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This guy became synonymous with WrestleMania 29WrestleMania, the biggest spectacle in the wrestling industry is barely a month away. The chance to grab the opportunity to be a part of this wrestling carnival is there for the taking. WrestleMania 32 will provide fans a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be a part of history. There have been numerous breathtaking moments which eventually become part of wrestling lore. Let’s take a few steps back in time and look at some of those moments:
#5 The Streak succumbs to the Beast
The legend of The Streak began way back at WrestleMania 7 with Jimmy Snuka becoming the first victim it remained intact till WrestleMania 29. HBK, Triple H, Edge, Randy Orton and a host of legends tried but wilted under the Deadman's wrath.
Paul Heyman on behalf of his client Brock Lesner challenged The Undertaker to defend his Streak. Everyone expected a brutal match but nobody expected its result. Tombstones, F5s, Suplexes, Chokeslams were traded prolifically. Finally the Streak surrendered to one of the F5s of Brock Lesner. There was absolute silence in the Superdome and rightly so to mark the moment the Streak was made to rest in peace.
#4 Once in a lifetime
WrestleMania 28 witnessed this once in a lifetime match between two of the biggest superstars The Rock and John Cena. Few other matches could replace a WWE Championship match and the main event of WrestleMania 28 was one of them.
The match delivered an almost-mythological battle. The two superstars fought like Batman vs Superman and the match ended with a Rock Bottom. They fought till the very end, putting everything on the line - body, soul and reputation. John Cena eventually lost but gave moments to WWE fans to cherish for a lifetime.
#3 The Best vs The Best
The two best wrestlers in WWE came under one roof at WrestleMania 12 for an epic Iron Man Match for the biggest prize in wrestling, the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. To win an Iron Man Match you need to be get as many pinfalls as possible in 60 hellacious minutes.
Bret Hart was at the pinnacle of the WWE with the biggest belt in hand. Michaels was coming off various setbacks like dropping the Intercontinental Champiosnhip and a real-life beating at the hands of some marines in a bar.
WrestleMania 12 provided the perfect platform to decide who among the two was the ‘real man’. Both wrestlers provided the one of the best matches to have ever taken place in a WrestleMania. It is regarded as one of the finest technical matches as the two displayed amazing technique. HBK lifting the belt high in the night sky is an eternal memory.
#2 End of an Era
What if Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi pitted their skills against each other in a one-on-one contest? Wonderful? Miraculous? Not enough adjectives exist. This is what happened at Wrestlemania 28 when The Undertaker and Triple H) came face to face in a match dubbed ‘The End of an Era’.
It was a Hell in a Cell match. The Undertaker’s back yard where bad things happen, careers end; the most demonic structure in wrestling history witnessed an incredible match. The Phenom challenged the Game with Shawn Michaels as the guest referee.
What happened after that is history. The brutality of that match is incomparable. Every inch of the ring was used to cause immense pain to each other. Chairs, sledgehammers, commentary tables - all were destroyed.
Both fought till the last atom in their bodies screamed. Undertaker emerged victorious but Triple H earned great respect. The epic moment was when Undertaker, Triple H and Shawn Michaels walked out together.
#1 The Streak vs The Career
One of the biggest matches to have ever taken place in WWE was between Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker at WrestleMania 26, where two absolute legends faced each other in one of the most enthralling battles in wrestling history.
Shawn Michaels cost The Undertaker his WWE Heavyweight Championship in the Elimination Chamber after The Deadman refused to accept HBK’s challenge to fight him at WrestleMania.
The Undertaker accepted the challenge but on one condition, the career of HBK was to be put on the line. What happened in that match at WrestleMania is beyond imagination. Tombstones and Sweet Chin Music were doled out in abundance.
The match will always be remembered for marking the end of the career of Mr. WrestleMania but not before he gave his fans and the WWE Universe moments to relish. HBK liked to say “The Heart Break Kid does not rest in peace but stays awake all night”. But that night HBK did rest in peace. The Streak lived on but the Career ended.
