10 Most Selfish WrestleMania Performances

9. The Undertaker - WrestleMania 31

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At WrestleMania XXX, The Undertaker suffered the most devastating loss of his career - he was beaten by Brock Lesnar at the show of shows, meaning that his legendary streak at the event had come to an end at 21 wins. Moreover, he was hurt badly during the match, leading many to speculate that his career was over.

As WrestleMania 31 drew near, though, it became clear that Undertaker was going to work the show, and Bray Wyatt was groomed to be his opponent (a push which involved Wyatt eliminating Daniel Bryan from the 2015 Royal Rumble). As the weeks passed, Undertaker didn't appear on TV, but the match was officially announced for the show.

The bout was nothing like Undertaker's previous WrestleMania matches - there was no drama, no draw of the streak, no "name-versus-name" quality - it was just an average, short, somewhat sad bout that saw Undertaker defeat a man 22 years his junior. Later in 2015, Undertaker proved he could still go in matches against Lesnar, but he didn't show it here.

This entry isn't to say that Wyatt should have beaten Undertaker, but maybe "The Phenom" should have realized that this bout did nobody any favors and suggested a different opponent - or sat WrestleMania 31 out.

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Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried. *Best Crowd of the Year, 2013