Bizarre, brilliant and yet so, so bad, the long-fantasised-about Undertaker/John Cena 'Show Of Shows' scrap was a lot like Eric Bischoff officiating a gay wedding - WWE confronted a number of inconvenient truths in just three minutes.
'The Deadman' squashed 'Big Match John', give both men a p*ss-easy shift on the 'Grandest Stage' without care or concern for the legacies of two company icons. It
Compared to Undertaker's post-2014 efforts, this was a joy - he could repeat this feat with a different figure every year and go for another couple of decades at this rate - but there'll perhaps never again be a legitimate company dream match so carelessly tossed away as this. WWE should use spectacles like this to sell tickets. In giving one to John Cena, one of the best in the house went for free.
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