The Main Event of Wrestlemania 30

[IrishCanadian25]

Come on now, we're only a few years away!

You figure Wrestlemania 30 could very well be at MSG (where 1, 10, and 20 were) 4 years from now, when Shawn Michaels, Undertaker, and Triple H will likely be retired from active, full-time competition (but Hogan / Flair 42 will be later that month).

With the young crop of stars in the WWE right now, what do you think the Main Event of Wrestlemania 30 will be?

The easy choice is John Cena vs Randy Orton, but I don't want to go too obvious. One of those two men should, barring injury or contract breakdown, be involved in the Main Event as they are WWE's best young stars, with Orton being on the right side of 30 and Cena being right around his prime.

But for my money, give me Edge vs Drew McIntyre. Edge will be nearing the end of his run around WM30 (barring 4 more year-long injuries) and Drew is on the upswing as a favorite of guys like Michaels, HHH, and McMahon. He's got a great look, he's a stiff worker, and he seems to be stocky enough to avoid major injury.

I also wouldn't bet against guys like Seamus, Miz, Morrison, etc. being involved. But again, I want to know what YOU think...

 

[Ferbian]

I actually have a few that would probably make sense for me.

If we say that Triple H is retired, cause we know that Undertaker and Shawn Michaels will definitely be retired, any else I'll give a round at the local bar, even thou I don't drink, but still.

I have a feeling something along the lengths of The Miz vs John Morrison would be quite a main event, and potential too, seeing that all there is away from a proper feud between these two partners, would be a draft.
And quite honestly, I must admit I liked their match at Breaking Point, but obviously shocked that The Miz actually beat John Morrison.
But I could totally see this match going on at Wrestlemania 30, hell I could probably see it at Wrestlemania 28 or 29, but that's for another subject, quite obviously.

On the other hand, I could see Sheamus vs Drew McIntyre, yes it would probably look odd to a certain extend, but i just see WWE screwing this up some place and putting one of those two persons on the face wagon.
But lets keep it on the match, not the alignment, and I quite honestly think these two superstars could put on a good match, I really do.

On the final note. If WWE pushes Dolph Ziggler properly, I could see him in the main event too, hell I could see him against basically anyone on the roster, but to bring in a proper "veteran" to this card, I could probably see him in a match against a guy like CM Punk or Christian, because as I said, adding a "veteran" these are the two I would most likely be seeing in the main event picture in a firm position in the future, and they're both "young" (" " cause Christian are not exactly YOUNG, but he's not Shawn Michaels "old") so I don't see Christian or CM Punk retiring anytime soon, and I have my doubts WWE is gonna keep those guys in the mid card / upper mid card for that long.

 

[AndarielHalo]

Triple H vs Randy Orton
John Cena vs Randy Orton
Edge vs The Undertaker
Edge vs John Cena
Randy Orton vs Batista
Batista vs John Cena
Edge vs Randy Orton


Notice a trend? It's the exact same Wrestlemania main event we've been seeing for the past five years, bar one or two random and wholly unremarkable exceptions.

The only way you'll get those main eventers out of the main event of Wrestlemania 30 is if they retire or die.

 

[pun2003hh]

Not sure what the main event will be, but if we are shying away from the obvious Cena vs Orton match, I will bet my money on the youngest high level main eventer today... The one and only CM Punk.

Punk has established himself as a credible and top level heel who is alternating between the Title picture and secondary main event status. But the biggest piece of evidence to this is he is only 31 and will be 35 by the time WM 30 hits. Barring any injuries, CM Punk should be in the prime of his career in 2014.

 

[16mikeytot]

I believe the main-event of wrestlemania 30 could be numerous possibilities but it's awkward because around that time guys like cm punk, morrison, cena, orton, and miz will be in their mid thirties but going off young talent I would have Drew Mcintyre vs John Cena. I truly believe the skys the limit for Mcintyre because he's only 24 years old he's already the intercontinetal champion.

