Andre Battle Royal...

[Evil Vito]

Originally Posted by Noid I do think/hope this might be the last year they bother.

I'm not so sure.

2003: Fairly normal Mania in terms of roster usage.

2004: The main card included two Fatal Four way tag matches and a 10-man Cruiserweight Open, so probably 95% of the roster got onto the show.

2005: Pre-show battle royal.

2006: Pre-show battle royal.

2007: Pre-show lumberjack tag match.

2008: Pre-show battle royal.

2009: Pre-show lumberjack tag match.

2010: Pre-show battle royal.

2011: Pre-show lumberjack match that got converted into a battle royal.

2012: No battle royal but there was a Triple Threat tag match on the pre-show and a 12-man tag on the main show. So again, very few people got totally left off.

2013: Nothing, strangely. A battle royal was rumored but never happened, and they even had a cut a match off of the main show during the event because they didn't budget their time properly.

2014-18: Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal

So yeah, that's only two Manias in the brand split era where they didn't seem to go out of their way to book everyone. I think the battle royal is here to stay whether it stays branded or not.