The 10 WrestleMania rematches ranked from worst to best
With Reigns vs. Lesnar 2 on the horizon, this is as good a time as any to take a look at some of the other rematches in WrestleMania history.
The criteria for this list is that the match has to be a direct rematch featuring the same wrestlers or teams. Thus, John Cena & Nikki Bella vs Miz & Maryse from WrestleMania 33 is not considered a rematch of Cena vs Miz from WrestleMania 27 as it includes extra competitors.
Also not included are the third matches of The Undertaker vs. Triple H and Steve Austin vs. The Rock series.
So that leaves us with ten; here are they are from worst to best:
#10 Sheamus vs Daniel Bryan — WrestleMania 28
(First match: Sheamus vs Bryan ended in a no-contest — WrestleMania 27 pre-show)
This is automatically the worst match due to its length: 18 seconds.
After sharing a kiss with then-girlfriend AJ Lee, Bryan was Brogue Kicked and pinned. WWE's plan to kick-start Sheamus's World title reign with a shocking outcome backfired. Instead of chanting "18 seconds!" like the company hoped the fans would, the crowd shouted "NO!" in protest.
Their first bout at WrestleMania 27 was also a debacle; Sheamus and Bryan's United States title match was shunned to the pre-show and then got a lumberjack stipulation stapled-on.
The lumberjacks predictably interfered causing the bout to be restarted as a battle royal. Sheamus and Bryan weren't considered important enough to win that; a barely-mobile Great Khali was the victor.
Sheamus and Bryan finally got to have a proper match a month later at Extreme Rules - a hard-hitting 2-out-of-3 falls match, but it's the WM28 embarrassment that most remember.