5 times the torch was passed in WWE matches 

Roman Reigns after defeating The Undertaker at WrestleMania 33
Roman Reigns after defeating The Undertaker at WrestleMania 33

#4. The Undertaker vs. Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 33

Roman Reigns at WrestleMania
Roman Reigns at WrestleMania

This WWE match was a sub-par performance by The Undertaker's standards. Regardless, it became a significant moment that truly showed Roman Reigns was being handed the torch.

Reigns had main-evented WrestleMania 31 against Brock Lesnar, and defeated Triple H at WrestleMania 32 to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. But this felt like the moment where everyone stood up and had to take notice of The Big Dog.

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There's no other Superstar out there that can say they have beaten The Undertaker in the closing match of WrestleMania. The power really shifted to Roman Reigns after this. He declared the following night on RAW that the WWE is his yard now.

It's fair to say that it has been his yard ever since, and his stock grows every time he steps into the ring.


#3. Triple H vs. John Cena at WrestleMania 22 for the WWE Championship

John Cena on Monday Night Raw
John Cena on Monday Night Raw

John Cena, as we know, is quite rightly the modern day Hulk Hogan in WWE, and has become a household name around the world.

The rise of Cena's career started the first day he stepped through the door, and it never slowed down. Cena went from his days rapping on Smackdown, to being the face of the company working on every show he possibly could.

Although the audience perception was a little different, with Cena receiving mixed reactions wherever he went, Cena cemented himself as the face of the company.

He became WWE Champion for the first time when he defeated JBL at WrestleMania 21. However, it was WrestleMania 22 that really had the passing of the torch moment against Triple H, with a partisan Chicago crowd roaring at every move.

Facing one of the best in the business, John Cena made Triple H tap out to the STF submission finisher, setting him up for the many successful years that followed.

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