Ranking All 35 WWE WrestleManias From Worst To Best

3. WrestleMania 30

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The last truly great WrestleMania, WM 30 was all about one man: Daniel Bryan, and his quest to defeat The Authority. That storyline dominated WWE programming for months, to the point where fans had been whipped up into a frenzy in cheering for Bryan to finally beat back his bosses/oppressors.

And The Authority finally got its comeuppance in one night, with Bryan defeating Triple H in a classic opening match, and the D-Bry living the dream and beating Randy Orton and Batista in the triple threat main event. Both matches were great and produced the feel-good moment wrestling fans so desperately craved.

Then you have the issue of The Undertaker’s legendary WrestleMania Streak coming to an end at the hands of Brock Lesnar. (You might have heard about this before.) Whether you loved or hated it, it certainly made WM 30 a must-watch PPV.

Throw in the first Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal (back when it seemed like this would be a thing and not a sideshow for the kickoff show) with Cesaro’s awesome victory by slamming Big Show out of the ring and you have a pretty damn good PPV.

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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.