One of the essential, but divisive, moments in WWE historical past occurred in 2014 when Brock Lesnar shockingly conquered The Undertaker’s undefeated streak at WWE WrestleMania 30. Lesnar was already a giant star, however the victory helped cement his legacy, which has made him placing over Oba Femi at SummerSlam 2026 all of the extra of a giant deal.
On “Busted Open Radio,” Nic Nemeth and Dave LaGreca recalled seeing Lesnar beat the streak. Nemeth remembered watching in catering with everybody, from relations to people who labored in WWE’s workplaces.
“We assumed Undertaker was going to complete his profession 86-0 at WrestleMania or one thing,” Nemeth joked. “I used to be standing there and one, two, three, and the room goes silent… We’re all in there, and I simply appeared round and went, ‘Holy s***.’ Two seconds later, everyone like caught their breath and we went, ‘Oh my God.’ I watched it, collectively, as a room, take up that that simply occurred.”
Nemeth mentioned that Undertaker profitable that match might have modified the course of historical past in WWE, together with for moments like Lesnar calling Femi “the long run” following “The Ruler’s” victory of their Hell in a Cell match. He mentioned he could not stress sufficient how impactful the second of Lesnar’s WrestleMania 30 victory was.
“It was a silent, but audible gasp of simply nothing within the air till that [’21-1′] goes up on the display,” he mentioned. “I’ve by no means been so caught off guard with an ending to a match. It was not only a massive deal, it was a giant momentum shift for Brock to go down the road and proceed dominating, after which ultimately resulting in formally passing the torch [at SummerSlam.]”
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