10 Times Predictable WrestleMania Outcomes Never Actually Happened

by Andrew Pollard

1. Brock Lesnar Destroys The Streak €“ WrestleMania XXX

In the biggest shock in WrestleMania history, Brock Lesnar famously shook the wrestling world when he broke The Undertaker€™s legendary undefeated streak at WrestleMania XXX. Now the streak itself wasn€™t really even acknowledged until €˜Taker€™s WrestleMania X-Seven match with Triple H, but it quickly became one of the biggest draws for the big show over the following decade plus. This was something that many believed was never going to end. After the likes of Randy Orton, Batista, and Edge didn€™t get the rub of ending The Deadman€™s legendary streak, many presumed that it would never, ever end, and so €˜Taker€™s €˜Mania matches became a sure thing regardless of who he was up against. Having defeated Shawn Michaels twice, racked up another two wins over Triple H, and then beat the hottest star in the industry when he bested CM Punk, even though his next opponent was Brock Lesnar, it was predicted that The Beast was merely the next person to be added to the list of those who failed to better the Deadman at WrestleMania. After all, this was The Undertaker, this was WrestleMania €“ this was just another one of those matches that are always great to watch but that always, always, always end in The Phenom emerging victorious. And besides, WWE wouldn't dare to have the iconic streak end at the hands of a part-time guy in his late 30s, would they? They sure would. In a result that ruined everyone€™s WrestleMania betting slips, not to mention silenced every single person in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and the millions watching at home, Brock did the unthinkable, the unimaginable, the impossible: he brought an end to €˜Taker€™s 21-match unbeaten €˜Mania run and shocked the world.
Senior Writer
Senior Writer

Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is co-host of the Fearless in Devotion podcast, which won the Club Podcast of the Year gong at the 2024 FSA Awards.