The year 2000 may have been my favorite year for WWE. It was also one of the, if not the most financially successful years in the companys history. Despite that I felt that years WrestleMania was one of the worst. I could go into detail about how I felt most of the card was poorly booked but for this thread well just focus on the main event.
We all know the main event was a fatal four way match that saw Triple H defend the WWF title against The Rock, The Big Show, and Mick Foley. The storyline for the match was each participant had a McMahon family member in his corner. A lot of people didnt care for the McMahon family having such a presence in the main event but considering the main event was a pretty weak one I feel they needed to be there. The match was very poorly put together and changed several times leading up to WrestleMania. First it was supposed to be Triple H vs. Rock. Then it was changed to Triple H vs. Big Show. Then a triple threat, and finally the four way featuring the comeback of Mick Foley who retired just a few weeks earlier. The whole thing felt very lackluster. What do you feel would have been a better main event for WrestleMania?
Looking back the natural choice is Triple H defending the title against The Rock in a singles match. They are two of the biggest names in WWE history and had a great rivalry at the time. I will admit at the time I did not want to see a one on one match between the two simply because they had wrestled each other so many times before. I wanted something fresh. I was wrong. All these years later I think its safe to say a one on one match would have been the way to go.
I wish I could say I had some kind of clever idea as to what the main event should have been but honestly I cant think of anything better than Triple H vs. Rock. I know there was some talk about Chris Jericho being in the four way match instead of Mick Foley but I dont think that would have been any better. What do you think? What would you have liked to see as the main event of WrestleMania 16? Do you think the main event was fine the way it was?
We all know the main event was a fatal four way match that saw Triple H defend the WWF title against The Rock, The Big Show, and Mick Foley. The storyline for the match was each participant had a McMahon family member in his corner. A lot of people didnt care for the McMahon family having such a presence in the main event but considering the main event was a pretty weak one I feel they needed to be there. The match was very poorly put together and changed several times leading up to WrestleMania. First it was supposed to be Triple H vs. Rock. Then it was changed to Triple H vs. Big Show. Then a triple threat, and finally the four way featuring the comeback of Mick Foley who retired just a few weeks earlier. The whole thing felt very lackluster. What do you feel would have been a better main event for WrestleMania?
Looking back the natural choice is Triple H defending the title against The Rock in a singles match. They are two of the biggest names in WWE history and had a great rivalry at the time. I will admit at the time I did not want to see a one on one match between the two simply because they had wrestled each other so many times before. I wanted something fresh. I was wrong. All these years later I think its safe to say a one on one match would have been the way to go.
I wish I could say I had some kind of clever idea as to what the main event should have been but honestly I cant think of anything better than Triple H vs. Rock. I know there was some talk about Chris Jericho being in the four way match instead of Mick Foley but I dont think that would have been any better. What do you think? What would you have liked to see as the main event of WrestleMania 16? Do you think the main event was fine the way it was?