5 huge WrestleMania matches that WWE planned but didn't go ahead with
WWE continues to provide fans with dream matches at WrestleMania every year, with two more – Shinsuke Nakamura vs. AJ Styles and John Cena vs. The Undertaker – set to come our way soon at WrestleMania 34.
However, as always with WWE, plans can change very quickly and you just never know if a high-profile fantasy match will actually happen until it’s officially confirmed by the company.
In this article, we take a look at five matches that WWE originally planned for WrestleMania but, for whatever reason, didn’t go ahead with them.
#5 CM Punk vs. Triple H
CM Punk famously walked out of WWE in January 2014 after being informed that he would be facing Triple H at WrestleMania XXX.
“The Best In The World” had previously been involved in seven matches at WWE’s biggest event of the year but he never achieved his career goal of headlining the show.
Speaking on Colt Cabana’s Art of Wrestling podcast, Punk vented his frustration at WWE’s plans for him in New Orleans and recalled an “insulting” moment on the day that he left the company when Vince McMahon said the planned match with HHH would be a “main event”.
Punk still resented Triple H for “squashing” him during their previous rivalry in 2011, while he knew that their match wouldn’t go on last even if it was described as a “main event”, so he walked out on WWE and the match never happened.