Top 10 WWE Pay-Per-Views of the decade (Part-1)

CM Punk won the WWE Championship in 2011
CM Punk won the WWE Championship in 2011

10. WrestleMania XXVI

Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker facing off in their legendary rematch
Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker facing off in their legendary rematch

We will start the list with the very first WrestleMania of the decade, WrestleMania XXVI. The show was a good one, most of the matches were solid and the storylines were really good. But the event will always be remembered for just one single match- The Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels' rematch from WrestleMania 25. Both men delivered a great match as they defined how storyline driven matches should be wrestled.

On the undercard, John Cena won the WWE Championship from Batista and Chris Jericho defended his World Heavyweight Championship against Royal Rumble winner Edge. The Miz and Big Show defended their Tag Team Championships against John Morrison and R-Truth. Jack Swagger won the Money in the Bank Ladder match which ended in a botched spot but was it was good, nonetheless.

Triple H defeated Sheamus in a brutal grudge match, Randy Orton defeated Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase Jr in a triple threat match to wrap a long term storyline and finally, Rey Mysterio defeated CM Punk in a short but sweet victory after Punk had tormented Mysterio for months.

Meanwhile, the women were lazily thrown into a 3-minute long 10 Diva tag team match and Bret Hart defeated Vince McMahon in an 11-minute No holds barred match which received almost no reaction from the live crowd.

However, this PPV will always be remembered for Shawn Michaels' defiant last stand against The Undertaker. After kicking out of a second Tombstone Piledriver, HBK barely crawled up Taker's body and slapped the Deadman. Angered, Taker hit a final jumping Tombstone to finish Shawn Michael's career. Whatever happened in Saudi Arabia later, I choose to simply ignore.

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