10 Times The Undertaker Genuinely Defied Expectations In WWE

When The Streak died in 2014, it also took 'Taker's streak of consecutive MOTY contenders with it. Having suffered a concussion at the hands of Brock Lesnar, he was a sluggish shell of himself when the infamous moment took place and fans assumed that the once-ageless Phenom had finally run out of gas.

The poor contest ensured that nobody was hungry for a sequel, so when it finally came a year later, there was a mixed response - with some fearful of another poor performance from 'The Deadman' and others genuinely worried about the idea of him taking on the aggressive Lesnar again.

The resulting contest shattered expectations as 'Taker took the fight to the unstoppable 'Beast' in a way that nobody else had ever done. A hard-hitting fight that never slowed, the pair were evenly-matched throughout and it featured a ton of incredible moments (remember the laughing spot?). It also told one heck of a story, with 'Taker's desperate aging gunslinger shtick selling the battle beautifully.

The match that these two should have had at the previous year's WrestleMania, it was a resurrection for The Undertaker as he held his own against the man who took everything from the character and, in doing so, proved that he had still some gas left in the tank.