10 Best WWE PPV/PLE Endings
The best WWE PPV/PLE endings ever
3. WrestleMania 31
In the near-decade after Edge opened Pandora’s briefcase by cashing in on John Cena at New Year’s Revolution 2006, the cash-in routine had become a little tired.
Money in the Bank now had its own pay-per-view and there were two briefcases to be won, one for each brand. Cash-ins could be exciting depending on the variation, yes, but they were also somewhat predictable and had lost their uniqueness.
Leave it up to the ending of WrestleMania 31 to remedy this.
As Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns were in the closing stretch of their surly slugfest, Seth Rollins – who had lost to Randy Orton’s spectacular RKO much earlier in the evening – decided now was the time to shoot his shot.
Sprinting down to the ring, The Architect somehow pulled off what Michael Cole dubbed ‘the heist of the century’, turning the match into a triple threat and hitting The Big Dog with a big stomp to snatch the WWE World Heavyweight Title.
Nobody considered this scenario beforehand and it was a genuine surprise of the best kind, providing a conclusion fit for the Grandest Stage.
