No, the Rock did not main-event every WrestleMania in the late 90s and early 2000s, but it was damn close. The Peoples Champion was arguably the biggest star in the company in the early 2000s, and as such, he enjoyed top-flight matches at WrestleMania each year. Rock would main-event WrestleManias XV, 2000 and X-Seven three Manias in a row, two of which involved Stone Cold Steve Austin. Rock also had a memorable Intercontinental Championship victory over Ken Shamrock at XIV and defeated Hollywood Hulk Hogan at Mania X-8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN3QaeNDGwo The Great One would return in 2012 to main event two more WrestleManias (XXVII and XXIX), both against John Cena. Even if he lost all 10 Mania matches, the fact that he has closed out six WrestleManias would land the Rock very high on this list.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
