Ranking All 35 WWE WrestleManias From Worst To Best

Time has not been kind to some WrestleManias, as your memory of it might be fond, but when you go back and start re-reviewing it, you realize it doesn’t hold up.

WrestleMania 22 helped put John Cena on the map, as he tapped out Triple H clean in a solid main event. Mickie James put herself on the map as Trish Stratus’ crazy stalker-turned-conqueror. Shawn Michaels put Vince McMahon away in fine fashion. Mick Foley and Edge had a demolition derby match. And Rey Mysterio paid tribute to Eddie Guerrero by winning the World Heavyweight Championship.

But not a ton is remembered from this PPV, other than it was CM Punk’s unofficial WWE debut as one of Cena’s pseudo-mobster lackeys during his entrance. WM 22 is probably more notable for the fact that Rob Van Dam won Money in the Bank here and would cash it in on John Cena at One Night Stand to finally become WWE (and ECW) Champion. And then more notably, he pissed away both titles a month later after a traffic stop led to his arrest.

But overall, this wasn’t a bad Mania, just an average one.