{"id":11848,"date":"2019-03-30T16:26:43","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T20:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/?p=11848"},"modified":"2019-03-31T20:29:14","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T00:29:14","slug":"jakes-top-10-wrestlemania-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/30\/jakes-top-10-wrestlemania-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake’s Top 10 Wrestlemania Moments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jake’s Top 10 WrestleMania moments <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wrestlemania.\nWrestle bloomin Mania. The show of shows. The showcase of immortals. The\nbiggest wrestling show of the year. I love Wrestlemania. I love the buildup.\nEvery Wrestlemania is always good to excellent. Of course, there are few that\nare lacklustre in places but they are still good shows. With there being so\nmany incredible moments, it was hard to put it down to just ten but I will try\nto do just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. John Cena wins his 1st<\/sup> WWE championship- Wrestlemania 21 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\nwas in my eyes the beginning of the rise of John Cena. This was a personal one\nfor me. Of course, I would have been 4 years old when this happened but even\nwhen I went back to watch it, it was class. The doctor of thuganomics, coming\ninto the match the underdog and eventually dethroning JBl. Cena is my favourite\nWWE superstar of all time. To go back and watch his 1st<\/sup> championship\nvictory really is great. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. Ronda Rousey\u2019s in ring debut- Wrestlemania 34<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everything\nabout this was excellent. The anticipation that was built as she waled down the\nramp and the anticipation of waiting for her to enter the ring as she stood on\nthe apron. I will not lie; I was incredibly nervous about Ronda being in the\nring. I had seen how excellent she is in the octagon, but could she take to\nwrestling. She did. Her interactions with Stephanie were great and her\ninteractions with Triple H were even better. She proved there and then she had\nwhat it took. She\u2019s of course gone on to be, well… a bit of a dick. However,\nthe debut was incredibly memorable and will forever be a huge WrestleMania\nmoment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Triangle Ladder Match- Wrestlemania 17<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\nis that match were Edge did that incredible spear to a hanging Jeff Hardy. It\nis one of the most iconic Wrestlemania moments and it makes a great picture. As\nwell as that moment, the match was incredible and was the blow off to an\nexcellent year long three way feud.  This\nis the match in which Spike Dudley, Rhyno and Lita interfered to add more\npeople and something different to the match. Jeff Hardy also delivered a\nswanton bomb off the top of a ladder onto everyone. Eventually, Edge and\nChristian would retain their tag team titles. Excellent match, Excellent\nmoments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. The Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels- Wrestlemania 25\/26<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is\nthis cheating? The whole feud was excellent. They had one of the best Wrestlemania\nmatches of all time at Wrestlemania 25 maybe even one of the best WWE matches\nof that decade. Then the whole build up to the rematch at Wrestlemania 26 might\nbe my favourite build up to a Wrestlemania match in recent memory. With Shawn\ncalling out Taker at the slammy awards, trying to win the Rumble to get a title\nmatch with Taker and then when that failed, he broke into the Chamber and cost\nTaker the heavyweight title. Then they proceeded to have another excellent\nmatch, maybe just short of the Wrestlemania 25 match and it was a perfect way\nto finish his great career. We all know what happened 8 years later though. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. The 1st<\/sup> triple threat ladder match- Wrestlemania 16<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\nwas the one that kickstarted the year long feud. It was a great way to begin and\nwas really a great kickstarter. The spots in this match were the 1st<\/sup>\nof there kind and nothing in my opinion has really come close since to beating\nthis ladder match in terms of quality and creativity in the spots. I\u2019m begging\nfor a three way feud between three teams one day that can surpass this in terms\nof complete quality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Charlotte Flair vs Becky Lynch vs Sasha Banks- Wrestlemania 32<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\nwas the beginning of a new era for womens wrestling. From this point onwards,\nwe would no longer see 2 minute matches between Jillian Hall and Kelly Kelly.\nWe would now see 15-minute barnburners between Asuka and Charlotte and that\u2019s\njust on an episode on Smackdown. This match was also the introduction of a new\nchampionship and the end of women being called \u201cDivas\u201d. The match was\nincredible. Some great spots such as Charlottes corkscrew splash onto the\noutside and Sasha paying homage to her idol Eddie Guerrero. It was all great\nand in hindsight putting the belt on Charlotte was the right move as she was\nthe right person to lead the women into a new era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. The Rock vs John Cena- Wrestlemania 28 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nbest thing is to forget the second one ever happened. The first one was great.\nThe build was intense, the trash talk was incredibly entertaining and they\nthrew some great barbs at each other. The match was also really good, two icons\nof the sport, going through their greatest hits. Eventually, The Rock would\ntake his victory and leave John Cena in despair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. The Hardy Boyz return- Wrestlemania 33 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 <\/strong>I marked the hell out for this.\nWatching it live in my living room, 2am in the morning and you hear that beat\ndrop. I screamed. Jeff was my hero growing up and to see him back in a WWE ring\nwas just great. Then of course they went onto win the Raw tag team\nchampionships. A full circle moment. Loved it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Daniel Bryan wins the WWE championship- Wrestlemania 30<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does\nmuch need to be said? One of the best long-term storylines WWE have done. Bryan\nconstantly having to overcome the odds. In one night, he defeated three\nsurefire Hall of Famers to finally win the big one and no longer be a B+\nplayer. Great, emotional stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Seth Rollins cashes in Money in the Bank- Wrestlemania 31<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\npersonally don\u2019t understand how there is an argument for this not being the\ngreatest Wrestlemania moment of all time. It was a complete surprise, nobody\nsaw this coming. Brock and Roman were in the middle of a great match when\nsuddenly Seths music goes off and next thing we know this is now a triple\nthreat and he wins his first WWE championship. What a way to end Mania too,\nwith Rollins on the stage lifting the gold. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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