10 Best Ways WWE Protected Finishers
4. Paul Heyman And CM Punk Use The Urn To Survive A Tombstone
Jumping back into a streak that became perhaps even more prestigious than challenging for a World Championship on The Grandest Stage of Them All, there was actually a moment in time when The Best in the World managed to pull off the unthinkable.
Coming into WrestleMania 29, CM Punk and Paul Heyman had done everything in their power to get inside the head of the usually impenetrable Undertaker. And while many were quick to question the use of The Urn and Paul Bearer throughout the programme, especially in light of The Phenom's former manager's real-life passing, it was this utilisation of the former that would ultimately pay dividends for the despicable Punk... well, for a bit.
After eating a GTS, 'Taker would stumble into a Tombstone Piledriver on his foe. Yet, with Heyman subtly brandishing The Urn in The Deadman's face, the power of the object appeared to lessen the effects of this dramatic finisher; or at least that's how Heyman sold the moment post-Punk kick-out.
The move itself still felt as epic as ever, of course. On this specific occasion, though, the combination of a wounded 'Taker and mystical object was enough to buy the Chick Magnet a few more minutes.