The Undertaker's 23 WrestleMania Matches - From Worst To Best

7. Batista (WrestleMania 23)

Detroit's Ford Stadium was the home to WrestleMania 23, an event that featured Donald Trump and Vince McMahon in a Battle of the Billionaires and a WWE Championship match between John Cena and Shawn Michaels. Further down the card was the World Heavyweight Championship match between SmackDown's Undertaker and Batista, a war between two immensely popular babyfaces. Why it was left to wallow in the midcard rather than going on after Trump and McMahon's egotistical war is a mystery to this day, but the rage that both men felt over the snub fuelled an epic encounter. There is a feeling among some fans that heavyweights are somehow incapable of delivering great matches. As if increased muscle mass is somehow solely responsible for a jacked-up wrestler sucking. On that night, in front of 80,000 fans, Batista and Undertaker proved all preconceived notions wrong. They beat the ever-loving hell out of each other for the sake of entertainment, for the right to wear the World title, and for the chance to stick it to the office. They should have been in the main event, they should have wowed the audience in the marquee spot on the card. Batista's running powerslam through the announce table should have helped him retain the World Heavyweight Championship and knock off the Deadman. Instead, it only lit a fire within The Undertaker, who eventually put The Animal away with the reliable Tombstone. As he stood in the center of the ring, the World title in his grasp, there was no denying that he was the face of wrestling's greatest spectacle. Or that he should have been in the main event. WWE would not make that same mistake the following year.