One Sunday, September 21, Brock Lesnar will defend the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against John Cena in a rematch of their SummerSlam main event. After being demolished and destroyed by the Beast Incarnate, Cena will be faced with the biggest uphill battle of his career. Can he do the seemingly impossible and knock the apparently unconquerable champion off the mountaintop or will he find himself on the receiving end of 16 more German suplexes and a exclamation point in the form of an F5? Fans will find out the answer to that question when the international sports-entertainment empire presents its annual Night of Champions event on the WWE Network. For the very low price of $9.99. It is the latest epic rematch to be produced by a company with a prolific history of them. Featuring the biggest stars and the greatest stories in wrestling history, they are bouts that were built and promoted on the backs of an original so good and so satisfying that fans demanded another. In a world in which Hollywood presents sequel after sequel in an attempt to milk a franchise until its dry, it makes perfect sense that World Wrestling Entertainment would incorporate the same business model. In preparation for Cena vs. Lesnar at Night of Champions, take a stroll down memory lane and relive some of the most epic rematches from the half-century history of wrestling's greatest company.
Erik Beaston is a freelance pro wrestling writer who likes long walks in the park, dandelions and has not quite figured out that this introduction is not for Match.com. He resides in Parts Unknown, where he hosts weekly cookouts with Kane, The Ultimate Warrior, Papa Shango and The Boogeyman. Be jealous.
