10 Bizarre Wrestling Epics That Didn’t Live Up To The Hype

10. The Undertaker Vs Shane McMahon (WWE WrestleMania 32)

Blame Detroit for one of the biggest pops of 2016 when he returned to Monday Night Raw.

Blame Dallas for scooping up a a load of tickets following the announcement that he'd be The Undertaker's WrestleMania opponent.

It's the coalescence of those two moments that convinced WWE to book Shane McMahon as WWE's hardest man, it's best all-rounder and it's top pay-per-view attraction ever since.

This, despite the fact that his return Hell In A Cell clash against 'The Deadman' was one of the worst matches on the bloated 'Show Of Shows' card, barely salvaged by a bump he took again just over a year after allegedly immortalising himself in a "WrestleMania Moment".

Outside of the bump itself, the match was an utter shambles. Laughably positioned as The Undertaker's equal (foreshadowing his modern day 'mirror man' persona), McMahon traded strikes and submissions with the knackered 'Phenom' before needlessly risking everything to finish the job.

The match delivered the stunt it promised, but Shane's pain was undermined before he even made the great descent.

Authored by Michael Hamflett

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation for nearly 10 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 65,000,000 total downloads. Within the podcasting space, he also co-hosts Benno & Hamflett, In Your House! and Podcast Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Podcast. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, Fightful, POST Wrestling, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has provided in-person coverage of some of the biggest pay-per-views and Premium Live Events in wrestling history, including WrestleMania, Survivor Series, All In & Double Or Nothing in destinations such as New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live.

Posted On: 3rd Aug 2018

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