#1 Brock Lesnar vs Undertaker WrestleMania XXX
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No real surprise here as to the biggest upset in the event’s history. For 21 WrestleManias they had come, and over the course of 23 years did each and every challenger of the Undertaker’s streak fall.
The matches had become a standard for Match of the Night, and for many older fans, represented the true main event each year. However, the nostalgia and emotion may have just peaked and started to slip at the point when the Beast Incarnate and his associate Paul Heyman came to conquer.
After the emotional pinnacle of the ‘End of an Era’ and 5-time World Champion CM Punk being denied the chance to snap it after 20-0, fans may have felt resigned to the fact that the achievement was now too big, and after so many all-time great matches, Undertaker would now no longer be able to produce a match worthy of the feat.
So after 25 minutes of good, but not great action, a third F-5 and a 1-2-3 really felt like we’d all been RKO’d out of nowhere.
A bold and ultimately wise move, Lesnar has the presence and potential to pass on a rub of this size for many years to come. Yet it is still a little hard to accept.
Without question, the Undertaker finally losing was always going to be the biggest upset and one of the most significant moments in WrestleMania history. Sadly, the biggest factor behind it is that it is indeed an upset, rather than a monumental happening as it deserved to be.
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