10 "Buried" Wrestlers Who Weren't Actually Buried

2. Bray Wyatt (WWE Super ShowDown 2020)

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Bray Wyatt is never far away from cries of burial. When he lost to John Cena at WrestleMania XXX, fans were falling over themselves trying to point the shovel at Cena, claiming that another new star had been buried in the name of LOL CENA WINZ. Wyatt had been a revelation on the main roster until he ran into the juggernaut that was Big Match John. Wyatt's momentum was undoubtedly stalled, but its a solid argument that he was hurt more by the nonsense that came from his victories over Cena throughout the summer.

Fast forward six years and a rejuvenated Wyatt once again found himself running into a monolith from the past. This time it was Goldberg, a true relic, thawed out and paraded about for the benefit of Saudi interests and WWE's bottom line. Six months of character work was flushed down the drain after a handful of spears and a couple of Jackhammers.

Wyatt wasn't buried by Goldberg. WWE memory is of the goldfish-variety, and barely six weeks had passed before Wyatt found himself back in the Universal Championship picture, once again taking part in a variety of hokey sketches that harmed his character more than any pinfall defeat ever could.

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Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.