There’s nothing quite like a WrestleMania main event. Even though WrestleMania isn’t quite as special as it used to be when WrestleMania was one of WWE’s few big “events” in a year, most WrestleMania main events represent the culmination of months of storylines, weeks of hype, and maybe even years of anticipation. Being chosen to go on last at WrestleMania is one of the highest honors that a wrestler can receive. For fans, though, watching the WrestleMania main event is one of the biggest thrills that they’ll get it in a year.

Even though that means that most fans study every detail about a WrestleMania match as they take it all in, there are still plenty of details that even the most adamant of wrestling fans will fail to spot. That’s especially true of the last few WrestleMania main events which have been famous for being pretty boring matches that capped off way too long shows that all happened to feature Roman Reigns. Even if you’re not one of the fans who’d like to forget the last few WrestleMania main events, we guarantee you that you still missed some things from these matches. These are the 20 things that fans completely missed from the last three WrestleMania main events.

20 WrestleMania 32: This Was Triple H’s Historic 11th WrestleMania loss

Have you ever heard about Ric Flair’s 16 World Championship wins and thought, “Doesn’t that just mean that he lost the World Championship 16 times?” The fact of the matter is that most of wrestling’s “embarrassing” records is that only the best wrestlers will ever be around long enough to ever claim them. In other words, every wrestler that’s ever entered the business has prayed that they would have the opportunity to lose the World Championship 17 times. The same is true of WrestleMania loss records. For instance, Shawn Michaels and the Big Show have lost 11 WrestleMania matches in their career. When you consider that the former is regularly referred to as Mr. WrestleMania...well, you get the idea about how little WrestleMania losses actually summarize a wrestler’s career.

Well, WrestleMania 32 marked a historic moment for Triple H’s WrestleMania losses as “The Game” lost his 11th WrestleMania match that night. At the time, that loss put him even with his best friend, Shawn Michaels. Triple H would then go on to lose at WrestleMania 33 and 34, meaning that he now holds the record for most WrestleMania losses. Who is it that says that Triple H buries everyone he wrestles?

19 WrestleMania 33: Undertaker Ran out of Gas About Two Minutes Into the Match

While nobody thought that The Undertaker was in his prime by the time WrestleMania 33 rolled around, the general consensus was that Undertaker would find a way to rise to the occasion for his match against Roman Reigns. After all, he managed to get a decent match out of Shane McMahon just a year before. Surely Taker would be able to get in good enough shape to give Roman the WrestleMania match of his lifetime. Well, that didn’t happen. In fact, WWE fans may have noticed that The Undertaker looked really, really bad during this match. We’re not sure what the story was there, but we can tell you that you likely never noticed just how out of shape Undertaker really was.

If you watch this match and try to find the exact moment when Undertaker just completely ran out of gas, you’ll likely find that it happened about 2-3 minutes into this main event.

Mind you, the 2-3 minutes in question weren’t especially action-packed. In fact, we’re reasonably sure that the moment that led to Undertaker getting gassed was a simple tumble over the top ropes. From then on, Taker struggled to even catch his breath much less wrestle.

18 WrestleMania 34 - A Beach Ball Got the Biggest Pop of the Reigns/Lesnar Match

You might be noticing that there are three ties that bind these matches together. They are all WrestleMania main events, they all feature Roman Reigns, and they all suck. As tempting - and fun - as it is to blame Roman Reigns for that, the truth of the matter is that Roman Reigns can be an excellent wrestler. He’s just a guy that needs the right opponent to work with and Triple H, Brock Lesnar, and The Undertaker aren’t necessarily those guys. Actually, there’s another tie that binds all of these matches together. They were at the end of shows that were way too long.

Some combination of Roman Reigns poor booking and those super long events led to fans turning on all of these main events at some point. Actually, there was one rather large pop during the Brock Lesnar/Roman Reigns match...and it belonged to a beach ball. Live reports from the show indicate that the sudden burst of cheers in the audience can be attributed to someone breaking out a beach ball and bouncing it around for a while. There’s nothing like paying hundreds of dollars to see a show that’s most exciting moment is caused by a $5 piece of plastic.

