WWE WrestleMania 30: 10 Most Shocking Things We Witnessed

4. Bold Claims About The Beast

In the immediate wake of the Dead Man's defeat by the Beast, Paul Heyman, the mastermind behind probably the biggest upset in the history of WWE conducted an interview with WWE.com not only to challenge the shock that met his client's victory, but also seemingly to eulogise 'Taker's career:

"Why? Why does this surprise you? I told you this was going to happen. Did you doubt my strategy? Did you doubt that I could lead the single greatest most accomplished athlete in WWE history to do what he was born to do, to conquer the streak? Brock Lesnar conquered the NCAA Division 1 heavyweight championship. A dairy farm boy from South Dakota? Brock Lesnar was the youngest WWE champion; four months in the WWE and he pins The Rock in the middle of the ring and becomes the Undisputed champion. Brock Lesnar goes to UFC and in his third UFC fight he knocks out the greatest UFC heavyweight of all time, Randy Couture, to be the UFC heavyweight champion. Why would you ever doubt this man would be capable of conquering the streak. And when he is guided by Paul Heyman's strategy... I told you I wanted the streak. I got what I wanted. I get everything I want because yea, though I walk through the valley of the Deadman, I fear no evil because I walk beside Brock Lesnar."

A great interview, and a typically impressive promo from Heyman, who has come out of this arc very well, but there has to be a challenge to his label of the Beast as 'the single greatest most accomplished athlete in WWE history," hasn't there? Wouldn't Shawn Michaels - Mr WrestleMania, as we're seemingly never allowed to forget - take issue with that sentiment? Yes, Lesnar is imposing, and his career has shown flashes of excellence at times - and you can't take away from the prestige or the implications of his being given the chance to end the Streak as a mark of his profile - but he is not the most accomplished athlete in WWE history. He's not even close.