 

[jmyers19]

CM Punk could be headlining WM 30, possibly a Rumble winner at that point as well. John Morrison I think will have a few World Title runs either under his belt or heading into WM 30. Same goes for the likes of Miz, Kofi Kingston and maybes even Drew McIntyre. It took HHH/Orton like 5 years to go head-to-head at WM even though it was in '04 they began to feud so who knows maybes it'd be DiBiase and Orton headlining. I think by then 'Taker will be retired, HHH will have a HBK schedule, maybes in a high profile feud but not over the Title. Maybes against McIntyre? Both I think are somewhat similar (Well similar when comparing the 15 year ago HHH to McIntyre)

 

[pun2003hh]

Triple H vs Randy Orton
John Cena vs Randy Orton
Edge vs The Undertaker
Edge vs John Cena
Randy Orton vs Batista
Batista vs John Cena
Edge vs Randy Orton


Notice a trend? It's the exact same Wrestlemania main event we've been seeing for the past five years, bar one or two random and wholly unremarkable exceptions.

The only way you'll get those main eventers out of the main event of Wrestlemania 30 is if they retire or die.

There is no way that Batista and Taker will still be going 4 years from now, and with news coming out that Triple H is starting to feel the effect of his age, there is a slim chance he will still be main eventing on a regular basis come 2014. Orton and Cena will be in the prime of their careers by the time WM 30 comes along and will more likely be the cornerstones of the company, much in the way that HBK, Taker, and Triple H is now. Edge will be likely nearing the end of his career around that time, and by then, WWE will have no choice but to elevate others to the main event scene in order to fill the gaps. I expect CM Punk and possible Morrison to be main eventing the company around this time.

 

[Ferbian]

The only way you'll get those main eventers out of the main event of Wrestlemania 30 is if they retire or die.

Erh, last time I checked, Randy Orton and Triple H was very much alive, have I missed some big news here?
I highly doubt that WWE is gonna have those people stick around the main event for 3 more years, or well a guy like John Cena might be a guy we could very well see, but he draws, so that's perfectly fine, because what matters for WWE is the money, and John Cena puts on a good show even thou he's technically limited.
Randy Orton is the future cornerstone of WWE, he's the guy not to mess with in the locker room.
Undertaker won't be around for Wrestlemania 30, he might for the next 1-2 Wrestlemania's not counting this one, but again, I don't mind because Undertaker is Wrestlemania, and another main event for him wouldn't hurt him cause he hasn't had as many as Triple H or John Cena.
So quite frankly, I completely disagree with your point, as to me you come off as a guy who don't see the chances of change in the main event picture for the next 3-4 years.

 

[Undertaker the 5th]

I think it will be CM Punk vs John Morrison. They could have some great matches like the ones they have already had in the past.
CM Punk being the heel and John Morrison the face.

Either that or maybe a retirement match for Triple H vs John Cena.

 

[thelegacywillremain1]

this is a good topic but for me its the miz he's taking the roll of the rock he has the catch pharse he's the miz and he's awsome ..smell what the rock is cooking same thing but i think he'll be facing john cena being how he took the stone cold roll but more pg i think that the fued they had before will happen again i think the miz will win the rumble and cena gonna be champ i have a feeling vince aint giving up on cena that soon...

 

[izzardceo]

i think it will prob be in msg and be a tripple threat cuz vince love those between the miz ( face ) cm punk ( heel ) drew macintyre ( who cares besides vince ) or randy orton ( face ) any combo of the 3 and yea more like hogan / flair 142 ................. TNA BFG 15 HOGAN VS FLAIR IN A LAST MAN BREATHING MATCH ........OOPS I MEAN STANDING

 

[AndarielHalo]

Erh, last time I checked, Randy Orton and Triple H was very much alive, have I missed some big news here?

God help them, but there's always the possibility of something happening. A drug overdose, a car accident, hit by a drunk driver, plane crash, heart attack, in-ring accident, another knee injury.


And apparently the seething, snarky menace in my post was lost upon pun2003hh---I think it's fair to say Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, and Batista likely won't be around for Wrestlemania 30, but my point was that the WWE seems to just not care about anyone but the main event squad of the usual guys of Orton, Cena, Edge, Helmsley, etcetera. Wasn't it on WrestleZone that it was reported that the Kung Fu Naki gimmick only worked because Vince McMahon liked it, and he could never remember any of Funaki's ideas, or even that he was still employed?


