10 Fascinating WWE WrestleMania 28 Facts

2. It's The Only Time The Rock Has Ever Won A WrestleMania Main Event

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Note to some readers: "main event" equals "last match of the night". You can't have four main events in one show, despite what WWE's marketing department claims, so don't argue that Rock defeated Hogan and Austin at 18 and 19, respectively. He did, but they weren't the main events.

That said, holy cow, how did Dwayne Douglas Johnson not win a WrestleMania main event until after he conquered Tinseltown a few times over? Rock lost three straight WrestleMania mainers between 15 and 17 (though he probably should've won at 2000), and it wasn't until dropping Cena with an emphatic Rock Bottom that he got to close the show as the ultimate winner.

The Rock remains the only man in WrestleMania history to have conquered the triumvirate of Hulk Hogan, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and John Cena, which is quite the list. Yet, The Miz won a WrestleMania main event before Rock did. Life is weird.

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Justin has been a wrestling fan since 1989, and has been writing about it since 2009. Since 2014, Justin has been a features writer and interviewer for Fighting Spirit Magazine. Justin also writes for History of Wrestling, and is a contributing author to James Dixon's Titan series.