What’s just as important to a WrestleMania card as the final match of the night? To me, it’s the very first. Starting the show on the right note can make or break one’s reaction to the overall card. In this column, I’ve decided to take a look back at what I feel are the top ten matches to ever open a WrestleMania event. If nothing else, I hope you enjoy the flashbacks!
10.) WM17: Chris Jericho def. William Regal to retain the IC Championship(7:08)
^Two top technical artists opened what is arguably the greatest overall WrestleMania in history, and the Houston crowd was hot for it. Some of Regal’s best work was during his days in WCW performing on WCW Saturday Night, and the same can be argued for Jericho’s time as a Cruiserweight. How fitting is it that in the same month WCW was purchased by WWE that two guys who built their names in the buried company would be opening WWE’s biggest show of the year? The match was short, but it wasn’t short on action and excitement.
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