10 Most Heated WWE Crowd Reactions Ever
5. WrestleMania XX - March 14, 2004
Even more astonishing than the fact that WWE went with a retread of Goldberg Vs. Brock Lesnar in the first place, upon the former's unexpected 2016 return, is how much the two men delivered. Their first match, at 'Mania XX, was rejected so vociferously that a rematch was once thought inconceivable.
The stars had aligned to create a maelstrom of hatred. Goldberg was so dismayed at the way in which he had been booked that he refused to re-sign with WWE. Lesnar meanwhile had tired of the punishing road schedule. The life of a full time wrestler wasn't, and still isn't, for him. News of this had leaked in the hours preceding 'Mania XX, held in front of the taste-making, discerning and legendarily raucous Madison Square Garden crowd.
Loud chants of "You sold out!" swirled around both men as they paced around the ring. These gave way to an arena-sized singalong of the adopted "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" - which grew so impossible to ignore that Jim Ross was compelled to acknowledge the circumstances behind the reaction.
The resulting match may as well have not even happened; every last move was indistinguishable from the next, everything obscured by a sustained chorus of loathing.