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

And 5 That Sucked...

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

There's nothing terribly wrong with this one or anything. No, there were no major botches and there were at least two worse matches on the card (Boogeyman versus Booker T & Sharmell and Candice Michelle versus Torrie Wilson). But, as an opener for the biggest show of the year it was so very underwhelming and there were plenty of more suitable candidates. Such as, JBL versus Chris Benoit for the US Title or the second ever Money in the Bank Ladder Match. Those were both great choices for an opener, and the MITB match in particular was exciting and would have gotten the crowd going. This average, sub-six-minute World Tag Team Title match did not. Kane and Big Show got the win by pinning Carlito after a double chokeslam, putting an end to this glorified Raw match. For what it's worth, the crowd were pretty into Carlito here and didn't really seem to care for the lumbering Kane and Show.