Author: Aaron Young
WrestleMania has been taking place for over 40 years with the focus being WrestleMania main events. The grandest stage of them all is set for WWE’s top superstars and is the pinnacle of sports entertainment. In this piece, we will peek behind the curtain of every main event in WrestleMania history. For the past six years, Mania has become a two-night event and is being held in Las Vegas in 2026 for the second year in a row. Before getting to the stories, let us break down some statistics. Since its inception, there have been over forty main events featuring…
This is the story of how WrestleMania was created, along with a highlight of each event through the past 42 years. On March 31st, 1985, the WWF brought WrestleMania to Madison Square Garden. In front of a crowd of 19,121, Vince McMahon entertained the masses. Stephanie McMahon, Vince’s daughter, said he took a gamble in an A&E documentary on WrestleMania 1: “My dad literally bet the farm. He mortgaged everything my parents owned.” Originally, Vince wanted to name it “The Colossal Tussle.” According to Wrestlezone, it was announcer Howard Finkel who created the name WrestleMania. Finkel said the name WrestleMania…
On March 1st, 2025, the WWE landscape was shaken to its core. John Cena, lifelong soldier to the WWE brand and company, turned heel after winning the Elimination Chamber match. He would then beat down the Undisputed Champion Cody Rhodes with the help of the Rock and Travis Scott. The moment will last forever in the minds of WWE fans, but the aftermath was underwhelming. In an interview with Bill Simmons, Cena addressed the fans’ response to his turn to the dark side. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oKZBcl3Redw “I think a lot of people were wondering what would happen if I turned heel,…
This is the story of how the Undertakers WrestleMania undefeated streak became legendary. At WrestleMania VII, inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the streak was born. The Undertaker made WrestleMania out of his image by laying down many opponents. How The Undertakers WrestleMania Undefeated Streak Became Legendary The first of which was Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka. He tombstoned Jimmy Snuka to earn his first victory at the grandest stage of them all. The second victim of the streak was Jake the Snake Roberts, who faced the Undertaker inside the Hoosier Dome and was tombstoned outside the ring before securing the victory…