Worst booked Wrestlemania card

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Originally Posted by Mitch Henessey

It wasn't the entire card, but Orton VS Triple H from Mania 25 really bothers me. When you think about Wrestlemania 25, you think about Undertaker VS Michaels, not the main event. Triple H VS Orton is a mere afterthought, nothing more, nothing less.

Such an incredible build, and adding Triple H's real life ties to the McMahon family and his marriage with Stephanie made everything feel more dramatic. Orton and Triple H had unbelievable amounts of animosity towards each other. Orton was bitter about Triple H turning on him after he won the WHC, which lead to his exile from Evolution. And Orton crossed the line, when he attacked Triple H's wife.

EVERYONE wanted to see these two beat the hell out of each other, but they just had to throw in the "if HHH gets disqualified, he loses the WWE Championship" stipulation. I don't hate the HHH VS Orton main event, but it was tamed and underwhelming. This is a big problem for any Wrestlemania main event, especially for a match that featured an intense and heated personal rivalry. A lot of of people were expecting an all out war between these two (similar to their Last Man Standing Match at No Mercy 2007). Instead, we got an average quality match.

Yeah, their were a few things they did wrong. Orton should of won and became champ. The buildup was awesome, but they wrestled the wrong style of match. It should of been a no holds barred match or HIAC. This needed to be a war. I didn't get the HHH gets dq stipulation either. It made zero sense. I loved their last man standing match in 07. Your right it needed to be something like that instead.

I dont think the match was bad, but you felt really underwhelmed after watching it given how great the feud was. I had a similiar feeling after watching HHHvsLesnar because I had high expectations for that match. The HHH/Orton angle was a hell of a lot better though.

They had a similar screw up with Team Cena vs Nexus. Everybody loved how Nexus debuted and destroyed the Raw set. They never should of had a basic elimination match at Summerslam. It needed to be more, IMO.

[wareagle_dakota]

I'd have to go with wrestlemania 27- only HHH/Taker was entertaining and you had perhaps the worst main event ever with Miz being included (i like the Miz but he did not belong there and that match was terrible). While the rest of the card was ok at best it really was a weak wrestlemania top to bottom (lawler/cole anyone)

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I have a feeling we might be throwing in Wrestlemania 29 as a poorly booked show. Swagger doesn't belong in the title picture. It should be Sheamus vs Orton for the world title and I'm assuming Jericho is going to get booked wrong when he should have a match against Ziggler. This Wrestlemania has a lot of star power and could be one of the best with those two matches added on top of the Rock vs Cena, HHH vs Lesnar, and Taker vs Punk.

[Elchicano15]

I would definitely have to say WM 27 and WM 11. The worst Wrestlemanias in my book. First off WM 27 didn't feel like Wrestlemania at all. It felt like a glorified RAW. Opening with a talking segment with the Rock, then followed by a World Title Match. Yes they did the same thing last year by having the World title match be their curtain jerker and the match only lasted 18 seconds but it was still a good mania compared to 27. At WM 27 They should have opened up with Cody/Rey, the rock can then come out after the match and talk then have the world title match after that. The ending seemed sloppy as well. If Miz was gonna win, he could have won clean. Just to make his title reign relevant. His title reign was nothing spectacular. He didn't defend it at the EC, and spent half of his reign defending it against Jerry Lawler. Of course Jerry should have won his match against COle instead of the cyber GM reversing the decision. It didn't matter what the GM had to say. LOL

Wrestlemania 11 should have had Diesel vs Shawn Michaels closing instead of Bam Bam Bigelow vs L.T.