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

3. Eddie Guerrero Vs. Rey Mysterio - WrestleMania 21

You can't put Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio in the same ring and get a bad match. It's just a physical impossibility, such was the chemistry between these legendary luchadores. The two men had battled in rings in Mexico and WCW, but had never had the chance to have a major one-on-one singles match on a big stage in WWE. WrestleMania 21 was their chance. Eddie had been telling everyone in the weeks leading up to the event that he and Rey would steal the show and while the pair didn't come close to matching the superlative showdown between Kurt Angle and Shawn Michaels, they still assembled a damn fine opener, one of the best in WrestleMania history. Not even Rey's ill-fitting mask (the chin strap of which broke off within the first exchanges) could hamper this one, as Rey and Eddie put on a clinic full of smooth exchanges and state-of-the-art wrestling. Face versus face matches are hard to pull off, but Latino Heat and Mr. 619 managed to get the balance just right. The crowd were invested, too, popping huge for Rey's fluke roll-up win. Eddie was supposedly disappointed after the match, feeling that he and Rey had let themselves down by not matching the quality of their Halloween Havoc 1997 classic. He needn't have been since, while not an all-time great or anything, he and Rey had managed to put on a supposedly 'bad' match that was so much better than the 'good' matches you'd expect to see from a great many performer.