17 WrestleMania 32: Triple H Headlined A WrestleMania 16 Years After His First WrestleMania Main Event

It’s incredibly difficult to main event a WrestleMania. Mind you, we’re not talking about those weird “double” or “triple” main events that WWE do. We mean the last match to go on at a WrestleMania. More often than not, a select few wrestlers will go on to headline multiple WrestleManias. That doesn’t leave much room for new guys to claim that honor. Mind you, that’s not a knock against them. As tough as it is to get that first WrestleMania event, it’s even tougher to stay in the company long enough to headline multiple WrestleManias, especially if we’re talking about WrestleManias over the course of multiple years.

In fact, Triple H currently holds the record for the longest gap between his first WrestleMania main event and his most recent.

His first main event happened at WrestleMania 2000 and he went on to main event 16 years later against Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 32. What does that record mean? Not too much in the grand scheme of things, but it really does highlight just how long Triple H has managed to stay in the spotlight. Granted, he is married to Stephanie McMahon, but an impressive accomplishment is an impressive accomplishment no matter what.

16 WrestleMania 33: The Undertaker Got in Almost No Offense

The common complaint that you hear about Roman Reigns’ booking is that WWE hasn’t presented him in a way that makes you believe that he’s earned his success. Whether or not Roman has actually “paid his dues,” Reigns hasn’t really had a lot of matches that make you believe that he’s been put through the ringer and deserves the success that he has been handed. Roman’s match against The Undertaker at WrestleMania 33 did very little to dispel that myth. First off, as we just noted, The Undertaker was horribly out of shape by the time that this match went on, largely because he was in need of hip surgery, which he got later that year. That could be part of the reason why The Undertaker didn’t actually do much during the bout, but we get the feeling that The Undertaker’s lack of offense was actually booked from the start.

In any case, if you watch this match and try to count how long The Undertaker is on the offensive, you’ll find that you don’t have much work ahead of you. If we had to guess, Undertaker’s total offense in this match amounts to about a few minutes. Most of that consists of a few early punches, an armbar, and some quick finishers. It was pretty sad.

15 WrestleMania 34 - Brock Lesnar Was the First Wrestler to Win a World Championship at One WrestleMania and Successfully Defend it At the Next

You have to give WWE credit for booking Brock Lesnar as a truly dominant champion. Whenever the belt goes on Brock, WWE treats his mere presence like the herald that announces the end of the world. Brock has been a truly dominant champion that should be the template for how all dominant champions in WWE are booked (minus the fact that he’s only on TV a handful of times a year). In fact, Brock has been so dominant during his time as WWE Champion that he’s managed to do some things that no other WWE Champion ever has. One of Brock’s most impressive accomplishments is actually related to WrestleMania 33 and 34.

At WrestleMania 33, Brock captured the Universal Championship from Goldberg in convincing fashion. From there, Brock managed to hold on to the Universal Championship until the next WrestleMania and defend it at that show. Did you know that has never happened? As odd as it sounds, no wrestler has ever won a World Championship at a WrestleMania and successfully defended it at the next WrestleMania (without losing in-between). That sounds like something Hulk Hogan would have done, but that strange honor belongs to Brock Lesnar and Brock Lesnar alone.

14 WrestleMania 32: Reigns Became the 9th Person to Headline Two WrestleManias in a Row

Even though stars tend to steal the spotlight in terms of headlining multiple WrestleMania events, there really aren’t that many instances of a wrestler headlining two WrestleManias in a row. Guys like Hulk Hogan obviously headlined a few in a row, but when you think about the top names in the history of WWE - The Rock, Stone Cold, Shawn Michaels, Triple H - not many of them have actually managed to main event back-to-back WrestleManias.

Call it circumstances or favoritism or whatever, but managing to star in back-to-back WrestleManias is about as rare of a feat as it gets.

That’s why some fans will be upset to hear that Roman Reigns became only the ninth person to headline two WrestleManias in a row. His companions with that record are Hulk Hogan, Triple H, John Cena, The Rock, The Undertaker, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Yokozuna, and Randy Savage. We have to say that Yokozuna and Roman Reigns do feel like the odd men out on that list. It’s especially odd to consider that Roman Reigns has now headlined four WrestleManias in a row (much more on that later). You know, we’re really starting to believe that Vince McMahon is trying to shove him down people’s throats.

