10 Weirdest WWE PPV Main Events Ever
Some absolutely crazy matches have closed out some of WWE's biggest shows.
Until the Network came along and killed the business model for them stone dead, WWE's pay-per-view schedule was a key part of its success.
Starting with WrestleMania and then expanding to include the Big Four/Five, the In Your House series, and then the cavalcade of wacky concepts that followed, WWE's monthly extravaganzas have been home to some of the most important moments in wrestling history, especially when it comes to main events.
Getting to go on last isn't just a massive honour for the wrestlers involved, but deciding who earns this privilege is a huge decision for the company. A good main event can save an otherwise disappointing show and add a couple extra zeroes to the buy rate, which is why it's so strange that WWE decided that these matches were the most important.
The phrase "main event" is defined here as the final match on a pay-per-view card, even if WWE likes to think that any match with over two weeks of build counts as one. These tussles weren't all bad, far from it, but they almost certainly should have happened earlier in the night.
10. Lawrence Taylor vs Bam Bam Bigleow - WrestleMania XI
1995 was a famously bad year for WWE.
With Hulk Hogan gone and business on a downward trend, the company decided that the best way to draw more eyes to their product was to fill it with celebrities. So, at the Royal Rumble that year, Bam Bam Bigelow got into a scuffle with famous football player Lawrence Taylor, setting in motion a meeting between the two at WrestleMania XI.
LT and Bam Bam went on last, relegating Royal Rumble winner Shawn Michaels vs. WWE Champion Diesel to a lesser spot on the card.
Whilst the first Mania had used a famous person in its main event, every subsequent show had ended with a match between two full-time wrestlers. Also, Mr. T took part in a tag team match - Taylor was going solo.
As if a football player in the Mania closer wasn't strange enough, Bigelow was far from a main eventer himself. He'd been in headline matches, sure, but not regularly, so the decision to put him against Taylor was met with plenty of head-scratching.
To top this whole thing off, LT won the match and never wrestled again.