10 Times WWE's February PPV Was Better Than WrestleMania

WrestleMania has often been referred to as WWE's Superbowl, the 'Grandaddy Of Them All' and even the 'Showcase Of The Immortals'. Beneath all the hype, it's fair to say that it is genuinely the promotion's biggest show of the year, and the one they put most focus on. The biggest matches are routinely saved for 'Mania, and it's almost like the culmination of the previous year's work. Unfortunately, it doesn't always live up to the hype. Even when it does, there have still been occasions on which the pay-per-view immediately before it serves to steal its thunder. Stretching right back to a time when the wrestling juggernaut was known as the World Wrestling Federation, the February supershow right before WrestleMania has sometimes been better than the company's supposed biggest show of the year. That's what is analysed here, as I look at the reasons why events ranging from In Your House to Elimination Chamber and No Way Out have been better than the supposed-to-be best. Often, the difference is only slight, usually being just one or two matches that made the difference, but other times the 'B' show completely owns it. If there's one thing these occasions prove, however, it's that not everything is exactly held back for the largest pay-per-view each year. WrestleMania can and has been outshone, shot in the foot by WWE themselves.