Is WrestleMania 17 the best ever?
It was 15 years ago today that we saw the greatest WWE pay-per-view of all time. In front of almost 68,000 fans at the Astrodome in Houston, WrestleMania 17 was the perfect combination of an epic buildup and complete and utter unpredictability. In addition to its commercial success, the event has received acclaim from critics and fans, and is often regarded as the greatest WrestleMania of all time, and the greatest professional wrestling pay-per-view event ever produced.
Was Undertaker at WrestleMania 17?
WrestleMania 17, the 11th match, it was a singles match, it was The Undertaker versus Triple H, this match was 18:27, with The Undertaker winning. The “End of an Era” match was one of the marquee matches at WrestleMania 28. It was during the peak of The Undertaker’s streak matches, and was the second year in a row he took on Triple H. The match signalled the end of an era in wrestling.Shawn interfered at Elimination Chamber that year, costing Undertaker the World Heavyweight title and added the fact that if he lost, he would retire from the sport, Thus the main event of Wrestlemania 26, would be career vs streak. CAREER vs STREAK. THE END OF AN ERA.WrestleMania XXX (21–1) The Undertaker went into the match as the massive odds-on favorite, but after three F-5s, Lesnar pinned The Undertaker in 25 minutes and 12 seconds to end the undefeated WrestleMania streak, silencing and shocking the entire crowd in the process.
Which WrestleMania had no fans?
How WWE Pulled off WrestleMania 36 Without Fans and What It Means for Its Business and Future. WrestleMania 36 was the first major professional wrestling event to be affected by the pandemic, and is in turn the only edition of WrestleMania not to feature a live crowd.
Did Stone Cold win WrestleMania 17?
Stone Cold’s Unstoppable 2001 as WWF Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin ruled 2001 like a true legend. He main-evented 12 pay-per-views as WWF Champion, including WrestleMania 17, where he defeated The Rock to win the title. In 2003, Stone Cold Steve Austin refused to entertain the idea of wrestling Brock Lesner. Jim Ross called him with the bad news angering Austin. Vince later called Austin and did not acknowledge Vince’s request. How was Austin going to wrestle Brock if he did not even rehearse it and walked out?
How did WrestleMania 17 end?
With this, Austin turned heel. Austin attacked The Rock with the steel chair, hitting him sixteen times, before pinning him and becoming the new WWF Champion, marking only the second time a heel has won in the main event of WrestleMania. The show ended with Austin and McMahon shaking hands and sharing beers. After Shawn won the title at Mania 12, he reportedly told the referee to tell Bret to get the F out of the ring, Bret didn’t like that. Bret was also upset with Shawn over a conversation he overheard with HBK telling everyone he was going to work with his friends once he became champion. The Hitman was gone.