The Complete A-Z Of WrestleMania
20. G - Gimmick Battle Royal
The measure of how sublime a show WrestleMania 17 is in how perfectly it tackled nostalgia with the much-loved Gimmick Battle Royal.
The Attitude Era had been ruthlessly cold to past superstars, as WWE brought in waves of new fans and felt no cause to expose them to some of the sillier or campy moments that had permeated through the product during the previous decade.
With WCW and ECW out of business and the company unintentionally bringing their golden era to a close on that very night, the 19-man over-the-top-rope scuffle was the ideal opportunity to trot out some fondly remembered characters that all collectively looked hundreds of years out of time when juxtaposed with the intense WWE product of the day.
With Atlanta refugees Mean Gene Okerlund and Bobby Heenan also returning to do commentary, the entire presentation was a masterful look back at a different era of the industry altogether and a nice payday for several former stars that still plied their trade on the independent scene.
Fittingly won by The Iron Sheik because he physically couldn't absorb the bump to the arena floor, the old-timers scrap is still fondly remembered, with a modern-day rehash long overdue.