Well, it’s happening. Twelve years after their first encounter turned into a ridiculous comedy of errors at WrestleMania XX in Madison Square Garden, Brock Lesnar and Goldberg are set to square off at another WWE PPV, this time at Survivor Series, which will take place in the Great White North of Toronto, Canada. And because twelve years is actually a really long time, especially in the fast-paced world of pro wrestling, we thought we’d look back at some of the important things, big events, and even entire WWE careers that have taken place since WrestleMania XX, in semi-chronological order, just to give you an idea of exactly how long it has been since the first time Lesnar and Goldberg stared at each other across a WWE ring.
10. The Radicalz Hit Their Peak, And Then…
Let’s begin at the beginning, with a really depressing story about two Superstars who actually hit the highest point of their careers while Lesnar and Goldberg were headed out the door, but ultimately will be remembered for their tragic ends. We’re talking of course, about Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit, who ended WrestleMania XX as the WWE and World Heavyweight Champions, respectively, sharing an in-ring moment that was one of the most touching in wrestling history up until that point. Unfortunately, that moment will never be replayed on WWE TV, because of a cascading series of events which began with Eddie Guerrero’s sudden death from a heart attack in November of 2005. Many wrestlers and wrestling fans took Eddie’s death extremely hard, especially Benoit, one of his closest friends. Many current wrestlers point to Guerrero as one of the reasons why they got into the business, and the pain of his unexpected death still lingers. A year and a half later, in 2007, Benoit murdered his wife and son and then killed himself, sending reverberations through the wrestling industry that still can be felt to this day, especially when it was revealed that Benoit’s brain was significantly damaged due to years of undiagnosed concussions. Benoit has never been mentioned on WWE programming since that day, and likely never will be. These tragedies make it very hard to remember WrestleMania XX in any sort of positive light, and even overshadow the disaster that was Lesnar-Goldberg.
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