You could very easily put an asterisk next to this entry if youre the skeptical type because Triple H has booked himself in several high-profile WrestleMania matches in recent years. But at the end of the day, Hunter is one of the top performers in company history, not just Mania. Triple Hs performances at WrestleMania did not get off to a great start, losing to the Ultimate Warrior at XII in less than two minutes. But it would get better for the Game. He would be the first heel to walk out of the Mania main event with the world title in 2000. He main-evented X-8 against Chris Jericho and won the WWF Championship. Throughout the 2000s, Helmsley repeatedly found himself in world title bouts, competing in a world championship match in five straight Manias (X-8 through XXII). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EML5S8STybk By 2011, Triple H had segued to being more of an attraction than the centerpiece of the promotion. He would lose to Undertaker at WrestleMania XXVII and XXVIII before beating Brock Lesnar at XXIX and losing last year to Daniel Bryan. Triple Hs place in Mania history is secure, but look for him to trot out there every year as long as he is healthy enough to do so.
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.
