33 Awesome GIFs Telling The Stories Of 33 WWE WrestleMania Pay-Per-Views

7. WrestleMania XXVII

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A dramatic and gruesome moment at the apex of a brilliantly-structured tale, the subtext was equally appalling. Triple H challenged Undertaker on the basis that "nobody in the back" was worthy of the honour. That was because nobody in the back could get away with colouring outside of the lines. Yes, they were fined - but had Wade Barrett struck Kofi Kingston with a chair on the same show, he'd have paid more than money.

This GIF foreshadows and distils the good and the bad of the imminent part-timer era of WrestleMania, in which the mere mortals stood little chance of becoming immortal on an unfair level of the 'Game'.

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