely and the message was abundantly clear in the aftermath - he was no longer a grinning, long-haired loser but a very bad man prepared to do very bad things to gain satisfaction.
He spent the year chasing it - a three-week WWE Title reign in January only fueled his desire to regain the belt after losing it - and steamrolling through Foley in this superlatively-paced sh*tkicking got him back on track. The aforementioned finished showed bravery and cruelty in equal measure too - 'The Rated-R Superstar' was made.