33 WWE WrestleMania Opening Matches Ranked From Worst To Best

30. Fatal 4-Way Elimination Tag Team Match - WrestleMania 13

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At least now, when Vince's apathy towards tag team wrestling manifests as thrown-together multi-man doubles bouts, those thrown-together multi-man doubles bouts are actually very good. Not so in 1997, as this 'Mania 13 opener demonstrated. After an initial melee, which McMahon on commentary charitably described as "all-action", the wind resistance Blackjack Bradshaw encountered when removing his chaps somehow compelled him to bump.

It was about as forceful as anything else in a match of slow, plodding action and moronic rules that stipulated two members of the same team would at various times be forced to face off - which the Headbangers circumvented by moshing into one another in an über-sh*tty comedy spot.

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