Top 10 WWE Pay-Per-Views of the decade (cont. Part-2)

John Cena and The Rock headlined the highest-grossing Wrestling PPV ever
John Cena and The Rock headlined the highest-grossing Wrestling PPV ever

#1 WrestleMania 30

Daniel Bryan won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship on the event
Daniel Bryan won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship on the event

Finally, WrestleMania 30. This might be the single greatest event in WWE's history. Events that happened that night will never happen in the WWE again. After the entire fiasco surrounding the 2014 Royal Rumble, WWE decided to give in and give the fans everything they wanted. Daniel Bryan was quickly promoted to the main event and WWE doubled down on the bearded man turning him into wrestling's biggest Superstar within a couple of months.

Let's get the other matches out of the way first. Hulk Hogan, The Rock, and Stone Cold Steve Austin opened the night with a fantastic and iconic segment, The Shield defeated the New Age Outlaws and Kane in a quick, impressive squash match. AJ Lee retained her Divas Title in an Invitational match involving all working women on the roster.

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Cesaro won the inaugural Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal by eliminating Big Show to a huge pop from the Superdome crowd. Lastly, John Cena defeated Bray Wyatt after Wyatt had tormented Cena for months. Wyatt's entry was the highlight of the match as his theme was performed live by Mark Crozer, the musician who created the song.

There were three matches around which the show was booked. Firstly, The Undertaker vs Brock Lesnar. Everyone expected Lesnar to be the 22nd victim of The Undertaker's streak. Taker suffered a concussion a couple minutes into the match and after some 20 minutes of sluggish action, Lesnar hit a third F5 and the referee counted to 3. Lesnar's theme song was played with a short delay in an attempt to amp up the shock. The crowd was dead silent refusing to believe what they had just witnessed. After a while, The Deadman recovered and walked out to a standing ovation from everyone in the arena.

The opening match of the night was fought between Daniel Bryan and Triple H with the winner being inserted into the Main Event. Daniel Bryan overcame the odds to beat Triple H in one of the best 'Mania openers of all time.

Finally, in the triple-threat main event between Randy Orton, Batista and Daniel Bryan, Orton and Batista teamed up on Bryan. Triple H and Stephanie McMahon came out towards the end of the match with crooked referee Scott Armstrong. Together, the 3 men assaulted Bryan but Bryan kicked Scott Armstrong unconscious and attacked Triple H with a sledgehammer. Orton and Batista then hit a Batista Bomb RKO combination on Bryan through the announce table.

The medical staff then started taking Bryan out on a stretcher as the match continued between Orton and Batista. But halfway up the ramp, Bryan recovered and re-entered the match. He forced Batista to tap-out to the Yes! Lock to become the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion.

The crowd erupted in celebration and the next 10 minutes were of pure joy. Bryan celebrated with the two Titles, with confetti raining down on him. He led the crowd in a massive Yes! chant to end one of the greatest nights in WWE's history.

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Edited by Shruti Sadbhav
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