13 WrestleMania 33: The Use of a Chair in this Match Was Embarrassingly Bad

If you watch a match enough times, you start to notice little things. If you’re watching a good match, then the little things that you notice are usually good. Things like a brilliant piece of psychology or a little hand gesture can help make even the best matches even better. If you’re watching a bad match like the WrestleMania 33 main event, though, the little things you notice can sometimes make a bad match even worse. In the case of this match, the little thing in question is The Undertaker and Roman Reigns’ use of a chair. The chair is first used in the match to strengthen The Undertaker’s punches. So far, so ok, but things quickly fall apart from there.

At one point, The Undertaker slams Roman Reigns on the chair. What’s wrong with that? Well, first off, Roman Reigns is wearing a protective vest. Second, Undertaker’s incredibly weak slams did nothing to sell the chair as an additional danger. Then, Roman Reigns takes the chair and prepares to hit The Undertaker. However - for reasons we don’t understand - he unceremoniously drops the chair and just spears Undertaker instead. It was done in a way that suggests Reigns legitimately didn’t know whether he was supposed to use it or not.

12 WrestleMania 34 - Lesnar Almost Hurt Reigns With Two Awful Suplexes

Brock Lesnar has a reputation among his fellow wrestlers when it comes to his in-ring work, and that reputation is not flattering. Some wrestlers have come forward over the years to say that Brock Lesnar is not a safe worker. Actually, that doesn’t quite capture what they’re going for. What they really say is that Brock Lesnar is the kind of worker who most people would consider to be outright dangerous. We don’t know if Lesnar has little regard for his opponents or whether his size/style just leads to him being a little more reckless than usual, but the fact remains that Lesnar seemingly has little regard for his opponents as long as the matches look brutal. There are many examples of that philosophy to be found in his WrestleMania 34 showdown with Roman Reigns.

There’s a point in the match when Lesnar takes Roman to the outside and delivers a couple of belly to back suplexes. They are some of the worst belly to back suplexes you’ll ever see. It felt like Brock was kind of gassed at that point, which led to him basically dropping Roman on his head on both attempts. It’s a miracle Roman walked away.

11 WrestleMania 32: The Decision For Triple H & Roman Reigns To Main Event Was Made At The Last Minute

History is a funny thing. In retrospect, so many of the most significant historical events and moments could have turned out completely differently if just a couple of decisions had gone the other way. Well, it turns out that a couple of the historical records that we mentioned above might never have happened if the original main event plans for WrestleMania 32 had come to pass.

Leading up to WrestleMania 32, there was quite a bit of doubt concerning whether or not Roman Reigns and Triple H would actually main event the show.

It seems that there was some debate concerning whether or not Roman Reigns should actually headline the show. Some were worried about the reaction that Reigns would get and some felt that The Undertaker vs. Shane McMahon in Hell in a Cell would be the better headliner. In fact, there are rumors that the decision to put Triple H and Roman Reigns on last was actually made during the show itself. Whether or not that’s true, it seems obvious that there were genuine concerns about whether this should be the last match on the card. As you've probably figured out by now, those concerns were in fact valid.

10 WrestleMania 33 - The Undertaker Was the First 50+ Year Old To Main Event WrestleMania

We’re giving The Undertaker some flak for being out of shape during his WrestleMania 33 match, but we don’t want to rag on the guy too hard. After all, this is The Undertaker that we’re talking about. This is the guy who was told he was going to have to dress up like a zombie mortician and not only didn’t immediately leave the company, but managed to turn in one of the most impressive careers in WWE history. The Undertaker was loyal, was almost always a draw, put on some truly great matches, and managed to stay relevant way longer than even some of the best wrestlers of all-time. That last part is especially relevant to this main event.

At WrestleMania 33, The Undertaker became the only wrestler to main event a WrestleMania past the age of 50. Guys like Ric Flair and Sting have competed at the biggest show of them all when they were older, but none of them had the honor of main eventing the PPV. While the match itself wasn’t spectacular, it’s beyond impressive that The Undertaker could be featured in a match that felt like it was worthy of the main event spot even though he was into his 50s at the time.

9 WrestleMania 34 - This Was The Most F5s In A Single Match

The easiest way to watch the Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar main event from WrestleMania 34 is to not watch every match that happened before it - that part is very important - and to try to view it as a comedy match. We’re quite serious. Whatever number of factors led to this match being such a resounding dud also resulted in it being a fantastic source of comedy. There’s no better evidence of this match’s comedic value than the absurd number of F5s given during the bout.

Roman Reigns was able to endure five of Brock’s finishers before finally succumbing to the sixth. That’s just absurd.

