Ranking All 30 WWE SummerSlam Main Events

13. 2015 – Undertaker Vs. Lesnar

Undertaker, Lesnar, SummerSlam
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This is a tough match to rank when you weigh match quality against the finish and overall implications.

To be clear, Brock Lesnar had not been pinned or submitted since WrestleMania 29 in 2013, a period of more than two years and 10 matches. Included in that run was Lesnar ending The Undertaker’s unbeatable undefeated streak at WrestleMania XXX. A rematch between the two was a great idea, and having 'Taker play the grizzled veteran gunslinger going heel was a nice twist.

But Undertaker didn’t really play the villain too much, at least not enough to get booed, which created a weird dynamic. Then you have the finish, which involved a phantom tapout from 'Taker (seen by the timekeeper, which didn’t count), a low blow by 'Taker and Lesnar passing out in Hell’s Gate. It was a cluster of an ending to what was a pretty good match up to that point.

And then Brock decisively won the feud at Hell in a Cell (and went another year-plus without being pinned or submitted), making the dubious loss even more of a blemish.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.