10 Pleasant Surprises For Wrestling Fans In 2017
9. Bill Goldberg Vs. Brock Lesnar
Proving yet again why professional wrestling will always be a star-based industry despite Vince McMahon's insistence that the WWE initials are why people attend his events, Bill Goldberg and Brock Lesnar took only four minutes and 45 seconds to steal a ludicrous six hour show.
A destruction derby diametrically opposed to their utter stinker 13 years earlier and the Survivor Series short sharp shock that set it up, the two hit every big move at their disposal, generated audible gasps and shrieks from an enormous outdoor crowd, and got the f*ck out of there. And it was absolutely magnificent.
Three German suplexes from Brock Lesnar were countered by two spears from Goldberg. He then walloped 'The Beast' with a third through the barricade, dodged an F5, and hit his certain-death Jackhammer. Lesnar lifted a shoulder, mystifying the electrified crowd. Big Bill readied another charge as the atmosphere reset, but Brock leapfrogged the Universal Champion, threw him seven more times then dropped with a match-winning F5.
More WrestleMania epics should be possible to condense into one paragraph. Neither man would claim to be 'The Game', but Triple H could learn a thing or two from this pair.