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** [[Kurt Angle]]'s well-known neck problems were flaring up going into ''WrestleMania 19'', and it was believed that his insistence on performing at the event anyway could lead to the end of his career. Ironically it was Lesnar who nearly broke his neck at the event. Actually, Brock had placed Angle too far from the corner, and though he did in fact rotate perfectly for the press, Angle's distance resulted in Brock almost breaking his own neck ON ANGLE.
* [[Passing the Torch]]: The [[Ultimate Warrior]] defeating [[Hulk Hogan]] at ''WrestleMania 6'' to win the WWF Championship, seen as a "passing the torch" moment (even if it didn't fully work out).
* [[Genre Blindness|Pay-Per-View Blindness]]: ''Wrestlemania 27'' was extremely lackluster, with many last minute changes, including [[What Were You Thinking?|scrapping]] the [[Daniel Bryan]] vs [[Sheamus]] match so they could give [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] a 20-minute promo (it also reduced the length of the other matches). A large amount of time was spent making skits; people joked that someone accidentally switched Wrestlemania's script for the next ''Raw'' script.
* [[Real Song Theme Tune]]: ''Wrestlemania'' often has at least one live musical guest. Usually a singer performs [[America The Beautiful]], and sometimes a band gives a wrestler an [[Theme Music Power
* [[Retired Badass]]: [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]], the guest referee of [[Brock Lesnar]] vs. [[Goldberg]] at ''WrestleMania 20''. What should have been a dream matchup was ruined by Lesnar's surprise decision to quit WWE to try out for the NFL, and [[Goldberg]] seemed to think the whole match was a joke. The only cheering was for Austin, who delivered a Stunner to both Lesnar and [[Goldberg]] after the match.
** Similarly, at WM 27 Austin was guest ref for [[Jerry Lawler]] vs [[Michael Cole]]. Cole spent close to 10 minutes beating on Lawler. To say that the crowd did not enjoy this would be an understatement. The end of the match then had the ''Raw'' general manager retroactively disqualify Lawler because Guest Referee Austin got involved in the match. [[Booker T]] and Josh Mathews also [[What the Hell, Hero?|got Stunners without doing anything]] - likely just an excuse to get [[Jim Ross|J.R.]] and King back together on commentary for the rest of the show.
* [[Rivals Team Up]]: ''WrestleMania 16'' is the only WrestleMania to [[Gimmick Matches|never have a true one-on-one singles match]] on its card. The main event featured four wrestlers, with a [[Wrestling Family|member of the McMahon family]] in each corner of a WWF Championship match: the champion, [[Triple H]], had [[Stephanie McMahon]] in his corner; [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] had [[Vince McMahon]] backing him; [[The Big Show]] was backed by [[Shane McMahon]]; and surprise entrant [[Mick Foley]], who had been "retired" the month prior in a Hell in a Cell Match by [[Triple H]], had the backing of Linda McMahon. In the end, Vince turned on The Rock and allowed [[Triple H]] to win, letting [[Triple H]] retain the WWF Championship against staggering odds, and made history as the first heel to win at a Wrestlemania main event.
* [[Sequel Hook]]: The ''WrestleMania 27'' main event between [[The Miz]] and [[John Cena]] was a slow, boring match that lead to a double countout. [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] came out and ordered the match to continue, but it ended again about 5 seconds later with The Rock hitting the Rock Bottom on Cena and Miz retaining. The Rock then gave Miz the People's Elbow so the night ended with a semi-retired wrestler standing over Cena, WWE's currently most popular wrestler. It's nothing more than a [[Sequel Hook]] for the main event for ''WrestleMania 28'', Rock vs. Cena.
** ''WrestleMania 27/28'' seems to like this trope a lot, with [[The Undertaker]] refusing his [[Pyrrhic Victory]] over [[Triple H]] at 27 be his lasting memory, thus demanding a second rematch at 28. World Heavyweight Championship contenders Sheamus and Daniel Bryan also had a match at 27 that was demoted to [[DVD Bonus Content]] and led to a no-contest.
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** And the following Divas' battle royal had several older past divas returning such as Sunny, Molly Holly, Torrie Wilson and Victoria. But the divas had no entrances for that match and came out dancing to Kid Rock, so no introductions for the past divas.
** The Royal Rumble winner should get a title shot at Wrestlemania's main event, but [[John Cena]] has stolen this spot every year since 2006, except in 2009 (Rumble winner [[Randy Orton]] vs. champion [[Triple H]]) and ironically 2008, when Cena himself won the Rumble but didn't headline WM 24.
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