7 baffling booking decisions from WrestleMania 34

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WrestleMania 34...happened, I guess?

#4 Why did John Cena get squashed?

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To be fair, The Undertaker looked great in his return.

WWE had a chance to make this lackluster "feud" into something magical. They had an opportunity to have two of the greatest of all time put on a world-class barn-burner.

Afterall, these are the two guys with the best WrestleMania records in history; the only two people with a double-digit number of wins at WrestleMania. Surely, they would have a competitive contest, right?

Nope. Undertaker beat John Cena in less than three minutes.

Why? Why couldn't these two have had a more back-and-forth contest? Undertaker's matches have been among the most thrilling on all WrestleMania cards for several years now, but this match almost halved the length of his previously-shortest WrestleMania match (which, coincidentally, was his first one).

The Undertaker was able to push out a 23 minute match last year...has his health deteriorated tenfold since then? This seems highly unlikely, as he appeared to be more mobile than he was last year.

For that matter, why would WWE want "Big Match John" to look so weak in a big match? Why were the commentators still putting him over as a "surefire Hall-of-Famer" after he'd been humiliated in such grand fashion?

This match never should've happened; Undertaker should've stayed in retirement, and it's not even satisfying to see John Cena lose anymore. At this point, it's just getting sad.

Oh, and John Cena's Big Boot sell was horrendous. It had to be said.

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Edited by Anthony Akatugba Jr.
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