10 WWE WrestleMania Matches That Sadly Get Overlooked
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2. The Undertaker Vs. Ric Flair (WrestleMania 18)
Nothing from WrestleMania 18, not even a pretty good Triple H/Chris Jericho main event, was going to be the topic of conversation that the Hulkamania rebirth was.
To have watched that match in the moment was to have been mesmerised by the entire scene, everything else from inside the SkyDome be damned.
Tucked into the undercard was a very good fight with a story to it, and it's an often overlooked bit of WrestleMania lore.
First off, the match is historic simply because the win brought Undertaker's WrestleMania total into the double digits, which Undertaker silently acknowledged (thus beating Tye Dillinger to the punch by more than a decade).
But the match itself saw an ageing Flair fighting a losing battle against a remorseless fiend that tormented his friends and family, all with a smile on his face.
Flair almost brings Undertaker to his knees after several valiant comeback attempts, but neither those, nor Arn Anderson's wicked Spinebuster, could slay the resilient monster. It's more than just a bloody battle - the character motivations therein add so much to what could've been just a one-note hardcore match.
Written by Justin Henry
In addition to writing lists and commentaries for Cultaholic, Justin is also a features writer and interviewer for Fighting Spirit Magazine, and is co-author of the WWE-related book Titan Screwed: Lost Smiles, Stunners, and Screwjobs.