10 Worst Booking Decisions in WrestleMania History
By Tim Sherry
WrestleMania, credit: wwe.com
Listing the worst booking decisions in the history of WrestleMania.
Since 1985 WrestleMania has been the biggest stage in all of American professional wrestling. The amount of amazing WrestleMania moments is astounding as the show tends to produce some of the most iconic moments in wrestling history. From amazing, five-star quality matches to brutal culminations of months-long grudge matches, to all the glitz and glamor of the event, year in and year out, WrestleMania is a can’t miss event.
But then there’s the bad side to WrestleMania. For every great, classic moment comes an anti-climactic, and sometimes head-scratching one. From silly celebrity appearances to boring, stale matches, to the over-thinking of segments, Mania can sometimes have just as many low-lights as highlights.
Smart booking for the months leading up to and during the WWE’s biggest event of the year is the best way to guarantee a solid show that will excite the company’s fan base. But what happens when the booking becomes so non-sensical and flat-out dumb? You got a four to five-hour hot mess of professional wrestling (take WrestleMania’s VI, XV, and XXXII as the best examples). One way of ensuring a good show for WrestleMania XXIII would be to re-examine past versions of the event and steer clear of it’s worst decisions. Let’s see if the company has learned their lesson this time around.
Ahead we break down the 10 worst booking decisions in WrestleMania history.