10 Longest Gaps Ever Between WWE WrestleMania Matches

10. 7 Years - Scott Hall, Big Boss Man, Mike Rotunda

There are a variety of reasons why a performer may have gone many years between WrestleMania appearances, but the most frequent tends to be that the wrestler in question upped sticks and headed to WCW at some point in the early '90s. Scott Hall, Big Boss Man, and Mike Rotunda all did so and went seven years without appearing at WrestleMania, although only Hall saw his stock rise (and subsequently fall) in that gap.

If Hall hadn't been suspended during the Road to WrestleMania XII, his name would not appear on this list at all, as the then-Razor Ramon was scheduled to face Goldust at the 12th annual spectacular. Hall's six-week ban meant he missed the show, and his WrestleMania XI match against Jeff Jarrett was his final 'Mania appearance - until he returned to face Steve Austin in a disappointing bout at WrestleMania X8.

Big Boss Man also returned after seven years away to battle a legend. Boss Man's last WrestleMania during his first run with the company saw him team with Virgil, Sgt. Slaughter and Jim Duggan to defeat The Nasty Boys, Repo Man and The Mountie at WMVIII - but seven years later the stakes were much higher. Boss Man took on The Undertaker inside Hell in a Cell at WrestleMania XV, a match that regrettably ended with Boss Man being hanged from the titular apparatus.

Rotunda may be better known to WWE fans as Irwin R. Schyster, but it was under his real name that he wrestled at the very first WrestleMania. Seven years later Rotunda returned as the Taxman to defend the tag titles that he lost at the first 'Mania, teaming with Ted DiBiase in a count-out loss to the Natural Disasters.