main eventing

article copied from 606. i found it quite interesting. credit goes to dittybox2

In a fit of boredom I've compiled a list of all the PPV main eventers in WWE history. In total 126 men have main evented WWF/WWE PPV's but I have only included the 67 that have done it more than once. This list runs from Wrestlemania 1 all the way to the Bash 09 which happened last night.
Any thoughts and disscssion points that could be brought up by this list are welcome. Thanks
**Just to clarify my definition of a main event is the match that went on last that night excluding dark matches and the Royal Rumble.**
Bob/Hardcore Holly- 2
Brutus Beefcake- 2
CM Punk- 2
Dustin Rhodes/Goldust- 2
Earthquake- 2
Finlay- 2
Hercules- 2
Jim Neidhart- 2
Ken Shamrock- 2
King Kong Bundy- 2
Lex Luger- 2
Mark Henry- 2
Paul Orndorff- 2
Rick Rude- 2
Rikishi- 2
Roddy Piper- 2
Sgt Slaugher- 2
Tatanka- 2
The Great Khali- 2
Typhoon- 2
Zeus- 2
Animal- 3
Big Boss Man- 3
Bubba Ray Dudley- 3
D-Von Dudley- 3
Haku- 3
Hawk- 3
Owen Hart- 3
Umaga- 3
Vader- 3
Andre the Giant- 4
Eddie Guerrero- 4
Shane McMahon- 4
Vince McMahon- 4
Bam Bam Bigelow- 5
Bobby Lashely- 5
Goldberg- 5
Rey Mysterio- 5
Rob Van Dam- 5
Ted DiBiase- 5
Ultimate Warrior- 5
Jeff Hardy- 6
Randy Savage- 7
Yokozuna- 7
Brock Lesnar- 9
Sid- 9
Big Show- 10
British Bulldog- 10
Chris Benoit- 10
Booker T- 11
John Bradshaw Layfield- 11
Diesel/Kevin Nash- 12
Kane- 15
Mick Foley- 15
Bret Hart- 16
Batista- 17
Chris Jericho- 17
Edge- 18
Kurt Angle- 18
Randy Orton- 18
Hulk Hogan- 20
John Cena- 26
The Rock- 28
Shawn Michaels- 35
Steve Austin- 38
The Undertaker- 52
Triple H- 56

any surprises ?

Quality, don't know how you had the patience to do that but congrats, could spark some good debate, if not its always good to have those kind of stats on board, its shocking though that Triple H has main evented almost half of the PPV's WWF/E has created

it was copied from 606 gaffer. dont give me any credit thank dittybox2 .

surprisingly flair only main evented 1 at taboo tuesday 2004 vs orton.

He was in the double main event at WrestleMania VIII as well though, and the double main event of Survivor Series 92

The biggest disgrace is that you have Shane and Vince McMahon involved in 4 each while someone like Savage only being in 7 and Bret Hart only in 16!!!

to be fair though when Savage left their was only five per year, we don't count the Rumble so thats four, and it looks like the double main events of Mania 8 and Survivor Series hasn't been counted either which would take him up to nine

Hercules was in two main events
Those must have been two really shitty PPVs

I'm surprised at how high up Kane is.

thegunman84 wrote:

Hercules was in two main events
Those must have been two really shitty PPVs

I can't think at all what PPV's they where, I remember seeing footage of him on Saturday Nights Main Event vs Hogan for the WWF Title but thats it

Its only a guess but I'd imagine his only other main event appearance would be in Survivor Series where plenty of midcard guys got a chance to be involved in a main event

I 'm surprised how many appearances Davie Boy Smith has got with 10, I always think of him as someone who didn't get a chance, 10 is a fair amount although granted one of those matches was for the IC title

Hercules also main evented at Survivor Series 88

Ah Survivor Series! Was forgetting about all the crappy jobbers they had in those matches back in the day just to get squashed. God I hated Herc!

jckbluenose12 wrote:

Hercules also main evented at Survivor Series 88

I didn't know it for sure but I thought he might have main evented the 87 88 or 89 Survivor Series

wikipedia was a good help