Ranking What Was Really The Best Wrestling Entrance Every Year 1990-2021

10. 2012 - Brock Lesnar, WWE RAW, April 2

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John Cena was usually so clownish and exaggerated in his selling that it becomes less infuriating and more of a damn shame - because when he played it subtle, he was phenomenal.

When he reacted to those warped guitar strains of Brock Lesnar's theme upon the Beast's return in 2012, he did so with an understated shock and panic. A look of pure concern materialised, but only briefly, on his face.

Lesnar was even better.

Patrolling the ringside area like a shark after soaking up the pop for the photo opp - it was all business even from the first seconds of his return - his gaze never left Cena. Cena was his prey.

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