For the first day, even though this is technically the same day, I listed my seven favorite WrestleMania attires. This time, I'll list my top six WrestleMania entrances. The extravagant entrances are always one of the things I look forward to the most about WrestleMania. Something as simple as having a special entrance can go such a long way in establishing a big fight feel and elevating a character, even if it's only for one night. As a ground rule, I can only use one entrance per wrestler. Therefore, some tough decisions had to be made in deciding which entrance was best for a lot of the people on my list.
Honorable Mention - Bray Wyatt (WrestleMania 30)
It's no secret that even a normal Bray Wyatt entrance is a spectacle to behold. But with all the theatrics beforehand and the live performance, there's no way I couldn't mention this among the greatest WrestleMania entrances of all time. I can't imagine how incredible the aura in The Superdome was.
Honorable Mention - Edge (WrestleMania 24)
This entrance wasn't too different from what Edge would regularly do, but the spectacular firework display combined with The Rated R Superstar's amazing theme music really set the stage for his long-awaited showdown with The Undertaker. Of course, The Deadman's entrance wasn't half-bad either.
Honorable Mention - CM Punk (WrestleMania 29)
As a rule of thumb, live performances at professional wrestling shows are more often terrible than good. This was an exception. Living Colour was great, and even better was Punk backing down the ramp as Heyman held the urn in front of his face.
#6 - JBL (WrestleMania 21)
JBL was the quintessential shitbag heel. He was a dick, he always narrowly avoided defeat, and his stupid droopy face was just ripe for punching. Is it possible to get any less likable than that? Oh, wait, maybe if we got a POLICE ESCORT for his white limo to be driven to the side of the stage, then dropped MONEY WITH HIS OWN FACE ON IT from the rafters. Yeah, fuck that guy.
#5 - John Cena (WrestleMania 24)
To me, most of Cena's Mania entrances felt somewhat corny. But this along with his WrestleMania 22 mobster entrance were the two that I had a tough time deciding between. When making my choice, I had to give the edge to WrestleMania 24 because of the uniqueness of the band's rendition of his theme song, and just how well the band performed.
#4 - Kane (WrestleMania 21)
This one might get disagreed with, because when everybody talks about Kane's WrestleMania entrances, they always bring up the burning buildings at WrestleMania 20. Well, the decision between the two was simple for me, really. WrestleMania 20 had fake fire on a titantron screen. WrestleMania had REAL LADDERS ON FIRE. No contest. Side note: SLOW CHEMICAL!!!!!!1111!!1
#3 - Shawn Michaels (WrestleMania 12)
As far as I'm concerned, this is the first real "WrestleMania entrance". Obviously wrestlers had entered at WrestleMania before, but this started the trend of superstars going above and beyond to make their presence felt on The Grandest Stage of Them All. As far as how it looked, it probably wasn't as impressive as his WrestleMania 25 entrance, but since it set the trend that it did, I had to choose it.
#2 - Triple H (WrestleMania 30)
Choosing between Triple H WrestleMania entrances is like trying to decide which child you love the most. All of them are great, and they're all accompanied by one of three Motorhead songs. So there's really no way to go wrong. But I'm partial to this one, not only for the insane entrance attire, but (if you follow me on twitter you'll know who I'm referring to) it included one of my favorite wrestlers.
#1 - The Undertaker (WrestleMania 20)
If picking between Triple H entrances is like choosing your favorite child, picking between Undertaker entrances is like picking which child you'd allow to be drowned in a bathtub. Seriously. I had to go with Mania 20 because of the significance of the return of his Deadman persona, but really any of them would've been number one.
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