Fascinating WWE WrestleMania Facts

WrestleMania 27 Did Not Have Any Title Changes

Only three championship matches were booked for the Atlanta show. The United States title match between Sheamus and Daniel Bryan was pushed back to the pre-show, and ended in a no-contest. Clearly, this was far from the worst Sheamus/Bryan related crime to ever occur at a WrestleMania.

 

The two other bouts were for both World Championships. Edge retained the World Heavyweight over Alberto Del Rio in the opener in what turned out to be his swan song, vacating the gold eight nights later. Then to everyone’s surprise, John Cena lost in his bid to dethrone The Miz for the WWE Championship after The Rock intervened.

Rob Van Dam Holds The Best Undefeated WrestleMania Record Today

Van Dam was pinned in one during Sunday Night Heat the night of WrestleMania 19. Counting main show only, Van Dam is 4-0 at the big dance, the best active WrestleMania record now that Undertaker’s lengthy streak ended at WrestleMania 30. The only other performers to be undefeated with at least three WrestleMania wins are The Legion of Doom, Demolition Ax, and Sable. 

Van Dam’s wins include capturing the Intercontinental gold from William Regal at 18, retaining Tag Team gold with Booker T at 20, snaring the Money in the Bank briefcase at 22, and pinning Matt Striker in an eight-man tag at 23,

Hulk Hogan Was The First Man To Challenge For WWE, Intercontinental, And Tag Team Gold At WrestleMania

Hogan challenged for said WWE Championship at three different WrestleManias: 5, 7, and 9, the latter of which was impromptu. You could even count 4, since he was ‘challenging’ for it in the confines of a tournament, even if he wasn’t a finalist.

What’s often forgotten is that Hogan challenged for The Ultimate Warrior’s Intercontinental title at WrestleMania 6 – the match was title for title, after all.

Three years later at WrestleMania 9, he and Brutus Beefcake unsuccessfully challenged for the Tag Team titles of Money Inc., Ted Dibiase and Irwin R. Schyster, losing by disqualification in oddball fashion.

Seth Rollins Is The First WrestleMania Main Event Winner That Is Younger Than WrestleMania.

Seth Rollins was born about fourteen months after the very first WrestleMania took place, and memorably captured the WWE Championship on a Money in the Bank cash-in to close out last year’s card. Rollins is also the first WWE Champion to be younger than WrestleMania, which is another mind-blower for long-time fans.

 

Rollins became the third 1980s-born wrestler, after Bryan and The Miz, to win a WrestleMania main event. Had WWE gone with their original plans, Roman Reigns would have conquered Brock Lesnar for the belt, and he, not Rollins, would have been depicted here, having been born in May 1985. Alas, you can be certain he’ll match Rollins’ feat come April 3, whether the fans like it or not.