4 WrestleMania main events that didn't live up to the hype

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WrestleMania 35 is history, and will go down in the record books as being one of the biggest PPVs of all time.

After going through 16 matches for more than 7 hours, the sea of 80,000 fans inside MetLife Stadium was exhausted beyond limit. It didn't help that the Women's triple threat main event didn't turn out the way the fans had been expecting it to.

Over the course of the past 35 years, WrestleMania has given the WWE Universe a bunch of memorable main events. The Rock vs Austin II, Benoit vs Michaels vs Triple H, and Hogan vs Andre are some instances when everything went right to the T.

On the other hand, there have been several Mania main events that were hyped to oblivion, but ended up disappointing the fans in terms of the drama as well as match quality. Let's take a look at 4 of these main events.

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#4 A McMahon in every corner

This wasn't worthy of main eventing WrestleMania

The main event of WrestleMania 2000 was advertised with the tagline of "A McMahon in every corner". The long-standing rivalry among the notorious family was coming to an end on The Grandest Stage Of Them All.

The Rock had Vince McMahon by his side, Triple H had Stephanie, Mick Foley had Linda McMahon, and The Big Show had Shane McMahon in his corner.

The Fatal-Four-Way was heavily publicized, but the entire match fell apart when it came to the real deal. The Big Show and Foley were eliminated first, leading to a one-on-one with The Rock and Triple H, a match that should have originally been the main event. Triple H won the match when Vince turned on The Rock. This was the first time that a heel ended up winning in the end at WrestleMania. Fans weren't thrilled with the match and the ending proved to be the final nail in the coffin.

#3 First-ever Women's main event

First time in Mania history!

Going into WrestleMania 35, the triple threat match pitting Ronda Rousey, Charlotte Flair, and Becky Lynch was given the center stage and was promoted more than any other match on the show.

The women were called on Sports Center, Becky Lynch bagged a major TV commercial, and went on to become the most mentioned female wrestler on Twitter. The match was a complete letdown, with all three women botching multiple spots. To add to it, the ending left a lot to be desired, with Becky stealing a pin on Ronda out of nowhere, while her shoulders were still up in the air.

Reports suggested that this was deliberately done to keep the possibility of a future one-on-one match open, but it didn't do the women any favors. This had the potential to become a show-stealer, just like Charlotte Flair vs Sasha Banks vs Becky Lynch at WrestleMania 32. Instead, it turned out to be another standard triple threat match.

#2 Roman Reigns takes the yard

The kick-off to the match

When Roman Reigns eliminated The Undertaker from the Royal Rumble match in 2017, the fans knew that the two would eventually go on to meet at WrestleMania 33.

Heading to The Show of Shows, Reigns promised that he would put The Undertaker down in his own yard. The WWE Universe was pumped up for the eventual bout, even though the streak had lost its meaning by that point.

At WrestleMania, the two Superstars wrestled in possibly the worst match on the card, with The Undertaker looking like he didn't belong anywhere near a wrestling ring. He looked like a regular old guy during the Rumble match, and things weren't any different at Mania.

The match ended with Reigns pinning The Undertaker with a spear, to a chorus of boos. The Phenom had suffered another loss at Mania, and his 20-year old WrestleMania record had been ruined further.

#1 Triple H vs Randy Orton

This was an epic letdown

The rivalry between Triple H and his former protege Randy Orton had been the talk of the wrestling world heading into WrestleMania. Both Superstars did some horrible things to each other, and the fans couldn't wait to see the face-off, even though this wasn't a fresh match by any means.

The first mistake that WWE did was to put a stipulation that Triple H would lose his belt if he got disqualified. With the hatred these two had towards each other, this stipulation made zero sense. Additionally, the fact that this match went on last didn't do it any favors. The Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels deserved to close the show, but ended up being the third match to the last.

Fans were exhausted by the point Triple H made his entrance, and the match was nothing to brag about. Months of buildup had gone down the drain, thanks to a bunch of questionable decisions.