Wrestlemania Rewind: Undertaker v CM Punk (WrestleMania 29)

The granddaddy of them all, Wrestlemania is roughly 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.Over the last thirty years, WWE fans have witnessed some great Wrestlemania matches. One of those classics came recently at Wrestlemania 29 when CM Punk attempted to end The Undertaker and his legendary streak.

#1 The build-up

 

Initially, a fatal four way was set up on Raw between Randy Orton, CM Punk, Sheamus and Big Show to determine who would challenge the streak. Punk ultimately won by pinning Orton but the fire for this match came from a real life tragedy.

The following night, Paul Bearer (former manager of Taker) died from respiratory problems. The next week on Raw, as Undertaker was attempting to pay tribute to his former friend, Punk interrupted in the most disrespectful manner to extend his “heartfelt condolences, for your (Taker’s) loss… at Wrestlemania”.

Punk would then take the feud to a whole other level when he stole Paul Bearers urn from The Undertaker and continued to treat it with massive disrespect while mocking Bearers death.

However the most controversial moment from the build-up came during a segment when Paul Heyman came out dressed as Paul Bearer and accompanied by druids. Punk, who was disguised as a druid, lured Taker in before attacking him. Punk repeatedly hit Undertaker with the urn before pouring its contents all over Taker even stopping at one point to lick the ashes himself.

Punk propelled himself into super heel territory, successfully creating an extremely personal/emotional feud which was awfully controversial and blurred the lines of morally right or wrong.