Your WWE WrestleMania Big Time Moments

What was your big time moment when you saw something really great at WrestleMania?

Mines was when I saw for the first time (Mark Calloway) Undertaker, Mean Mark, The Master of Pain, The Punisher, the American Bad Ass, Cain the Undertaker, the Phenom, he's got alot of nicknames, but staying on the subject, when Undertaker defeated Gonzales "The Giant" by DQ at Wrestlemania IX.

What was yours?

Mine personally has to be Wrestlermania 12 - HBK Shawn Michaels vs Bret "The Hitman" Hart for the WWF title.  I was a huge Shawn Michaels fan back then, and positively hated Bret XD.  That was just an absolutely awesome match, and is probably (although mostly thanks to the pull of nostalgia) one of my all time favourite matches.  I was 12 myself back then, and stopped up till 3am to watch it live on Sky Sports here in the UK... and man, when Michaels won it was just such a rush, especially with how it ended.  Simply awesome match up. AcolyteV1

Well, I could go on and on about this one, as there have been some truly great moments, but I'll go with one I'm especially fond of, even though it didn't quite go my way (and may surprise some):

The Ultimate Warrior defeats Hulk Hogan to win the WWF Title and retain the WWF Intercontinental Title.  Now say what you will about both men's ability to wrestle and how nuts the Ultimate Warrior is, but on this night, in the main event of Wrestlemania 6, these two men delivered an emotional roller coaster.  I remember, my older brother was behind the Warrior, I was a card-carrying Hulkamaniac watching as Hogan hulked up as he had so many times before and seemingly had the match won, only to have the Warrior disappear from under Hogan's Big Leg to land a splash on the stunned Hogan, and 3 seconds later, the undefeatable was defeated.  Then, Hogan, in a show of class, hands Warrior the WWF Title and raises his arm, because, on that night, Warrior was the better man.

Mine personally has to be Wrestlermania 12 - HBK Shawn Michaels vs Bret "The Hitman" Hart for the WWF title.  I was a huge Shawn Michaels fan back then, and positively hated Bret XD.  That was just an absolutely awesome match, and is probably (although mostly thanks to the pull of nostalgia) one of my all time favourite matches.  I was 12 myself back then, and stopped up till 3am to watch it live on Sky Sports here in the UK... and man, when Michaels won it was just such a rush, especially with how it ended.  Simply awesome match up. AcolyteV1

Just a note, I did actually listen to most of the Ironman Match and the finish, through a scrambled PPV channel.

Well, I could go on and on about this one, as there have been some truly great moments, but I'll go with one I'm especially fond of, even though it didn't quite go my way (and may surprise some):

The Ultimate Warrior defeats Hulk Hogan to win the WWF Title and retain the WWF Intercontinental Title. Now say what you will about both men's ability to wrestle and how nuts the Ultimate Warrior is, but on this night, in the main event of Wrestlemania 6, these two men delivered an emotional roller coaster. I remember, my older brother was behind the Warrior, I was a card-carrying Hulkamaniac watching as Hogan hulked up as he had so many times before and seemingly had the match won, only to have the Warrior disappear from under Hogan's Big Leg to land a splash on the stunned Hogan, and 3 seconds later, the undefeatable was defeated. Then, Hogan, in a show of class, hands Warrior the WWF Title and raises his arm, because, on that night, Warrior was the better man.

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I have so many really but if I had to pull one out of the hat and make a memorable mention, it's got to revolve around Angle/Lesnar from WMXIX. To be a bit more specific, the "Big Time" moment from the match goes to the shocking Shooting Star Press smoothly performed by Lesnar from the buckle to Angle.

Although it didn't connect as well as it should have, it was a move which I thought was incredible to see done by a near 300lb heavyweight worker. I remember watching it live till about 6AM, and the moment he did it definitely snatched my attention and kept me wide awake to witness the rest of the match (which may I add is a classic in my opinion).

I have good amount of fond memories from wrestlemania, however, one match stands out from the rest... and that match is The Rock vs. Steve Austin at wrestlemania 15. For whatever reason, this match is often over shadowed by their wrestlemania 17 match. Yeah, I know... the rest of the card was weak, for the most part, but still... that did not stop this match from being classic. On side note, I had watched wrestlemanias before this one, but this was the first in which I was able to watch it live, on pay-per-view.

At the time, I was huge Austin mark, while my older brother was huge Rock mark. The match may have not been technical showcase, but it was storytelling and emontion as its best. Also, to be more specific... the "big time" moment is when squence in which Austin moved out of the way for people's elbow (rock bottom special) and gave The Rock stunner for the 1-2-3. Why? Well, after Austin was down from rock bottom... and Rock was setting him up for the people's elbow (rock bottom special), I thought Austin had lost for sure... However, when he moved out of the way and was able to not only win the match out of nowhere, but finally regain the WWF/E championship... that was turly emotional and very happy moment indeed. 

The Wrestlemania moment that sticks in my mind most was Rock V Austin Wrestlemania 17. That match was amazing, well it was at the time, as i was still relatively ignorant about Professional Wrestling, and i was still somewhat new to it.

I just didn't know who would win, but i was sort of confused about Vince helping Austin. Still an awesome match though.

There are two other favorite moments i have as well. One was the 4-Way Battle Royal at Wrestlemania 2000 (WM 16) and the other was the Kane v Big Show v Raven match for the hardcore title (i'm not sure which WM that was at though, but i think it was Wrestlemania 17.

I have a lot more, but those are my favorite Wrestlemania matches.

I have 3

#1: Wrestlemania 21: Hulk Hogan returns. Maybe it wasn't great for you, but I had never seen Hogan live. Or at least, never in WWE (I saw him in WCW, and when that closed down, I stopped watching wrestling until WMXX for some reason.) That was awesome.

#2: Actually, this is probably quite a few, but almost all of the off-the-ladder moves in any of the WM TLC matches, especially Edge's spear on Jeff Hardy when Jeff was grabbing the belt.

#3: Benoit finally wins the big one at WMXX: I never really counted Benoit's WCW Championship reign for two reasons. #1: I knew WCW was only giving him the title to make him happy, and #2: Well, if you watch the match, Sid's boot is under the rope when he tapped. I don't remember, but I'm pretty sure Arn Anderson was the ref. I'm not sure, but I think with Benoit being an honorary "Horseman" before WCW stopped it, I think some fans (including myself) got the impression that Anderson was helping Benoit by not even checking the ropes.

Anyway, when Benoit won that Triple Threat, I was jumping around (broke a lamp), and I was cashing in on a bet I made with my brother. Wow, my favorite guy won, and I got 50 dollars. Sweet.

Edit by hbk91; don't just blank quote.

Who was it that went to WM21 last year?  Was it LU4R?  I saw his sign :P dRehkJY

[QUOTE="dRehkJY"]Who was it that went to WM21 last year? Was it LU4R? I saw his sign :P hbk91