WWE: The Undertaker's 10 Greatest Wrestlemania Matches

5. vs. Triple H (WrestleMania XXVII)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCYdzLwpXX4 WrestleMania XXVII needed a match pitting two icons in opposition to feel like a WrestleMania. Having The Rock as a guest host was special, of course, but it was not the caliber of attraction that lives on through the ages. Rather, Undertaker vs. Triple H was. In one of WWE television's finest displays of how reputations can sell feuds, The Game interrupted the Undertaker's return in 2011 with his own. Never had the lack of words said so much. Triple H looked at Taker; Taker looked at Triple H. They each simultaneously turned their heads toward the WrestleMania logo. Not a single catchphrase uttered or even so much as an "I accept" stated; just a brilliant example of non-verbal communication. No further hype was required after that. They certainly lived up the match's tagline "The War of Wars," beating the tar out of each other in a physically punishing match. Critics have cited a lack of psychology since the combatants used little more than weapons and finishing moves throughout the 30-minute contest, but other critics have questioned how anyone could scoff at two battle-tested veterans throwing everything but the kitchen sink at each other in an effort to follow two of the most celebrated matches in WrestleMania history from the two previous years (in HBK-Taker 1 and 2). It certainly was not lacking in match psychology. When Taker grabs Triple H by the throat in a moment that usually would have begun The Deadman's comeback, for instance, The Game shook his head as if to say, "Not with me, pal." Later on, when Triple H's own arsenal was not enough to put Taker down for the count and he decided to use The Phenom's Tombstone Piledriver, the collective mass of worldwide wrestling enthusiasts came out of their seats. When Triple H screamed in mid-Tombstone, "It's OVER," the fanbase could not help but believe him. Somehow, some way, Taker came away with the win, but his collapse after the match was a telling preview for an even greater match a year later.