10 Awesome Wrestlers With Surprisingly Bad WrestleMania Records
5. Tito Santana (1-7)
There’s an argument to be made that Tito Santana is the greatest WWE Intercontinental Champion of all-time. First winning the belt in 1984, Santana experienced two 200+ day runs with the title during his WWE run. His second run came to an end in 1986, however, and his ‘Mania career nosedived after his first appearance.
Santana defeated The Executioner at the first WrestleMania in 1985, but that was it for him. He and the Junkyard Dog lost to the Funk Brothers the following year, and he teamed with the British Bulldogs for a six-man tag loss at ‘Mania III. As Strike Force, Santana and Rick Martel lost consecutive ‘Mania tag team matches to Demolition in 1988 then the Brain Busters the following year, before Santana took three straight singles losses to The Barbarian, The Mountie, and Shawn Michaels.
He did score a dark match victory over Papa Shango at WrestleMania IX, but it obviously didn’t air. Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2004, Santana amassed an impressive legacy with the company, but his name was never synonymous with ‘Mania. He was pushed pretty consistently throughout this period and was even named King Of The Ring in 1989, but for whatever reason, WWE never allowed Santana his share of WrestleMania moments.