10 shocking moments from WWE 2004

#7 Lesnar and Goldberg are booed at Wrestlemania

So very awkward

Following the departure of big-time names from the Attitude Era, it looked for a while like the WWE had a plan going forward which largely involved elevating Brock Lesnar to the top of the company's billing. The so-called 'Next Big Thing' marched his way through 2002 and 2003, holding the WWE Championship and main eventing Wrestlemania faster than anybody before him.

In addition to this, the WWE still had the advantage of owning most of WCW's former top stars including the legendary Bill Goldberg. Due to the similarities between the pair in terms of dominance and raw aggression, it truly felt like a big deal when Golberg first met "The Beast" in a WWE ring at Survivor Series 2003.

Following a short feud with saw Goldberg cost Lesnar his WWE Championship at No Mercy 2004, the stage was set for the two giants to face each other at Wrestlemania 20. Soon after, the decision was made to throw Stone Cold into the mix as the special guest referee.

On paper, this looked to be one of the biggest Mania matches of all time, bringing two different generations together and seeing who the alpha really was in the WWE. Unfortunately, the situation was a little different behind the scenes.

Due to both men being largely unhappy with their positions in the company at the time, and with Lesnar keen to pursue other avenues, Wrestlemania marked both man's last match in the WWE for the foreseeable future.

Fans in attendance were well aware of this and made sure their opinions on the matter were known. After a lengthy stare down between the two, it wouldn't be long before the crowd started chanting 'boring' before going into a rendition of 'hey hey, goodbye'.

Judging by the look on their faces, neither Lesnar or his opponent were particularly interested in being there either and the whole thing just fell very flat and awkward.

Things like this are always subjective, of course, but due to the amount of potential in this match, and the realisation of how it all eventually went down, this has to be classified as one of the worst moments in Wrestlemania history. The WWE Universe had to wait another 12 years before we saw what these two could really pull off together.