Despite being the payoff of the biggest story of the year, there's no guarantee that the

WrestleMania main event will be the biggest or best match of the night. It may well be

it's overshadowed by early abouts right down to the curtain jerker itself. In no particular order,

here are some of the best WrestleMania opening contests that set a bar that the main event

couldn't make it over. I'm cy for what culture.com and these are ten hot WrestleMania openers that

blew the main event away. 10. Edge vs Del Rio WrestleMania 27

WrestleMania 27 holds the honour of being the first time in WWE history that the flagship

event kicked off with a world title match. This has become not an uncommon occurrence ever since,

but Edge vs Alberto Del Rio certainly had the stink of the other championship bout next to

the marketing of Cena, Miz and buzzing around like a Hollywood fly, the rock. Del Rio's road

to the match was an example of the WWE corporate super push that makes fans uneasy. He'd been on

the main roster for nine months before winning the 40-man extravaganza version of the rumble,

and thus such match interest was low. Still, despite a shaky start, the match overall delivered,

the challenger got a lot of offense, keeping Edge down and making the audience antsy for a comeback,

when it eventually came, Edge brought the house down with a hellacious spear to retain the title,

putting an end for now to Del Rio's championship dreams. It was a bright spot in a show that is

about as bang average as you can get, not what you want from your culmination of the last 12 months

of TV. And what are the main events? The Wrestling Observer Newsletter gave Cena vs.

the Miz a paltry 1.25 stars and fans tended to agree, even the rock running into fear and

didn't stop fans from coming away with very mixed feelings about the event overall.

9. Money in the Bank of Ladder Match

WrestleMania 25

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