I honestly do not see CM Punk main eventing Wrestlemania 30 unless he's jobbing to one of the above-mentioned, or have a Chris Benoit/Rey Mysterio/Eddie Guerrero type thing where he wins once, then gets (yet another) trashy championship reign where he's made out to look like a weakling, while the main event scene will be less about him and more about Orton/Cena/Helmsley, etcetera arguing over who gets to face him first.


No offense to you dreamers, but I'm smart enough in having watched the WWE for the past 10 years (with only a single pause between mid-2003 and late-2004) to know better than to think we'll see shining stars like John Morrison or CM Punk reigning in three Wrestlemania main events in a row and dominating 90% of the WWE spotlight.

I cannot name you a single Wrestlemania main eventer in the post-Attitude era who was either not Triple H, Randy Orton, John Cena, Undertaker, Edge, Batista, or some SURPRISE! NEW GUY like Benoit, Guerrero, Mysterio, Angle, etcetera.


I seriously believe it will not be until these main eventers die of old age or retire of old age that we will begin seeing some NEW Wrestlemania main events that aren't forgone conclusions (like Triple H vs Chris Jericho in 2002. Who the hell do YOU think is gonna win?) or lead to the NEW GUY! taking backseat to the usual clique or even outright buried (like Rey Mysterio post-Wrestlemania 22)

 

[Mr. TM]

One match I think of right away is Sheamus and Drew McIntire.

I see them as the current Batista and John Cena of this generation. I don't know if I like it, but I didnt like them back then, so maybe that is something positive to look at. But after a Rumble win or two out of these guys, another title, I can see these two wrestling in the upper card.

John Cena versus Christian

I sort of see this like Shawn and Cena, except a little reversed. Cena will be the champion going into this match, but Christian will be the fan favourite in this. By this point, I hope Christian has had a big push, after a match with Edge around Mania 28.

Edge versus Orton

With Edge getting up there in age, he will put over Orton for the title here in a match we have seen before, but not too much. I have always liked the chemistry between these two, so it will be interesting to see.

 

[Rhonda Rousey's Sports Bra]

I think by Wrestlemania XXX the main event could be Randy Orton v Ted or Cody, Ted DiBiase v Cody Rhodes or even better Ted DiBiase v Brett DiBiase, it took 4 or so years before we had the Orton Triple H match after Evolution broke up and by Wrestlemania XXX it would have been about 4 years since the break of Legacy. For the DiBiase brothers to have a match would be epic and I think that the WWE wouldn't drop the ball with it like they did with the Brett Hart v Owen Hart feud.

 

[cartman]

I remember seeing a great match between John Morrison and Edge that was just fantastic. Afterwards I was thinking how they have such amazing chemistry in the ring but they could also have great promos together.And by this time John will be in his prime and Edge will be close to retirement.Plus there very interesting superstars it would be like Edge vs Shawn Michaels in his prime.And if John and Edge could put a great match like that on Smackdown then on Wrestlemania it could be 5 stars.

 

[Big Nick Dudley]

Good question. I think there are quite a few options, actually.

If you look at John Cena, he's a pretty young guy. I'm not a fan of Cena, but he will most definitely still be around at Mania 30. But what if WWE is forced to go with another style of programming by that time? What if the little kids who love him now and for the past couple of years are all grown up? Will they still love their childhood hero? I think that's an important question when looking at the future for John Cena.

With that being said, my guess is that even in Cena were to drop in popularity by Mania 30, he would still be somewhat of a major draw, so I would think he will be the biggest probability.

Randy Orton is 29, and is entering the prime of his career, so I would guess he is the most probably, right there with Cena. I don't know if they will main event together, but possibly. Orton is the best guy they have right now, IMO. And with the younger crowd being 4 years older by Mania 30, they might be looking for a more adult-oriented role model to cheer for. I think that guy could be/will be Randy Orton. I think he has a lot of Mania main events to go. And I also love the fact that all of the idiot fans who do not like seeing the same guy main event Mania more than one time will just have to DEAL WITH IT!

By that time, I see a few guys, besides Cena and Orton, being big enough to main event Mania. More than likely Edge and Christian will still be around, nearing the end of their careers. CM Punk will still be around, and will one of their biggest heels. I also think that Ted DiBiase, Cody Rhodes and John Morrison should be huge stars by that point in time, so they are candidates as well. Not as sold on Drew McInytire, but he's possible. And I think we have seen the best of Sheamus already (which wasn't that great, IMO).

