Vince McMahon in quite possibly a Hardcore match stipulation of some sort. Last but not least, we would have had Bret Hart vs. Obviously, the reason this match didn't happen was because Eddie had passed away months prior to Mania. I'm actually really sad this match didn't happen because it would have absolutely torn the place down of off Chicago. I really don't know about the buildup, but this match would scream Wrestlemania. Shawn Michaels as an interpromotional SD vs.

Next up, we would have had Eddie Guerrero vs. Orton, but with Mysterio added to the mix as a sign of respect to Eddie Guerrero.

This would still have had an amazing buildup, and the match would have bee awesome as well. We know that didn't happen because Batista got injured.Īfter Batista got injured, the plan was to still have Orton win the Rumble, and go against Kurt Angle in a one-on-one sitution. And really, the match could have had to potential to be great as well. This would have been an amazing main-event (not pure wrestling wise), but I could see the buildup being great seeing their Evolution roots and history. But what I did find online was that it could have been so much better then it was, and in my view, would have surpassed WrestleMania 17 as the best WWE PPV of all time.įirst off, the original plan was to have Orton win the Rumble, and face off against Batista for the WHC (who was schedueled to keep the belt until Mania 22) as the SmackDown! main-event. I watched it on PPV back in 2006, and it was just great. Now, I'm not saying Mania 22 was bad or anything. Wrestlemania 22 was quite possibly the greatest Wrestlemania that never happened the way it was supposed to go (for the most part) And by the looks of it, here's what I dug up. So, like I said, I searched up other greatest matches that were originally planned, but never happened at the greatest Stage of em' all. It got me thinking about how Hogan/Flair, quite possible the greatest match to never happen, didn't occur at Mania 8. After watching the new DVD WWE released the other day The True Story of Wrestlemania (Which is a REALLY GREAT DVD BTW. So I was surfin around the internet the other day, and an interesting thought came to my mind.

Wrestlemania 22 card