9 Most Obscure WWE WrestleMania Records You Need To Know

8. Most Main Event Losses

WWE WrestleMania 29 John Cena The Rock
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While winning a world title is often viewed as the pinnacle of achievement for a wrestler’s career, main-eventing a WrestleMania has become a significant accomplishment and validation of a superstar’s career (just ask CM Punk if closing out a Mania is important to him).

The truth is that not just anyone can wrestle the final match at a WrestleMania – the club of wrestlers who actually have competed in the main event is quite small, with a decent group of repeat offenders.

For a handful, the main event hasn’t been too kind to them. Two men have lost three main events: Roman Reigns (WMs 31, 34 and 40) and Brock Lesnar (WMs 31, 36 and 38).

However, three men have lost four WrestleMania main events: Shawn Michaels, Triple H and The Rock. Michaels lost at WM 14 (to Steve Austin), WM 20 (to Chris Benoit), WM 22 (John Cena) and WM 26 (Undertaker). Triple H fell at WrestleMania 20 (Benoit), WM 21 (Batista), WM 22 (Cena) and WM 32 (Reigns). And The Rock lost three consecutive WrestleMania main events (WM 15 (Austin), WM 2000 (Triple H) and WM X-Seven (Austin) ). He would then lose to Cena at WrestleMania 29.

Of the group, HBK is the only one to never win a WrestleMania main event.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.