WWE History: 6 things that made WrestleMania 31 the last truly great 'Mania

The last classic 'Mania.
The last classic 'Mania.

#2 Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns

This was an absolute fight.
This was an absolute fight.

Over the course of the 'Road to WrestleMania', the scheduled main event between Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns failed to garner any real excitement. Lesnar seemed to be leaving WWE, while fans did not buy into Reigns being the next face of the company.

But days before the big event, it was announced that the Beast had re-signed with WWE. This saved their match and gave the WWE Universe somebody to root for, even if it was the villain.

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The match was a violent slugfest, one of the stiffest matches in WWE history. The term 'Suplex City' was also coined during this match, as Lesnar hit Reigns with a whole variety of suplexes. He was dominant for most of this match, much to the delight of the fans.

But the Big Dog fought back and busted the Beast open, going on a Spear and Superman punch rampage of his own. Of course, nothing was able to put Lesnar down, neither did Reigns succumb to the vicious F5.

The rest, as they say, is history.

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Edited by Zaid Khan
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