#1 Mr. McMahon
The boss himself has never actually laced them up and got into the ring to take care of business in the main event of a WrestleMania. A wise move in the opinion of many, to let the talent do what they do best, but it is still an odd occurrence to have never happened in Mania history.
Obviously Vinny Mac has been present for the closer, be it as an announcer, commentator an irate manager or a bystander. He has also competed at his own show four times to generally positive reviews, but not with his mean mug closing the show, as the regular television shows have done countless times over many years.
For a man of McMahon’s ego to have not personally taken care of business when he must have known some main events were lacking, is remarkable. Let’s not forget that the Mr McMahon character is up there with the very best wrestling gimmicks ever.
Stone Cold versus McMahon drove enormous numbers, Hogan versus McMahon was a terrific street fight and could have been the last match at WrestleMania 19 or even better, the landmark 20th at MSG. There really was no more fitting close to a storyline than having the boss get his comeuppance against long term rivals.
This is even more notable now with McMahon being 70+ years old and likely finished in the ring.
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