10 Most Surreal WWE Matches Ever

6. Goldberg Vs. Brock Lesnar - Survivor Series 2016

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Goldberg played a blinder in 2016.

He was never institutionalised by pro wrestling - and thus, when he was ground into dust by WWE's oppressive booking and Triple H's ego trips, he simply blew into the wind. He discussed his run in the years since not with bitterness but a sort of detached disbelief - and in those years since, WWE, short on genuine creative inspiration, opted to play the nostalgia card. Goldberg, moved into a return by the prospect of wrestling in front of his son, belatedly returned to the fold with much in the way of leverage.

On November 20, 2016, that proved to be an understatement.

The sight of Goldberg obliterating Lesnar in just 01:26 - a shove, two Spears and a Jackhammer was all it took - rocked the fandom. Short of any logical answers, we only asked questions in a delirious fugue. Lesnar's two-year dominance was wasted on a 50 year-old? Was that an awesome moment, or a long-term disaster? What the f*ck just happened?

Lesnar lasted less in there than WCW luminaries such as John Nord, Van Hammer and Rocco Rock - the mangled memories of which only numbed the mind yet more.

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