To be fair, it’s not like Brock’s finisher has been treated as this sacred final move over the years. Actually, Dean Ambrose’s Dirty Deeds is more “protected” than Brock Lesnar’s F5. All the same, the actual number of people to ever kick out of a single F5 is pretty low. The number of people to kick out of five stands at just one. It’s amazing how funny this match really was considering that Reigns and Lesnar had a really good match at WrestleMania 31. Whatever magic they had there was long gone by the time this contest began.

8 WrestleMania 32: The Main Event Capped Off A Seven Hour Show

You have to give Vince McMahon credit for giving audiences bang for their buck. Yes, WrestleMania tickets are much more expensive than the average wrestling show, but in recent years, WWE has gone out of their way to ensure that those who attend WrestleMania get a lot of show for their money. That was especially true of WrestleMania 32 which Vince and crew seemingly hoped would break the record for WrestleMania attendance. As such, WWE offered fans the chance to witness quite a bit of Wrestling-related “entertainment” for the cost of admission. How much entertainment? By the time that Triple H and Roman Reigns took the stage, they were tasked with capping off what amounted to seven hours of WrestleMania programming. That includes the series of pre-show matches that aired earlier in the afternoon, the pre-show discussions that were broadcasted to the crowd, and the numerous segments featuring legends that occurred during the PPV itself.

All due respect to WWE, there is no way that you can put on an entertaining seven-hour live wrestling show. Audiences are just going to be fatigued about halfway through. That fatigue revealed itself in some pretty obvious ways by the end of the night.

7 WrestleMania 33 - The Tombstone Piledriver Botch Is One of The Most Embarrassing You'll Ever See

Match botches get a lot of heat from wrestling fans, but the truth of the matter is that even some of the best matches ever have botches in them. Even the incredible Shawn Michaels/Undertaker showdown from WrestleMania XXV was almost derailed when The Undertaker almost broke his neck on a dive to the outside. When botches really ruin a match is when there are so many of them that it becomes clear that the wrestlers are rattled or when a botch is just part of an already forgettable or bad match. The tombstone during the Roman Reigns/Undertaker match is certainly an example of the latter.

If you don’t remember this botch, that’s likely because it happened well after the point when most fans could bother to care about this match. However, it consisted of Roman Reigns trying to pick The Undertaker up from the ground in a tombstone piledriver position. You might think that The Undertaker was supposed to block the attempt, but further study reveals that he was desperately trying to wrap his legs around Roman Reigns’ neck in order to get into position. This was an especially bad botch that doesn’t get any better upon subsequent viewings.

6 WrestleMania 34 - The Main Event Was The First Since WrestleMania VII To Be The 14th Match On The Card

WWE keeps making WrestleManias longer and longer, which might actually be a good thing based on what you’re looking for when you’re watching WrestleMania. What isn’t a good thing is how they’ve spent some of their time during these WrestleManias.

Recent shows - WrestleMania 32 being the worst offender - have been loaded with dreadful celebrity appearances, in-ring segments, and other things that are better off being on an episode of Raw.

WrestleMania 34 was a little different. WrestleMania 34 was absolutely loaded with matches. Actually, if you felt like the show had more matches than you’ve seen from a WWE event in quite some time, then you’re not wrong. WrestleMania 34 was actually the first WrestleMania since WrestleMania VII to feature 14 matches on a card. Technically, WrestleMania VII did have 15 matches, but the opening match was a dark match that has never really been released as part of the event since it happened in front of the live audience. It’s no surprise that WWE went so long between having this many matches on a WrestleMania. Fans have historically revolted against having to watch that many matches on a single show as it’s just too exhausting for those in attendance.

5 WrestleMania 32: Third Time Triple H Followed The “Real” WrestleMania Main Event

Earlier, we talked about the difficulty that WWE had figuring out which match was going to main event this show. That’s actually not that uncommon of a discussion. There was a time when the main event of WrestleMania was penciled in months in advance so WWE could build to it with their limited TV time. Now that the company doesn’t have that problem, they tend to build several major matches and then kind of figure out who will end up headlining the show. There are times when that approach works, but there are also more memorable times when it fails horribly. Just ask Triple H. The man has had to suffer from main eventing three WrestleManias that were all actually main evented by far superior matches that happened lower on the card.

At WrestleMania X8, he had the honor of wrestling after Hulk Hogan vs. The Rock.

