5 Opening WrestleMania Matches That Ruled (And 5 That Sucked)

2. Big Boss Man & Bull Buchanan Vs. The Godfather & D-Lo Brown - WrestleMania 2000

The Godfather is a perfect guy to use in the opening match, because he was over like Rover and, despite not being the greatest worker in the world, could work a basic match just fine (after going through his pre-match schtick, of course). D-Lo Brown was, at one point, a hell of a worker. Big Boss Man was a sure and steady veteran, and Bull Buchanan was a damn impressive big man with huge upside (as Jim Ross would call it). On paper, this one works. In practice, it didn't really. Sure, it had one or too good moments (Buchanan had a hella fine Axe Kick), but it was pretty damn clunky and way too long at almost ten minutes. When only one guy in the match is really over, you shouldn't be going that long. Things got off to an annoying start, with Ice T coming out with Godfather and Brown to sing the conductor of the Ho Train's new, crappy theme music. No grown man should be saying 'pimpin' ain't easy' that much. Oddly, the heels went over here, deflating the hot crowd early. WrestleMania 2000 is generally considered a huge disappointment and it certainly got off to the most disappointing of starts. Well, not the most disappointing...