Really, who else could be at number one? While most of the entries on this list are Superstars (using the term with tongue firmly in cheek in some cases) who had no business picking up victories over the legendary Undertaker, Lesnar is a different case altogether. He established himself as a legitimate asskicker (not to mention a legitimate sports superstar) when he became UFC Heavyweight Champion -- and even prior to that, he had bested The Undertaker multiple times, most notably in an excellent Hell in a Cell encounter at No Mercy 2002. But this was WrestleMania, damn it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kGz7wKDRGo The match itself was a huge disappointment -- not only was it a dull, plodding contest made worse by The Undertaker's concussion early on, but fans didn't take any of Lesnar's offense -- even his match-winning F5 -- seriously. When the referee's hand struck the canvas for the third time, we were all stunned -- and not in a good, "Hey, here comes John Cena at number 30" sort of way. It was sort of a sick, unpleasant feeling -- a surprise in a bad way. We didn't believe our eyes... and we certainly didn't want to.
Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried.
*Best Crowd of the Year, 2013
