The WrestleMania of certain sports?
What is the WrestleMania, the grandest stage of some certain sports, that happens every year without fail? Here's a few I already know:
Football: Champions League
Rugby Union: Heineken Cup
NFL: Super Bowl
Football: Champions League
Rugby Union: Heineken Cup
NFL: Super Bowl
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NBA: NBA finals
Tennis: Wimbledon
Soccer: Champions League
Tennis: Wimbledon
Soccer: Champions League
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Well the world cup is bigger then the UCL, so that would be the wrestlemania, doesn't really matter if it's every year or not seeing as WWE ppv's don't happen once every 4 years. It may not be better (the PPV that follows Mania these days is normally the better event imo).
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No way in hell.
Rugby League: State of Origin
Rugby Union: Super 15 final
NFL: Super Bowl
NHL: Stanley Cup
Football: Champions League, if you insist on the every year condition. Otherwise its the world cup. Likewise with Union.
NBA: NBA finals
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Football: A-League Final :troll
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Best list as of yet.
I will just add what is missing to your list even if it was previously mentioned:
* NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race For the Chase; you race all year for points and the top 10 + 2 racers whom earn their spot compete for the Championship.
* NASCAR Nationwide Series- Unlike the above mentioned, this is won strictly on points. There is no playoff scenario.
* World Series
* NCAA® Division 1 Final Four
* NCAA® Division 1 Women's Final Four
* NCAA® Division 1 American Football which rotates between these venues Rose Bowl, Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl and Fiesta Bowl.
* NCAA® Division 1 Frozen Four
* NCAA® Division 1 Wrestling, which we should all be familiar with, in which 17 weight classes all have a champion.
* Capital Cup which is given to the Division 1 University with the best collective program.
I included major University Sports as there are a ton I simply refused to list them all. I would also like to mention that there are also NCAA® Division 2 and 3 schools that compete for championships, but with them not being at the top I won't bother mentioning them.
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Seeing as Wrestlemania eclipses everything else on the wrestling calendar, I don't think Wimbledon can be counted as the wrestlemania of tennis to be honest. If the grand slams aren't all equal then there is very little between them in regards to importance.
Tour De France is definitely the wrestlemania of cycling. I watch the sport year (well season) round and nothing else comes close in terms of atmosphere, fan support, casual interest, mainstream attention etc.
National Hockey League: Stanley Cup
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Post of the year contender.
Wimbledon is the most prestigious.
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Football: World Cup
NFL: Superbowl
Atheltics: Olympics
Horse Racing: Grand National
Cricket: World Cup
Rugby: World Cup
Cycling: Tour de France
NFL: Superbowl
Atheltics: Olympics
Horse Racing: Grand National
Cricket: World Cup
Rugby: World Cup
Cycling: Tour de France
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Not to the extent that you could call it the wrestlemania of tennis. A grand slam is still a grand slam whereas wrestlemania overshadows all other PPV's.
Obviously in England Wimbledon is treated as a level above the others but I doubt they see it that way in Australia, France and the States.
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A lot of people hold Wimbledon in higher regard to the other slams since it is basically the last grass court tournament around and is a throw back to older era's with the having to wear all white and those panama hats and being on grass. It's apparently the oldest tournament also. I always find it interesting that I rarely hear it called "The British Open" like the other slams. But yeah Wimbledon is the biggest, even though technically all 4 are equal.
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