WrestleMania Rewind : The Undertaker vs Triple H at WrestleMania XXVIII
Triple H vs The Undertaker at WM 28The granddaddy of them all, WrestleMania is just about a month away. The anticipation for the extravaganza is sky high among the WWE Universe. And since the pay-per-view is richer than Richie rich when it comes to history, we have decided to take a look back at some of the best WrestleMania matches with this latest series.This time we will have a look at one of the epic matches in the history of WWE. It took place on April 1st 2012 at the Sun Life stadium in Miami, Florida. Yes! You are right. We are going back to the ‘End of an Era’ match between ‘The Game’ HHH and The Undertaker. This match at WrestleMania 28 is a classic encounter between these two WWE Superstars and this match is also the 3rd WrestleMania match between HHH and the Phenom (others being at WM 17, WM 27). Here is how all this story unfolded.
#1 The build-up
This entire story started on the 30th January 2012 episode of RAW. The Phenom shocked the world with a surprise return to the show and issued a challenge to HHH for a WrestleMania rematch. HHH refused the challenge the next week on RAW. HHH’s best friend Shawn Michaels showed up on the Feb 13th episode of RAW and confronted HHH about the challenge and its consequences. HHH claims that he did not want to end the 19-0 streak of the Phenom.
The following week on the RAW, the Phenom confronted HHH again. Taker claims to end the uncertainty resulted after the WM 27 match. He said that he was going through a ‘Hell of Uncertainty’ over the past one year and a rematch would clear that uncertain feeling once and for all. He labelled HHH a coward and compared HHH’s ranks with Shawn Michaels. Taker said that, Shawn was a better wrestler than HHH and if Shawn couldn’t do it then HHH can’t do it.
All these witty remarks made ‘The Game’ irate and he finally accepted the challenge calling it an ‘End of an Era’ match and adding the stipulation that the match would be a ‘Hell in a Cell’ match. Shawn Michaels was made the special guest referee for this match and the stage had been set up.