10 Worst WrestleMania Title Matches Ever
4. Chris Jericho Vs Triple H - WrestleMania 18
WrestleMania as an event is steeped in its own tradition, with several key principles usually being adhered to as part of the very fabric of the broadcast.
Occasionally though, it's vitally important to pull at a loose thread in that fabric and tear it clean away, such as when The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels closed WrestleMania 26 with their 'Streak vs Retirement' blockbuster. For one night, stakes between the pair were far bigger than any World Title, and that was absolutely fine.
Eight years earlier, WWE were yet to learn that lesson. Tradition dictated that the title match went on last, so out Chris Jericho and Triple H went to conclude the broadcast, approximately twenty minutes after a first meeting between The Rock and Hulk Hogan.
No hyperbole will do. Rock and Hogan were wrestling superheroes, mainstream icons, and gladiatorial monoliths in industry terms. Nothing could follow that, not least an inflated Triple H failing to find his form of the previous two years and a Chris Jericho low on confidence after a disappointing run as Undisputed Champion.
Worse still, their feud had seen Jericho relegated to lackey status for Hunter's estranged ex-wife Stephanie McMahon, which killed the heat long before the two even locked up.