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Matches that deserved sequels: photos
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On the season premiere of WWE NXT, Daniel Bryan had the opportunity of a lifetime to make his WWE debut against reigning World Heavyweight Champion Chris Jericho in what many fans hailed as a "dream match."
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One Codebreaker and a Walls of Jericho later, and the young grappler was tapping out to the champion.
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5 U% V& @: M( M" ^6 ?& IOne night after winning the Undisputed Championship for the first time, The Rock address the WWE Universe on Raw, but was shockingly interrupted by Eddie Guerrero.! I+ d6 V. |- r! i$ x; l6 ^
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& M. Y4 k- q+ j: A6 ?+ @$ A+ pThe Rock faced off with Brock Lesnar the following month at SummerSlam.
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The match was as thrilling as would be expected, but The People's Champion gained the upper hand when Eddie missed his signature Frog Splash.
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The Great One was able to catch his foe with a ring-shattering spinebuster and People's Elbow for the pinfall victory.
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+ Z: W3 y: @ p+ M4 N7 B) \9 s9 z+ vSabu re-emerged in WWE as part of ECW's rebirth in 2006, and faced Rey Mysterio for the World Title at New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom.
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8 H+ _7 i# x1 }8 p+ nThe two risk takers pulled out all the stops and each competitor treated the crowd to his unique brand of aerial maneuvers.
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Sabu executed a triple-jump DDT through a table draped across the ring apron and guardrail, and the bout was declared a draw due to feared injury sustained by both men.
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Two ring icons, Ric Flair and The Undertaker, met for the first time on WWE television at WrestleMania X8./ p _: O5 \& p: q9 f/ r+ J3 _
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The Phenom attempted to go Old School, but Flair yanked his titanic foe off the ropes.% B# [& _, N1 b; ?" U" M
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, O% |" I2 X$ @* E' |The Deadman locked a dragon sleeper hold onto The Nature Boy's close friend Arn Anderson, and Flair retaliated with a steel chair to his opponent.
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& |8 V2 e4 @! d+ Y: Z! GDespite The Enforcer's involvement, it was a familiar sight as The Undertaker pinned Flair after a Tombstone Piledriver to extend The Streak to 10-0.
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( z$ S1 P. E H$ K3 _) n3 m" o# F1 FA minute and a half is all it took for the returning Ultimate Warrior to defeat a very young Triple H at WrestleMania XII.# ^. _8 x* n: D. U& v& x
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Long before he was the eight-time WWE Champion who took the unstoppable Brock Lesnar to the limit in “The Perfect Storm” at SummerSlam 2012, the future Cerebral Assassin couldn't last 120 seconds against the highly polarizing Warrior.
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The same Game who manhandled The Undertaker and nearly ended The Streak in an End of an Era war at WrestleMania XXVIII succumbed to a gorilla press drop and running splash after a only a few offensive maneuvers.
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Not quite a Cerebral Assassin back then, somehow we think an encounter between Warrior and the current King of Kings would unfold in a much different way these days.
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In 2006, on a roll from appearing on the cover of Muscle & Fitness magazine and preparing for his WrestleMania 22 clash with Shawn Michaels, Mr. McMahon faced John Cena in the main event on Raw one week before The Show of Shows.. W) s& s! n0 f3 ^
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In a tag team wrestling clinic, Bret & Owen Hart faced The Steiner Brothers in a match never shown on American television during a WWE event in January 1994.( G3 ^7 r# \/ B$ Z) t7 T; x
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In one of the most controversial matches in WWE history, Brock Lesnar and Goldberg, both known for their long undefeated streaks, finally met in a highly anticipated clash at WrestleMania XX in Madison Square Garden.
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It had been known for quite some time that this would likely be Goldberg's final match in WWE. But one week before The Show of Shows, rumors began to surface that Lesnar, too, would be departing WWE.
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" h ` }3 A8 N- \* w8 ?; ?+ p1 j- v* jGoldberg picked up the victory, but the only cheering inside MSG was for special referee "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, who dropped each powerhouse with a “Stone Cold” Stunner.# s8 s2 V" n( G/ T
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Goldberg never returned to WWE, and Lesnar once again quit the organization after defeating Triple H in 2012, leaving the WWE Universe with so many “woulda, coulda, shouldas.” |
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