Safe bet would be Orton vs. Cena, but who knows. That main event might happen before 30, so I'm just not sure.

 

[Mitch Henessey]

I wouldn't be surprised if it was John Morrison VS The Miz. It's obvious WWE has BIG plans for these two, and their encounter at Bragging Rights surely won't be their last. Miz will remain heel for a long time because even though I don't like him, he does a good job at being the cocky bad guy. Morrison will be one of WWE's top faces by this time, and I'm sure he'll have a couple of world title reigns under his belt. I think Miz will achieve WWE or World Heavyweight championship gold before Morrison, and will rise to the top quicker than him, but Morrison will get there soon enough.

Miz VS Morrison will be THE feud in the future for WWE.

 

[kingofkings190260]

There are many possibilities here.
Cena, Orton, Edge, Punk, Miz, Morrison should definitely be the main men in the company come Wrestlemania 30.
McIntyre, Sheamus, Cody, Ted, Kofi, Swagger, Ziggler, The Hart Dynasty, R Truth, Daniel Bryan, JTG, and possibly even Trent Baretta??? are all guys who I think have a good chance of being right up there in the main event aswell.
And I also think we can not rule out someone like The Pope(Burke) and Mr Anderson(Kennedy) having returned to WWE and being main eventers at this time.
Another guy I could see would be Desmond Wolfe.

So there are many possibilities and I cant make my mind up on just 2 matches so my choices would be out of these possible main events - Miz vs Morrison or Ted vs Cody for the World Title and Orton vs Punk or Sheamus vs McIntyre for the WWE Title

 

[Azogan v.2.0]

When i first read this topic, i immediately thought of four names: Miz, Morrison, Shelton Benjamin and Ted DiBiase. But then i realized that you will probably see a Cena/Orton dominated era still running strong in 2014. Cena is the guy and if he doesnt leave for Hollywood or get injured, i think he is the guy along with Orton, does that mean WM 30 will see Orton/Cena 100??? Not necessarily, but it really is hard to say. I agree with Taker and HBK being retired, but i dont see HHH being done. I really do believe we will see HHH sticking around for alot longer then people expect. I mean, he has everyone in the palm of his hands...Vince, Stephanie. I am willing to beat my mortgage, HHH is still wrestling at WM30. Drew McIntyre i do see alot of potential in...but I DO NOT SEE WHAT THE BIG FUSS IS ABOUT SHEMAUS. I really don't think he is that good, and i dont think he will be around. He just reminds me of somebody that is going to come, get the money, and run. But then again, i could be wrong. But one of the people i would add that i dont think anyone is considering is CHRIS JERICHO. Are we so sure that he will be done wrestling, i think not. And i also think that he will probably be one of the main cornerstones of WWE come 'Mania 30.

But for my money, i am picking these four men

Shelton Benjamin-because if he resigns and i know he probably will, Vince empty promises are going to have rectified. Benjamin has all the talent in the world and in my opinion, should have been main eventing all ready. I just believe he will get his time. I'm probably one of the only ones who still believes he's a future WWE champion, but we shall see.

Ted DiBiase-he is a spinning image in my opinion of Randy Orton, and i believe by Mania 30, he is in a main event capacity. He has the look, the build and can talk. Hell, he'll be Orton 2.0, but i think DiBiase is poised for greatness

John Morrison-he will the next HBK, or a model of him. Guarantee it

And lastly The Miz, whom I have said all along would be a huge star. He has the look, he can talk,and if WWE does the right thing and LEAVE HIM HEEL, by Mania 30, i see him with the title as the top heel in the company

So after all of that, to answer your question...

John Cena vs. The Miz, WM30 main event

 

[Tastycles]

Edge vs Christian

Lord knows it's going to happen at some point, but probably not until Christian has established himself at that level with a MITB win, and then subsequent reign. They'll keep them as faces and then apart for long enough until one of them turns and then they end up having a match together. Will it take four years? Potentially. Not to mention that by WM 30 both of them will be 40 and this could be a retirement match for one of them, particularly with how often Edge is injured.