10 Incredible Records & Firsts WWE Set At WrestleMania 40

8. Rollins Gets Proper Spotlight

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Seth Rollins did not have a good WrestleMania 40, but he did get plenty of time in the spotlight during the weekend. He probably just wishes it went a bit better for him.

Rollins had his first proper WrestleMania main event as part of the tag team match on night one alongside Cody Rhodes taking on The Rock and Roman Reigns. The duo were unsuccessful in preventing Bloodline Rules, but for Rollins, a multi-time world champion and main-event player for the past decade, it was the first time his name appeared on the marquee for a WrestleMania main event.

To be fair, Rollins did wrestle in the main event of Mania 31, cashing in his Money in the Bank briefcase mid-match to win the world title from Brock Lesnar by pinning Reigns.

Rollins also joined rare company this weekend by becoming just the third wrestler to compete in both an opening and closing match at the same WrestleMania. The others: Bret Hart at 10 and Daniel Bryan at 30. Of course, they accomplished that feat in the era of one-night WrestleManias, while Rollins closed out Saturday and opened Sunday’s show.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.