10 Most Bizarre WWE WrestleMania Matches Ever

7. John Cena Vs. The Undertaker – WrestleMania 34

WrestleMania is a place for spectacle and it is a place for dream matches, boxes that are both ticked by John Cena versus The Undertaker, a contest that was for years rumoured about as taking place at the Show of Shows. 

With every year that it didn’t happen, it seemed less and less likely that we would see a clash between the two icons. When we eventually did get to witness it at WrestleMania 34, it wasn’t even advertised and had come a good four or five years after it could have been something truly special. 

In order to coax The Deadman into a match at ‘Mania, Cena spent weeks calling him out, basically insulting him and calling him a giant zombie chicken, but received no response. 

Giving up the chase on the final Raw before the show, Cena declared that he was not going to take the spot of another deserving wrestler on the card and would instead attend WrestleMania as a fan. 

Oh if only other part-timers were as gracious as Big Match John…

True to his word, Cena made his way out to the crowd during the pre-show, drinking a beer and taking selfies with bemused onlookers before a WWE referee came out a couple of matches into the main show and informed him that Undertaker had arrived. 

Springing backstage to put on his wrestling jorts and sweatbands, the Doctor of Thuganomics made his proper entrance to the show for match number six, the long-awaited showdown with The Phenom…

Only for Elias to come out instead. Presumably as gutted as the audience was with the let-down, Cena quickly dispatched of the drifter following a brief confrontation, and headed backstage once again, like a sad but very muscular Charlie Brown. 

Before he could get there though, the lights went out and ‘Taker’s hat and coat – which had been left in the ring at the culmination of The Undertaker’s WrestleMania 33 main event match with Roman Reigns – appeared and were struck by lightning. 

The Undertaker then finally made his entrance and proceeded to squash Cena in a matter of minutes, the former 16-time World Champion getting in one solitary move before falling victim to a Chokeslam and Tombstone Piledriver. 

What a strange deal this thing was, from build up to execution. Granted, Cena is a special attraction these days and is not the face of the company anymore, but it was still odd to see him getting pasted like that, even if it was by a figure as imposing and legendary as The Undertaker. 

A WrestleMania moment, yes, but not the showstealing epic that the WWE Universe had been wanting to see for the best part of a decade.