At WrestleMania 25, he had to follow the epic encounter between Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker.

At WrestleMania 32, he took the stage after The Undertaker and Shane McMahon’s Hell in a Cell match pretty much drained the crowd. Poor Triple H just can’t seem to catch a break when it comes to WrestleMania main events.

4 WrestleMania 33 - One Of The Few Times Undertaker Broke Kayfabe

The Undertaker’s gimmick may basically be that he’s a walking dead person, but the guy has done a remarkable job of ensuring that he doesn’t get caught breaking his character too often. Granted, The Undertaker’s biker gimmick was basically an excuse for him to act like himself on-screen, but while he’s “The Deadman,” you don’t really see ‘Taker getting into the public spotlight too often outside of the ring. What you really don’t see The Undertaker do is break character in the ring. Remember that he was the one who was legitimately sure he just killed Mick Foley during their Hell in a Cell match, and he still refused to break character. That’s part of the reason why WrestleMania 33’s main event is so significant. It’s one of the few times that Taker has broken kayfabe on-camera.

The moment happened so fast that there’s a very good chance you missed it entirely. After Taker leaves his jacket, hat, and gloves to the ring, he makes his way out of the ring and towards the back. Right before that, though, he takes the time to embrace his wife - Michelle McCool - who was sitting ringside. It was a touching moment that Taker pulled off as quietly as possible.

3 WrestleMania 34 - The Rules Apparently Didn’t Matter

Way back in the glory days of wrestling, no disqualification matches were a rarity. They were only used when two wrestlers had reached a point when there was no way that a normal match would ever settle their rivalry. Around the time that ECW became popular, though, that philosophy pretty much vanished. These days, no disqualification matches are used for just about every feud. However, the most popular use of the match in WWE is as a crutch. If WWE believes that two wrestlers won’t be able to put on a great match under normal rules, they’ll throw in the no disqualification stipulation. Even great wrestlers like The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin have benefited from the decision to let them run wild in the ring.

While the Brock Lesnar/Roman Reigns match wasn’t technically a no disqualification match, you’d never know it based on how few rules were enforced during the contest.

Technically, both of these guys should have been counted out during the match - which might have actually been a more interesting ending - and both of them did more than enough to warrant a disqualification. We guess this is just one of those instances of the ref 'not wanting the match to end that way'.

2 WrestleMania 32: The Crowd Entertained Themselves By Chanting Enzo Amore And Doing The Wave

The running theme that connects all the WrestleMania main events that we’re discussing today is that they all suck. We wish there was a better way to say that, but the fact remains that WWE is on a real cold streak as it concerns finding a match that can truly headline WrestleMania. Triple H and Roman Reigns’ match suffered from Roman Reigns’ incredibly poor booking, the fact that Dean Ambrose and Triple H had a far better feud just weeks before, and that the two just don’t have that much in-ring chemistry. Mix all of that together and toss in the fact that their match happened after a seven-hour show - which just bears repeating - and you’ve got a recipe for disaster. That’s just what happened during the main event as those in attendance took to entertaining themselves with everything but the match in the ring.

Along with chanting the names of Sasha Banks and Enzo Amore (it was a different time) for no reason at all, they also decided to break out in a “wave” the likes of which hadn’t been seen since the ‘90s. WWE did what they could to hide the fans’ displeasure, but it was overwhelming.

1 WrestleMania 33 - The Quality Of This Match Was Roman’s Fault (Even He Thinks So)

There’s no denying that The Undertaker was well past his physical prime when he entered this match. Whether or not that was because he didn’t train properly or whether it was a simple matter of age and ring rust, The Undertaker that wrestled in this match isn’t the same Undertaker that is going to go in the Hall of Fame someday. While Undertaker and Roman Reigns could have probably had a better match in their sleep if this match had happened when the Undertaker was even just five years younger, the fact remains that they should have found a way to have a better match with what they had to work with. Yet, we wouldn’t go so far as to just blame The Undertaker for this match.

If you watch it closely, you’ll notice that Roman Reigns doesn’t exactly pull his own weight during the encounter. Reigns basically fails to adjust to The Undertaker’s shortcomings and seemingly works whatever match they had planned to work before things went wrong. Reigns himself later admitted to CBS Sports that he blames himself for this match as he didn’t find a way to make it work. He went so far as to say that he regrets it.