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WrestleMania is the biggest stage in professional wrestling. It's where careers are defined, and legacies are made. There were unprecedented runs with certain Superstars like The Undertaker, with The Phenom having a whopping 25-2 record.
With a Superstar like Shawn Michaels, he was "Mr. WrestleMania", because no Superstar in WWE history knew how to steal the show at The Grandest Stage of Them All the way he did.
WrestleMania is the stage for coronations, breakout moments, star-making performances, and more. But several Superstars haven't picked up big solo wins at WrestleMania at all. There are Superstars like Jeff Hardy, who only won his first WrestleMania match in 2017 when he returned alongside Matt Hardy.
This list, however, focuses on current WWE Superstars and their poor WrestleMania records. Some of the entries on this list might be quite surprising:
#8. Sasha Banks - WrestleMania record: 0-5
Sasha Banks knows how to steal the show, but she has never had a successful night at WrestleMania. She made her WrestleMania debut in 2016, competing against Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch for the newly-introduced WWE Women's Championship (later renamed the RAW Women's Championship). Many felt that Sasha Banks, along with Flair and Lynch, stole the show at WrestleMania 32.
It was a big boost for the Women's division, which went on to receive increasingly important spots at WrestleMania. The following year in 2017, Sasha Banks unsuccessfully challenged for the RAW Women's Championship in a Fatal-4-Way match that was eventually won by the defending Champion Bayley.
A year later, Sasha Banks found herself in a low spot on the WrestleMania card. She was part of the Women's Battle Royal and didn't win it. In 2019 at WrestleMania 35, she walked in as the Women's Tag Team Champion alongside Bayley.
The duo would lose the Tag Team titles to The IIconics Billie Kay and Peyton Royce in another Fatal-4-Way match. It was rumored that Sasha Banks had a breakdown backstage after WrestleMania 35, reportedly unhappy with the result. However, Peyton Royce refuted that claim, stating that Banks celebrated with her backstage. Sasha Banks has since made it the subject of jokes online.
#7 & #6. Big E and Xavier Woods - WrestleMania records: 0-6 and 0-3
These WrestleMania records seem rather unflattering to two Superstars who have contributed so much to WWE. Big E has been unsuccessful at WrestleMania in the last eight years, and so has Xavier Woods, who made his WrestleMania debut a year later.
It should be noted that while they haven't won a WrestleMania match, 2019 felt like their victory. Xavier Woods and Big E weren't even on the card, but they accompanied Kofi Kingston in his WWE Title clash against Daniel Bryan.
Given how instrumental Xavier Woods and Big E were in helping Kofi Kingston, his WWE title win felt like The New Day's biggest victory. It was even presented that way, since The New Day had been a solid unit for their six year run together.
Big E is on his way to becoming a big singles star, so a defining WrestleMania victory might be inevitable for him. Unless there's more Tag Team success to be found, Xavier Woods' WrestleMania record may not improve.
#5. MVP - WrestleMania record: 0-4
MVP hasn't enjoyed much success at WrestleMania. While he's had a fantastic WWE career otherwise, WrestleMania hasn't been his show. He made his WrestleMania debut in 2007 against Chris Benoit in a losing effort.
He would turn out to be Benoit's final opponent at the grandest stage of them all. His only other three appearances were at Money in the Bank ladder matches, and he wasn't successful in either match.
#4. R-Truth - WrestleMania record: 0-7
R-Truth has a bad WrestleMania record, but that doesn't necessarily add a blemish to his body of work in WWE. To begin with, R-Truth has almost always been a comedic character, minus a small serious singles run he had early in the past decade.
Apart from that, he never reached World title contender status, and his primary role has been to put smiles on the faces of millions of people through his comedy. He has been successful at that, and earns good money doing so. Despite his WrestleMania record, R-Truth remains one of the most beloved superstars in WWE today.
#3. Asuka - WrestleMania record: 0-3
Asuka is one of the fiercest women in WWE history, but WrestleMania hasn't been her event yet. Her first WrestleMania appearance was in 2018, and she was also the Royal Rumble winner.
She challenged Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown Women's Championship at WrestleMania 34, and her undefeated streak that started on October 2015 finally came to an end after two-and-a-half years.
By that point, she had already surpassed Goldberg's undefeated streak, but Charlotte Flair proved to be the better woman on the night. Her other appearance the following year was in the Women's Battle Royal, and at WrestleMania 36 in 2020, she walked in as one-half of the Women's Tag Team Champions.
Teaming up with Kairi Sane, Asuka lost to Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross.
#2. Apollo Crews - WrestleMania record: 0-3
Apollo Crews had a great year in 2020, but he had four underwhelming years before that. As a result, his only appearances in WrestleMania have been in the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal, and he was unsuccessful on all occasions.
Hopefully, Apollo Crews gets a WrestleMania moment soon.
#1. Shinsuke Nakamura - WrestleMania record: 0-2
Shinsuke Nakamura has only competed in two WrestleMania events despite being on the WWE main roster since April 2017. He debuted the night after WrestleMania 33, and his first year was a big success.
He was a WWE title challenger within a few months of his debut, and he went on to win the Royal Rumble match in 2018, becoming the first Japanese star to do so. He challenged AJ Styles for the WWE title at WrestleMania, but the match didn't deliver despite being advertised as a "dream match".
He competed at WrestleMania the following year, teaming up with Rusev in an unsuccessful attempt at the SmackDown Tag Team Championship. In 2020, he accompanied Sami Zayn at WrestleMania 36 (along with Cesaro) and helped him defeat Daniel Bryan to retain the Intercontinental Championship.
Shinsuke Nakamura hasn't had as successful a main roster career as many would have expected, but he still has quite a few accolades to his name. Given the stage of his career that he's in now, it's hard to imagine him having another WrestleMania moment.
