8 Times Great Wrestlers Put On Terrible Matches At WrestleMania
Everyone's allowed an off night.
In the WWE history books, WrestleMania has been an endless slew of unforgettable moments, tear-jerking emotion and, most importantly, five-star matches of the kind that fans rave about for years to come.
The reality, however, is perhaps a little different. While The Grandest Stage of Them All has undeniably seen some amazing bouts over the years, there have been plenty more that have spectacularly failed to live up to the name. Unless they make the show 10 hours long, this is pretty much inevitable.
More often than not, the event's poorest offerings have tended to involve wrestlers you don't often associate with great in-ring performances at any rate. Wrestlers like, for example, Mr T, Vince McMahon, Sable, and Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi.
Every now and then, though, genuine legends of the squared circle have let us down when it mattered most. It's not always 100% their fault, of course - sometimes they're simply paired up with the wrong opponent - but, since they're happy for us to celebrate their best moments, it's only fair to look at their worst as well...
8. Stone Cold Vs. Scott Hall (WrestleMania X8)
An obvious caveat to get out of the way first: the Scott Hall who left WWE for the greener pastures of WCW in 1996, and the Scott Hall who returned six years later were two very different performers.
While the former once delivered great matches alongside the likes of Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart - including a WON five-star-rated ladder bout at WrestleMania X - the latter was, just about every occasion he took to the ring, lethargic and disinterested.
That said, fans were still justified in going into this one in 2002 with the expectation that they would deliver a decent spectacle. It was, after all, a historic first meeting between two of the biggest stars of the Monday Night Wars, with Stone Cold taking on one of the men whose shoes he filled after his ascent to the main event in the late '90s.
In the end, though, all of the promise would ultimately go to waste. The duo had virtually no chemistry together, and not even the intervention of Kevin Nash, supporting his nWo bud at ringside, could prevent it from being a total dud.