5 WWE Superstars with the most WrestleMania main event appearances

The grandest pay-per-view event of 2020 WrestleMania 36 will take place on 4th and 5th April at the WWE Performance Center. This is the first time the show will have no live audience due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

The most important match of a WrestleMania is the main event. It is the dream of every budding WWE Superstar to close the grandest pay-per-view event one night. Not everyone has been successful in achieving that feat but there have been several Superstars who have main evented WrestleMania multiple times.

Here's a look at the five WWE Superstars who have featured in the most number of WrestleMania main events.

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#5 Shawn Michaels - 5

Shawn Michaels retired at WrestleMania XXVI

Nicknamed as Mr. WrestleMania, Shawn Michaels is one of the three Superstars to have featured in the closing match of 5 WrestleMania main events. In fact, his last singles match was in the main event of WrestleMania XXVI where The Undertaker defeated him in a Streak vs Career match.

Prior to that, Michaels lost a WWE Championship match against John Cena in the main event of WrestleMania 23. His first 'Mania main event appearance came in the year 1996 when he locked horns with Bret Hart in an Iron man match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. Michaels claimed the title with a win in overtime after there was no pinfall or submission in the entire bout

He lost to Stone Cold Steve Austin in the main event of WrestleMania IV where Mike Tyson was the special enforcer. Michaels also lost the triple threat main event in 2004 for the World Heavyweight Championship involving Triple H and Chris Benoit.

#4 John Cena - 5

John Cena will face 'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania 36

After returning as the Doctor of Thuganomics last year, John Cena is all set to make his in-ring comeback to WWE with a singles match against 'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania 36. The 16-time WWE Champion was busy with his projects outside WWE but now he is back and the fans are very excited for his second WrestleMania match with Wyatt.

Talking about the WrestleMania main events Cena has been a part of, his rivalry with The Rock lasted over three WrestleMania shows. First, Cena faced off with The Miz in the closing match of WrestleMania XXVII. The Brahma Bull interfered in that match and allowed the A-Lister to retain his championship.

Next year, Cena and The Rock battled each other in a 'Once in a Lifetime' match. The Rock emerged victorious in that match. The next, WWE repeated the same main event next year to ensure that John Cena has the last laugh in his feud with The Rock. WrestleMania XXIX was the last time John Cena featured in the main event.

His previous two appearances had come at WrestleMania 23 (WWE Championship match against Shawn Michaels) and WrestleMania 22 (WWE Championship match versus Triple H) where John Cena emerged victorious in both.

#3 The Rock - 5

The Rock has main evented WrestleMania 5 times

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson will go down as one of the greatest WWE Superstars in history because of his incredible work inside the squared circle. The fact that he has main evented 5 WrestleMania shows indicates how popular he was. Two of his five matches saw him face John Cena where he lost one and he won one.

In his first WrestleMania main event match, The Rock battled Stone Cold Steve Austin in a WWF Championship match with Mankind being the special guest referee. Two of the most popular sports entertainers gave it all they had and the match ended with the Texas Rattlesnake standing tall. At WrestleMania 2000, The Rock unsuccessfully challenged for the WWF Title in a fatal 4-way match involving champion Triple H, Mick Foley, and Big Show.

The Brahma Bull went faced Stone Cold Steve Austin once again in the main event of WrestleMania. Stone Cold defeated his rival once again to hand Rock his third consecutive WrestleMania main event defeat.

#2 Triple H - 7

The Cerebral Assassin retired Batista at last year's WrestleMania

One of the greatest heels in WWE history, Triple H achieved a lot of success inside the ring as he has closed 7 WrestleMania shows. In his last few WrestleMania bouts, The King of Kings put over the likes of Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Ronda Rousey.

His first main event appearance came in the year 2000 when he defended his WWF Championship against The Rock, Big Show and Mick Foley in a fatal 4-way match. Even though the odds were stacked against him, Hunter retained his championship. Two years later, he battled Chris Jericho for the Undisputed WWF Championship, beating Y2J for the title.

His next three WrestleMania main event matches ended in a defeat. Chris Benoit first defeated him in a triple threat match that also featured Shawn Michaels. In the next two WrestleMania main events, Batista and John Cena beat him in singles bouts. The Cerebral Assassin got out of his rut when he defeated Randy Orton in a WWE Championship match. His last main event match was against Roman Reigns where the Big Dog defeated him fair and square in the middle of the ring.

#1 Hulk Hogan - 8

Hulk Hogan immortalized himself with his performances at WrestleMania

Hulk Hogan was a part of the first three WrestleMania main event and won all of them. The Hulkster teamed up with Mr.T to battle Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff in the closing match of WrestleMania I. Jimmy Snuka and Bob Orton were in the corners of the two teams while Muhammad Ali and Pat Patterson were the special guest referees for the bout.

Hogan defeated King Kong Bundy in a WWF World Heavyweight Championship steel cage match at WrestleMania II and beat Andre the Giant for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship in the next.

His WrestleMania main event winning streak extended to four with a win over Macho Man Randy Savage but The Ultimate Warrior broke his streak with a victory in the closing match of WrestleMania VI. Hogan beat Sgt. Slaughter in the next main event of WrestleMania while he defeated Sid Justice via disqualification in the closing match of WrestleMania VIII.

Hogan's last WrestleMania main event appearance came at WrestleMania IX in a 22-second match against Yokozuna. The WWF World Heavyweight Championship changed hands twice that night as Yokozuna had defeated Bret Hart for the title before Hogan ended the night standing tall with the championship.