10 Best WWE Storylines Of The Last 5 Years

Any rivalry that can claim to holding two of arguably the greatest matches to have gone down inside of a WWE ring in the last decade more than earns a spot on a list of this ilk.

And in the dynamic and often gruelling wars contested between the indomitable force that would be Gunther and the eventual next face to stand atop the NXT UK mountain you had a tale as simple as it was awe-inspiring at times.

WALTER would not and could not be overcome by any man who stood before him. The likes of Pete Dunne, Tyler Bate, and many more had all tried and ultimately failed to knock the Ring General off of his almighty perch. But in the relentlessly plucky and passionate Ilja Dragunov, there was a challenger who seemed poised to pull off the unthinkable.

A shimmer of violent light in an often dark crowd-less 2020 was rewarded with an illustrious Dave Meltzer 5-star rating. But the blistered ball of fire Dragunov would have to wait until TakeOver 36 to finally see off the hulking chopper, squeezing the life out of the longest reigning champ of modern times in another classic to finally win the big one.