33 WWE WrestleMania Opening Matches Ranked From Worst To Best

29. The Big Show & Kane Vs. Carlito & Chris Masters - WrestleMania 22

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Proof that the current generation of WWE suffered at the Show of Shows years before the advent of the part-timer era, Chris Masters entered the match boasting an unbreakable submission hold. He exited it, after a scant 06:41, as a victim of a prolonged squash. Carlito, as the partner of the Masterpiece, naturally also lost. But he probably couldn't have cared less.

Strangely, by the production standards of the time - Kevin Dunn hadn't yet begun to suffer from his seizures - he missed a key spot in which Carlito removed the turnbuckle pad. He must have been distracted by Masters' rippling bod, because there was really little else going on.

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