25 Most Iconic WWE Ring Entrances Ever

10. The Undertaker (WrestleMania 29)

Seth Rollins
WWE

Entering for what turned out to be the final successful defence of his legendary WrestleMania undefeated streak before shockingly falling to Brock Lesnar one year later, The Undertaker emerged from the grasping ghosts of his prior victims in the most visually stunning of all his 'Show Of Shows' arrivals. The fact that it came against somebody that had professed no fear or respect for any of his theatrics only made the moment more powerful. 

CM Punk swore blind that 'The Deadman' couldn't rattle him in the build-up, and doubled down on his arrogance by abusing the memory of the recently departed (for real, this time) Paul Bearer to get purposely under the skin of 'The Phenom'. But Undertaker's telling stroll through the dismembered limbs that desperately lunged at his domineering shadow reflected his innate ability to switch off mortal human emotion on 'The Grandest Stage'. 'The Straight Edge Superstar' had assumed that he could outstrip the physical presence of The Undertaker by locating an emotional fragility during a dark time. Forced to stare into the hard reality of his situation for the first time, what he saw was a backfiring plan. 

His mind games had instead triggered a force that - more than he ever would be again - was once again completely and mercilessly without feeling. In the land of the living, the pair went on to comfortably steal the show from the undercard in a mach best remembered in some circles for being used as the stick to beat Punk with when he complained about not getting the main event.

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