Every WrestleMania Main Event

More than 40 years on from its inception, the WrestleMania main event remains one of the biggest pro wrestling matches of the year.

The selling point of WWE’s biggest show of the year and often the culmination of a major storyline, the final match of WrestleMania is still regarded as one of the highest accolades in the industry. While some have headlined the show multiple times, others have only experienced the spotlight once.

Throughout its rich history, the WrestleMania main events have seen title changes, celebrities, records broken, careers come to an end and everything in between. From Hulk Hogan slamming Andre the Giant to the Steve Austin era beginning and John Cena winning his 17th World Championship, the main event is always one to get fans talking one way or another.

Every WrestleMania Main Event:

• WrestleMania 1  (March 31, 1985) – Hulk Hogan & Mr. T defeat “Rowdy” Roddy Piper & “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff
• WrestleMania 2 (April 7, 1986) – Hulk Hogan defeated King Kong Bundy in a steel cage match
• WrestleMania 3 (March 29, 1987) – Hulk Hogan defeated Andre the Giant to retain the WWF Championship
• WrestleMania 4 (March 27, 1988) – “Macho Man” Randy Savage defeated “Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase in a tournament final to crown the new WWF Champion
• WrestleMania 5 (April 2, 1989) – Hulk Hogan defeated “Macho Man” Randy Savage to become the new WWF Champion
• WrestleMania 6 (April 1, 1990) – The Ultimate Warrior defeated Hulk Hogan in a winner-take-all match for the WWF and Intercontinental Championships
• WrestleMania 7 (March 24, 1991) – Hulk Hogan defeated Sgt. Slaughter to become the new WWF Champion
• WrestleMania 8 (April 5, 1992) – Hulk Hogan defeated Sid Justice
• WrestleMania 9 (April 4, 1993) – Hulk Hogan defeated Yokozuna to become the new WWF Champion*
• WrestleMania 10 (March 20, 1994) – Bret “The Hitman” Hart defeated Yokozuna to become the new WWF Champion
• WrestleMania 11 (April 2, 1995) – Lawrence Taylor defeated Bam Bam Bigelow
• WrestleMania 12 (March 31, 1996) – Shawn Michaels defeated Bret “The Hitman” Hart in an Iron Man match to become the new WWF Champion
• WrestleMania 13 (March 23, 1997) – The Undertaker defeated Sycho Sid to become the new WWF Champion
• WrestleMania 14 (March 29, 1998) – “Stone Cold” Steve Austin defeated Shawn Michaels to become the new WWF Champion
• WrestleMania 15 (March 28, 1999) – “Stone Cold” Steve Austin defeated The Rock to become the new WWF Champion
• WrestleMania 16 (April 2, 2000) – Triple H defeated The Rock, Mick Foley, and The Big Show to retain the WWF Championship
• WrestleMania 17 (April 1, 2001) – Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated The Rock to become the new WWF Champion
• WrestleMania 18 (March 17, 2002)  – Triple H defeated Chris Jericho to become the new WWF Champion
• WrestleMania 19 (March 30, 2003) – Brock Lesnar defeated Kurt Angle to become the new WWE Champion
• WrestleMania 20 (March 14, 2004) – Chris Benoit defeated Triple H and Shawn Michaels in a triple threat match to become the new World Heavyweight Champion
• WrestleMania 21 (April 3, 2005) – Batista defeated Triple H to become the new World Heavyweight Champion
• WrestleMania 22 (April 2, 2006) – John Cena defeated Triple H to retain the WWE Championship
• WrestleMania 23 (April 1, 2007) – John Cena defeated Shawn Michaels to retain the WWE Championship
• WrestleMania 24 (March 30, 2008) – The Undertaker defeated Edge to become the new World Heavyweight Champion
• WrestleMania 25 (April 5, 2009) –  Triple H defeated Randy Orton to retain the WWE Championship
• WrestleMania 26 (March 28, 2010) – The Undertaker defeated Shawn Michaels in a Streak vs. Career match
• WrestleMania 27 (April 3, 2011) – The Miz defeated John Cena to retain the WWE Championship
• WrestleMania 28 (April 1, 2012) – The Rock defeated John Cena
• WrestleMania 29 (April 7, 2013) – John Cena defeated The Rock to become the new WWE Champion
• WrestleMania 30 (April 6, 2014) – Daniel Bryan defeated Randy Orton and Batista to become the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion
• WrestleMania 31 (March 29, 2015) – Seth Rollins defeated Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns to become the new WWE Champion. This match was originally Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns, but Seth Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank contract during the match to make it a triple threat
• WrestleMania 32 (April 3, 2016) – Roman Reigns defeated Triple H to become the new WWE Champion
• WrestleMania 33 (April 2, 2017) – Roman Reigns defeated The Undertaker
• WrestleMania 34 (April 8, 2018) – Brock Lesnar defeated Roman Reigns to retain the Universal Championship
• WrestleMania 35 (April 7, 2019) – Becky Lynch defeated Ronda Rousey and Charlotte Flair in a winner-take-all match to win the Raw and SmackDown Women’s Championships. This was also the first time that an all-women’s match headlined WrestleMania
• WrestleMania 36 Night 1 (April 4, 2020) – The Undertaker defeated AJ Styles. This was a cinematic “Boneyard match” due to the pandemic. This was also The Undertaker’s final match.
• WrestleMania 36 Night 2 (April 5, 2020) – Drew McIntyre defeated Brock Lesnar to become the new WWE Champion. This match had no fans in attendance due to restrictions in place due to the COVID pandemic**.
• WrestleMania 37 Night 1 (April 10, 2021) – Bianca Belair defeated Sasha Banks to become the new SmackDown Women’s Champion
• WrestleMania 37 Night 2 (April 11, 2021) – Roman Reigns defeated Edge and Daniel Bryan to retain the Universal Championship
• WrestleMania 38 Night 1 (April 2, 2022) – “Stone Cold” Steve Austin defeated Kevin Owens
• WrestleMania 38 Night 2 (April 3, 2022) – Roman Reigns defeated Brock Lesnar in a winner-take-all match for the WWE and Universal Championships.
• WrestleMania 39 Night 1 (April 1, 2023) – Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn defeated The Usos to become the new Undisputed Tag Team Championships
• WrestleMania 39 Night 2 (April 2, 2023) – Roman Reigns defeated Cody Rhodes to retain the Undisputed WWE Championship
• WrestleMania 40 Night 1 (April 6, 2024) – Roman Reigns and The Rock defeated Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins. Due to the stipulation, the result meant that Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes the following night would be contested under Bloodline rules.
• WrestleMania 40 Night 2 (April 7, 2024) – Cody Rhodes defeated Roman Reigns in a Bloodline Rules match to become the new Undisputed WWE Champion
• WrestleMania 41 Night 1 (April 19, 2025) – Seth Rollins defeated Roman Reigns and CM Punk
• WrestleMania 41 Night 2 (April 20, 2025) – John Cena defeated Cody Rhodes to become the new WWE Champion
• WrestleMania 42 Night 1 (April 18, 2026) – Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship
• WrestleMania 42 Night 2 (April 19, 2026) – CM Punk (c) vs. Roman Reigns for the World Heavyweight Championship

*The originally advertised main event saw Bret Hart lose the WWF Championship to Yokozuna. However, following Yokozuna’s victory, Hulk Hogan made his way to ringside and challenged Yokozuna to an impromptu title match, which was accepted.

**The next night on Raw, WWE played footage of what happened after WrestleMania 36 went off the air, which saw Drew McIntyre successfully defend the WWE Championship against The Big Show.

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