10 Stacked WWE Cards Which Failed To Deliver

WWE always hold the capacity to put on a hell of a show when the stars align.

Over the years we've seen countless super-events put on by Vince McMahon's juggernaut, bolstered by a whole host of legendary titans and future superstars.

However, sometimes not even a card brimming with star-studded names and highly anticipated blow-offs can deliver the goods on the night.

After all, we've seen promising looking 'Manias crash and burn, super Saudi cards that made us feel dirty and Royal Rumble events that have flattered to deceive more times than we care to count.

So, with WrestleMania 36 now looking like it'll be one of the most anti-climactic PPVs in WWE history - through no real fault of its own - it's probably worth a look back at some of the other events in the company's back catalogue that fell flat, despite boasting a truly stacked line-up.

This bunch of PPVs had the potential to be up there with the likes 'Mania X-Seven. Yet, thanks to awful booking and...more awful booking they all turned into undeniable damp squibs by the time the final bell had sounded.

Straight away, your writer is going to acknowledge the fact that this show is still the highest grossing live event in WWE history, reeling in a whopping $72 million.

Yet, just because it made a ton of money doesn't mean that the event itself lived up to the hype, it just means you convinced enough people that it would... and you failed, Vince.

When scanning through this card you can't help but wonder how it could end up being so, well, unmemorable.

The Shield wrestling their first ever 'Mania match.

Team Hell No defending their tag titles against Big E (Langston) and Dolph Ziggler - with added AJ Lee.

Chris Jericho, The Undertaker, CM Punk, Brock Lesnar, Triple H, John Cena and The f*cking Rock!

How could this many huge names not send you home happy?

Well, Trips and Lesnar battled in a pre-Suplex City snoozefest which the former incredibly won - incredible because what the hell were they thinking? Most of the matches that didn't involved the marquee names weren't given enough time to forge anything that lived long in the memory. 'Taker and Punk did put on a classic (so there's that). But, Rock and Cena II just felt like a rehash of the previous year's main event - because it bloody was!

All in all, what looked like a deeply promising 'Mania ended up being a bloated lacklustre showcase which was quickly forgotten by the time 'Mania XXX came around.