Heartbreak and Happiness: 10 Wrestlemania Moments that Take You on an Emotional Roller Coaster

Confetti seems to flow just as easily as tears at the Showcase of the Immortals.
Confetti seems to flow just as easily as tears at the Showcase of the Immortals.

Happiness #3: The Radicalz Finally Conquer the Wrestling World

The most bittersweet of Wrestlemania memories, for many different reasons.
The most bittersweet of Wrestlemania memories, for many different reasons.

When it happened in 2004, the ending celebration of Wrestlemania XX was one of the most joyful moments the wrestling business had ever seen.

Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero, men whose careers were almost always linked, entered the show in featured matches for WWE's two top prizes: Guerrero defending his WWE Championship against Kurt Angle and Benoit using his 2004 Royal Rumble win to challenge Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship in a Triple Threat Match also featuring Shawn Michaels.

Each man winning his respective match, the latter of which happened in the show's main event, marked the grandest success either had ever (and, unfortunately, would ever) reach in the business of professional wrestling.

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As Benoit celebrated his own success, Guerrero toted his own title to the squared circle and embraced his longtime best friend, celebrating Wrestlemania successes few would have ever predicted when the pair worked undercards worldwide throughout the 1990s.

The image is dampened heavily by the ends of both men's lives, and is more of a bittersweet moment now, but the image was the definition of joy when it occurred in 2004.

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Edited by Nishant Jayaram
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