10 WrestleMania matches that didn't live up to the hype and expectations
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Every year, during WrestleMania season, WWE brings out the best that it has to offer on a mammoth card. From dream matches to heated rivalries, every WrestleMania in the past has had it's fair share of matches that had a large amount of hype and expectations around them during the build up for the show. However, there is always a very high chance of seeing one or more of these matches fail to deliver on the big stage.
This year also, WWE clearly has 5 to 6 matches that stand above all the other when it comes to the excitement and the intensity surrounding them. Yet, considering the history, we can certainly see two, or maybe three, of these matches under deliver, with the main reason of this being the high level of expectations that the fans have for these matches.
In the past 34 years, WWE wrestlers have failed many a number to live up to the hype for their WrestleMania encounters. Before we discover which one of these year's encounters with soon be a part of this list, here are the 10 Mania matches that failed to live up to the hype and expectations.
#10 AJ Styles (c) vs Shinsuke Nakamura - WWE Championship (WrestleMania 34)
The most recent match on this list, the encounter between Shinsuke Nakamura and AJ Styles was on the top of every man's dream list ever since the two former NJPW alumni made their way to WWE in 2016. Fans were well aware of their in-ring chemistry, as evident by their Wrestle Kingdom 10 classic, and were expecting a similar classic at Mania 34.
In the end, it was the sky high expectations that fans had with them that ended up being the downfall of their WWE Championship match at WrestleMania. Not that their match was bad or horrible, but it was something that the fans of WWE were not used to seeing at a grand show like WrestleMania, where false pin attempts are now a common occurrence.
Adding to this was the fact that the match was third from the last on a 14-match card, and the fans were more than exhausted by the time these two legends wrestled a traditional wrestling contest. While the shocking Nakamura heel turn did provide a phenomenal swerve, the in-ring contest was a big disappointment for the fans.