10 Times The Undertaker Has Done What's Best For Business

4. Putting Brock Lesnar Over Inside Hell In A Cell (2002)

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In 2002, the WWF morphed into WWE, but the same problems still plagued the promotion as they had before the name change. Namely, management were struggling to create new headliners who could feasibly replace the likes of The Rock and Steve Austin at the top of cards. Brock Lesnar represented their best bet.

Debuting earlier in the year, Lesnar would go on to win the 2002 King Of The Ring and then defeat The Rock at SummerSlam to bag the WWE Title. In essence, by the time he was programmed against The Undertaker, he had already been elevated. That doesn't change the fact that working opposite 'The Deadman' was when Brock really started to find his feet.

The culmination of their feud came at No Mercy in October, 2002. Contesting a Hell In A Cell bout, The Undertaker made Brock look utterly fantastic. By the end of the match, the insinuation was clear, Lesnar was there to stay on the main event scene. Watching the match closely reveals that Undertaker had no issue with letting his young peer look dominant.

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