WM29 took place on April 7th, 2013 at MetLife stadium in front of a crowd of 80,676, making it the second highest attended even in WWE history (WM3 still champ). The buildup for this match began March 4th on Raw. Taker opened the night with an open invitation to anyone in the back who’d like a shot at his streak at WrestleMania. CM Punk, Sheamus, Big Show and Randy Orton all were vocal about wanting a shot. A fatal four way match between them would determine who got the chance. Obviously Punk won the match.

Now in real life, Taker’s longtime friend and manager Paul Bearer died. The next week on Raw, Taker held a tribute ceremony in his honor. Punk interrupted this ceremony, even stealing the urn containing Bearer’s ashes. At one point during the buildup, Punk poured the ashes out onto Taker after he had jumped him. Some real sinister shit in the PG era of WWE.

Their match at Mania was intense, and without a doubt stole the entire event. Punk was able to steal Taker’s signature “Old School” move and also landed a massive elbow drop from the turnbuckle to the announcing table. Taker landed just about all of his moves to no avail. The two traded finishers and numerous near-falls. Eventually Taker landed a Tombstone and got the pin. After the match he walked up the ramp and stopped just before going back, turned to the ring and raised his fist in the air out of respect to Punk for being awesome. Though extra shitty, zoomed in quality, check out the full match here.

April 5th, 2009 at Reliant Stadium in Houston in front of 72,744. The feud leading up to the event was pretty simple and not necessarily a heated one. JBL and Shawn Michaels wrestled on Feb 13th’s Raw for the right to take on Taker and the streak. HBK advanced, then had to defeat Vladimir Kozlov to secure his battle against Taker. Again, Michaels won.

Their showdown at Mania would go on to win multiple “Match of the Year” titles. Even their entrances were awesome. Michaels came in from a descending platform wearing all white, while Taker came up from the floor wearing his traditional all black. The two are highly respected WWE veterans and they laid everything on the line during the whole match. Both going over the ropes, landing each of their signature and finishing moves. Taker was finally able to put Michaels out with a Tombstone after he caught him mid-air while attempting a moonsault. You can check out the full match here.

Taking place on April 3rd, 2011 in front of 71,000 + at the Georgia Dome in ATL. The build up for the match was pretty minuscule, as Taker at this point was gettin' up there in age and dealing with a worn out body. He returned to Raw after about a month of hype on February 21st, during his welcoming back cheer – Triple H wasted no time heading out to the ring, who had been absent for nearly a year himself.

The match was set and later determined to be a No Holds Barred match – which meant it was going to be intense as shit. Which it was. Triple H put Taker through the Spanish announcer’s table via spinebuster. Then managed to hit him with some vicious chair shots, three Pedigrees and even a Tombstone. Taker continued to kick out. As The Game went for a sledgehammer, the Phenom managed to pull off his Hell’s Gate submission, to which HHH tapped to. Couldn’t manage to find the full match anywhere, but here are some highlights.

A common move across multiple fighting styles. To achieve maximum punching power, one needs to completely leave their feet, lunging towards their foe. They need to snap their rear leg back (as if kicking behind you) and throw a cross. It really hurts.

Reigns’ finisher is every bit as powerful as Goldberg’s was. It’s also known as a shoulder block takedown. Other wrestlers have used the move before, ie Edge, but Goldberg was the first guy to make the move look so tough. Roman Reigns’ spear is actually quite reminiscent of Goldberg’s.

Since The Shield’s debut, they had terrorized the entire roster. But up to this point their most obvious feud was with tag team champions Team Hell No, which consisted of Kane & Daniel Bryan. Dean Ambrose went on to compete for the US Championship, leaving the other two, Reigns and Seth Rollins, to contest for the tag titles.

On May 19th, 2013, Roman Reigns paired with Seth Rollins to defeat Team Hell No at Extreme Rules in a tornado tag team match (no tagging, everyone’s involved in the match at once). Reigns and Rollins would go on to defend and retain their tag titles up until October 14th, 2013 where they were defeated by Cody Rhodes & Goldust on Raw in a no disqualification match.