Every WWE WrestleMania Rematch Ranked From Worst To Best
Once, twice, three times in a lifetime.
It takes a lot to create a classic WrestleMania match nowadays. The WWE superstars on that grand stage need the right amount of athletic ability, showmanship, grand spectacle, the odd death defying stunt, and that special something that leaves the crowd cheering for more. More often than not, many men and women are lost in the shuffle of the WrestleMania card (particularly in modern times) but when all of these elements come together, they last throughout the annals of history.
Like any industry as big as WWE though, they have to trot them out again to see if they can recapture the magic. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, and sometimes so much time has gone by it makes you wonder why they bothered in the first place. Rematches are always going to be compared to their first iteration, and on a grand stage like 'Mania, it had better deliver the goods.
A grand total of 14 rematches have taken place on WrestleMania's main card (two have been threequels), all of which vary in quality. Once again, compared to their originals some of these can't even hold a candle. Others however, have surpassed them far beyond high expectations...
14. Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar - WrestleMania 34
Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns had a surprisingly good hard-hitting match under the Santa Clara sunshine at WrestleMania 31. Roman's reception was "polarising" according to the broadcast team, and Brock was pretty hot going into the event. Fans weren't willing to accept the Big Dog as the top guy, so a last minute change to booking saw Seth Rollins cash in his Money in the Bank and scurry off with the WWE Championship in one of the great 'Mania final images.
Three years later, after repeated attempts to get Roman over with the crowd, the Big Dog met the Beast once again in a bout for the Universal Championship. This time, however, there was no briefcase to help save to day.
All throughout the build, fans fully expected Roman to walk out with the Big Red Belt as Lesnar's reputation as an absent champion had worn thin on fans. Two men the audience didn't really care for closed out the Show Of Shows in what quickly dissolved into a test of the audience's tolerance and patience.
Sharing a grand total of about 5 moves between them, as well as a totally unnessessary blood-letting from Lesnar to Reigns, it was finisher after finisher with little variation between. And Lesnar inexplicably won the match! Sure Reigns wasn't the people's choice, but at least he would've been there!